Thanks, everyone, for leaving thoughtful and supportive comments on my last post. It's nice to know that my peeps have my back :) The ...

In the five years I've been blogging I've noticed something. It's a tendency, when you find someone with similar interests, to i...

I'm so glad that I broke down and bought a laptop because I can sit on my porch and work—just like I'm doing now. I have a pile of e...

Borrowed from Small Town Mom because I haven't done a meme in ages and I can't think of much to write about today :) 1. Do you li...

Cats, of course! I love all kinds of embroidery but I always seem to be drawn to ones with cats and kittens. Yes, they're kind of sweet,...

In four years of blogging, I don't think I've ever talked about one of my favorite hobbies—family history or genealogy. That may be ...

So, are you all eating corned beef and cabbage tomorrow? With a very Irish last name like McCaffrey (and O'Malley and Kelly on my side o...

It was nearly 50 degrees here yesterday. We still have plenty of snow—no matter how warm it is there's so much of it to melt and it'...

Remember the cute sailor duck stamped-for-embroidery quilt block I showed you last summer? I finally got around to embroidering the block a...

I'm forced to take it easy today since my bursitis is acting up again. I've been doing some repainting—the first step of the bedroom...

I'm happy to hear that the Pantone Institute chose my favorite color as color of the year for 2010—turquoise! "Combining the ser...

Happy new year! Hope you all had a wonderful holiday. I'm happy to report that the website redesign is almost complete. I still have t...

You'd think that working at home would give me lots of free time to get ready for the holiday. Like doing some decorating, wrapping pres...

I'm not posting this to intimidate those of you who are just learning embroidery. Trust me, some day your work will be good enough to ta...

When some of the shop owners where I sell asked for holiday ornaments for their stores, my first reaction was "I don't have time fo...

That's a quote from " Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House ", one of my favorite movies ever. Myrna Loy plays wife to ad man C...

Thanks for all your kind words in comments to yesterday's post. I ended up going to bed really early Saturday night because I was so tir...

I know you're all dying to know how it went and I have good and bad news. The good news is that my booth went together with only a minor...

Speaking of birds, I recently listed a new embroidery pattern on my website. Called Gossip Girls , it's a design taken from a vintage st...

Wow! I always thought this was something my mother invented herself. Whenever I've mentioned to anyone in conversation that I used to ea...