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Hello.  My name is Thea.  

photo courtesy of the amazing and talented Eleanor Gatewood.  I hope to post a link to her website soon.....



I live in Northern California with my husband, and our one, soon to be two boys. (Eight months pregnant over here, and feelin it!)

I have leaped blindly (so it feels like) into many careers: life-model (i still do that part-time), Bricklayer, farmer.  I am currently enjoying my most challenging and rewarding job to date; Stay-at-home-mom.

I am also a life long art enthusiast.  You could say I dabble in many of them. Writing, drawing, sewing, knitting, and fashion are a few of the things I have my fingers on these days.  I struggle and usually don't succeed in fitting them in amongst all the nose-wiping, spill-cleaning, owie-kissing, and general beauty and mayhem that goes on around here in the job of being a family.  I intend to record some of my most memorable moments of all of that here.

Lately I have been working on some handmade Holiday gifts for the two year old.  We're on a budget, and his Grandmother spoils him when she comes for the Holidays, so i decided i would keep my end of things simple, and present him with a few little handmade things that I think he'll really love.

He loves wearing necklaces, so I decided to make him three or four simple ones.  This is the first.  It is hand sewn and embroidered.  The cord is knitted.  I think I'll make the next two or three a bit more simple.

I have recently re-discovered my love of embroidery, and my first project after years, was this silly little picture of a man with a pigeon on his head.  I decided to sew in into a little bag for the little man.  Here it is.  It still needs some sort of handle.....

Thank you for visiting.  I think I will enjoy this blog here.  I intend to post at least once a week, so stay tuned.