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Today’s soap #2 — take a bath, free the dragons! These are fun to make. Sometimes I make them with fairies.

Did you have an exciting Friday night? Mine was spent sewing an apron. I’ve never sewn an apron before, so it was exciting to me. I’m not sure I love this apron pattern — it comes in a bit more at the sides than I want it to. Next time, I think I may just

The semester is over, so now I have three jobs for the summer: – catch up on all the backlogged e-mail (sigh) – write books – try to relax Relaxing is going to be the hardest of those; I’ve gotten really bad at it. But grilling is making for more low-key cooking (really loving the

One last set of pics from Saturday’s little maker faire at the house, including the earrings I bought myself for Mother’s Day. I’ve done a little resin & pressed flower jewelry work, but Ana Constantinescu‘s designs are leagues beyond what I’ve managed so far. Great inspiration! And she was doing the cutest little pressed flower

I bought myself a few Mother’s Day gifts (I find that holidays and birthdays tend to go better if I do something nice for myself, rather than relying on other people to do it for me — then if they actually do something, it’s just a delightful bonus). Isn’t this cheeseboard cool? It’s from Kristi

Katie Schweitzer and her sister on my porch. Her work is so lovely and cheery and adorable. She’s also way better at branding and labelling than I am; I might have to see if I can pay her to be my consultant on this; we could use a much more coherent branding strategy for Serendib

We’re very close to set up for today’s event, which is good, since it starts in 15 minutes. I’ve moved a bunch of things around from yesterday’s set-up, because I realized I have enough items that I really should use the kitchen too, to keep it from seeming super-crowded. We’ve gotten GORGEOUS perfect weather for

There really has been a lot of scarf-sewing here this week. • unicorn woods (2 versions) • spiderwort (native!) • wall o’plants • starry woods