Making mobiles at home, making mobiles at the Westside Waldorf School for the Woodland Faire, and still going. Here are some of the completed projects.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Making Mobiles
I just had a 'mobile month'.
Making mobiles at home, making mobiles at the Westside Waldorf School for the Woodland Faire, and still going. Here are some of the completed projects.
Making mobiles at home, making mobiles at the Westside Waldorf School for the Woodland Faire, and still going. Here are some of the completed projects.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Being Autumn
My daughter chose to de Autumn for Halloween.
The dress is made from flannel, the hat is crochet.
She helped me embroider the leaves.
The cape was made by my friend Jennifer, Thank you Jen.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Thursday, October 24, 2013
Make It Yourself
My little mushrooms are appearing in the Fall/Winter 2013 issue of Make It Yourself magazine!
Instructions on how to make them, and a pattern is included.
“Used with permission from Make It Yourself™ magazine. ©2013 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.”
Instructions on how to make them, and a pattern is included.
You can find the magazine at newsstands now. Or get your digital issue here.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Little Fish
I wanted to share a detail of a watercolor painting made by my 7 year old daughter, this past week-end.
Water color is such a flexible medium, which allows for unexpected surprises. I love the living quality and the ethereal transparency of this sweet little fish.
Water color is such a flexible medium, which allows for unexpected surprises. I love the living quality and the ethereal transparency of this sweet little fish.
Happy Monday.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Libraries
Quote of the day:
"Cutting libraries
in a recession
is like cutting hospitals
in a plague."
Eleanor Crumblehulme
"Cutting libraries
in a recession
is like cutting hospitals
in a plague."
Eleanor Crumblehulme
Monday, September 23, 2013
Fall
Happy Fall everybody!
After being M.I.A for a long time, I am finally back. My very busy summer got the better of me...
(I am still catching up.)
Here is my quote for the week.
After being M.I.A for a long time, I am finally back. My very busy summer got the better of me...
(I am still catching up.)
Here is my quote for the week.
“Maintaining order rather than correcting disorder is the ultimate principle of wisdom. To cure disease after it has appeared is like digging a well when one feels thirsty or forging weapons after the war has already begun.”
- Nei Jing
I need it more than anyone right now.
Monday, July 1, 2013
Summer/Week-end house for Sale
We are selling our Summer/Week-end house. Perfect for New Yorkers who want to get out of the city!
See more the pictures here.
See more the pictures here.
Monday, June 10, 2013
Spinning
As is spinning yarn.
I just bought my first spinning wheel and have been learning and trying to spin smoothly for the last 4 hours. Oh my, not so easy... The drop spindle worked well for me, but it goes very slowly, and I wanted to learn how to use a wheel in case I want to spin a bigger quantity of Yarn. After 4 hours of trial and error, I have a bit of beautifully colored yarn to show for.
According to Ghandi, spinning was the ultimate spiritual experience. He spun every day and spun all the threat that he needed to weave his own garments. Here a wonderful picture of Ghandi spinning.
Ghandi's words:
"I find spinning to be immediately centering and calming. I use wheels to produce quantity, but vastly prefer handspindles, and often carry one with me to spin in odd moments. The spindle shaft is the center pole, the world tree. The whorl endlessly revolves--time, earth, generations--constantly moving, but never going anywhere. Individual fibers appear, become one in the thread, and disappear into the cop. Constantly appearing and going on, yet there is seemingly no change, the point of draft is changeless--a continual coming and going. My hands move as hands have moved for tens of thousands of years, as they do now, as hands will. And so it is." Mahatma Gandhi~
I just bought my first spinning wheel and have been learning and trying to spin smoothly for the last 4 hours. Oh my, not so easy... The drop spindle worked well for me, but it goes very slowly, and I wanted to learn how to use a wheel in case I want to spin a bigger quantity of Yarn. After 4 hours of trial and error, I have a bit of beautifully colored yarn to show for.
According to Ghandi, spinning was the ultimate spiritual experience. He spun every day and spun all the threat that he needed to weave his own garments. Here a wonderful picture of Ghandi spinning.
"I find spinning to be immediately centering and calming. I use wheels to produce quantity, but vastly prefer handspindles, and often carry one with me to spin in odd moments. The spindle shaft is the center pole, the world tree. The whorl endlessly revolves--time, earth, generations--constantly moving, but never going anywhere. Individual fibers appear, become one in the thread, and disappear into the cop. Constantly appearing and going on, yet there is seemingly no change, the point of draft is changeless--a continual coming and going. My hands move as hands have moved for tens of thousands of years, as they do now, as hands will. And so it is." Mahatma Gandhi~
It's not quite a centering, meditative experience for me yet. but hopefully soon.
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Go Fund Adrienne!
Please help my friend Adrienne with the tuition to attend the Fiber Craft Studio!
The Fiber Craft Studio is a great adult education program in NY
Watch her amazing video.
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