The Long Weekend
In an effort to make your life a bit easier this Holiday Season, I'm offering Free Shipping during this long holiday weekend (11/27-11/30) on all orders of $20 or more.  Simply visit my shop, make a purchase, and I will refund your shipping.  There are no codes to remember, and you can shop from the warmth of your own home all weekend.  Have fun and tell your friends!

Thankful
I saw the this idea a couple of weeks ago on tumblr and decided to make one for my own door.  It's funny because I kept thinking my door was green, and had the hardest time choosing what color ribbon to use.  I liked the idea of brown, but didn't want it to be too boring, so I added in a bit of green ribbon as well.  Then, when I went to hang it yesterday, my door was brown!  Had I paid any attention all those many times I opened that door over the past couple of weeks, I might have chosen some brighter colors.  My husband says that foresight and I need to get married, and I hate

Advent Calendar
For the past several years, I have had the best of intentions in putting together an advent calendar for my kids, but we have always ended up with one of the 99 cent versions from the market.  This year, I have finally come up with an easy, and affordable, way to make a fun calendar for my kids.  I'm simply going to wrap up 25 things, and tie it all together with these little stickers that I designed.  I printed them out on sticker paper and will add them to each little gift.  I'm going to wrap up a comb

Holiday Gingerbread
I spent a little time this weekend sprucing up my shops for the holidays with some delicious gingerbread. I've added ornaments, a gift bag, some gift sets, and a new tea towel to my shop.  I'm happy to announce that my tea towels will now be made with an eco-friendly organic cotton/hemp blend.  I have become increasingly unsatisfied with the quality of flour sack towels I have been able to find, and have decided to switch to a fabric that I can sew myself.  I or

Linen + Gingham
Yesterday as I was cutting up some linen to make Simplicity Tea Towels, this large piece simply shouted and said it must be made into an apron.  Then I had to do some quick market research (on twitter) to find out whether an apron needs to have a pocket.  I suppose I could make a pocket, but why fuss with matching the pattern if I don't need to.  There were a few pocket people who won't give up their pockets, but most of us