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Sweetfern Handmade
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I have this creativity thing. Sort of like an organ. It sews. It cooks. It paints, dances, writes, gardens, sketches and embroiders. From DIY house projects and the ideas conceived in the glow of my studio lamp, to tasty original recipes, garden plans, and poems, this is space for my creativity to stretch its legs.
Recent Posts
Gratitude 2009
It's time to make this list again. My Gratitude 100. Last year I did it for the first time, and it was a real stretch to make it to 100. Let's see if I can do it again and not have any repeats.1. Good Earth lemongrass green tea2. Bandannas3. Rubber c...
Pride and pancakes
My husband is an accomplished pancake-maker. The above are a prime example of his mad skills.Most Sunday mornings, we're in the kitchen together contriving pancakes. I'm pulling flours and salt and baking powder out of our pantry, Patrick is rummagi...
Self-indulgent sewing, the best
Here's what happened. About this time last week, after rounding third base on my mother-in-law's Christmas present, I paused to take stock of my Christmas-progress. It may not be apparent here, but I've been quietly sewing presents since the beginnin...
Simple gifts
This caught my eye as I was leaving the house this morning. Pretty fabric, dried hydrangeas, sunshine. A little bit of serendipity on my way out the door. This is the first thing you see when you walk into our house. It's a funny little room, may...
Scenes
In accordance with my monstrous, scroll-like Thanksgiving to-do list, I am making ahead as much of the feast as possible. This leads (hopefully) will result in an organized and sane feast day. It worked last year, that's all I can say.So, I've been m...
The little desk that could
The new desk is finally... ...done! And I'm delighted. Considering I mixed the paint in the basement, dumping together a little of this and a little more of that until I shrugged and gave up... I think I got pretty lucky. It seems to be a color that'...
