Neville and Another Puzzle Piece Heist
By Cathy on August 2, 201020Read moreMost of you were correct. Even though I thought Neville was planning to mend his ways, he was indeed planning another heist, and this time we didn’t even know about the theft until we were well underway with our puzzle. Julianna and I just didn’t feel complete after the first summer puzzle was vandalized by our pup, so we decided
Rainbow Around the Block
By Ellen Heck on July 29, 2010Read moreHere’s the studio’s July contribution to Anna Maria Horner’s Rainbow Around the Block flood relief effort. This square is made from some samples that we had left over from the Noah Two of a Kind fabric collection that I still sometimes see in stores (here, here, and here, for example). It was a lot of fun. I couldn’t decide between
Neville’s Puzzling Escapade
By Cathy on July 23, 2010Read moreSo, Julianna comes running into the studio and sets this little jewel (a) next to my computer saying with concern, “Mom, look at this. What do you think it is?” I suggested, “Is it chewed gum? How about wet paper? A cocoon? Yuk. Creepy. Get that away. I have no idea.” I thought about making this post a contest and
DIY: Tea-Tin Planters Texas Style
By Cathy on July 20, 2010Read moreAfter I read Ellen’s Tea Tin Planter idea, I looked all over the house for a pretty tea tin, but alas, all of my teas came in cardboard packaging. Then I remembered a very pretty tea tin that I had saved from a summer in Japan. It’s color was not quite as soft and gentle as Ellen’s … in fact,
DIY: Tea-Tin Planters
By Ellen Heck on July 19, 2010Read moreHere’s an easy DIY/recycling project for summer: tiny tea-tin planters. If you are better with plants than I am, which you probably are, you will undoubtedly have a million choices of sweet baby flowers that would be beautiful in a matching tea container; but alas, I can only manage to grow one thing – cacti – so here’s a little