Welcome Zachary Aaron

He’s here! I can’t even describe how much my heart is filled with an overwhelming sense of joy and peace (must be that maternal instinct people always refer to).

Zachary Aaron, our son, came into this world earlier than expected on December 2, 2009 at 2:25 pm after less than 11 hours of labor!

Paper Culture

Me likee: Paperculture.com. I discovered this site while waiting for my latest OB appointment, reading Cookie magazine. Great place for recycled paper invitations and announcements. Cute clean design too!

Baby Booties

My friend Dacia and I had a “Craft Weekend” – she wanted to make a skirt, and I wanted to try my hand at making a few baby items: I made my first pair of pants…but alas, I think they would only fit a preemie…

A Bird in the Hand

I must have birds on the brain, but lately I have been obsessed with getting those little feathered creatures into my craft work. Mainly in metalsmithing, but also in some quilting and paper & card projects I am working on. Then just today, Dolan Geiman had a Friday “Link Love” all about birds!!! He read my mind I guess…

A New “Thread”

Today I got a call from our wedding videographer that prompted me to re-publish something I have talked about in the past. I figure since this blog is so new, I may as well post this new thread: wedding crafts! Tom, our videographer, called and mentioned he was working with a bride-to-be who had seen our wedding website (seeing samples of his work) and apparently one of MY pieces struck her eye: our chuppah! She wanted to know where we got it as she was looking for something similar. Unfortunately, you can’t buy it in any store as I made it myself. So for all you newly engaged love-birds who are planning a Jewish wedding, here are a few sewing projects…and then some more for any type of wedding, Jewish or not…

365 Stars

This post starts with a question I asked Ron, my beloved husband, after watching a segment about Steve Jobs and speculation about his health and the future of Apple on the news this evening. Nobody really knows what is going on with his health or how it might affect the state of things at Apple. But, one thing is certain: everyone, be it an individual, family or even a large company, must eventually face the music. No matter if one is destined to live a long life…or if one is destined to live well only to have his or her days cut short by unexpected circumstances such as a car accident, or what was supposed to be an important day gone horribly wrong, we all must face the facts that our time here is limited…

Work in progress

This is a small project I have been working on for a bit of time now…

My Mother Jane

I am about to start a few quilting squares in memory of my mom. I’ll keep you posted on my progress with thoughts and photos.