happy stuff.

oh readers, dear readers, i am in aural heaven.  i just got back from a bobby mcferrin concert and my ears are so very, very happy.  also, my voice.  and my heart.  i dearly love to hear this man perform.  i dearly love to be in his audiences because he lets us be an integral [...]

here are a few photos from a fun visit i had today, to meet the new daughter of some friends of mine. thanks, friends, for wonderful conversation, yummy cookies and tea, and a grand time meeting your baby girl.  she’s beautiful.

i finished jenny’s block today.  i loved working with these fabrics.  i think i’ve decided that (at least for me) the secret to sucessful “wonky blocks” is to cut the pieces freehand with scissors instead of trying to use a rotary cutter and straightedge ruler.  i hope she likes it!

it’s so reassuring to see that other people have trouble photographing quilts well in winter!  i have struggled to get a good shot of this one and i think this is the best it’s going to get: i made this quilt as a gift for a friend of mine in exchange for one of her [...]

holiday craziness sort of knocked me off schedule with the common threads quilting bee (and i think i’m not the only one), so here are two blocks i recently finished: these fabrics were sent by nadia with a special request for embroidery.  i used the flowers in the upper left fabric as inspiration. i’m still [...]

my laptop’s video card fizzled out a few days ago, so i am beholden to my generous husband to share his computer with me so that i can post every once in awhile.  but i still wanted to share a few tiny happy things from the past few days (christmas reverie will be continued as [...]

to bring you a special report about a new craft love of mine. this is actually the second new craft love for me in the span of about 3 short weeks, so my brain is buzzing with possibilities, but i’ll tell you about the first of the two in another post. i just have to [...]

i think i played more games this christmas than i have ever played in that short of a stretch of time before in my life.  pictured above is one of the many new (for me) games that i learned–ticket to ride.  i’ve known about this game for awhile, but for some reason, i’ve been reluctant [...]

i am fortunate enough to have my best friend from college living in the same small (faraway) town as my sister, so whenever we go out to visit family, i often stay at my friend’s house and enjoy a little extra time to visit with her.  on this trip, i got to meet her new [...]

my dad’s birthday is a few days before christmas and this year he wanted to take a family trip to the smithsonian in washington d.c. for his birthday present.  we were happy to oblige. the day was bitterly cold and windy, but we managed to make it from our parked car to a chinese restaurant [...]