Sorry I've been so distant lately. Work has been very busy. I'm going to New York in a couple weeks for vacation and can't tell you how excited I am. Last month I bought the Wiksten tank/dress pattern and made a tank out of BRIGHT yellow neon fabric. Then today on the Wiksten blog I saw there's a Flickr group devoted to her pattern creations. I thought I'd share my favorite with you. It's by HazelnutDesigns Cristin Wilson.

This is what I do with my parents when they visit. We go shopping for food in out of the way specialty stores in every corner of Seattle. These are not the highest quality pictures I've ever taken but I wanted to share them, especially the Chestnut spread at the bottom because I love the label.

Some older snaps from Portland, OR. Would like to get there again as soon as possible. I love Seattle but I would love a change of scenery too!

Around the studio. I'm working on new necklaces with leather cord.

We had a gorgeous weekend recently. Of course that weekend passed and not it's back to good old Seattle gloom. I took all these pictures at the farmer's market in nearby Ballard.