Spring? finally….
I am posting this to prove to myself, that the possibility of spring is just around the corner. I found these crocus on the side of our studio, basking in the sun, unabashedly brave and tender looking. And since I am in denial of the fact that it is snowing like crazy today, I will visit this blog post often, [...]
Studio is hopping
Our studio was filled with laughter and productive fun Saturday while we were taught the fine art of broom making by Ken Workowski of The Nature Of Things. With his gentle guidance, Carole, Phyllis, Carol and I were delighted with the brooms that we created. Each one with its own personality, we definitely brought out our inner witches. Guess I [...]
No more stinkin chili
I swear to god that I am not making chili again this winter; in the hope that will be enough to bring an actual spring. We had a couple of beautiful near 50 degree days, and then last thursday had a winter storm, with ice, snow, sleet, thunder and lightning (yea) and every other form of precipitaion possible. Kids home [...]
Upcoming classes
We are having a couple of classes at Kindred Threads, taught by Michelle and Ken Workowski of The Nature Of Things. The pictures above are from a class Michelle taught previously, where we first made our own paper using soysilk fibers in a technique similar to silk fusion. The upcoming lampshade class will be using handmade papers that Michelle will [...]
Getting the heck out of Dodge and ending up in Dell.
Ladies do lunch..thanks BarbSometimes you just have to leave house and studio and be someplace else, even though it is still winter at least it is somebody else's winter. Thank god that Barb invited us over for lunch cause I am personally in danger of imploding if I don't see something new and inspiring. And Barb is always inspiring. We [...]
one sleeve short
I am one sleeve away from having an actual sweater to wear although I do love admiring it in all its seperate pieces. Just enticing me with all of its potential everytime I walk by; maybe that is even better. Of course we won't say how many of my projects are still in the "potential" stage.