I started a series of wall hangings I call Lonely Trees. I've been doing trees like these on shirts for a while but I like how when they...

One of my new year's resolutions was to sew more for my home. I was starting to feel like everything I sewed was for kokoleo, and my hom...

Okay, she really didn't vote, but I did. I know Hillary and Barack are on the edges of their seats right now wondering which one of them...

Wow, it's been a week since my last post. Bad blogger! No comments! Let's see, what have I been up to? Picking up toys mostly. Somet...

We got a kitty! We named her Bella. She's a rescue kitty from the Los Angeles East Valley Animal Shelter. Sage picked her out. She's...

After a couple months break, I'm once again taking personalized orders. I have a list of names on my "to do" board in my sewi...

Today we hiked around Topanga Canyon. All the way up to Eagle Rock overlooking the valleys and all the way out to the sea. Six miles.

Ha! I found this when I Googled "kokoleo" the other day. Years ago I discovered there's a West African song called Kokoleo-Ko ...

I feel like I'm always on a quest to find the perfect thing to contain all our other things. I'm picky too because I know how much i...

It never fails, after about a year of being away from teaching I start thinking about going back. I don't know what it is. When I was in...

I thought after the holidays that I'd have all this time to make all new things for kokoleo. We've been back for two weeks now and I...

I was all psyched to go to this garage sale I found on Craigslist last night: HOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNER clearing out her garage...... colle...

I've noticed this tag thing going around blogs but up until now I've never participated. Jennifer from Textile Fetish tagged me las...

Sage likes to cut things up with scissors. He's seen me working with them so much it's no wonder he wants to use them too. I figure ...

Long time, no blog. It's been so long it seems I've forgotten how to do it (blog, that is). Let's see, where was I when I last p...