tools

i am in the market for a new sewing machine. i have found ones i like (in my price range) from bernina, brother, singer and janome. do any of you have a brand you are loyal to? one that you had a bad experience on?

any advice from an actual person would be very helpful.

i need it to do mostly accessories (bags, wallets, etc) and some clothing. no quilts yet :)

apologies

i have not had the energy to create, sew, photograph or anything semi related to such activities since last weekend. I can't believe it's thursday already and I haven't done anything that i deem important for my right brain. i have done other things that have aided in my left brain development, but it's not the same feeling of accomplishment that i would like. and it's not from a lack of things to do, i have a ton of stuff i could do... but i just haven't made time. i will make time this weekend... i will i will.

ponder

in your opinion which is the correct statement?

the peanut butter sticks to jelly
or
the jelly sticks to the peanut butter

these are the types of things i'm thinking about while at work today. if anyone has something else for me to do, i would greatly appreciate the distraction.

crane

so i'm taking a photography class to learn about fstops, shutter speed, iso and light. so far its been a hoot. we had an assignment this week to learn and practice with depth of field (longest and shortest lens, f3.5 and f16 for each combo). he said be creative - so i did. i used my old fashioned origami skills to create cranes out of magazine ads. i thought it was clever. here are some of my best shots (in my opinion). granted i knwo i need a lot of work, but what do you think?

i was going for the reflection in the coffee table - so glad i dusted prior to taking this :)

CraftStylish

this site has been added to my list of daily hits and for those of you that like to make purses/bags this is definitely the post for you. i'm not a knitter, but there seems to be a lot of information out there on it and many other topics. hope you enjoy!

feet

so naturally, like most women i know, i love shoes. love, love, love them. i don't know what it is about them exactly, but they always seem to cheer me up. buying them, trying them on, changing seasons of my current stash... i found some shoes recently that i've been drooling over, and in reality i would love to buy them all, it's just not going to fly with the husband who does not have the same feelings towards shoes as i (who's heard 'don't you already have a pair that look exactly like that?', and it's usually followed by 'these are totally different than those!'). because shoes bring me so much happiness, i thought other people would like to see some new spring shoes as well. all of these are available at piperlime (my ultimate shoe source).

if anyone has these let me know what you think - i'm all about cute and comfy.

all pictures from www.piperlime.com

aaaaawwwwwwhhhhh

i feel normal again - i have gotten some sewing done. i made a new purse for me to take to kansas city this weekend - i love the result. fun, funky fabrics that scream spring and i couldn't be happier to carry it around and have it cheer me up all weekend :)