I've been really good about staying away from Ebay lately. Not that I don't still look but I'm more careful about what I bid on ...

I've been reading The Daily Coyote: A Story of Love, Survival, and Trust in the Wilds of Wyoming by Shreve Stockton about her adventur...

In spite of the two inches of snow we got yesterday afternoon and last night, it's 40 degrees today and the snow is quickly melting off....

I did an interview a few weeks ago with a writer from HomeStyle, a bimonthly syndicated publication of a company called Content That Works. ...

Happy Valentine's Day! Artwork from a vintage valentine card that I bought recently.

Wow, February already! At least that means that winter will be over faster :) I've been keeping track of my camera's progress—it...

You know how much I love polka dot fabrics, so I especially love when I find colorful and unusual variations on the theme in a vintage fabri...

What do you do when you wake up on a Saturday morning and it's minus twelve degrees outside? Go shopping, of course! Hey, it was warmer ...

I've been following the many discussions about the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) regulations but haven't talke...

I've recently had two frustrating experiences ordering from online companies and it's got me thinking about how important customer s...

First off, happy new year! I didn't do anything special to celebrate—in fact, I fell asleep before midnight so I missed the whole thing....

Happy holidays dear friends!

Now that the Christmas orders have shipped and things have quieted down I finally have some time to catch my breath. The tree is decorated, ...

My sister-in-law sent me a link this morning to an article in the New York Times about embroidery. Seeing History in the Eye of a Needle is...

And the winner of the Bucilla towel set is Anna S. (annasoc) who wrote about doing embroidery on her way to work via public transportation. ...

I found these two framed needlepoint birds this past weekend while I was looking for a piece of furniture. I didn't find that, of course...

I already gave you my tried-and-true, make-every-year ginger cookie recipe a couple of years ago, so I'll give you my grandmother's...

As you know I've been busy stocking my web site with goodies for holiday shopping. This morning I added twelve vintage aprons including...

This is easy. All through my childhood my father would stay up late on Christmas Eve arranging an entire landscape under the tree. It starte...

I'm really not into the whole concept of Black Friday—wake up way too early to drive to the mall to fight for a parking space to fight c...