by Sue Schlabach | May 31, 2019 | Creativity, Design, In the Studio
Who will be the future apprentices—the ones who will put in the time? Hammer the metal one thousand blows to make the perfect horseshoe? These are things I think about when I despair about smart phones and sound bytes and plastic debris filling the oceans. When my...
by Sue Schlabach | Apr 7, 2019 | Artisanal Living, Design, Travel
Montreal in spring is much like Vermont. Not quite free of winter. I went there two weeks ago with three dear friends. We go there every spring to eat, hang out, browse, and discover. We’ve been doing this for 12 years? 15? We’re not sure. We tend to go...
by Sue Schlabach | Feb 17, 2019 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design
Today I opened up to a list of 50 Things I Love that I wrote back in the fall. Do you have a pen handy? If so, do yourself a favor, and write down 50 things you love. It is affirming and—if all goes well—you’ll end up with a list of 58 or 62 or 75! The ones on...
by Sue Schlabach | Aug 1, 2018 | Design, London, Photography
In February my husband gave me a Valentine card of “Couple Kissing, London England,” by Rodney Smith. At first, I thought it was a painting (in the spirit of Andrew Wyeth). R’s message began with: “Look at that fireplace! Look at that cat! Look...
by Sue Schlabach | Sep 15, 2017 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design, Family, Vermont
There is a little village near here where my family lives. My brother and his wife moved there in 1995, and this small town—with only a couple hundred residents—took them in. My parents bought a house around the corner from my brother in 2004, and also became active...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 4, 2016 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design, homepage, In the Studio, Sewing, Winter
Most of our furniture is gleaned from family houses, the curb or swapped with friends. I like the eclectic nature of the whole. But we do have a sofa that we acquired new in the late 1990s when I did design work for a furniture store and was paid in furniture. We...
