Category: What’s Out There

What’s Out There: Bobbin Lace

Recently I went to the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival. This year’s theme was lace. We have some amazingly talented lacemakers in the Portland Metro area! There was a beautiful exhibit of various kinds...

What's Out There: Lefkara Lace

Lefkara Lace (or Lefkaritika) is made on the island of Cyprus in the village of Lefkara and is on the UNESCO cultural heritage list. It is a bit reminiscent of Hardanger (Norwegian whitework), in...

What's Out There: Spring Birds

I love Spring! We have finally opened our bedroom window overnight, and wake to the sounds of birds chirping in the morning. Lovely! We have a favorite who makes such a happy little morning...

What's Out There: Personal Style

At Kayla Kennington’s presentation, she talked about getting inspired and creating our own unique style. That always seems a bit overwhelming. Like someone handing you a blank piece of paper and a pen and...

What's Out There: Gardening Catalogs

The time for gardening catalogs has come! My mailbox and email overflow with flowers, veggies and blue-sky pictures of gardens twice the size of my whole urban lot. Weeds are forgotten and optimism abounds!...

What's Out There: Sachets

A  co-worker has a lavender farm, and sells a number of products: soap, essential oil, flavored salt and other culinary seasonings, and best of all, reasonably priced non-culinary lavender flowers. A friend and I...