And the winner is….

Scott!
October 30, 2009 at 10:56 am 
He said: “I think it would be great to have a bow tie. I’ve always wanted one!”

I’m so happy it will be going to a first-timer.  Congratulations, Scott!  Once you receive your tie, how about passing along a picture for all of us to see?  

Thanks to everyone who entered. [...]

Ascot: NOT in stores everywhere this fall.

I don’t really know what to say about this.  I’m still trying to figure out if I like him wearing it. But after his unrelenting nagging, I went ahead and made him an ascot just for fun.  He found the tutorial here.  This particular one was made with two vintage neck ties so it is [...]

R&D with Patch Madras – Bow tie, belt and neck tie

Today I made up a few little patch madras things. I bought this fabric before I went on vacation but haven’t had the chance to work with it until now. I have quite a bit of this fabric so I should be able to make as many bow ties as people want over the next [...]

Sunday’s Best

 

And the winner of the give-away is James Pavlic!  Congrats.  I’ll get in touch soon.  

Quote

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and appear stupid than to open it and remove all doubts.”
-Mark Twain

February 26th. Songwriter collaboration.

One year hiatus

Amazing how time flies.  One day you are holding your newborn with aspirations to be a wonderful blogger, songwriter, crafter, mother etc. and another you’re sitting in your living room (after 2 moves) while the 1 year old and 3 year old are napping thinking, maybe I should resurrect that old thing.  

I’ve flippantly wasted away my [...]

Yesterday, I recieved one more call

Yes, it’s true.  Yesterday, my mother called me to tell me that her mother, my Nanny, had passed away.  Now all of my grandparents are with the Lord.  My nanny died only weeks after her twin sister and only days after her husband.  I’m sure that she is so glad to be reunited with them.
Nanny, [...]

trying to catch my breath

Our family has been SO busy the last few days. Here’s a few highlights of the things we’ve done over the past few days.
SATURDAY
Played music at a park for an event called “Pickin’ and Piggin’”. There was music provided by local musicians and BBQ vendors from all around the state. After I [...]

Another one of those awful calls.

I just got the news that my Grandfather who was about to turn 92 went to be with the Lord. He was one of those people that you thought would live forever because they were in such great health. Unfortunately, after a car accident over the weekend, he had some spinal injuries which [...]