As you're reading this, we are most likely flying over several US states and rapidly approaching home. Family vacations can sometimes yield stories that become eyebrow-raising legends passed from one generation to the next, but aside from a couple of mosquito bites, ours was entirely painless. Not boring or forgettable, no, but solidly good. You know that feeling of slipping into a comfortable bed with freshly laundered linens and settling down with an engrossing book? Our holiday in the Midwest ... Read more
Indy Menagerie
It's a bit of a departure from my usual topics (though do I really have a set of usual topics?), but we spent a lot of time at the Indianapolis zoo a couple of days ago, and I have to say, I loved it and went crazy with my camera. I've gone to the Seattle zoo a fair number of times, but I've never been able to get decent photos of the animals. I think they might be introverted. Not so at the Indy zoo. I felt up close and personal with so many creatures, sometimes it was disconcerting. For ... Read more
2 years + News + Giveaway! [CLOSED]
Twenty-four months is how long I've been blogging and you know, if I didn't have an archive of all the posts, I wouldn't believe it. My life has changed dramatically since I started this little online notebook of mine where I collect and share ideas and experiments. I've talked about this before, but I began this blog with the intention of building an illustration portfolio. I'd been through the ringer with my last corporate job, and the concept of leisurely working with pens and paints ... Read more
correspondances estivales
Some months ago, Isabelle of Lathelize invited me to be part of an utterly charming annual project of hers. She calls it "correspondances estivales", which Google Translate mangled into "summer match". Basically, it's a handmade postcard exchange. Over an eight week period starting in early July, we are each assigned a different person for whom we create and mail out a postcard. The one you see above I received from lovely Isabelle (a different Isabelle from the organizer, I've been informed, ... Read more
Down Memory Lane: Ba-chan Made
Good morning! I'm here in Indianapolis enjoying my family vacation, and I wish I could say I have a new Monday outfit to share, but I didn't get a chance to sew much last week (no surprise). However, my mom is coming to visit us in Seattle as soon as we get back from Indy, and I was thinking about all the little outfits she used to make K. I've posted the crazy story of my mother's enthusiastic sewing turning into an art show before and you've seen the wizardry of her doll-clothes-making, but ... Read more