by Sue Schlabach | Aug 15, 2012 | Creativity, Eating and Cooking, Garden, Local Food, Recipes, Summer
Hey it’s hot, so sauté the watermelon. My brother-in-law first suggested this to me a few years ago. I wasn’t convinced that watermelon would cook into anything but a wet soggy mess. I was never so happy to be wrong. It’s similar to my earlier belief...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 29, 2012 | Color, Creativity, Design, Friendship, Summer, Travel
It is Summer Colour Week at Poppytalk (our Canadian friends spell color the British way) and I’ve been browsing my collection and shooting some images with color in mind. Today this favorite from last summer’s weekend in the Adirondacks made the cut for...
by Sue Schlabach | Jun 27, 2012 | Creativity, Design, Family, Fashion, Handmade, In the Studio, Sewing
I spent the winter and spring on a labor of love which came into bloom a few weeks ago at the wedding of my brother-in-law Daryl, to the marvelous Deborah. Remember all those ruffles I was making in April? They turned into flowers. Dozens of raw silk flowers, that I...
by Sue Schlabach | Apr 10, 2012 | Creativity, Design, Handmade, In the Studio, Sewing
I’ve been making acres of ruffles. I have the punctured fingertips to prove it. The ruffles are part of a wedding dress project I’ve been entrusted with. No, I didn’t make the dress, but I’m using raw silk and vintage lace to embellish...
by Sue Schlabach | Apr 5, 2012 | Creativity, Design, DIY Tutorials, Handmade, Housewares, In the Studio, Scandinavia, Sewing
Last fall I began making a fabric shade for a wire frame I came across (where? can’t remember…). It wasn’t easy. But I like this kind of challenge. As usual, I got the bulk of the work finished in a frenzy and then got hung up on...
by Sue Schlabach | Mar 31, 2012 | Barcelona, Color, Creativity, Design, Eating and Cooking, Garden, Handmade, Interior Design, Paris, Recipes, Travel
Thanks to Britta at MyBlackBookParis for reminding me about Sweet Paul, the beautiful on-line magazine and brainchild of food stylist Paul Lowe. The combination of blue and white seems to be popping up in a lot of places this spring and I particularly liked these...
