HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER!

This message goes straight out to my sister KM-
I love you lady- Happy Birthday!

To Everyone else:

Check out this great online shop (the Fabric Bar) full of cute things. I found it though my Mom- Looks like she's been stocking someones Easter Basket with goodies from there: Hazel is one lucky little girl.

Happy Spring!

While driving to the Post Office this morning to ship out this little spring kitty for one lucky lady's Easter Basket, I heard on the radio that this is the first March without snow in Minneapolis since 1870. Happy 2010! Wow, so this is what the rest of the country lives like. I think I could get used to this. Hope you're all enjoying the signs of spring where you are. I have tulips, daffodils, and primroses in my yard all green and showing signs of blooming in the near future. What's happening in your yard?

last night-

While out at an opening I ran into Jenna Hein, a woman I went to undergrad with... since I saw her last, she's started her enormously successful calligraphy business. I have some nice handwriting, but I've got nothing on this fine lady- her work is incredibly beautiful.

See more of her work at her blog, Love Jenna.

Check out all the Spring Cute

My Mom just posted all new pieces on her website- they're too cute to be missed!

Ohhh seriously, that's a great stash...

So last week while cleaning up the studio, I spent some time going though all my materials. Admittedly have a really good stash of fabric but looking at it all got me thinking about Erin's amazing collection of Vintage Feedsack Fabrics. This is a collection to strive for- when she posted them a few weeks ago it sent me out into the ebay vortex - searching and searching for my favorites. To see more of her stash here... and all of her beautiful work at Bird and Banner.

(all photos from Bird and Banner)

serious progress

a knitting update:


(and no that's not a hole in my sweater- that's the sunsunsunsun!thank goodness for sunny days)

a really sweet project-

We've all seen this beautiful way of displaying buttons, but I just found this post on Design Sponge and I love the way they created a second template for trims. Better yet- scraps of fabric! I think I could love that.... And for everyone with a small studio, what a nice way to display all the trims and items you have tucked away.





Thanks to Design Sponge for the instructions, templates, and of course the well executed idea.

little patch of sun to knit in-

I've been taking break from the studio and in this down time I've started a new knitting project. I post often about starting my new projects and I'm making a mental note to actually post about the finished ones- I think I have yet to do that. Note made.
At any rate, I inherited this navy blue yarn and while it's not my favorite color I really like the stripe I've worked out for this sweater for Claude. Now I'm fully aware that it's getting warmer and (fingers crossed) he won't have too much use for a sweater all that much longer but inevitably it will get cool again, so I guess I'm planning ahead. My good friend Jennie made this pattern for baby Claude and while it still fits I'm certain he'll have outgrown it by fall- and I can't imagine a winter without one so I'm trying my hand at it. Wish me luck.

the light is changing-

the light is changing in the studio- which means Spring is most certainly on her way-

luck all around-