Amy Artisan

Today was a glorious spring day where you think that Winter may actually end in Chicago. So what were the signs?
- Sun + Blue Skies + 69 = A Lovely Day!
- The chance for spring thunderstorms overnight
- Throngs of spring break tourists along Michigan Ave. (Including plenty of little girls toting “American Girl Place” bags [...]

For some reason I associate Neapolitan ice cream with birthday celebrations. So, when I received Mailorder #1 from Amy at Kingpod & saw that the Birthday Calendar was on pale pink paper I immediately thought of accenting it with brown. (And since it was pink I thought it would be a fun Project Spectrum activity.) [...]

This morning I mailed this afghan square to Christine for her Comforting Jef project – the knit blog community has been sending in lots of squares a 2nd blanket will also be made for Vickie’s brother Michael .

It’s my “standard” pattern – the dishcloth that Grandma taught me to knit with & I have [...]

A knit shamrock especially for you…Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

This was the March Monthly Dishcloth KAL – my Mom is the lucky recipient of this one because I will be home with the family in GA this weekend…and able to enjoy Mom’s corned beef & cabbage for St. Patrick’s Day (even though I make it myself… [...]

…paper that is!
It was a crafty weekend around here – specifically scrapbooking.
Saturday was Memoranza with some of my Creative Memories scrapbooking pals – 12 hours of uninterrupted time to work on my 2005 album. The “limited edition” Project Spectrum March Mix CD from Anjo, aka the Craftymodster was a well enjoyed soundtrack to our [...]