Starting this month I will be offering different specials in the Etsy shop every month. For January all indigo cotton yukata fabrics are marked down by 25%. It’s raining today, otherwise I’d be outside taking photos of the dozens of vintage kimono I have in stock. Losing the photo set up I had back in…
Happy Gregorian New Year
Personally, I’m holding off the big New Year celebrations until Chinese New Year on January 26, 2009. Once the Year of the Rat is over, I’ll breathe a sigh of relief. January 1 also marks the one year anniversary of this blog. One year ago my life was simpler and I had an idea of…
Recent sightings
I’ve been alerted to some lovely mentions on shopping blogs lately. Thank you to Phyllis at Personal Treasures for her mention on Wishpot and to Shopping By Mail for their very nice editorial mention last month! I am working on updates to the textile portion of this blog and hope to be back to sharing…
Holiday Sale now in progress
I’ve been sitting here feeling blue for a while, so I figured it was time to join the real world a bit and have a sale for all you lovely people. Here are the details: The sale prices listed in my Etsy shop are valid until January 1, 2009. I’m not going to be exact…
Dream on.
My “office” has been relocated to my mother’s old studio in the back bedroom in the house, stuffed full of her work. Books, magazines, patterns, pens and pencils, hoards of fabric in every possible hue, a Bernina (!!!), piles of classical music CDs, photographs and notebooks, etc. Several of her finished pieces including art quilts…
Slight panic, nothing to worry about. Much.
Oh ugh. Moving is bad enough, but moving in with your family… that’s not so good. Most of my things are either in storage or in boxes in my father’s garage. Every time I bring a new box into the house he gets upset. But what can I do? There are orders to ship and…
Life goes on.
My mother passed away on Monday. She was just 70 and had a lot of life left to live. Our family is now focusing on getting the memorial service put together and we are fortunate that Mom had so many dear friends. It’s great to have so many helping hands in a time of need!…
The week from Hades, continued
So we’re in California now. The house in Oregon was packed in about 3 days with some help from friends, and the kids and I headed south to stay with family. The Etsy shop and website sales will be closed until further notice as I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get back to…
The week from Hades, part I
Sunday: Post car for sale on craigslist. Really nice couple comes over to test drive car. I go to move car so I can vacuum out the child residue. Car won’t start. Nice couple drives me out to auto parts store to pick up new battery and even installs it while I’m digging through packed…
Change in plans
Colorado will have to wait a while. We’re heading back to my hometown in the San Francisco Bay Area, at least temporarily. This puts us back in with the sort of people I’m most comfortable with, such as costumers, cosplayers, and historical re-enactors. My daughter and I are especially looking forward to attending the California…
Trunk show, sale, and general craziness.
Catching up just a bit between scubbing floors and throwing out stuff… the kids and I are moving in a week and there is so much to do. Here’s a little bit of what is going on these days: Friday, October 3rd was the fabulous, super amazing trunk show featuring KimonoMomo bags and scarves at…
Ripe plums are falling
Drop a comment here if you know where that line is from! It’s been in my head since yesterday, when the notion that I needed to eat some local produce tickled me and I found the neighborhood kids munching on yellow plums across the street from my house. The plum tree is usually hidden from…
A love for both the common fiber and the extraordinary textile @KimonoMomo 