Thank you, Suzy Ultman, for creating Home Sweet Home: a collection of your cute and whimsical prints. Tear out the pages and put them in a frame for instant art to brighten the walls of your little one’s nursery. They are the perfect combination of modern and sweet.
I had a different idea. I wanted to sew some onto burlap to hang on the wall in our new studio space/room for Clementine to play.
I had this fond memory of those sewing cards that I used as a child. Remember those? The ones that had laces that could be woven through punched holes on a brightly colored card. I loved them. Anyway, that was my idea.
I decided to grommet the holes so that they didn’t tear. When I didn’t have enough grommets, I decided to just do the four corners and use this great wool yarn that my friend brought back for me from Iceland. It seemed so simple. Little did I know that sewing six cards onto a large piece of burlap would prove to be slightly challenging; flipping it back and forth, covered in burlap fuzz, trying to get it each one straight. I finished and hung it on the wall.
That’s when I decided I didn’t like it. It just wasn’t my vision. It did make me smile when Clementine walked in to the room and saw the prints hanging and let out a squeal and a big smile. Apparently she was pleased with my efforts.
Oh well, that’s how projects go sometimes. They evolve. I took down my wall hanging, chose three prints I liked best for the space, cut them out leaving the burlap as a mat and framed them in an ikea frame. I like the texture of the burlap and the crafty feel of the stitching. Now I can smile and squeal with Clementine when I look over at that wall.
(On a side note, my friend framed three prints for her nursery as well. She used white frames with a white mat. It looks perfect in her room, very clean and bright!)
Once upon a time, not so many years ago, in an old apple orchard
overlooking a pond, a young couple was given an 8×10 shed to call their own.
This wasn’t going to be an ordinary shed. They put up insulation.
Then came the drywall.
They wired it for electric and added a fan for circulation.
They painted the walls soothing colors and added a big window for extra light.
The floor was washed with a coordinating blue. A platform was built to support a twin mattress which would act like a couch on rainy days and at night the two would squeeze in for a restful slumber under the first roof they could call their own. A few select pieces were added like a mini fridge, music, and a shining silver star.
They planted a little garden,
added an outdoor shower
and an outdoor ‘kitchen’.
Their garden grew as the sunny days passed.
As the sun set and the twilight came upon them, they would sit in their chairs overlooking the pond listening to the crickets and frogs chatter. Deer would wander in the field across the water and the cool night air would settle in. Later they would build a fire, sit and watch the flames crackle and try to count the fireflies. This was the good life.