Category Archives: gifts

emily on the bench

on lace and goodbyes

When someone very important to me told me she would be moving away, someone who had done a great deal for me over the years and for whom I have never done a damn thing, I knew I should do something nice for her. She … Read More

one last project!

How could I forget! Here I was about to join the rest of the crafty internet in posting a recap/mosaic of my projects from last year, and I realized there was one left from Christmas that I never posted about! I made a pair of … Read More

on mittens, cell phones, outdoor survival, and priorities

Having lived in the frigid midwest for many years now, I’m a big fan of the convertible mitten (you know – those ones with the tops that flip open so you can use your fingers – there must be a million different names for them). … Read More