I really wanted to make folk art Valentines this year. And it started that way… but then quickly devolved into a free-for-all. The resulting set is folk art colors and a variety of designs and patterns. My Valentines did not seem to mind. Read more…

I really wanted to make folk art Valentines this year. And it started that way… but then quickly devolved into a free-for-all. The resulting set is folk art colors and a variety of designs and patterns. My Valentines did not seem to mind. Read more…
When I was home in December, I discovered a drawer with old table linens in it. [“Table linens” is a generous way to describe some of the treasures I found, including plastic placemats from the early 1980s.] Among disintegrating laminated alphabet placemats, I found a true treasure: the Hungarian folk art table runner I brought back from Szeged at the end of my study abroad program. Read more…