Month: March 2006
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Crafty night
Last night I spent some time at my friend Shara’s place, knitting away. I’m working on a dishcloth…yes, ONE dishcloth. I don’t know how people can knit a few so easily…I’ve been working on this one forever! Anyway, it’s still not done, so you don’t get to see it. Shara, Miss Nimble-Fingers, embroidered a cute…
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Books from my sister
I love birthdays! I received an early birthday present from my sister…a book I’ve been wanting for a while, Denyse Schmidt Quilts. I love it! Aside from having a lot of basic quilting how-to, it has such fun ideas for piecing fabric together. Take these cards, for instance… Or maybe these adorable kitties… The book…
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Zoot!
Last night, Justin and I dined at Zoot, a wonderful little restaurant not far from our home. Ohmyga. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute we spent there, and I’d go back in a heartbeat. It’s a small place, in a renovated old house, with grey and red tones and wall-to-wall wine racks. As soon as we…
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I cooked.
What can I say? I haven’t been cooking much. But this week, we got broccoli from our farmer, and I just couldn’t let it go to waste. I love broccoli! We didn’t have much else, though, so I kind of made do. It turned out really well, though, for a throw-it-together kind of thing. In…
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Swap!
Yesterday I received my swap goodies from Vidya, a web-pal that happens to live a few blocks from me. We decided to swap a few crafty things, and I got the cutest stuff! She made me a softie, (I named her Olivia), a velvet rabbit with lopsided legs and a flower in her hair. The…