Thankful.

Hello there!  Hope you are having a happy, happy Thanksgiving weekend.  We sure are!   J and I had a cozy day together yesterday — we had so much fun crafting and cooking and laughing and being thankful. We started the day making these felted wool ball acorns that I’d seen around blog-land last year — […]

A glittery, minty day!

I’m the featured artist on the Hero Arts Blog next week — woo hoo, love it when it’s my week!  I’m taking photos of tomorrow’s cards, can’t wait until you can see.  But in the meantime, I thought I’d show you this.  No relation, but we think they are The Best candy canes, ha ha! […]

Mmmmm, donuts!

Hi everyone! Hope you had a great weekend! I sure did — I spent Saturday in San Francisco with my friend Mon. We had so much fun! We met at her house, and I just had to take a picture of these super cool boots in the entry: Then we were off!  The day started […]

Rainy fall day!

We’ve been getting buckets of rain here in Austin today – and I’ve really been enjoying it.  With temps in the 60’s, and the lovely sound on the roof it’s like an event! We’ve been in an extreme drought for months and the temps have been in the 100’s, so it really is a celebration. […]

Nikko + beyond!

Yesterday we left Tokyo around 7:00 am to head to Nikko — wow, what a great day! Nikko has several beautiful shrines, including the famous one with the “hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil” monkeys.  I’ll share some pictures of that later — I took a gazillion! Nikko is surrounded by mountains […]

Cute Overload!

Hi everyone! Just a quick update to let you know that we’re still in Japan, and still having tons of fun! We’re heading out to Nikko this morning — catching a bullet train at 7:16 am, can’t wait! I’ll post more pics when we get back. In the meantime, I thought I’d leave you with […]