Magical Holiday Giveaway!

Magical Holiday Giveaway

What you need to do to enter the giveaway:

(1) be a follower of this blog.

(2) leave your name, email, and url address for your blog (if you have one) in the comments.

AND you can get EXTRA entries if you blog about this giveaway and post a link to the blog post in the comments of this post!

Drum roll please...

This lovely Magical Holiday Giveaway includes:

*A blank Moleskine notebook perfect for holiday art journaling

*handmade pom poms in cranberry, pine, and white/gold

*brand new DVD of my favorite Christmas movie, One Magical Christmas

*2 pop-up books that are perfect for children and your coffee table:

The Three Wise Men and How Santa's Elves Saved Christmas

*a vintage pointsettia saucer that is perfect for candles

*Donna's Decembers knitted garland in a soft cranberry

*10 different pattern sets of 10 strips of paper perfect for paper chains around your home

 The winner will be announced next Saturday!

Good luck!

xo,

Liz

Today

Come visit at Current Space Gallery today 2-8! Donna's will be there with bells on :)

Amazing...

Hey there! I only have a second... but HAD to tell you:

I was checking out The Purl Bee and saw their most recent post and wanted to share it with you immediately! It's all about crocheted and embroidered gifts to start making for the holidays!

Perfect!

Go check it out here. In the meantime, I wanted to update you a little...

1) Next week will have a DIY focus for the holiday season, plus a few yummy recipes thrown in for good measure :). Make sure you check back every day for those updates! I don't know about you, but I am getting so, so excited for the holidays!

2) Our Giveaway will be posted on Sunday! Between now and then you need to make sure that you have become a follower of our blog, because the giveaway will only be open for a few days! A little planning head never hurt anyone :)

Other than that, I hope you have a marvelous Friday!

xo,

Liz

Knowing Your Limits

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So, I have to give credit to my insightful husband for this post. He has been talking to me a lot recently about the seperation between work and home and thought it would be a reasonable conversation to persue in the DIY/blog world. So...here's what I'm pondering (and I would LOVE to start a little conversation in the comments, so please don't be shy; chime in)!

1) Do you ever have trouble reconciling your professional life and your crafty/DIY life? Some of you might be really fortunate and have a profession where craft/DIY is your work. For me, I have made a huge effort to leave work at work and enjoy my personal time at home creating and crocheting. Sometimes, though, I feel frustrated because I enjoy my creative side so thoroughly, I'm always searching for my "million dollar idea" so I can stay at home and craft full time. Do you share the same sentiment?

2) Do you ever find that your craft carries limits? For example, I love to crochet and think I am really gaining skill and speed, but I am restricted from a multitude of patterns because most of the yarn community is focused on knitting. How do you deal with this situation? Do you learn the new craft? How do you reconcile this situation?

Sometimes I'm really torn between keeping a paycheck and feeling like I'm losing my sanity and losing my paycheck but keeping (and improving) my sanity. It's pretty perplexing!

A lot of my crafty friends don't work full-time or their full-time job is in the craft industry. Some of my friends do work full-time. Either way, I am constantly searching out various outlooks and opinions! Do share...

What Today Looks Like...

With three back to back shows this month, this is pretty much what I'm sitting infront of these days:

Come out this Saturday from 2-11 p.m. at the Current Space Gallery in Baltimore! I'm pretty sure the crafts are available from 2-8 p.m. and then there are more "evening" friendly events past the 8 o'clock hour!

It should be a fun time. You should definitely come out, say hi, and start on that holiday shopping that I know you're thinking about!

Lion Brand Studio

Gosh, I love Lion Brand yarn. I know I talk about it a lot, but their studio in NYC is awesome. Here are a few pictures from my visit this past weekend!

So beautiful.

xo,

Liz

 

Cement Jungle Makes You Feel Brand New

Cory and I had so much fun in NYC visiting Lisa this past weekend. It was exactly what we needed: a little fresh air, a little sunshine, a little shopping, and a lot of time together.

We caught the Bolt Bus in Baltimore and got into the city (later than expected) around 8. We hailed a cab and went straight to Lisa's apartment on the upper east side to drop off our luggage, freshen up, and head to Fetch for a delicious dinner. We had a few drinks and caught up with each other before heading back to Lisa's place to hang out and watch a little "Will and Grace" before heading to bed.

Saturday morning rolled around and of course, Cory and I woke up before Lisa and Kristen. We headed to a bakery on Lisa's block to pick up breakfast and had these delicious ham and cheese danishes. They were so light and flaky, I salavate just thinking about them!

We headed out to Union Square to do a little shopping and catch some rays. It was a beautiful day, so I had my Nikon in tow. We caught a little farmer's market action and this kind gentleman caught my eye. He allowed me to stand on the lift at the bottom of his truck. Without me knowing, he began to raise it up so I could see over the crowd. It was very sweet of him, considering it was NYC and I am a total stranger :).

Lisa and I got a few pictures together...although I cannot figure out why they are so grainy.. weird. Then Lisa spotted this awesome table that a NY farm was hosting where you just had to jot down your email to get a free caramel apple. Yum!

Lisa had to meet up with a group from one of her master's classes, so Cory and I got a few hours to ourselves to grab a little lunch and do a little Christmas shopping in the neighborhood.

We snuck in a little time to watch the "Rally to Restore Sanity" with Jon Stewart and Stephen Cobert that we were missing in D.C..

We also found time to squeeze in a quick trip to Lion Brand Yarn's boutique on 15th street... here's a little peak (more tomorrow)!

After we shopped till we dropped, we headed back uptown and changed for a delicious Mexican dinner at Taco Taco. Delicious. It was a lovely Saturday in the city. Exactly what I needed. I'll post more pics from Lion Brand tonight :)

xo,

Liz

Happy Wednesday!