Oh boy! I feel like the luckiest person this evening as I prepare to attend the Squam Workshops with my dear mom. Thank you, Mama! We are all set for printing and painting and knitting and camp firing. I even get to take a class taught by this lovely
crafter! Hoorah! And, we are so excited to be accepted as vendors at the art fair on Saturday night. If anyone happens to be close to Holderness, NH, stop by and chat! My favorite knitter and knitting designer,
Ms. Kelly Bridges, will be hanging at the booth with us. Double hoorah!
This past month has been wonderful and challenging and super busy and, at many times, quiet. Quiet like tonight when Chick and I read a library book about how bees make honey . Holy moly! The honeybee is the most unbelievable creature ever. We were in awe together, quietly chatting about the drones, the proboscis exchange of nectar, and all the rest. I urge everyone to learn a little bit more about our bee friends. Even Chick, who is quite frightened of
the sting, seemed to fall in love with the furry, clever, little honeybee.
And, noisy when Mouse decided to dress like a fairy and parade around the house singing and stomping.
And, everything, really,
but blogging and crafting. *sigh* June will be a horse of a different color since I am already scheming up a few new craft projects to share in this nifty little spot.
Off to bed. Much too late.
Triple hoorah!
Night.
xoxo e
These bright spots really make my table feel complete. I use double stick tape to swap out the actual sign part each year. For instance, this year instead of bottle boards I have tote bags, and so tonight I made a new tote bag sign and taped it over the bottle board sign. The fabric frames it so nicely and makes it feel finished, and you'd never know that other sign is underneath. Tricky.
This is a picture of the Red Bird Crafts booth at our local Waldorf school's Winter Fair. My family has been going to the fair for the past four years. Eating grilled cheese around the bon fire, decorating gingerbread cookies, dipping beeswax candles, and making sweet woodland holders for the candles has become tradition. Oh, and I can't forget that seeing Father Winter wandering around, and reminding ourselves that underneath his long beard and velvet costume is a regular old person, has left quite an impression on Chick (my oldest).
I'm really excited to be participating in two wonderful local craft fairs in late fall - The Hartsbrook Winter Fair and The Greenfield Center School Rumpus. And, I'm super excited to release my new line of kids tees, which feature 100% natural muslin, hand carved print designs, and bright colored thread. I'll be sharing more of these new designs in the coming weeks.
Mr. Cute sitting at our booth. I think he had just stopped screwing hardware onto the backs of the hook boards.
Me. Happy to be in Brooklyn on a warm weekend in May.
These are a few of the little people story stones that I made as part of the collection for the Brooklyn Lyceum Food and Craft Market .
Tom found this glorious little bird's nest snug in the corner of the ceiling in our wood shed. I can't get over the layer of moss on the outside. Isn't it just perfectly beautiful? That mama bird is so my idol.
I'm honored and thrilled to be a vendor at the Brooklyn Lyceum Food and Craft Market on May 1 & 2. I've been perusing the shops and blogs of all of the vendors who will be there, and it makes me giddy. Oh! My! The next month will be filled with cutting old barn boards, printing, and making lots and lots of story stones. I'll be a busy bee.
