Here is another installment in my series about artistic delights I found while in Europe this fall. The photo below is one I took while marvelling from a train at the Scottish countryside. I’ve seen photos, but it’s breathtaking seeing in person the different shades of green covering the rolling hills. The rolling hills themselves …
As promised, here is the beginning of a series of posts with a few photos of images that delighted me in Europe! First stop, England. I promise also that these posts are not meant to be travelogues, where I bombard you with tons of photos and long explanations of where we were and what we …
I happened to be there! My husband and I had planned months ago to be in Westminster, London on September 14-18. Then Queen Elizabeth II died, and her funeral was planned for the 19th. So we were present while everything was going on, and that was quite the experience in itself! Even arriving at Heathrow …
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I have one last treat of a post for you before I take a month off making things! But despair not, I will resume making and writing later in October/early November. Meanwhile, if you haven’t yet signed up for my non-spammy newsletter, please do so. At the moment, I don’t use social media; so my …
For my husband’s and my 28th wedding anniversary, we visited the small town of Parrsboro in Nova Scotia. I had hoped to find sea glass at some of the local beaches, but no such luck. Of course, we did get a later start to the day, so we couldn’t search all the places. But that …
I am SO HAPPY about successfully knitting my first pair of socks!! I finally made it past the heel of the second sock, and it was so much easier to do the second time around. After starting the first sock at least ten times and the second one twice, I finally feel like I sort …
Hello, Hello! Three more refashions, coming right up! You can see the first two of this little “series” I created for myself. These aren’t for sale, but I may consider selling refashioned clothing at some point. First up is what I would call a muted French blue linen shirt. It originally had shorter sleeves rolled …
I had this teal coloured long-sleeve t-shirt to which I had added a fabric skirt awhile ago. That skirt eventually started tearing because the fabric was old, but the shirt part stayed intact. So I removed the skirt and fashioned another one. I love how it turned out! The pink floral fabric comes from my …
I’ve been on a roll since May with refashioning clothing pieces. I have several pieces to share with you, so here is the first. It all started with a green linen shirt (bought from thrift store, as always with me) that didn’t quite fit right and had some small torn sections. I didn’t want to …
I recently got to spend a week with my aunt and uncle in California. They live in one of the cities near Palm Springs, so I did a bit of research on the area beforehand. I knew they were in a desert area, but didn’t know it was the Coachella Valley region. I knew about …