Archive for March, 2009

Sugar Fix

I woke up this morning to a gloomy, rainy day.  In contrast to yesterday’s beautiful 65 + sunny spring day of re-potting plants, cleaning out garden beds, and a lovely evening with good friends, today’s weather has left me unmotivated and uninspired. Huh.  Must change that, I suppose. I’ve considered going back to bed, but [...]

Posted by robyn on March 29th, 2009 under cooking, crafts, random | 2 Comments »

Spring? Is that you?

Around this time of year, when the snow is finally disappearing, the nights are (finally) lighter, and the temps warm up enough during the day so that a winter coat begins to feel wrong, I feel compelled to buy massive amounts of flowers.  Consequently, I am also enticed by the cute little vessels to put [...]

Posted by robyn on March 20th, 2009 under crafts | 2 Comments »

Small Craft Room Enhancement

I’ve been getting the urge to redo my entire craft room from top to bottom.
During the 4 years we’ve lived in this house, I’ve try to bring this place to a place more our style and, well, century.  We steamed and stripped wallpaper in almost every room, repainted surfaces in most spots (sometimes twice!), sanded, [...]

Posted by robyn on March 18th, 2009 under crafts, random | 4 Comments »

The Demitasse Bag 2 (or: Timtex Challenge Part 2!)

Here’s the second bag I made to test out the old and new Timtex interfacing from C&T Publishing.  This one was the proud recipient of the old Timtex, in all of its coveted glory. Just like the first Demitasse Bag I made, this one used the entire contents of a Timtex craft pack, ‘cept this [...]

Posted by robyn on March 10th, 2009 under crafts, sewing | 2 Comments »

The Demitasse Bag (or: Timtex Challenge Part 1!)

This is a bag design I’m calling The Demitasse. It reminds me of something you might carry with you when meeting your friends for brunch in a cute little cafe, maybe drinking something out of a small demitasse cup… you know? Or maybe not.  But the name came up and off it went to become [...]

Posted by robyn on March 7th, 2009 under crafts, sewing | 5 Comments »

Laptop sleeve 2

Another laptop sleeve!  Simple, snug-fitting, protective cuteness!

The outside is Amy Butler, the inside is Tula Pink’s Flutterby (my newest obsession).

Posted by robyn on March 3rd, 2009 under crafts, sewing | 4 Comments »


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