Fall is the new Summer

Sometimes I play mind games with myself

Staying Focused amid mounting obligations and commitments

GAH! Website Down!
Yes, good morning, I know. There's nothing like your website going missing on a Saturday morning just as the holiday shopping season begins, right? I'm in touch with my host and hoping that it will be up again soon! Please check back later! Remember, 20% off already reduced prices with promo code SWEET. Luv, Sommer Designs

Friday Flickr Favorites
I like this one. Click on the image to see it larger. Made with FD Flickr Toys. You should try it. 

Fabric Inspiration
Last Friday was one of Scott's [every other] Friday's off. We usually try to go out to breakfast or lunch, and this time, when I suggested my favorite little French bistro in Manhattan Beach, he trumped me with a downtown suggestion. He had found an old copy of Los Angeles Magazine and they had a review for a little hole-in-the-wall downtown, near skid row, and he had to try it. And he had to drag me there. Near skid row. You know what? It was really good! It's called the Nickel Diner, and it looks li

Sommer Designs Pre-Holiday S A L E
Are you on my email list? Seriously, you should be (*cough* there's a sign up over there on the sidebar). I wouldn't spam you, in fact, I only send out my email newsletters, at most, once a month. But oftentimes I include promotional coupon codes for discounts, and well, who doesn't want a discount now and then? So, I was cleaning up around these here parts, and came across a bin of aprons from a season ago (or so). It was my from my first foray into outsourcing, and to keep costs down, I had a lot made. And I still have some. So I went around, checked inventory

Mystery Socks: F I N I S H E D
That was fun, can we do it again? I pretty much finished the toes on both socks over the weekend and then sat down in front of my computer yesterday and watched the Kitchener Stitch video on Knitting Help a few times before I tried it myself. It wasn't hard, but my closure seems a little bumpy. I am not ripping it out and trying it again; I'm very happy with the end result and dudes, it's just the toes.