Gray Day Photo Lighting Trick
This is a simple trick to help to better photos in the natural light, without resorting to flash. Photo lighting in tricky in Seattle most of the year, but especially when it is as gray
DIY Washi Tape Garland
This may be the one and only Christmas holiday I’d like to do in neon, so I’m going to just go for it wherever I can. I pulled out my stash of washi tape and
Emma's DIY Desk
Another project we did for Emma’s room redo was fill the need for a dressing table and chair. There is a bit more mirror time these days before school, and I thought it would
Crazy Star Quilt
As I suspected, finishing unfinished projects seems to be good for the blahs. I put my nose down toward the sewing machine last week and finished the crazy star quilt I’d started a while ago. I
Random
I’m not gonna lie, its been a weird week. Kinda good, I mean Fall! I love Fall… but kinda blah… maybe cause that rain they told us to expect never came. Maybe I just need more
Emma’s DIY Headboard
A budget- friendly, DIY headboard project Emma’s room. A little history first- Emma has slept in a great wooden sleigh bed since she moved out of crib (here’s a post from 2006 that shows this bed).
4 New Quilt Paintings
(From left to right: Echo Star, Morning Star, Flutter Wheel with Toile, Turkey's Delimma.) I finished the Morning Star and Flutter Wheel last week, soon they are all four headed to Artstream Gallery in
My Tools for The Sketchbook Project
(Above sketchbook page from a photo I took at the Ballard Farmer’s Market a few weeks ago). I got a few questions on my sketching post last week about tools I’m using when I sketch,
An Expensive Bird Cage Light DIY
These bird cage lights from the Conran Shop have been around for a while now and I’m completely obsessed with them. So gorgeous. The last time I was crazy for something like this, Atilla arrived,