Archive for September, 2009

Mary.

Yesterday was a sad, sad day for Peter Paul and Mary fans.  The day my Fisher Price tape recorder arrived, so did my first Peter Paul and Mary tape (the first of many), turning me into a lifelong fan and a devotee of three-part harmony.  I am happy to have had her voice in my [...]

Posted by robyn on September 17th, 2009 under random | 3 Comments »

New Fabric.

It finally arrived! (I already put some of it to good use.)

Top picture:  mostly Denyse Schmidt’s County Fair, with some Ikea solid canvas and blue quilting cotton mixed in.
Middle:  Riley Blake
Bottom:  Echino

Posted by robyn on September 15th, 2009 under crafts, sewing | 3 Comments »

More Laptop Covers – EEE PC

This is the laptop sleeve that I made.

This is the teeny, adorable EEE PC that sits in the laptop sleeve that I made.
This is the poet/mom/blogger (Jan!) that writes on the EEE PC that sits in the laptop sleeve that I made.
This is the company that will be publishing a book of poems written [...]

Posted by robyn on September 14th, 2009 under crafts, sewing | 3 Comments »

Current Favorites

Photos above are:  1. My diary, 2. Echino – Oilcloth, 3. Australian Autumn: Journey Bird Pouch, 4. Purple Dress Side, 5. living room, 6. no cash, no problem, 7. Junko Onishi Bag, 8. Grassy Plain apron, 9. red pile

Flickr is always full of amazing inspiration, and I’m enamored with all of the photos above.

Other things [...]

Posted by robyn on September 10th, 2009 under crafts | 5 Comments »

New things, a new year.

I’m 32 now. I think it’ll be a good year, if this first week is any indication.
So far in this new year, I’ve treated myself to some new fabric, which I’ll be receiving shortly and will photograph when it comes.  Happy birthday to me!  I’ve also discovered and now adore Greek yogurt. There [...]

Posted by robyn on September 7th, 2009 under cooking, crafts, random | 6 Comments »

Happy Labor Day

Happy Labor Day, everyone.  I hope that those of you that get a long weekend are  enjoying it weekend so far.  The weather here has been absolutely gorgeous and consequently there’s been some (really awful but fun) tennis playing, inspired by the incredible US Open in NY this past week (woah, those upsets make for [...]

Posted by robyn on September 6th, 2009 under banjo, random | Comment now »

Coasting along

I’ve been on a coaster-making kick lately.   They say that necessity is the mother of all inventions, so it turns out that my Dunkin Donuts addiction has really paid off.

Posted by robyn on September 5th, 2009 under crafts | 2 Comments »

I hate waiting…

I bought fabric, and it’s not here yet.  Mind you, I only placed my order last night, but I have three days of vacation this week, a long weekend coming up, and the urge to sew BIG, and I can’t.  Well, actually, I can.  It’s not like I don’t have a stash to play with, [...]

Posted by robyn on September 1st, 2009 under crafts | Comment now »


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