cooking : crafts : organization : gardening : thrifting : going green
Two really cool things happened this week that brought a little attention to Mary Marie Knits. First, a local magazine, Diablo, featured my giant pouf in a collection of handmade gifts. And then CasaSugar ran a little interview and tour of my house. I had so much fun chatting with Elka and taking stock of [...]
Speaking of reading, have you checked out Byliner yet? It’s a cool site that aggregates long-form journalism stories from past and present, including some original pieces like the one I bought, “Three Cups of Deceit” by Jon Krakauer. I love that sites like Byliner and Longform.org make it easy for you to find good writing. [...]
My friend Amy, who is one of the editors at Readymade, asked me to spread the word about their Community Cookbook project. There’s a story in the Aug./Sept. issue about those lovable church and women’s league cookbooks that we all have in our kitchens. They’re putting together their own version with reader recipes. I submitted [...]
This is pretty exciting. When I first heard about it I wasn’t going to believe it until I saw it. And then today I saw it! The May issue of Country Living magazine features my little gingham button thumbtacks in a spread about all things gingham and adorable. Mine are the blue and purple ones. [...]
Big hugs go out to the people who lost their jobs today at Meredith. RIP Country Home.
I’m a late arrival to jezebel.com, but I’m enjoying the feature where they take a women’s magazine cover and rewrite the cover blurbs. I thought it was interesting that they picked on Marie Claire, which Brianne and I agree is one of the better mags out there. But if you take the snark with a [...]
I was thinking today, for the millionth time, that Blueprint was pretty much the best magazine ever. It started off on shaky ground – I don’t remember loving the first issue I saw. But it hit its stride and vaulted to wow, this is really good to oh my GOD how can a magazine be [...]
Two of my crochet patterns — vintage hanger covers and a colorful granny square pillow — have been published in a new book. You can now order So Pretty! Crochet, by my talented friend Amy Palanjian, at Amazon.com. 
