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Sky Blanket update

Sky Blanket update

I've decided that I need to stop setting myself up for failure by taking on huge projects with multiple steps that take forever to complete and leave me feeling frustrated and unaccomplished. As I mentioned in my previous post, frustrated and unaccomplished don't jive well with my personality type at all. Case in point: my 365 Sky Blanket. First, I…
June 23, 2015
There’s Something in the Water

There’s Something in the Water

I think there must've been something in the water last winter because there are a lot of babies being born these days!  In addition to our own Little One joining us in October, two of our close friends and many of our acquaintances have either recently given birth or are getting ready to!Needless to say, new babies mean new blankets…
July 23, 2013
~12,354 stitches

~12,354 stitches

  There's something about a new baby that just lightens my heart and reminds me that everything is just as it should be despite any lingering questions, doubts or concerns that might try to distract me from the pure love that surrounds us all every minute of every day.From within the energy of love and joy that a baby brings…
January 29, 2013
Hide-Away Projects

Hide-Away Projects

A couple of years ago we purchased four little stools with lids for storage and extra seating.  They immediately became the place to store my current yarn projects, toys for any little friends that visit and any other necessary miscellaneous and fit perfectly beneath the bottom shelf of a wall of built in book shelves in our Living Room.Best of…
January 27, 2013
Weekends Are For Resting…

Weekends Are For Resting…

...unless you have things to do.Brunch with friends...seed shopping...home brew shopping and future home brew fantasies...emergency water rotation and refilling...goat milking...sun spot & snack loving chickens...attention given to long-ago-dried-and-forgotten herbs...soap frame creating...baby blanket crocheting...goat milk soap making (our very first!)...2013 garden planning...Red Chile Chocolate Porter brewing.Thank goodness for three-day weekends!!!xoxo,M
January 21, 2013
Unfinished Projects

Unfinished Projects

I remember watching my mom crochet when I was tiny.  I would watch the yarn slide through her fingers and her hook do a little dance and, in the end, there would be a beautiful blanket where a ball of yarn used to be. My mom taught me how to crochet when I was still pretty little...maybe six or seven,…
December 2, 2012