and to all

and to all

  happy merry to all, to Every One and All, whatever and wherever you might be celebrating: may your days be full of color and sparkle and light.   love! oona  
brighter than I think I am

brighter than I think I am

okay, lemme clarify something for alla y’all speed readers out there.  in fact, lemme put it in big bold red letters: THE BY HAND LONDON ELISALEX DRESS PATTERN IS NOTHING SHORT OF PERFECTION AND IT WAS ONLY THROUGH MY HAIRBRAINED MACHINATIONS THAT I HAD ANY...
bourbon baking bling

bourbon baking bling

hello all.  i’m about to hop on a plane for the holidays, after spending several days tromping around the city, trying to buy thoughtful gifts and be nice to everyone i see.  at the moment it’s feeling right to be NICE. so i’d like to be...
how are you right

how are you right

  on saturday, it didn’t seem right to be blogging about sewing, it didn’t seem right to be playing christmas music, it didn’t seem right to watch an endless parade of santas and elves walk down our street, on their merry way to santa con. i had...
i want to love you

i want to love you

 several hours of my day were spent on the mess you see above you. at the time, i did not think it was a mess, and took this very picture so that i could include it in a post full of crowing and thest chumping.  turns out it is indeed just a mess. of the...