Spring is officially here! Go get your Country Gardens Magazine! The best magazine for innovative ideas for your garden! This project was so much fun to work on! You can make yours today! Thanks to Barb at Crosscreek for helping me with all of my crazy lamps!!!

Daydreams 2

What a lovely evening present! My scans are back for the layout of Daydreams 2. This was worth waking up for at 3am! This is really a line special to my heart.

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My Artist Interview

Get to know me a little better and take a peek at the creative process for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOZxp2AuRV8

Thanks so much for your interest and support!

Daydreams 2

Well I keep adding to the collection. This is it I promise. Thanks to everyone who was at Fern Hill Sunday. We had so much fun! Your support is so critical for future lines. Thank you!

It seems this is the month for Daydreaming. As soon as I get to work on something I start thinking about painting, quilt design and all that fun stuff.

I have developed Daydreams 2, cartes de couture (which are sewing cards) for the Camelot projects with the help of Home Ec in Iowa City, and printed a new pattern which will work for Daydreams 1 or 2. I really had some fun making a Wildwood quilt using metallic organza overlay and wools. So it has been a wonderful start to the new year.

Homecake

This morning I woke up late. I mean late... I didn't want to get out of bed and greet this new year which will bring all of the chaos and creativity of the last year. I think about how exhausting it is and pull the covers over my head in my mind. The Holidays are such a whirlwind, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Liam's Birthday and New Year's Eve and Day- I mustered the courage, went downstairs, made my coffee and squeezed my Liam and he looked at me and asked "Mom Can we make a homecake?"

"A homecake? What's a homecake?" I asked. He said "You know Mom, a yummy cake with sprinkles and at home." He was referring to his birthday cake I made him last week. It wasn't fancy just a mix and some homemade frosting dyed blue with sprinkles all over it- But to him it was the best, the perfect cake. It was a lovely reminder that the simplest things we do make a difference. And we can face everything with love in our lives. Happy New Year everyone!