Fiber Arts in New Orleans

In addition to a lovely fiber shop, I found a variety of cool fiber arts things on my trip to New Orleans! When I did my Disney College Program, I had a fabulous roommate: Chelsey. She grew up near New Orleans, and found her way back after our program. She’s currently working at the fabulous […]

The Quarter Stitch

I just spent the most wonderful week in New Orleans with a couple of friends for a “spring break” trip (they are teachers, and it was their spring break). We stayed at the edge of the French Quarter, so we could walk around with adult beverages and back to our hotel. Imagine my surprise, in […]

Color Analysis

I remember, as a kid, hearing “Oh, I’m a [insert season here], so I can’t wear that,” and I always hated it. I’ve always been of the opinion if you like a color, just wear it. That isn’t to say some colors don’t flatter some better than they do others. Since I was a teenager, […]

AdhDiy Craft Cafe

I had an absolutely delightful outing in the West Bottoms neighborhood of KC last weekend. I first learned about the AdhDiy Craft Café through Instagram. It was like a paint-and-sip place, but in addition to painting, there were a bunch of craft options. You can BYOB, but they also have tea! (When I told one […]

Hello 2024

This wild weather has me all out of whack… but I do have some goals I’d love to accomplish in 2024! #MakeNine2024 This year, I built my grid out of WIPs (and some of them may be familiar!). Hoping I’ll have a complete grid to show off by then end of the year! Expand on […]

Goodbye 2023

Happy New Year! 2023 was a year I was just happy to survive, but I’m still celebrating my wins (and acknowledging the losses) for my resolutions this year: Wins: I did better on my MakeNine2023 than I did on my MakeNine2022! I had three finished objects, four WIPs, and only two that I did not […]

Kerry Woollen Mills

Taking my usual gift-crafting break until the new year! Wishing you and yours a great finish for 2023. Our last stop on our amazing tour of Ireland was Killarney, which was also stunning. Beautiful mountains, our hotel (that Walt Disney stayed at!) was on a lake and had a bunch of lovely touristy activities to […]

Inis Oirr

This was by far my favorite locale of the whole trip! And really, would a knitting tour of Ireland be complete without a visit to the famous Aran Islands (you know, where Aran fisherman sweaters get their name)? We spent all our island time on Inis Oirr (pronounced EE-nes SHEER), which is the smallest and […]

National Button Day

Today, November 16, is National Button Day! The designation came from the National Button Society, which formed in 1938 to celebrate the hobby of button collecting (so crafting and collecting craft supplies were always two different hobbies!). There were some special buttons I wanted to celebrate today. They actually belong to my mom, who grew […]

Kylemore Abbey

This was a stop a ways out of Galway, but one of my favorite stops on the whole tour! It’s a beautiful castle (and walled Victorian gardens that still make produce they use in the restaurant on site) nestled in a mountain on a lake in the Connemara region of Ireland, famous for it’s stunning […]