I had a book signing for Crochet Adorned at the Yarn Shop (where I also work) this Saturday and it was great! We had cupcakes, I demonstrated how to crochet a flower, sold some books, saw lots of friends, and got to hang all of my projects out for display.

Let’s start with the cupcakes: it’s [...]

#20: Katie, who said: I would like to say that I am a teacher or have some noble cause for which I need this beautiful book. But, really … I just want it. I want it for me, so I can read and covet and love it – and make pretty things.
What’s great is that [...]

I’ve been meaning to post an update on this dress and a review of Lotta Jansdotter’s new book, Simple Sewing for Baby: 20 Easy Projects for Newborns to Toddlers, for a while now.

I finished the dress- and I love it. It is simple and cute, not a lot of fuss, and perfect, I think, because [...]

I have a secret guilty love of stickers. Ever since I was little, I loved to collect pages of cute little characters, hearts, shiny stars, etc. Only I did not put them in sticker books like so many of my friends– because that would be wasting them. In fact, I’d carefully- carefully- choose when and [...]

#2! That’s Debra Cooper. Debra, I’m sending you an email to get your address so the Sukie Iron Ons can be sent your way. And for those of you who didn’t win, the Chronicle Books sale has been extended through Wednesday (enter code: FRIENDS at checkout for 35 percent off and free shipping!), so you [...]

I opened up my mailbox last week to find this really cool new product from Chronicle Books– it’s a pad of iron on transfers designed by Sukie. The pad contains all sorts of fun designs (some of which I will show you below)– animals, letters, buildings, trees, flowers, butterflies, and more. Of course I had [...]

#16, which by my calculations is Katie! I will email you shortly so that Kayte can ship you a copy of her new book, Complete Embellishing! Sorry to those of you who didn’t win, but thanks for playing!

I was so excited when the mailman finally brought me Kayte Terry’s new book, Complete Embellishing. You might know Kayte from her blog, Love Forever, or her etsy shop,  or remember that she was the very excellent stylist for Adorn (and before that, was a visual merchandiser for Anthropologie).  So what I’m saying is, the girl’s got [...]

According to the random number generator, the winners of my giveaway are Liz Elayne (who picked a cake hat) and Jenny Harada (who gets to pick a necklace- I’m emailing you now!). Thanks for playing everyone. I’ll be back later today with some banana nut bread from the weekend.

This is officially my 100th post. Woo-hoo! I figured I should do something to celebrate with y’all. I really appreciate all of your comments. Although I don’t respond to each one, I do read them and they really make my day– I hope you know that.
As a present to you, dear readers, I’m giving away one [...]