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i would love to win this! thanks.
Commented Aug 10, 2012 on Meg McElwee Ashland pattern giveaway at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Meg McElwee Ashland pattern giveaway
We're absolutely thrilled to have collaborated this week with fellow North Carolina resident, pattern designer, blogger, and author Meg McElwee to bring you a great giveaway. For those of you who aren't familiar with this talented sewist, Meg has written two very popular sewing books, Sew Libe...
awesome! thanks for the chance.
Commented Dec 2, 2011 on Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways at Spoonflower Blog – Design & Sell your own Fabric, Wallpaper, and Gift Wrap
Spoonflower's 12 Days of Giveaways
While the merry Spoonflower crew is busy printing the fabrics you need to make your gifts, we're kicking off twelve days of giveaways to give you the chance to win gifts of your own this holiday season! Check back every day through December 12th to win beautiful fabrics designed by the Spoonf...
i love it! way to "put a bird on it" and put a lego on it too! a winning combination!
Commented Jul 9, 2011 on I wish we could go to Lego Land..... at Was I There?
I wish we could go to Lego Land.....
It's a beautiful dream, man. The only kind of dream that a six-year-old boy can articulate as he works in a pottery studio trying to literally make lego bricks out of clay. He made the bricks. He patterned them with real lego bricks. And then he stuck them together to make a robot, which ...
this is a beautiful post, julia. so true and well said. and you know what? you are whacky. in the best possible way. love, jess
Commented Jun 14, 2011 on Printing Break(down)through at Was I There?
Printing Break(down)through
Last week, all these things happened: it rained monsoon-style for a whole week, my best friend from college visited, Gus went out of town, the kindergarten-end-of-year madness continued, I went to the the police station to be fingerprinted (more on that later...), and I frantically hired a bab...
this is SO AWESOME!!! omg. we love that portlandia clip too. i'm sure it's so funny because it's so true. there are birds on everything in this house. and we love it!
and the randomness is perfect. WHY is a bird on a hippo? and why is a bird on theo's head while he holds a plate with a bird on a hippo?
it's awesome.
Commented Apr 22, 2011 on "Put A Bird On It" : A Tribute to Portlandia at Was I There?
"Put A Bird On It" : A Tribute to Portlandia
"In Portland, you can put a bird on anything and call it art!" says one character to another in the new TV series Portlandia. Watch them make fun of the City of Roses (and etsy) here. I doff my hat and bird to Portlandia with my new series of plates. It might not be art, but at least it's ...
what a sweet boy you have!!
Commented Feb 19, 2011 on Wren Contemplates Valentine at Was I There?
Wren Contemplates Valentine
Of course I only had time to make one. But isn't it a beauty? This is something to work on for next Valentine's Day, although hearts really never go out of style. It's a sad and happy Valentine's Day here. Sad because Theo woke up with a 101 fever and is lounging about in his pjs while ...
this is awesome! :)
Commented Jan 12, 2011 on Love, Leap, Late at Was I There?
Love, Leap, Late
This is Theo's fresh-off-the-press "L" homework and it slays me. I also feel the need to explain the last drawing: the detailed kindergarten rug, which they all sit around for "circle time" in the mornings, and the kid (that scrawl to the left) who is late, frantically putting all his gear in...
squirrely or not, i love my tiny, chubby european robin ornament! it's hanging above our seasonal table for now, until the tree goes up. thank you!
jess
Commented Dec 16, 2010 on Ornament! at Was I There?
Ornament!
I have been making ornaments for a couple years now (mostly European Robins-- think Beatrix Potter) but the newest batch of owls that flew out of the kiln today just slayed me. And how insane is this: they each had their own personality, so of course I had to photograph them one... by one.....
this sounds so lovely! we wish we could have joined you.
Commented Nov 16, 2010 on a walk in the fog and the first "bon" fire of winter at Was I There?
a walk in the fog and the first "bon" fire of winter
I went out looking for patterns today on a walk through a thick fog. Here are the bases madrone trees. Madrone bark peels off in mosaic patterns in the winter and becomes so beautifully green and red. Here is some lichen on fallen scrub oak branches. Here is a cobweb. And here is a rob...
this looks so fun, caren! we recently found some double-bladed skates for noah, which really help him balance. but sadly we don't have frozen lakes around here! i definitely miss new england in the winter. but i guess i'm also enjoying the sunshiney walks along the bay and the unusually warm weather we've been having in bellingham...
happy february!
Commented Jan 31, 2010 on wintering at b o t t o m l a n d
wintering
One of the things about living in New Hampshire is that in order to survive the cold winters, it is imperative to love being outside in the cold. Papa D and I love to cross country ski, downhill ski, snowshoe, ice skate, and take walks in the crunchy snow. It has been so fun over last winter a...
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