I drove home from Kingston yesterday. Spring dots of leaves and blossoms made a serene show in the bush for the ten hour trip. These branches are a remembrance of the 30 minute nap I took around 3 pm, on a pull off from highway 17

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home safe

Shake it: Mint Juleps You’ll be chomping at the bit for this delicious recipe! It’s the ultimate derby drink: the Mint Julep. Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 2 cups water Sprigs of fresh mint Crushed ice Kentucky bourbon whiskey Silver julep cups 1. Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes.

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Shake it: Mint Julep

I brought this piece of en caustic printed linen with me as a sample for the workshop, but did not get to start stitching into it until everything was over. I don’t KNOW what I’m doing, but it is a great comfort to me just to stitch while talking with my dad.

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intuition

Welcome Home Wednesday: custom painted doormat Your front door can go a long way toward making a home feel welcome, and this customized doormat is the perfect first step. This one was designed for an initial but, of course you could do any design

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Welcome Home Wednesday: custom painted doormat

Quick Sewing Idea: Bath Time Puppets This project is from my book: Creative Juice – 24 Re-crafting Projects to Make With Recycled Stuff Bathtime just turned into an imaginative puppet show! Ordinary hand towels and felt become fun bath puppets in the shape of frogs, piglets, monsters or anything else a child can imagine. Materials: 1 hand towel embroidery floss felt scraps embroidery needle scissors sewing machine permanent marker Steps: 1. Choose a hand towel and felt in colors appropriate for each puppet

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Mommy Monday: Washcloth Bath Puppets

Make It For Mom: Floating Pearl Necklace Mother’s day is just around the corner (May 9th) and a handmade floating pearl necklace is the perfect way to tell her how much you care. This necklace can be made in under 1-hour and features a magnetic claps. (Moms love magnetic clasps) For this design, I used fresh water pearls that were dyed a very soft pink

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Make it for Mom: Floating Pearl Necklace

This little cutie can be whipped up in under an hour and is the perfect spring accessory. I used an Amy Butler paper and some of my stash flowers for this design

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Fashion Friday: Spring Fling headbands

Boutonniere-Making 101 Making your own boutonniere is easier than it looks. All you need is a few flowers, floral tape and a little floral wire. All the supplies can be picked up in the floral arranging section of most craft or fabric stores

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DIY Thursday: Prom Corsage and Boutonniere-Making 101

Hundertwasser 1960 This weekend’s workshop in Kingston seems to have come together on its own. Eva Hesse 1966 I’m teaching hand stitching with a modernist sensibility, based on archetypal symbols that are the basis for much of 50′s and 60′s art. Nettie Kenedy 1955 (a Gee Bend quilt) I’ll be showing these images on the first day

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Modernism and Slow art

Yea! Yea! Two shouts for no more burns!! Round two of the prototypes came in today and they are working swell!! The tweezers pick up the smallest rhinestones and the finger caps are really heat resistant! We still have a few more rounds till everything is perfect – but we are getting close. Wanna learn more about our new tools

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hot glue gun helper – round two prototypes!

I spend a lot of time alone. I read the art reviews, the concert reviews and the movie reviews in the Toronto Globe and Mail and realize how isolated I am. (Manitoulin does not have a movie theatre) “Ned” I say

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all that is required is to slow down and reflect

The kids gave me a sweet little red canon digital camera for my last birthday. Now I’ve lost the thingey that recharges the battery. Unable to post any new photos, these are old ones of dyed and painted fabrics in the wind.

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line work

Translating the painted designs into full sized 90 inch cloth pieces is a little daunting but a start was made yesterday at the regular Thursday sewing circle. Three different women over the course of the day worked on the blue dotted eyelet stitches pictured left.

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two new panels

Before: Ikea Mirror After: Ikea Faux Tile Mirror Materials: Ikea Tranby Mirror Sewing Pin Gallery Glass Gallery Glass Colors: 16008 – Gallery Glass ® Window Color™ – Kelly Green, 2 oz.

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Welcome Home Wednesday: Faux Tile Mirror

Stuffed Bell Peppers are Easy, Yummy and Delicious!! This recipe is made with ground beef. You could also use ground turkey or chicken. For a vegetarian option, I double the rice and add chopped veggies or I add a little stuffing mix.

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Tasty Tuesday: Stuffed Bell Peppers

Make it: Baby Sling Baby slings can be a big-ticket item in stores; you can save a ton of money and add a personal touch by designing them yourself. They only require 2.5 yards of fabric and this pattern is so simple to stitch up. For safety, be sure to wear the sling properly and don’t use on infants

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Mommy Monday: Baby Sling Pattern

NOW SHIPPING!!!! Barnes and Noble – Amazon To celebrate the release (now shipping) of 101 Snappy Fashions , I am giving away a goodie pack each week for the next few weeks. The goodies are themed by chapter and will include a signed copy of the book, a grand prize and a few fun extras! Keep coming back each week and enter to win another set of goodies

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Week 7 – 101 Snappy Fashions Giveaway

These handcrafted garden markers are not your ordinary garden-variety markers. They can be customized to any plant you may have growing in your garden. I used twigs that I collected from my local park

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DIY Thursday: Make Your Own Garden Markers

Photo from Pantone’s website. Just got this letter: Help! I’m trying to figure out how to re-do my room and I’m totally lost on color schemes and furniture. Dear Color Schemed Challenged, In my opinion, the best place to start is your closet

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Welcome Home Wednesday: Lost on Color Schemes

Please meet Margo Potter a creative force and mommy to Avalon (age 12). Margot and I have been friends for several years now. We mostly communicate via email and facebook with occasional telephone inspirational chat.

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Mommy Monday: Margot Potter