I am eagerly awaiting fall. I’m not a summer lover. Sure those first few sunshiney days of spring are amazing after a long winter. And I do love a good summer vacation, but mostly it’s hot and humid and I just want to cuddle up and stay indoors with my woolens and my hobbies. So…
As someone who sometimes struggles to put multiple colors together in a cohesive way, I’m fascinated by fabric collections. As I delve into quilting, I find fabric collections of 18-20 different prints somehow designed to all go together. They also give me inspiration for fun ink palettes. This fabric is called the Coastal Collection and…
When looking for inspiration today, I decided it was time to go RAINBOW for Pride Month. So I gathered all my pens and my favorite rainbow of inks. What colors would be in your rainbow? Robert Oster Astorquiza Rot Robert Oster Peach Robert Oster Aussie Gold Papier de Plume Ivy Green Diamine Florida Blue Waterman…
A few weeks ago, Ana and I realized we were both interested in doing some “blind dates” or mystery boxes for all of you. So today, I’m doing what she did about a week ago and offering TWO Mystery Boxes (only one box per reader). Inside these boxes you’ll find tons of different papers to…
Ana’s post about re-devoting herself to journaling made me want to take a look at my practice this year. This year I have been using three primary journals: For my daily planner, I use the Effin’ Birds planner. This is my third year using it and it just meets all my needs really well. For…
I recently spun up some fiber that had gorgeous colors – pinks, reds, purples and just a touch of blue. The colorway was called Blushes Deeply. So I went looking for an ink palette. What do you think? Sailor Shikiori Yozakura PenBBS #233 Nanjing Sailor Peche Tono & Lims Maboroshi DeAtramentis Deep Water Obsession Black…
I’m the tail end of Gen X and sometimes those stereotypes are spot on. I LOVE 80’s music, I identify with a lot of the memes. And apparently right now I’m starting to go into my neon era? In the last 2 months I’ve been testing knitting a scrappy knit dress for a designer (pattern…
