An Old Favorite Returns

I’ve been a fan of Victoria magazine since it’s premier issue, so I was upset when it went away. But now, I’m thrilled to report that Victoria is back with all of it’s genteel gorgeousness. Here’s a look at the latest cover:

I just love this magazine! And to my surprise, inside is an article about [...]

An Amazing Croppin’ Weekend

My friends and I are back from our scrapbooking weekend in King of Prussia. I highly recommend Scrappin’ Getaways. We each had our own six foot long table! The amount of space was incredible. I think this was the first scrapbooking weekend where I didn’t spend all my time hunched over my supplies in my [...]

Stinkin’ Cute Boots!

This Christmas, I got a kit from Pick up Sticks to make a pair of felted slipper boots. They are tan and red (officially Sage and Tomato), wool outer layer and alpaca inner layer. I asked for them so I would have something to wear on my feet during our annual girls’ scrapbooking weekend. I [...]

Chicks with Sticks

Last Wednesday night was the first meeting of our new craft club. The craft club morphed out of our former stamp club. While we all love stamping and truly appreciated the effort of our demonstrator friend (even if we complained a bit), there was general consensus that we were ready to try something new. So, [...]

What’s Your Word?

I read a very interesting post as I was checking out my sister’s blog. She was talking about this post about New Year’s resolutions at Christine Kane’s blog. The short version is that instead of choosing something to DO as your resolution, you should choose something to BE. She gave a list of words as [...]

Life Images #2

Guess what-I got this email today from the editor of Life Images:

“Hi Denise
I’m happy to tell you that your photo Generations has been chosen to appear in the second issue of Life Images.”

I’m so excited! Generations is a photo of my dad and my son in their fire gear in front of my dad’s fire [...]

A Finished Project and a Lesson Learned the Hard Way

Now that the holiday hubbub has ended, I have a finished knitting project to show you:

I made these Bed Socks using a pattern from the book Luxury Knits by Amanda Griffiths. They are made with Debbie Bliss Cashmerino Aran, which is a soft, warm, truly luxurious yarn. They look nice, don’t they? And they are [...]

Doing Great in ‘08

Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a fun and safe holiday season. Now comes the time when we begin to turn our heads forward and make plans for this year that is still in its infancy. The nice thing about New Year’s is that it fills you with hope and re-energizes you [...]