Archive for 2008

new screen printed skirts!

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

i just added two new screen printed skirts to my website, the polish pottery skirt (which i already showed you a sneak peek of here) and the wood carving skirt, featuring ‘carved’ birds, berries and hearts on a woodgrain background. this one was partly inspired by this great candle i found at the thrift store a while ago. […]

felt bonnet

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

have you seen margaret’s reversible folkloric felt bonnet tutorial at resurrection fern? so cute! i had to make one right away. i still had all the felt and ric rac out from making the gingerbread hearts, so i figured i’d just make it before i put everything away. i should have been working on finishing […]

gingerbread hearts

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

here are some fun and festive oktoberfest (or anytime!) decorations to make, felt and ric rac gingerbread hearts! i made the hearts out of brown felt and lightly stuffed them. they measure about 7″x7″. i used ric rac for the icing on the edge, and made some mini ric rac flowers for the decorations. ribbon flowers would also look cute, and […]

polish pottery skirt

Friday, September 12th, 2008

  one of my new prints for fall/winter. coming soon! inspired by polish pottery, but i’ll bet you already guessed that! it’s printed on my very favorite fabric, natural unbleached cotton duck. i love everything about this fabric…the little specks in it, the weight and texture of it, and i love the smell of it fresh off […]

comments

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

sorry the comments weren’t working the last 2 posts. i don’t really know what happened, but i think i fixed it!

tea towel kitchen rug

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

the spot in front of my kitchen sink is kind of an odd size and i always have a hard time finding a cute, washable rug small enough to fit it. i was looking around on the internet and saw this one, which i thought was pretty cute, but too big. in the description it says ‘inspired […]

ANOTHER mushroom post?!

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

target has me going crazy with their mushroom garden stuff. they’ve really enabled me to live out my enchanted forest back yard fantasies. first it was the mushroom furniture last year, and this year they haven’t stopped with the mushroom statues. here’s the newest mushroom statues i just picked up and painted. the tall one […]

a few exciting tid-bits

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

first there’s an interview with me that christine just posted on her blog ‘blisschick’. her questions got me thinking about stuff i don’t think about too much, they’re not your average interview questions. then my friend jen sent me an email with a page from the latest ‘elle’ magazine…look what she spotted! it’s asuka wearing […]

toadstool doorstop

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

how many posts featuring mushrooms can one little ol’ blog really have? well here’s one more! for years i’ve been using a big plastic jug full of thistle seeds as a doorstop for the back door. i finally decided to make a cute doorstop and settled on-you guessed it-a toadstool! the tall one is about 10 inches tall, the […]

love in the lino forest

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

sometimes i find things i love and need to have them. that happened when i stumbled into betty jo’s lino forest. one day i want to own one of everything. i think i’m well on my way… liz’s brooches, necklaces and clocks are all made from recycled vintage linoleum and decorated with cute bits of embroidery and buttons. her […]