My name is Sarai, I live in Portland, OR and love to make things.
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I’m delighted to be participating in a little project called Pin It Forward that you may have seen around blogland. 300 bloggers are creating pinboards on the subject of “What home means to me.” Here are a few things that mean home to me: eating outside, a cozy bed, fresh flowers, homegrown food, my beautiful [...]
Isn’t chard beautiful? This is my fall garden. It looks a little battered because it’s been raining, but it’s pretty hearty. I planted dragon carrots (they are small and deep red), parsnips, broccoli, chard, and kale. I am a big fan of winter greens, especially kale.
We have a wood-burning stove in our kitchen to help keep it heated. We are getting the hang of using it, making fire and keeping it burning slowly through the day. It’s incredibly cozy and smells wonderful. Kenn is very proud of his newly found caveman firemaking skills. We have a huge pile of wood [...]
Hello, I’ve missed you. Things have been insane around home/work lately as I prepare for the next launch of the patterns. But I’d like to share some beautiful fall things from around my home, if nothing else than as a reminder to breathe deeply and appreciate life as we move ever closer to the holidays. [...]
I’m late on posting abut this, but we went to the Eastmoreland Neighborhood Garage Sale recently, and it was pretty fun. It was a beautiful day in a lovely much-swankier-than-my-own neighborhood, and we spent hours wandering around. Over 100 households participate in this massive sale every year. Given the neighborhood, I guess it was unsurprising [...]
A while back someone asked to see more photos of the outside of our house. We finally took a few more photos, now that everything is overgrown and lush and lovely. It’s all a bit ramshackle, but I like it that way. What I like best is that the whole thing looks different every few [...]
Yesterday after work I stepped outside and picked lots of roses from our climbing rose vines outside the house. These vines are going nuts with flowers right now, there are hundreds of blooms spilling around our porch and the sidewalk. These little bouquets make barely a dent. I’ve sprinkled them throughout the house and they [...]
My life has undergone a very sudden transformation. My days used to be full of meetings, calendars, reports, and presentations at a rewarding but challenging corporate job. Now they are full of planting seeds, dreaming up ideas, baking bread, and taking long walks with my honey. Portland has been cooperating with insanely gorgeous weather, and [...]
I somehow stumbled on these photos from something’s hiding in here on flickr. I have total studio envy. I could never be this organized, but it’s a dream. The good news is that it inspired me to finally clean up my studio, which looks very nice in it’s own right. But really, you must must [...]
I recently took a trip to Kinokuniya for some Japanese crochet books, but as always, I left the bookstore with more than I’d planned. I think anyone interested in art, design, or fashion should go to Kinokuniya, and especially if you’re into Japanese art, design, or fashion. There are so many incredible books here that [...]