This house is the reason we went through six months of heck, high water, and living with my parents. All the ugliness and difficulty of fighting to buy this place (a foreclosure) is behind us now. We closed in April, and have been living here for just over a month. Stay tuned for some before and afters of our projects.

Twist was a week ago now, but I’m still running on the adrenaline of a fun show. If you missed this one, Next Twist will be in November, so stay tuned.

Here’s a peek at a piece that will be exhibited at Worcester Art Museum during Art All-State 09 in May.

Made with felted wool, the individual forms initially reminded me of barnacles, but now look more like moss.  I’d like to eventually make enough for a large wall installation.

Skiing was not in the weather cards this weekend, so my brother, husband and I went to see Tara Donovan’s work at the ICA in Boston yesterday. I’ve been a big fan ever since Abbey pointed her work out to me a couple of years ago. She transforms simple, common materials and objects in to  works that get even non-arty or museum-y people looking closely. The show closes this Sunday, but if you’re in the area of Boston before Jan 4th, check it out!

The reason for so few (read: zero) posts these days is that my husband and I have been in a long (about 2 month) process of trying to close on our first house. In the meantime, our apartment has been rented so we had to pack up our home and studios to take temporary residence with my parents.  Now my brother has been in town for Christmas so we are getting to enjoying an extended togethery time like we haven’t had since we were small.  These shots are from around my parents house during last week snow storm.

I Heart New York – Cork and Map Necklace!  I made a couple of cork and map necklaces for myself over a year ago and now they’ve made their way into my shop. Its a fun piece to make and wear and doesn’t feel cold on my neck in the winter like my metal and stone necklaces do. Check out this one here available in my Etsy shop!

Birdie by Farmidable. This is a women’s fitted tee, but also soon to come in toddlers and kids sizes too. Check it out in my Etsy shop. And while you’re out here in virtual land, check out some of Farmidable’s recent posts.

THANK YOU to everyone who visited my table and supported my work at TWIST fair last week.  A big thanks also to everyone who joined my infrequent email list for a chance to win a $30 Gift Certificate to my Etsy shop.  My mother-in-law drew the winning entry, and I’m excited to announce it’s Leslie from Hadley, MA!!

I’ll continue to post new things in my Etsy shop over the coming weeks, so check back again soon.

A new addition to my family of comfortable, beautiful and useful stuff. Beach Stones Quilted Coasters in my classic ivory on moss, but now backed with a great vintage brown and ivory cotton.

My vintage fabrics come from tablecloths, clothing and other textiles discovered in antique shops and grandmothers’ fabric baskets.  My grandmother’s house, for instance, is chock full of well-cared-for supplies yet to crafted into lovely things. Unfortunately, she’s had a lot of water in the basement this summer, which had needed constant tending to and cleaning until getting an expensive permanent pump this week. Fortunately, now though, my family and I and won’t have to constantly tend to the shop vac. In the clean-up process I scored some great trims and discovered an almost complete quilt in fantastic condition. Cold weather is coming, so perhaps I should finish it and let it serve its intended purpose!