Amy Artisan

…Handmade…
As someone who enjoys knitting and other handicrafts, it is obvious that I’m drawn to the handmade in life. The last week has provided me with an assortment of A Mano moments.

A co-worked recently returned from a vacation to Peru that included home stay lodging. As a way for the host families to recognize their guests, [...]

 
 
IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To [...]

This past weekend out of town capped off several weeks of fun activities. The title of this post sums up the weekend in so many ways: Picture Perfect!

On Friday morning I headed over to Michigan City, IN for a scrapbooking getaway weekend with friends. We had seen the website for the Picture Perfect cottage a [...]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

Sunday was a beautiful day to participate in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk here along the Chicago lakefront. As the Knit Together team, Jennifer, Kristy & I raised over $1400 to help fight breast cancer. Together with more than 12,000 other walkers we raised close to $1,000,000 [...]

In the last couple of years I have noticed that my October calendar always seems to fill up with assorted fun - this year is no different. In fact, this weekend was close to non-stop fun.
BOOK-toberfest

On Thursday afternoon Jen & I left work a bit earlier and headed up to Milwaukee for an evening with [...]