September 3 - M-W WOD:
Bluestocking : noun: a woman having intellectual or literary interests ( Read more... )

Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway.
   ~Nicholas la Bianca

This is from a comments thread on a friend's post... So much tasty, so little time to sew!

Silk broacdes and historic reproductions:
http://www.sartor.cz/

In German, but tasty:
http://www.almerlin.de/stoffe/gobelinstoffe.html

wool, trim, other notions:
http://www.houseofsculthorpe.com/fabric-shop/wool/

Jewelry
http://www.gemmeus.com/default.aspx
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“Valediction, on Arriving in a Distant Land ( Read more... )

Each moment is a place you've never been.

Mark Strand

Cause a little trouble. It's good for you. -Angelina Jolie

I'm not usually a movie star fan, but that's a statement I can get behind...

So, you may have noticed that I was essentially AWOL for November, December, and January, and there's good reason for that. November 1, I got married. The following weekend was TeslaCon, a big steampunk event in Madison. Then I presented in a conference in Arizona the following weekend. Then we had a weekend off before hosting the family for ( Read more... )

My family has a tradition that when a girl marries, you get a piece of wedding ivy to carry in your bouquet. The ivy is a cutting of the ivy that my grandmother carried in her bouquet on her wedding day and that is still going strong 65+ years later. I was thrilled to have a piece for my bouquet and carefully brought it home so I could root it and ( Read more... )

Sharing to save, as they say. Thora Sharptooth has a new webpage:
http://stringgeek.blogspot.com/

Eeep! Saturday started with a moment of disbelief - This was really happening - I was getting MARRIED! O.o

( Morning Preparations )