( This, by the way, is post number 500 !) FIRST: THRIFT A PURSE I think that the funky, bright, over-sized, bling bling purse craze must be coming to a close. The thrift store racks are full of them. I wanted to make a reasonable-sized but on-the-small-size camera bag …
“Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it.” -Pearl S. Buck- ~ I couldn’t resist using this title for the post. Isn’t it easier and more helpful to say “underwear” than to say “unmentionables” ? Keeping this journal of things I love to do gives me a chance …
“Second thoughts they say are best.” -Shakespeare- I used my old smock apron as a pattern. It has been a most comfortable apron but is quite old. I was certain it had only taken a yard to make it in the first place. I cut the apron straps at the shoulder so …
Clocks. Clocks are on my list of things that I have always have been drawn to. I love the ticking of multiple clocks which are out of sync. I love clock shops. I have many small clocks and some I have had for many years. I like loud clocks and …
” It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought. Each subsiding century reveals some new mystery; We build where monsters used to hide themselves.” -Longfellow- You are asking yourself what this quote from Longfellow has to do with little drawstring bags. I will tell you that …
Bag Lady Every woman I know has worried about being one. If I was one, I would love to have a bag like this. ~ This is one of my favorite Bag Lady bags. Bag Lady isn’t any kind of registered trademark. It is just the phrase I used …
This From That In the event that my memory ever fails me, I want to remember that I actually did things like this and how I did them. There will be many posts to this category in the future and they will all begin This From That. I love thrift stores. Some are …
Funky ironing board covers make it fun to iron even if you are bored. (That sounds a bit like a tongue twister to me.) Anyone who sews knows that you can’t sew without a hot iron. Every seam needs to be pressed. Every wrinkle needs to be smoothed out. Every …
Grandpa lost some of his face to cancer. The part that has known the most sun. The doctor took some skin from one place and put it on another. Grandpa is resting. Little people want to see. Mostly they want to know if it hurts. He says . . . …
She came today for a tiny, magical visit. A wisp of a thing who darted so fast that I could barely catch a glimpse of her. I could hear her more than I could see her. She filled the house with sunshine and the sounds made by little, rapidly-fluttering fairy wings. ~ The first thing …
