yumi yumi

beautiful new print from Aline of yumi yumi.
I love all of her work. I really want an original though!

available at Supermarket.

Her etsy shop is wonderful, too.

jeana sohn

i love these new pillowcases by Jeana Sohn.

available at third drawer down.

productive amy

i have been doing some serious nesting lately. The pillows above are for someone else, but I kind of want to keep them for myself!
Tom got a new light for my studio - a giant lightbulb so I can always have bright ideas. It makes me smile.
I finally hung some artwork above our couch. We have lived here for three years already, but everything I did there just seemed not right. Finally I collected all the small pieces we had all over the house and decided I liked them much better all together. I can list where the art came from if you are interested, but for now I need to get back to sewing!

Also, I really want to paint our fireplace white, but Tom is very against it. Any other ideas as to how to make it less....dark and outdated?
have a happy week ~

hot lovin

I have been working from home all week, and I have to admit it's a little bit lonely. I LOVE to work from home and I really love what I am working on, but when i don't get to speak out loud for 10 hours straight I get a little batty. Which is why my neighbors think I am a crazy lady - I am sure they can hear me either singing at the top of my lungs or hear me talking to my dog and they just don't get that what I am doing is actually preventing myself from going insane. MUST. MAKE. NOISE. Poor Tom - when he comes home I sometimes will tell him the most mundane things, just to be able to talk.
"I decided I like beets."
"I had a crazy dream last night and I still can't remember what it was about!"
"I'm thinking about going to the gym tomorrow."

Oh well, this is the price we pay to keep me out of a cubicle.

baby baby

who doesn't love cutie pie babies? I had a great time taking good old fashioned film photos of this happy little guy a couple of weeks ago. I still use film for portraits because I just think the outcome is a million times better than digital. I also don't have a digital SLR...

Today we are supposed to have amazing weather, so I hope that doesn't distract me too much from a new project that I am working on. I will share bits of this project as I complete it. I feel like today is going to be good day - what are you going to do?

**please click on the images to see them as they are meant to be seen. Then curse Blogger for formatting in such a way that cuts off images.**

weekend project

hello! I have been a busy bee lining up work and projects and planning what my next move is. Times are tough, and this economic crisis is affecting everyone around me. Honestly, I am starting to be very nervous. I know it will get better, and I feel good about that, but for now I have been finding ways to hunker down and tighten the purse strings.

One goal I set last week was to make something from this lovely book that Katie gave me for xmas this year:
French General: Home Sewn: 30 Projects for Every Room in the House.
There are a lot of adorable projects in this book, and they really focus on using antique linens and flea market fabric, which I don't have in my collection at all. I just used whatever fabric I have in copious amounts, which ended up being from Ikea.

This project was the French Pouf Floor Pillow. It's huge! Rather than logically think about how large this was going to be, i just started cutting out the pattern and whistled contentedly. It's 3 feet wide. My dog is only 10 inches from nose to tail.
I still need to add more stuffing and attach the middle buttons, but i am pretty happy with it over all. Plus, I learned something new, and what better time to become better at my craft than now?

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what? February already?

I have been very lacking in the blog department lately. Fortunately, it's because i have been busy! I have a Valentine's Day card to unleash this week, and I am working on the beginnings of a very exciting commission that I will share with you in a month or so. Secret stuff!

I will do my best to post something good this week, but in the meantime, check out this beard art. Who doesn't love a furry face (on a man)?