Amy Artisan

It has been a year since the early morning call came that Grandma had passed away in her sleep. As we have all come to our “new normal,” links to Grandma are everywhere around us. In the time since, we have found many ways to honor her memory. Last fall, I stumbled across a “Donors [...]

(…before January turns to February, it’s high time to blog about the holiday knits…) As fall turning to winter and the holidays of 2009, my knitting needles picked up some speed so that I could have plenty of hand-knits under the Christmas tree. For my uncle in California, I decided that a watch cap was [...]

The first year I lived in Chicago, we had an Artisan family Thanksgiving up here. In the years that followed, after Grandma moved in with Mom & Dad it was easiest for me to head home for the holidays. This year, the Artisan family once again celebrated Thanksgiving at my home here in Chicago. Since [...]

The end of October meant that it was time for my annual Halloween trip to Texas to see my two favorite little girls. In addition to our “normal” fun of playtime, reading, crafts & more we also hosted a fun Halloween party for their little friends. Of course costumes were required for all. In mid-September [...]

As seems to be my “norm” these days I have mentally blogged a lot of things in the last couple of weeks & then they never make it to the blog ‘for real.’ As autumn has kicked into full swing around here, it’s easy to keep looking ahead to what’s next between now and the [...]