Posted in Uncategorized on April 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Last Sunday I packed up my two youngest and we hopped the ferry and headed to Discovery Bay. The three of us had a great time swimming and relaxing. My wonderful husband stayed home to do a little work and he followed us up on Tuesday.
This was the view I woke up to each morning.
Tuesday [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Last year I invited 4 strangers to stay with me for Artfest, we immediately became friends and decided to stay together again. It is the same group with the addition of one mom.
They all saw me knitting some socks last year and mentioned that I had a year to get them all socks done.
Well right [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Wow, it is almost time to leave. I head over to Discovery Bay on Sunday for a couple of days with my family before my husband takes them home and my friends arrive and we head off to Artfest.
One of the fun things at Artfest is trading. People make little pieces of artwork and trade [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on March 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I can’t believe it almost time for Artfest. It starts on Wednesday and I will be leaving on Sunday. I have lots left to do, but did finish a couple of things today.
The theme is sea monsters and there is a gallery, that you can enter two pieces. I just finished my two tonight.
They are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phat Fiber is a fabulous sample box for fiber, knitting, crocheting, and handspun enthusiast. The box comes filled with lots of little samples from different artisans.
I am lucky enough to participate in March’s box and just got done sending off 45 fiber themed bookmarks and a mini journal.
Posted in Uncategorized on February 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In the last couple of years, I taught myself to knit. I love to knit socks. I decided that I needed a sock journal and who better to make it, but me. So I made myself one with a picture of a sock I knit.
sock journal
I love this sock. It was knit from a skein [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on September 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am so thrilled to be able to attend Artfest again this year. I had such a fantastic time the two years that I went, last year and in 2003.
This year the theme is sea monsters, specifically the nice kind like octopus. I went on a hunt for some cool stamps and found these. I especially [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Well, it has been an interesting month to say the least, between lots of little family disasters and work I have been swamped.
I did just finish up a huge coop order which gives me some breathing room and hopefully pays my deposit for Artfest.
These are all custom journals, everybody either gave me a broad these [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on August 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This style of book is very special to me. Years ago, before I learned to bind, I was a part of a few rubberstamp groups. Chris Peden made this incredible starbook, that I was just in awe of. I really wanted to be able to make my own and it inspired me to go buy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on July 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My grandma had a huge owl collection. I asked her once why she liked owls so much. She told me that she had a couple she liked and before she knew it everybody had decided she liked owls and she had a large collection.
Well for me it has become dragonflies. I think it evolved about [...]
