When I started thinking about the card game for my husband's birthday, I knew I'd wanted to make a special box for it. For one, because both of us love beautiful boxes (something in our gene pools) but most importantly... Continue Reading →
My husband's favorite gifts are those I make for him. From picture-books of our vacations to paintings of harbors we could (should) one day visit, these are the things that really move him. So for his birthday this year I... Continue Reading →
These last few weeks I felt like I was a spy living a double (nay, triple or quadruple) life. For my birthday projects to remain a secret I had to conspire with some members of my family but leave out... Continue Reading →
My Mama loves owls. And when I mean she loves them, she LOVES them. It has started well before the general owl craze that has engulfed the fashion industry (or is this over already?) and I foresee it continuing for... Continue Reading →
Carving seems to be one of the things I do well. Be it the roasted tandoori chicken on a Sunday or carving out time from non-existent dimensions, I am good at it. At the beginning of the week I felt... Continue Reading →
Hectic is not strong enough a word to describe my current state of mind. Panicky might be better. July used to be such an easy month, with lots of sunshine and ice cream. Now I am realizing (literally the penny... Continue Reading →
I have to confess, the thing that excites me most about this picture book project are the finger puppets. I remember as kid we had one, a brown lion. I loved it so much, and always longed to have more.... Continue Reading →
Nothing compares to the the thrill one experiences when coming up with a new idea, a design. Will it work? Does it make sense at all? And then all those butterflies when you try to put that theory into practice.... Continue Reading →
Sewing together two pieces of fabric is by now something of a second nature to me. I've gotten used to the felt that I use. I know which is the distance I must keep from the edge so it will... Continue Reading →
Adri's Palette 