December Offerings on Early Work Mercantile

Merrie December Dear Friends...
The studio has been looking more like Santa's workshop...and oh how I could use a few little elves around here!!!
Here is a peek at the Woven Heart Ornaments I just posted over at EWM...

Hope you will hop over to see all the treasures from a great group of artists!
~L

Escape the shopping madness...

The studio is open today and tomorrow from
10 am to 4 pm!
4630 Wentworth Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota
and anytime by appointment!
Happy Holidays ~L

Happy Thanksgiving...

Wishing you all many blessings for a safe and happy day!

Friendship & Other Fun Stuff…

Happy Mid-November to you…

The weather here in Minnesota has finally turned cold...We have been spoiled by a Gorgeous Autumn…but today reality has set in…
16 degrees this morning…yet the sunrise was still most beautiful!
Today has been one of those days where little things draw my attention away from all I planned to accomplish…
so be it…
at least there is fresh hot bread ready for dinner…

This is one of the many things I have on my work table…a wool crazy quilt pillow…I’m obsessed with these lately. The center image is my Great Grandmother Anna in her garden…I printed it on fabric…
Now the fun of stitching can begin as soon as I have some time to sit in my favorite chair!

Last week I snuck in a visit to one of my favorite places…Hunt & Gather
Treasures always follow me home…this is an autograph album from 1893.

The penmanship is amazing…the sentiments delightful…here are a couple of my favorites…

“When you twine your wreath of friendship,
Fasten in one bud for me.”

“May your friends be added,
Your enemies subtracted,
Joys be multiplied, and
Sorrows divided.

I'll share more another time…Wishing you a wonderful evening ~L

All Soul's Day...

Merrie November My Friends...
Hope you had a great Halloween...I've been a bit behind...and just got my offerings up on Early Work Mercantile...

...I hope you will stop by and see all the wonderful offerings from a great group of talented artists!

Just a peek...

I want to thank you all for your comments on my previous post...and...your thoughts and prayers for my dear friend and her daughter...We are still looking for Juliette...

if you are in the North...Northwest Minneapolis area...including Crystal, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale or the Kenai Peninsula area in Alaska...or possibly North Carolina...please keep an eye out for her...Many Thanks ~L

Autumn Greetings...

October seems to be flying by…perhaps the unseasonably warm temps we had were deceiving…
But the frosty temps the past few days have finally made me realize that October is nearly gone.
I’ve been in “production mode”…kitting up the final part of Brocade…the 2011 annual rug project…

I’m happy to say that the kits were finally mailed out today…Yeah!!! I have lots of ideas for the 2012 rug project…but nothing final yet…stay tuned!
Hope you all have a lovely weekend ~L

~ * ~ Catching Up ~ * ~

It’s been a beautiful Autumn day with temps well above normal...
and dry...I’ve been moving the sprinkler from garden to garden all day...

The ash tree near the back patio is suddenly a blaze and I could spend hours sitting beneath it...but not today...

With the Autumn Valley hook-in behind me there is much to catch up on...our neighbors gifted us with Fireside apples from their tree...so the apple sauce is simmering on the stove...cinnamon and clove scents the whole house...the canning jars are ready...what a treat this will be on a cold winters day!

I’m working on getting the final part of “Brocade”...the 2011 Rug Project together...I’m hoping to have the kits ready to mail by weeks end. I’ve got lots of ideas for the 2012 rug...nothing final...except maybe the border?!?!

I’ll leave you today with a couple pics of some wonderful sunflowers a friend gave me last week...I love how they look above the potting bench in the back of the house...thanks again Chris Ann!!!

Wishing you all a Good Autumn Eve...~L