Archive for October, 2009
Weekend Sightseeing
Note: Edited to remove a perfectly innocent descriptive phrase that lewd and crude minds have usurped, turning it into, Mike informs me, something I do not mean. Sigh. Regular readers know I generally have a g-rated mind, but the rest of you who got here via a search for this phrase–and, yes, that makes you [...]
Different Perspectives
Shelly made some interesting and valid comments on last Sunday’s Reading Roundup. They spawned a number of seemingly random thoughts for me. How does reading a kids’ book from a parents’ perspective differ from reading it merely as an adult? A writing friend once urged me to write as much as possible before having kids [...]
Bookmarks 101
I’ve been threatening to put together a bookmark finishing class, and–ta-da!–I did. First in the Bookmarks From Scratch series: Bookmarks 101: Simple, Smart, and Swanky Finishes. Series? Seriously? Um…maybe. Once I got started, I couldn’t stop, and I quickly wound up with samples and outlines for two classes. We’ll see. Bookmarks 101 begins on November [...]
Tuesday Sightseeing
Stitching for Literacy Update
From the Accents, Inc. 2009 Bookmark Challenge collection. The Monday “What have you done lately?” accountability post, where I announce my Needle and Thread: Stitching for Literacy program promotion goal for the week and fess up on last week’s goal. Last week, my goal was to contact the designer of this word press theme to [...]
Reading Roundup
What’s on my nightstand? Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. For the record, I prefer book covers to movie-covers-on-books, but I also take what I can get, and this is the cover I got. The story chronicles the events of one night when Nick, the bassist for a punk band, [...]
2010 Stitchin’ Safari
Becca asks what the current status is of a 2010 Stitch-N-Safari. Answer: Not happening. Mike and I are ready, and we could still make it happen if we can get enough people committed! That’s the tricky part, see. Many people have expressed interest, but picking a year–let alone a month and week–and an itinerary that [...]
Ice and More Ice
Most of the time, the stream that connects the upper lagoon to the lower lagoon flows from upper to lower. Hence the names “upper” and “lower.” Yesterday, however, we floated from the lower lagoon to the upper lagoon without paddling. So that means the water was flowing uphill, right? Um…no. It sure seemed like it, [...]
The Needlework Show
Funk & Weber Designs is participating in The Needlework Show, which is now open to both wholesale buyers and general viewers. We’ve been in every show since it began. We love The Needlework Show! I mean, what other show can we participate in while being holed up in the Alaskan wilderness? True, we can’t ship [...]
Stitching for Literacy Update 2
The Wild About Reading bookmark pattern from Funk & Weber Designs. Available at The Needlework Show beginning tomorrow. The EGA National Seminar is going on in Pittsburgh, PA, right now. Colleen Leader from Loose Thread Stitchers gave a presentation to the EGA board over the weekend. Included in that presentation was the Needle and Thread: [...]
, by Ellen Ruppel Shell
, by Elizabeth Strout.
