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postcards on the edge- of the hallway

My mom picked up these wire ornament frames from Pottery Barn- for less than a dollar apiece! I wish she had bought even more, there are so many things to do with them!



The silver wire frame holds a 4x6 photo. They originally came with a red velvet ribbon, meant to hang on the Christmas tree as an ornament. However, I immediately had other plans for them.




I took some 1.5" (ish) green satin ribbon from my stash, and threaded it through the top wire loop of one frame, behind the photo, through the bottom wire loop and then through the top wire loop of the next frame, and so on. I made a little loopy at the top so I could hang it on a nail, and secured the ribbon with a few hidden stitches in matching thread.



See how the ribbon covers up part of the wire frame? Behind the ribbon I used some yarn to tie the frame together. This might not be necessary if your ribbon is wired or thick enough, but with three frames chained together, I wanted to make sure they stayed together.



Instead of using photos, I used three postcards I bought when I went to France eight years ago. I love the idea of changing these out seasonally for other postcards, photographs, or even Christmas or birthday cards.

Other ideas:
-Place a festive photo in it and tuck or tie onto an existing wreath
-Glue patterned scrapbook paper onto the back of photos, and use ribbon to tie from a chandelier
-turn the frames sideways and tie the frames together or string onto ribbon for a garland (they are pretty lightweight)

tiny stitches

a gift from my mom...






my mother's own pattern


tiny beads!

kung hei fat choi

Happy Chinese New Year! Goodbye Year of the Rat, Hello Year of the Ox. The Ox symbolizes responsibility, dependability, honesty, practicality and industriousness.

I work with many companies in China, and this two-week celebration is a very auspicious (as many of my coworkers would say!) time for them. The country basically shuts down for two to four weeks as workers travel home to their families, many of whom live in rural China. The traditional gift at Chinese Spring Festival (as it is called by the government) is money tucked into red envelopes. As red is the color of luck, you'll also find red decorations, lanterns, and banners throughout the streets and shops.

Have a prosperous new year!

for a good cause

This is Murphy. I found him running in traffic last November, and he now has a great home with a friend of mine.


This is Mostly Crafty's mascot, Bristow. We all know what kind of trouble Bristow gets into.

If you couldn't tell, I'm quite the animal lover. I'm currently looking for a canine pal for the Bristowdog at the local rescues, which is why I'm happy to have found this great new song and artist (new to me, I'm kind of behind the times) who is also an animal lover.

Neko Case and her label, ANTI, will donate five dollars to Best Friends Animal Society for every blog posting her newest song, "People Got a  Lotta Nerve." I can't believe I hadn't really heard any of Neko's music before- I even checked my iTunes, and she's right up my indie-rock alley.  I'm checking out her album right now. It's fantastic!



Here is her latest song, "People Got a Lotta Nerve."




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where I was

Las Vegas





Red Rock Canyon