elsewhere

It's no secret that I've been posting less and less here on my blog. Between working on getting the POLKA DOT CLUB up and going (which I'm crazy excited about by the way! things are looking good and the website is getting sooooo close to being DONE!) and being with the kiddos, I've found less and less time to write here. I know, I'm not alone. I don't think blogs are a thing of the past, but with so many other platforms to play with I think the real writers are sticking it out, while people like me... who may not always have a whole lot to say but like to live visually have gone elsewhere. If you'd like to find be again- I'm on both instagram and pinterest. I'll still pop in here on occasion... it's a nice place to come back to.

Happy Mothers Day

sent from my mother to me (thanks mama wish we could have spent the day together!):

wool and fiber fair (aka a country outing)

I'm always looking for new ways to incorporate natural and ideally local fibers into what I make. Claude and I went to a fair today to look at yarn, fiber and of course the animals. I joked with a farmer about him sending his mohair to Germany just so they can send it back to me here in mn. Why can't someone weave mohair onto a cotton backing domestically?! I left even more in love with the materials I work with but disappointed that I can't get it more directly... That and wanting a baby goat. A girl can dream.

Finishing...

I'm finishing up all my special order ducks today and I'll be sending them off soon. There is still one lone duck hanging out in the shop- he's a good looker and I must admit I've been quite happy having him in the studio these last weeks.

claude's not so old, but very worn and loved ... LITTLE BEAR

april snow

I could so easily make beautiful photos of snow hanging on everything outside, but I'm not going to even give it that much of my attention. If I ignore it perhaps it will go away- like now. It would be lovely if it were not APRIL and everyone in my house is going c r a z y. I love living in Minneapolis, and usually I don't complain about the long winter and cold, but this lack of spring is getting the better of me this year. My goodness, is it ever.

portraits

(((these old bears are part of my mother's collection. I've borrowed to make photos and I'm not all that eager to get them back in her hands. thanks mom!)))

new. now. today.

now all available and in the shop. 

(it's been a very fun week + of sewing!)

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spring parade

((((marching into in the shop tomorrow around 11CST))))

quack.

 

((( ducks and ducklings are paddling around the studio tables this morning. for some reason they're set on going to a party- so party hats all around. these kinds of things can not be explained. )))

I'll be adding these, the pandas, and perhaps a few surprises to the webshop on Saturday Morning.

That's April 13th, at 11am CST (12noon EST, 10am MST, 9am PST).

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