Unless you live under a rock, you know tomorrow is Easter Sunday. And if you're on Pinterest, or peruse the craft/sewing blog community, you've no doubt been slapped in the face with all manner of Easter-themed DIY's.

Like... Read more about Hoppin' down that old bunny trail

It's official: Pinterest has ruined my life.

How, you ask, has Pinterest ruined my life? After all, Pinterest is wonderful. Amazing. Fantabulous. Pinterest is a window to a world of color and light and glitter and all things sparkly. Pinterest is kittens and cotton candy and warm socks that never, ever fall down or get bunchy. How on EARTH could Pinterest ever hurt anyone?

Where would you like me to start? Read more about heartstrings

A friend of mine recently requested a dragon tail for her nephew, and wondered if I could make a couple of princess hats for her nieces, as well. Obviously, I don't have a lot of experience in the princess realm. Besides being the mother of very un-princessy boys, I never got into the princess thing when I was a kid. I played dress-up, yes, but mostly I just had tea parties with my cat and made her ride in my baby buggy while I pushed her up and down our block. (Yeah, I didn't have a lot of friends...okay, fine--I didn't have any friends.) Read more about the princess project

I originally planned this quilt to be part of my Holiday Mart inventory. Of course, when push came to shove, I couldn't get it all finished in time, and no one wants to buy a quilt top these days. 

I did end up finishing it, about a week after the Holiday Mart. Read more about christmas tree strip quilt

Show of hands--who is sick to death of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and every other form of carbohydrate known to humankind?

Meeeeeeeeeee too. Read more about Oh, Betty! - Candy Dandies: toffee (Gifts From Your Kitchen, Card #17)

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I did a lot of tweeting at an ungodly hour of the morning today because I participated for the first time ever in "Black Friday." (No, that's not a Tyler Perry movie.) Read more about black friday: the ugly truth

Before the big Holiday Mall, I was trying to come up with ideas for Christmasy-type things to make. I like Advent calendars, but I was trying to think of something different from the ones I'd already made.

I had a small bit of fabric left over from another project--ruby red and just-off-white striped knit, with a little gold sparkle woven in between the stripes. Read more about Elf Laundry

From the looks of things, a WHOLE LOT of people have completely forgotten about Thanksgiving this year. Which is sad, because I love me some turkey and Stove Top stuffing. And mashed potatoes. And gravy. And pie. Mmmmm...pie.  Read more about christmas crap

Once upon a time, there lived a little prince and princess who had everything. Well--maybe not everything, but indeed, they had quite a lot. Which was never a problem until every November, when the birthdays of the prince and princess rolled around (each within a week of the other). Read more about a tale of two tails

I've heard a lot of whining lately about how Thanksgiving has become the "forgotten holiday." This trend, of course, is due to the immediate retail rush at midnight November 1st to move all things Halloween to the clearance aisles and start pushing the Christmas crap on unwitting (and witting) shoppers. Turkey Day proponents are concerned this phenomenon perpetuates society's downward spiral into consumerist hedonism, as we completely neglect the one day a year set aside for gratitude.

Gratitude, schmatitude: That's my attitude. Read more about turkey--the ugly white meat