I started this blog five years ago. Five years. Oh my! That's a long time. I've met a lot of friends through blogging who ha...

top photo: a sign.  bottom photo : berries in my mug. Oh me. Oh my. Summer is here. I've sweated through more clothes...

Last weekend I stopped at ReBelle , a yarn shop in Lexington, Kentucky. I picked up a few skeins of yarn for me and a skein for one o...

I stayed up way too late last night finishing these Staghorn Mitts . I needed to finish them so I could give them to my pottery teach...

When the seed catalogs arrived back in January, I dreamed about growing Job's Tears for the sole purpose of making a neck...

Hello, hello! I recently realized that my last post was number 400. That's certainly something to celebrate! It's been a...

Meet the Lemon Drop Swirl Hat , a complete Christmas present! I can show it here because I am pretty sure the recipient doesn't read my...

Vintage goodies from The Jolly Bee Happy Thanksgiving (one day late)! I had a wonderful time seeing my family and stuffing my face. I feel ...

Monday, Monday. It comes too soon. I'm trying to get myself in gear for another busy week. It's that time in the semester when I...

This is the giveaway I have been so excited about! I want to spread the crochet-cable love and say thanks to all of the lovely people who s...

 Lately I've been finding lots of good things at thrift shops.  Here are some things I found last week. Most all are from my favorite ...

Hello! So I missed my own first blog anniversary, which was back in May and I never did get around to celebrating the 200 post mark which h...

I'm happy to say that I lucked into winning a couple of SMS giveaways! I wanted to show off the prizes here as well as thank the blogge...

A flower date? Hopefully Emmalina will be seeing a lot more flowers as she picnics and enjoys the outdoors with her new pillow cover. Co...

  I'm participating in Sew Mama Sew's Giveaway Day. I woke up this morning just giddy about it. If you're new here, welcome to...

Julie came over today for her very first sewing lesson. It was so fun to have someone to craft with! She's a natural and the eye pillo...

This weekend was so restful and refreshing. K and I did make it out of the house to run errands, but the majority of our time was spent hol...

This weekend passed quickly in a flurry of activity. One of the things that kept me busy was sewing up eye pillows--I think I may be addic...