My stock of goodies is slowly building. I feel like I've got hats and zipper pins down, so this weekend I think I'm going to tackl...

I did a little sewing this Sunday and did it ever feel good. I made the hat out of two wool coats I felted a few weeks ago. As luck would ha...

Thank you all so much for your support after my last post. The hugs, thoughts, and prayers were greatly appreciated. My husband and I drove...

photo via I went to work today but I'm not myself. My thoughts are disjointed, not quite coherent, still not willing to accept the truth...

to bread. Well, not just any bread. I love those crusty artisan loaves you get in the deli section for $3.50 each. I can literally eat 3/4 o...

I'm guest blogging today over at Michigan Quilts! Come on over and check it out. Caron, the brains behind the Michigan Quilts! blog, i...

Meet my mom. Her name is Crissie and she is currently living and working in Cairo, Egypt, and blogging about her experiences. My favorite so...

photo via Lots of people ask me how I get my mail. I never really thought about it, but life on Mackinac is "different" from mainl...

( Taken in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, in February 2008, from my second row seat!) Anyone who has ever lived with me (and been scarre...

I picked up a bunch of adorable patterned tights (on sale) for my daughter over Christmas break only to realize that she only had two neutra...

The last time I visited my grandma I saw this box sitting on the shelf in her closet. It peaked my curiosity because it had to be, like, for...

New Year's on Mackinac has been a tradition with my friends and me for a long time. Including the gatherings that occurred before I had...

One of my favorite New Year's projects this year was painting with light. (Thank you oh Craft King, a.k.a. "The Hubby.") Imagi...

As of this morning the ferry is frozen in and can't get out of the St. Ignace harbor, and Arnold Line has called it quits for the seaso...

Aren't those cards the coolest thing ever ? I think so. The snowflakes were poked into a thin acrylic sheet and then lit with a LED. The...

The New Year always makes me think of Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables. She said, "Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it...

She's three and a half and just had her very first hair cut... sniff sniff... My little girl is growing up. Her brother had his first ha...

Now that all the gifts have been opened, I can show you the brown sugar scrub the kids made for the special people in their lives. Papa, Gr...

Merry Christmas from Mackinac Island!

Part One Sorry I've been out of commission for a while; life has just been crazy lately. Between finishing up presents, packing for an u...