tableware dreaming

This weekend is insanely busy, but after two weeks of being sick and sequestered I am not complaining. I have lots of great oilcloth tablecloths to make, a book review to write for Sew Mama Sew, an open house and Spring Bada Bing jury duty tomorrow. While it feels great to be up and at it again, you could say I a bit concerned with my resent withdrawal from caffeine! What was I thinking? Can I really do this with out Diet Dr. Pepper?

But as I wind down from a good days work, I found a link to this article in my inbox. Thanks hubby, you knew I would appreciate it, even if it took me 8 days to get around to reading it. This story about pottery icon, Eva Zeisel is a feel good read. What a life story!

I have coveted this gorgeous tableware since Crate and Barrel started selling it a few years back, now I need it even more. You know I never did get china, this would be perfect china for me. Fourteen years ago, when we were about to get married, I was wise enough to know that no matter what China Pattern I picked I would hate it by the time I was grown up enough to use it. I don't even have a clue to what I was even considering. Seems like it had some grey in it.

A middle aged girl can dream, right? Well tonight, I will dream of lovely tablescapes with the best tableware ever created!


Till then I will continue badger my mother to allow me to have hers before she dies. I know that ain't happening, I know that for a fact. ; ) That's ok, I am happy to wait and wait and wait! Heck, I can wait a good 30- 40 years!

look what I found today

ta ta for now!, originally uploaded by ModernJune.

I was hanging out with my crafty posse yesterday and Nicole Lee Design told me about this site called Whip up! -- check it out it is really cool! "Hand craft in a hectic world," that says it all. If you have some information to share here is their link for submissions!

I also caught on that the Norfolk Craft Mafia has a cool thing they call LINK DUMP. I have Miss Beth from Monkey and Me to thank for that bit on bloggy goodness!

Flickr Badge, Cool blogs and Tie one one

Flickr has not learned that NO ONE can find how to make a damn flickr badge. You can search forever and never find this gem of a tool. This includes me every-time I want to update it I can't find the bleeding thing!

So, here is the link for making a flickr badge so the next time I need to update it I can find it with out wasting 3o minutes or more. I can find here on my own little bitty blog! Yeah!

Ok I am back, I just had to share these cool things I just found!!How could I have not known about this cool blog? Apronista! I knew of Deanna from Domestic Chickyfrom the many apron flickr groups. Yeah more apron fun to be had! I can 't wait to read more!

You know how it works you find one great blog and then you learn about other cool ones. This next site, OMG, it is so me! happyhousewifeclub.com There is also a daily podcast. I am checking that out today if I ever stop and get off this chair and a way from this computer!

Then some how I found this site check out these gingham aprons. They are so like the aprons my grr made and wore! They make me want cookies and to play Yatzee.

Look what I found today! start up info!

OK I am being super crafty here in super clean studio. Its really very clean because I was supposed to have 20 some odd EDU co-op friends over to do our history co-op. With my lesson almost done and my house shining I was taken out of my teacher mode about 11:30 last night by one very upset little boy. Aidan had the worst earache of his life. Poor guy. Poor everyone! He screamed for 72 minutes straight. Let me tell you it reminded me of Maddie and her 3 years of colic (hee hee hee). Well that was dose of birth control. It is times like that I really know we are done having babies.

Well we had to cancel co-op and as I work my little fingers to death the kids have trashed the house with Lego's, play dough, and robot toys. Better than a day of TV. Aidan has one of those fevers that does not really effect him much. He is still really pleasant and moving around. I really hope it does not pass through the family. Damn I will loose my mind if we all get sick for the 3rd time this short year.

So I am sewing up a storm and longingly looking at my treadmill. I really need a walk! But before I jump on I had to share this with y'all. CraftyPod.com is the very first craft podcast ever made and let me tell you she, Sister Diane, rocks!. You get a craft project and some history to go along with it. Or great interview. I am listening to number 20 right now. It features an an interview with the four members of PDXsupercrafty.com. As I was needing a break from the zipper from hell that I am putting in I went to check out their site. Well let me tell you I never got past the front page. It has the best illustration I just had to share this site with you. If the bit of what I have heard from them and this front page are any indication I am going to love surfing this site!!!!!

Oh yeah! It's good really, really good. Crafting for profit now that is a concept! They have broken it down into 4 catagories:

• getting started
• marketing
• stores and sales
• bookkeeping and taxs

I have made hard copies of the first two so I can read them at the park, on the treadmill or instead of my bed time book.