Hello all, October came and went like a flash. The vast majority of the month was spent buried deep in the creative process (a favorite place of mine), getting jewelry items ready for sale at our Waldorf charter school’s annual fundraiser where I was a vendor. The studio turned into a frenzy of mixed-media! Leather, copper, needlepoint, crochet, wood and…
Category: jewelry
Two Steps Forward
I just spent some time re-reading through older posts from when I first started this blog two years ago. It’s funny how our subconscious guides us sometimes, because I had been pondering the idea of how Coffee & Lilacs has changed since its beginning, how much I have grown and what I have learned…how we’re evolving together, this little blog space and I.…
Back At It
Well hello there little blog, I sure have missed you. In almost two years of writing on this space, I have not taken this long of a break from posting. It kind of crept up on me actually, and then I found myself in the midst of a very creative and industrious time which left very little, if any, time…
Bustling Days
Well, I promptly woke up with a raging head cold, body aches and chills on Monday morning after the craft fair on Sunday. I should’ve expected it, as I know my body all too well at this point in my life. Staying up until all hours for over a week straight, stitching until my eyes were twitching and my back…
Sweater Mitts
Just wanted to pop in with a quickie post/update on the sweater mitts or wrist warmers or fingerless gloves…whatever you’d like to call them. This is a project I’ve wanted to do for a while now, and after finding a super easy tutorial over at The Renegade Seamstress, I gave it a go. I just made a simple pattern from…
Chop Shop
My studio has been dubbed “the chopping block” this past week. After acquiring some new-to-me sweaters from the thrift store , I had to start going through my inventory in order to make room and keep the space from turning into a complete and total chaotic mess, although I must admit that I am fairly good at going through what…
Wrap Up
Over the weekend, I got to spend a lovely afternoon with a new friend…and some old ones too, at a fundraiser for our local Waldorf school. My friend, Gina, makes the coolest bell bottom jeans you have ever seen…yes, there is a market for bell bottoms and Gina’s got it nailed! A crafty mama like myself, we have a lot in common…
