Drumroll, please. I finished my first embroidery project. Also, perhaps, my last, though I do own the Sublime Stitching chick’s latest book and enough materials to half-fill one of my Rubbermaids. So we’ll see. I’m happy with my final product — maybe I’ll show you the front sometime. I’m going to frame it for Annabelle […]
This weekend Annabelle began designing her “spring collection” of fashions, and also made some lovely sculptures by gluing plastic beads together. But my favorite AB creation of late is one I found last week in her “important papers” folder in her backpack. I don’t know if she wrote it for a school assignment or just […]
Finally, success with a classroom craft. There isn’t time to go down the list of turds I’ve dropped in the artistic punchbowl over the years (the time my mom and I tried to get first graders to emulate Picasso and Matisse comes to mind) but I must say that I’m feeling quite proud of the […]
Not only is she a wonderful nanny — brimming with knowledge from special ed classes and a terrific spirit — she’s super creative. So it was hard to figure out how to celebrate Courtney, who celebrates her 22nd birthday today. An afternoon with Sophie isn’t a bad start (though for the record I did offer […]
As you might recall, the first time I tried to make candy corn, Annabelle remarked that it looked like I was making Flamin’ Hot Cheetos. Not this time. I nailed it, if I do say so myself. And it wasn’t the salted butter — the recipe I tried this time actually called for it. It’s […]
I am a believer in “third time’s a charm,” which is why I am not calling it quits on homemade candy corn. Yet. Last Friday I took a second pass at challah (braided egg bread). It looked better than the first attempt, which I burned, but was painfully dry> Hhow could I manage to make bread […]
This morning was greeted before dawn and with great excitement. It’s October. The girls and I rolled around in bed and talked about Halloween costumes (Annabelle’s going to be a black poodle; Sophie’s still undecided, maybe Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba, or maybe a cat, or Cinderella to complement Ms. X’s Fairy Godmother costume — […]
The past few weeks, I’ve been doing some organizing. I know I always say that, but this time I’ve been digging a little deeper, opening Rubbermaids I’d ignored for a while. Ditto for the scary piles that migrate to corners of my house. It hasn’t been all bad. In fact, I’ve coined a new expression […]
If you want to see really good pictures and full details about the latest irresistible retail arrival in town, read my friend and colleague Robrt Pela’s piece about Beatrice Moore and her new store, Kooky Krafts, in the latest New Times. I’ve lusted after Moore’s work ever since I paid a visit to her studio […]
Annabelle is home sick. She, Sophie and I all caught colds (a record — school’s barely been back two weeks) and while Sophie and I are fully functional though snuffly, as often happens, Annabelle’s went straight to her chest and she was up at 3:30 this morning, coughing that terrifying croup-y cough. I don’t think […]
