I’m putting the cart before the horse a little bit and telling you about my honeymoon before I tell you about the wedding!  I should have the official wedding pictures sometime next week, so I can show you more detailed photos of my dress (along with lots of other crafts I made) then.  For now, here’s a little preview, because many people have told me...

I have SO many lists of SO many books I could share with you guys, but I’m starting at the beginning.  For me, getting inspired to pick up some yarn and needles/fabric and patterns/paper and paint/outfits and accessories/whatever is Step One.  I have some go-to sources that always spark ideas.  And I have way more than five, but I’m paring it down and...

Whew, it’s been too long since I’ve posted!  But I’ve been traveling and taking advantage of my slow time of year and I found something amazing to share with y’all when I visited my friend Rachel in San Francisco.  It’s called Lacis.  What is it?  Only the BEST STORE EVER. It’s located in Berkeley and it’s both a museum...

I have looked and looked through the pattern books for y’all!  And I have to say, I didn’t find as much to like as I usually do in a new season.  But I’ve managed to dig up a few promising patterns for you to stitch up this fall… (I, meanwhile, will only be working on my wedding dress!  I wish I had extra time to make some of these...

A few weeks ago, I went to Boston to visit friends and see what had changed around my old stomping grounds.  You know how when you live somewhere, you never get around to doing certain things that visitors and tourists make a point of doing?  Like how when I lived in New York I never got around to visiting the Statue of Liberty even though I really did want to....

So, I mentioned that I’ve been out of the loop the past few weeks.  One of the reasons I’ve been gone from the blog lately is that my grandma passed away about three weeks ago.  I’ve been spending a lot of time with my family, and before that I was visiting her in the hospital pretty frequently.  I was close with her–I used to call her and...