I added a couple of new obis to the shop today. The ever popular flower obi is available again after digging through heaps of my fabric and finding more of what I thought was long gone. I love it when that happens.
Back to my weekend -- what's left of it anyway.
More soon.
L.
I just added a few new obis to the shop. I really love making these...who knew patchwork could be so addictive.
I had such a lovely weekend. I'll share the details soon. For now, our pot of veggie chili is a priority. Yum.
More very soon.
L.
after lots of work on a new site design and even more work on new handmade goodies, curiousbird.com is finally swinging the doors back open. thanks for your patience if you've been checking in -- sometimes things take longer than I could have ever predicted.
oh, and if you don't notice immediately...I'm addicted to patchwork! maybe a quilt project really is in my future.
off to bed I go...my eyeballs hurt from all the finishing touches.
have a good night!
l.
While at Art Star, I had the pleasure of not only meeting wonderful crafty ladies, but also meeting wonderful crafty ladies and doing a few trades with them. Swapping Curious Bird goods for creations by others is one of my favorite things ever. EVER. 
I adore these teacups created by the super talented and sweet Linda at Little Flower Designs. The colors are so wonderful, photos just don't do them justice. Dustin and I were talking about how we wished she had dinner plates because we would love a set. Hey Linda, wanna make us a set of dinner plates??
If you haven't yet discovered the amazing letterpress cards by Jezebel, you're in for a treat. I love each and every one of her cards, and she has endless designs which made it terribly hard to choose.
I also did a great trade with Rebecca for one of her snazzy tulip bags. What a score.
A few new items were added to the Nest section of the shop. The few Owls and Baby Owls left from Art Star have landed...
Lastly, here's a great link for ya. Look at all those groovy patterns! I want this, this, and this.
More soon, my friends.
L.
Hello friends! Happy Monday to you. I'm back in action since returning from the loveliest vacation-- I'll probably be talking about my little mountain trip for a while, so if you can, please try to forgive me for blathering on. The photo above is proof that I (the mountain craft troll) did some crafting while on vacation. Although I managed some crafting while at the cabin, not enough was accomplished ( I didn't do a very good job packing), so after returning home and getting things organized, my weekend was filled with list-making and crafting until my eyes hurt. I've got a lot to do and only two weeks to do it. Somewhere along the way, I've developed big plans for my Art Star productivity, which seems to stress me out or energize me depending on where I happen to fall on the caffeine intake scale. Poor Dustin, last night he was commissioned to help with a task that required more strength than I could muster, and after about ten minutes, he was not a happy crafter (or camper for that matter). Tedious projects are not his thing -- he did his best to help out, but ended up needing to "take a break". That "break" never ended. Honestly, while he was breaking, I went into green tea overdrive and knocked the rest of it out before he could return, so he wasn't totally a.w.o.l.
I'll give him a little credit...
Speaking of giving him credit, I'm so proud of him. He graduated with his Masters degree the weekend before our trip, so he's officially "hooded" and on to the next level. It's been an amazing thing watching him discover and pursue something he finds a great deal of joy in learning about, and happens to be darn good at. What a fantastic process to watch unfold. He's such a good egg.
And doesn't he look snazzy in that hood? Just think, after the hood comes the PhD. beanie and I can hardly wait to see him don that! 
Have a great day, friends! More soon.
Hello friends!
It's good to be back after a long weekend. I hope you found some time to relax. I certainly did. Here's a funny tidbit for you: D's parents bought me a top of the line, super fancy Rowenta iron for my birthday, but due to the fact that Dustin's father has a shakey handle on online shopping principles, it's a little behind schedule. Here's the kicker: upon finding out I had been gifted with an outta site iron, I promptly returned my newly purchased, cheapie iron (dumb move, I know) back to the store. So, I've been without an iron for a week and by yesterday I was getting a little crabby. One needs steam to sew, right? Luckily, Dustin intervened and took me to purchase another (only to be returned upon receiving my Rowenta) iron so I would quit looking lost and panicky and get back to the peaceful calm of sewing. It worked. Thank you, Dustin. What on earth would I do without you?
Disclaimer to Dustin's parents: This is not your fault. I have a sickness and it requires me to sew and steam fabric almost daily. I also have problems with being overzealous and doing things like taking irons back before new irons have arrived. I will learn a valuable lesson from this, I promise.
Check out this new development:
I began a temporary (hopefully moving towards permanent) membership to my local Y today, which has me pretty psyched. I know it doesn't seem like a big deal (and maybe it won't be after a few days) but I can see the Y from my house, so being able to bike over and swim a few laps as well as use all those fancy machines to increase my heart rate has me sort of excited. I used to practice astanga daily and since that completely slipped away and I'm tired of beating myself up about it, I decided to switch gears. Wish me luck. Now I can say things like, "I Y".
After that long iron rant, you're probably wondering what I managed to sew?
Case o' baby owls.
and a couple of placemat clutch bags. Both of which have been added to the site.
more soon.
I still haven't totally recovered from what I now refer to as my "city limp", however I have managed to get back to work on numerous projects here at home and had quite a productive day yesterday. pretty proud about that. here are a couple of items for show and share...
remember a while back when I said I was obsessed with silhouettes? well, here's a painting of one I completed recently. recognize who it is? I would love to cover a small section of wall with nothing but these. whaddaya think?
the tree fabric has been quite a hit around curiousbirdland, and because of that, I decided to use some smaller scrap pieces to make zippered pouches. much to my surprise, even a small section of this fabric looks lovely. if any one is interested in a zippered pouch (perfect for makeup, widgets, etc), they're USD$8 including shipping. email me.
in curious bird news... as of last night, I put some lovely vintage fabric up for grabs on curiousbird. I have such a collection...I thought it would be nice to spread it around a bit. each fabric is in excellent condition. get it while it lasts.
have a great day.
