knick knacks & ric rac

you won’t believe what i found at the junkyard last weekend. i saw the beat up case peeking out and i knew right away… well, it wasn’t actually in the junkyard, but in the junkyard parking lot there’s a little thrift store which i have never seen open until that day. it was also 1/2 […]

me too!  new skirt print in 3 colorways. coming this month!

i can’t stop ogling these adorable clogs over at dala clogs. it’s all i can do to keep from pulling out the credit card and going nuts.

i just added a few more skirts in the ‘limited edition goodies’ section of my website… the medallion skirt, made with a lovely border print fabric featuring leaf and flower medallions and cute scattered folky flowers. i love the navy and brown combo way more than i thought i would! and the pantry skirt, with a front […]

i just picked up my new postcards from the printers and i’m so excited about them! i’ve been sending out the old gnome postcards with orders forever, and i will miss them since they’re almost all gone, but i figured it was about time for a new design. i use this picture on my facebook page […]

i’ll admit, i may be a little captivated by hungarian honey cakes.  they’re just so dang festive-looking! here’s another cute and easy felt project starring those lovely looking treats. i made them flat to use as a placemat or table accent, but it would also be really cute to add a back and stuff it […]

i found this leather box at the thrift store yesterday while i was out running errands… i don’t know where it’s from, but it reminded me of these croatian appliques i’ve been meaning to show you. i love them! (pictures are from the book ‘Yugoslavia/Croatian Folk Embroidery Designs and Techniques’)

i like this print so much i decided to put it on two styles… cap sleeve tees, in ladies x-small through large and heather ringer tees, in ladies and unisex sizes (the unisex sizes do not have the ringer on the sleeve) the bad news is it looks like the red tee (which is my […]

i love a nice warm pretzel with mustard. i printed out a pretzel recipe from the internet a long time ago and finally tried making some. i think i was intimidated by the boiling but it really wasn’t hard. they came out pretty darn good! except i burned the second batch. oops! it was hard to decide which […]

i got this idea way back when i pulled out this apron bonnet (which i did have on inside out, but since then i’ve finally figured out how to wear an apron bonnet).  i got to thinking about bonnets, and rain bonnets (remember those clear plastic ones you could buy in the gumball machines for a […]