Banquet Journal

chogappo

hand woven, hand sewn, linen chogappo, a one-of-a-kind korean wrapping cloth. from gallery tsumugi.

susan cianciolo

 what a mad, mad summer it has been. i'm still here though -  loving these susan cianciolo pieces from maryam nassir zadeh.  beautiful handwork... esp that bag.

april showers and may flowers

Despite my best intentions, april ended up being about head colds and chest colds, and hives, and strep throat, and the flu, and more colds, and chest infections, and fifth disease and the flu ag...

magnolia

anna k wood

i wanted to share some of anna wood's new work. i had a sneak preview last week, and they are just really great. she also has an amazing apartment, but the pictures i took are terrible - i'll...

snips & snails & walnut whales

some easter inspiration from the author of sticks & stones & ice cream cones (!?!) and i've been enjoying the tamra davis cooking show - genuinely family friendly recipes from mike d...

... but i still prefer duffins

april

trying to slow down recovering from another round of colds and flu taking the time to drink tea using cups and saucers breathing in the hyacinth at little mountain happy we are healthy and safe

juju

Love this idea: Once a friend of mine gave me an old worn out (from the after war era) book in which were instructions how to make a school clothes for a boy out of father's old coat and how t...

velvet ribbon

    we are sick as dogs around herewishing for a quilt made from velvet ribbons(an image snatched online)and happily settling for lulu's bibwith it's small chartreuse velvet stripes (made before...