I have only recently begun to crochet, but I love it because it calms me, gives my fidgety fingers something to do while watching tv or waiting in line to pick up the kids at school. I am still a newbie, sticking to simple patterns, like hats, scarves & grannie squares. I am lucky enough...
If you have spent any amount of time perusing this blog you can probably tell that I am a photo-freak. I love taking pictures, and do my best to chronicle my children’s lives with photographs. My brother teased me once that I have documented every possible memory for my kids, and it will not be...
a gift for myself, from me with love. a brand new card for the shop
Almost every year I try to get our kids involved in the making of our Christmas cards. It’s a HUGE job, but it ends up being less stressful when we all work on them together. Does that make sense at all? How can it be LESS stressful with young hands assisting? Well it is. And...
I want to thank you all for entering this contest, and especially thank you for all of the sweet comments about my cards! I’m glad you like them! Here are the winners:RoseMamie said… I’ve always been partial to your Celtic Cross note cards, so I’d have to say those are my favorite..but I just perused...
Inspired by SouleMama: A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see....
I finished Henry’s winter hat last night. It took me one week to make. Because I am slow. It probably would have taken my crocheting mentor, Auntie Annie, about an hour to make. I am still pretty new & slow and I have to sneak in these little pockets of time for crocheting. It calms...
For those of you who abhor the celebration of Christmas before Thanksgiving I apologize in advance. I don’t break out the decorations until after Turkey Day BUT I do start shopping months before, to avoid stress during the month of December. So in order to help my readers out with their gift giving needs I...
I have an easy cloth napkin tutorial to share that made our family dinners a little more environmentally friendly! I am a newcomer to sewing. I can’t do fancy things with my sewing machine. I can only sew straight lines, sometimes not even that. I really have no business posting a sewing tutorial, given that...
Inspired by SouleMama: A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see....
**Please note, due to zoning changes in the Main Strasse Village children are no longer allowed to dine at Zola 🙁 But if you have kids in tow you can always carry out from Zola!
What is cabin life? It is an escape from reality. It is a magical place where the only things that matter are sewing projects, movie watching, book reading, sitting by the fire, new crochet projects, bread making, drawing pictures of robots, eating good food (and drinking good beer), hanging out on the front porch, and...
