I didn’t wake up with any plan of what to make today. At some point late in the day I decided that my thing-a-day should be something to commemorate Alexander McQueen, who died today. If you don’t know him, he made fantastic and… Continue Reading →

Veggie ribs, sweet corn, and kale.

I had my alarm set this morning, though it was totally unnecessary because it was a snow day. I immediately fell back to sleep and had a dream about making a glass pendant. My most vivid dreams come during snoozes…. Continue Reading →

I asked Sean, my husband, to give me a drawing that I could embroider. I recently bought a iron-on transfer pen from Nancy’s Notions and I’ve been anxious to try it out with some original artwork, so I asked Sean to outline… Continue Reading →

Cauliflower curry with brown rice. Another beige meal at the Hoven-Yates house.

I went through one of my bags of scrap fabric and found this odd piece of black lace. It’s a mesh with different size woven polka dots that I found on the $1.99 table at G Street Fabrics years ago… Continue Reading →

More baked goods today. I don’t bake constantly, but this week I’m making gift cookies for my faraway California cousin. This is another recipe from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar, and I highly recommend them. The dried cherries are really… Continue Reading →

At first glance it may look like I”ve made a plate of falafel, but these are Mexican Chocolate Snickerdoodles from Vegan Cookies Invade Your Cookie Jar. The unusual ingredient is cayenne pepper, which gives them a nice bite!

I bought this cute ribbon from ReproDepot Fabrics over a year ago with the intention of making a bracelet out of it. There is a 1″ strip of elastic sewn onto the ribbon so I can stretch it over my hand. Using… Continue Reading →

I only just found out about thing-a-day two days ago. It was an idea I had floating around in my head already, so I knew that now was the time for me to act.   The embroidered tea cup on osnaburg… Continue Reading →