Journal

May is a packed month for us. We have birthdays and holidays every weekend, and even into June. I was feeling a little apprehensive about getting a new project done in addition to all of the festivities, and my normal workload as well, but it happened. I succeeded. And I'm really happy with how everything turned out - parties, holidays, and projects combined. This month I went for aprons. It's a project that's been on my schedule for a long time, I just couldn't decide if I w

Sunshine, flowers, and birds chirping at 5 am. I love this time of year - before the humidity comes, before the bugs come out... when the days are pleasant and warm, but not yet hot. We took the month of April to make headway on a lot of projects. At the top of the list, we got new products launched from our Woodshop. We now have some beautiful handmade items in the storefront that have been designed and crafted by my husband. Here's a look at one of my favorites - a cookbook

The month of changes. It starts as winter ~ it ends as spring. Cold to warm, dark to light, quiet to busy... Just one short month ago we had a foot of snow on the ground, freezing temperatures, and only the dream of spring. Warm days felt like distant memories that may never return. And now we're here, with the sun shining, the clocks changed, and new growth pushing up, out of the ground. The changes that happen at this time of year are magical, and remind us what we're all c

More snow. More inside days. Hot chocolate, cookies, warm dinners. Mom's hand knit wool mittens. We ventured outside one afternoon, with some pure maple syrup, and sat down in the fresh snow for a little snack. When you drizzle the syrup into the snow, and mix it around a bit, it makes a maple-syrup-slushy, that is oh-so-good. Today, we're at the end of the month. It's the last day of February, and we've warmed up to 44 degrees, which is a vast difference from the below-zero

As I type this, we're closing out the last day of the first month of the new year. The morning light is a clear blue, with a stripe of peach over the trees, and has a crisp, crackling look to it, like the ice on the ground. The grass and roofs are covered in snow, and my thermometer is registering -6 degrees outside. Like most people, I have some new year's resolutions this year. Some are lofty, some realistic, some challenging. One of the commitments I've made to myself so f