I’ve always liked the smell of strawberry incense

Ever have one of those days where you are in constant motion, going here, going there, attending to this and doing that, and when the kids are in bed, and you finally get a chance to sit down and take a look at your to-do list, you find that you haven’t made quite the dent [...]

Tush cushion

There’s a road trip in my not-so-distant future, and it involves my 10-year-old car, which I do love, but which also causes a fair amount of discomfort on any drive that lasts longer than an hour.  It’s the kind of thing you wouldn’t notice tooling around town, but sit in the same spot for too [...]

Opportunities lost

I spent a good portion of my day behind the sewing machine.  I made a few more head scarves from Weekend Sewing – those things are just what I need for keeping my long hair out of my face when I’m leaning over a project, or (more importantly) out of my eyes and my mouth [...]

I vote cute

I promised to tell you whether the flag shorts came out cute or dorky.  I vote cute.  More from our early Fourth of July celebrating here. Comments on this post: 10 Text and photos Copyright © July 3, 2009 by Lisa ClarkeOriginally posted at Polka Dot Cottage.

The top to match the bottoms

In keeping with the “things I saw two years ago when I was a newbie sewist and wanted to try but didn’t” theme, I turned to Nancy of Belle Epoque and her Tie Tank Top Tute to make a top to match my new pajama bottoms.  Again, I found it quite simple to make, now [...]