Summer sewing

A sampling of kids' classes this summer:

Next week - back to school!  Make a pencil case, notebook cover, snack bag and lunch bag.  Head back to school in style!

Back from vacation

So good to get away for a bit, relax, breathe the ocean air.....

See these guys:

indulge in fish tacos here:

and watch these girls swim in the ocean for hours on end:

Also, so good to be back!

Getting ready for a visit from her:

whose the author of this:

So SAVE THESE DATES:

Friday, Sept. 7 and Saturday, Sept. 8

Tickets to go on sale soon for

workshop.....booksigning.....reception.....trunk show......lecture......

Hipster's Craft Fair

Here's a sampling of yesterday's craft show, which was a great success.....despite all the construction going on just up the street, which makes it very hard to get here if  you're coming north on Wyoming!

I loved this photo, of my Jane and this little one, having a non-verbal conversation:

If you haven't heard the scoop (which was revealed at the craft show), we're getting ready to celebrate our 4th Anniversary with HER:

who has published THIS:

There....that's all you're getting today!

Young Quilters

Here's what these incredibly creative girls are making:

 ....with Rosanne, our quilt teacher.    They meet Thursday mornings and sew....and sew.....and sew!

The irony is not lost on me

First of all, Happy 4th of July!

Second, I think this is quite funny, so I thought I'd share:

A few months ago, we (my family) started receiving boxes in the mail - the LARGE size flat rate USPS ones, from my 81 yr. old aunt.  She did give me a heads up that they were coming - she's cleaning out her home, you see.  It's something I think I'll do more of as I age, because who wants their family to have to sort through a lot of STUFF when they pass away?  Well, my aunt is a bit eccentric, so the boxes contain everything from clothing she no longer wears to bags from far-away hotel gift shops, stickers to stationary, and so on.  We get one box about twice a month.

Last week, the box arrived, and included in it was this:

I looked and looked through it, but couldn't find the page titled "Ship all that stuff you no longer want to a far-away relative".