Yet another interview with a wonderful shop endanger of closing because of the new law….BABYCHEEKS and The Trendy Tot… Tell me a little bit about your background in arts and crafts. I come from a long line of crafty and artistic people. My mom is a successful interior designer, my sister is an art director […]
An Interview with Stephanie of Artopiary – A Beautiful Shop that Will Be affected by the New CPSIA Law
After posting yesterday’s interview with SushiForBaby, I realized that now is the time I should be focusing on great shops that are going to be put out of business or rerouted because of the new third party lead testing law. These next few days/weeks (depending on the responses I get) I will be posting lots […]
An Interview with Jen from SushiForBaby
I first saw SushiForBaby‘s things when I was putting together Capri’s (my daughter) Birthday Wishlist Treasury. I fell in love with her adorable, unique items and asked her for an interview. Here’s what she had to say: Tell me a little bit about your background in arts and crafts. >> I’ve always enjoyed expressing myself […]
How Can I Stay Warm This Winter?
Well, I have an easy answer to that question…with one of my quilts! I mostly make child sized blankets but some would work wonderfully for a lap blanket as well. Also, gotta keep those kiddo’s warm…(yes, I’m shamelessly promoting my own work in this blog :)) Click on any of the quilt names to find […]
Treasuries!
Here it is again folks…my treasury special. Instead of doing this blog every time I make or am in a treasury I’m going to try to just do it once a week….namely, Saturdays. I will still keep an updated list of treasuries I’ve made or that my work has been included in on the top […]
Let's Go Shopping!
I am in the mood to do some shopping, but I really shouldn’t. (I do this all the time at oldnavy.com…I fill my cart and then leave before I actually buy it…makes me calm my shopping craving…yeah, I’m a little nuts!) I think I’m going to do some fake shopping just to get it out […]
Block Exchange – TEAM QUILTSY
I am participating in a block exchange. We are all making 12, 12.5″ blocks, sending them to one person and then she’s going to send each participant 12 blocks made by other people. I’m so excited! Here was the challenge this year: (from http://www.teamquiltsy.blogspot.com/) Block Exchange Guidelines!This is one of the best instructions I have […]
An Interview with DirtyDishes
I discovered Dirty Dishes in the first round of the alphabet game I played on an Etsy promotion forum. She promo’d one of her coffee mugs under the letter F and it fit my friend Natalie to a ‘T’ in the morning (I know because I roomed with her for two years…you didn’t talk to […]
Our Wedding Quilt
I have a small problem in life…I always have to be unique…or at least as unique as possible, AND I have to be as independent as possible. When I was thinking about what the guests’ could sign for the wedding in lieu of a guest book, I thought, “Why not quilt pieces and then a […]
Oakley's Under the Sea Room
Article 3 of the Mural SeriesOakley’s ‘Under the Sea’ Room A few weeks before I was due to have Capri another mom from Cedi’s daycare asked me to paint an ‘Under the Sea’ mural in her son Oakley’s room. Oakley is a very smart little boy and he LOVES sharks and sea animals. I went […]