The Girl in Her Summer Dress

I took this picture outside before we walked to the bus stop for the last time as a second grader. *Sniff*. Time is flying and I want to enjoy every minute of it. Making a dress for her slows me down and makes me feel like I'm living in the here and now.

Round Neck Top Pattern

I found this that*darn*kat pattern surfing the web. Maybe from Sew Mama Sew. I decided to buy it from Etsy and try it. I made it for Fifi's last day of second grade. I made it in a chocolate brown linen blend (challenging to cut and sew; it easily unravels) and a orange Heather Ross fabric.
I love how it came out.

ATC Kids Swap

Fiamma named her series of artist trading cards, "Five Cats". We took her pencil drawing, and photocopied it. She then cut them out and collaged the drawing onto five watercolor paper trading cards, and then she individually painted each one.

Just a 2 Year Hiccup of An Absence.

I didn't post here for so long: the the longer I didn't post, the more I talked myself out of it.

I was still crafting but just not keeping up this crafty blog. Called myself some names like blog loser, and wanna-be craft blogger.

Funny thing is, I started this blog three years ago, and last posted in it two years ago, almost to the month! A synchronicity of sorts. Because I am back.

The Kids' ATC (artist trading card) Swap of 2009 has called me back out of retirement (lol- as it can hardly be called that because I only had a handful of posts, and it's not like anyone was reading it anyway!). This is the perfect place to post photos and talk about it. Wise Craft is a great blog that I have loved to read ever since I realized there was a world of craft blogs. She sponsored this swap.