It all began with a move back to Northern California and a hat from REI years ago. In 2010, I had enough hats to make a layout for a Scrapbook Challenge I hosted on my blog. Where are the hats from? FIRST ROW: Delux Koala, Delux Owl (I actually picked this one up in a [...]

a cute, noisy, curious, mobile boy. a lucky find at the antique fair — an adorable pint-size vinyl rocker for my little rocker. checking out your friend’s toys before having your mama buy you your own. a little brown box.  (I got Ali’s December Daily kit and am excited to work on my foundation pages.) [...]

Another hand knit creation from Auntie Thao. Side note — Samuel loves to make sounds.  He discovered his drum set this afternoon and couldn’t get enough of it.

lives in Portland. is my sister. is smart, down to earth and super sweet. is a total hipster. is in love with my little man, Samuel. is a yarn snob (and happily admits it). has an awesome collection of yarn. is an amazing knitter. makes stuff like this … (check out the detail in that [...]

I love anything handmade.  Anything. I don’t knit or crochet or sew and so I’m in awe of the women who can create such beautiful masterpieces. Samuel and I are lucky to be surrounded by many talented and loving ladies.  For his baby shower, Samuel was given enough blankies and hats to start his own [...]

When I told my non-scrapbooker friends that I’m doing a project on collections, they looked at me and said, “You’re so weird!”  OK, so tell me something I don’t know.  Anyway, many of them say don’t collect anything, but after I’ve planted the seed in their heads, they ponder it over and come up with [...]

my new penguin hat. I bought a second penguin hat for a student.  And the dog hat is for another student.  Pretty soon, there will be a bunch of animals walking around campus.  How funny would that be? My animal hat collection thus far: owl, zebra, rabbit, ladybug, koala, cow and penguin.  Pretty crazy, huh?