Ever After

I do. More than I care to admit. (Think BIG numbers)! I honestly don’t know why I love buttons so much, especially fabric covered buttons, but they are definitely one of my current craft obessions. This calendar I finished up today (based on a pattern from the book I Love Patchwork!) was the perfect way [...]

Last night, we quietly celebrated BT’s birthday with a dinner of yummy waffles cooked on my (I mean, “his”) his new waffle iron. When he asked for waffles for dinner, I seized the shoppertunity and bought “him” the rotating waffle iron that I’d had my eyes on for years but could never quite justify it. [...]

WHINE ALERT: LEVEL RED When I quit my job after Vivi was born, I started taking piano lessons as a way to keep my brain from going to mush and to give me an immediate sense of accomplishment that would otherwise be sorely absent.  How gloriously selfish! How completely extravagant!  Some women pamper themselves with [...]

More than ten years ago, I purchased a serger, but I never used it … not one single time … because I was afraid of it.  So, shortly before my year trade-in period expired, I exchanged it for a less intimidating embroidery machine. But as the years have gone by, I’ve always wanted to learn [...]