Category: General

My friend Cathy made these ampersand place mats and napkins for me. If you look carefully, you’ll see she quilted the mats with ampersands!

I’m making a set of advent calendar presents to send to my Mom during December. She doesn’t need or want more clutter, so much of the list I’ve compiled thus far has books for her Kindle, socks, chocolates. But since she’s played the piano since she was a kid, I couldn’t resist this pop-up piano card. Instructions and template here and here

Reclaimed Wood Printer Drawer Coffee table with 2 drawers. 48″ w x 17″ d x 18″ h. Found on Etsy

On a site devoted to lists, I found one called 21 uses for old books. The one that caught my eye was a tutorial for turning a book into an “iPhone Charging Dock that will take the place of that ugly white cord lying across your nightstand.”

I know first lines of several books, but not so many last lines. So I enjoyed the posters in Valerie Perreault‘s shop. For instance, this one from Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility really sums up the complexities of friendship.

Between Barton and Delaford, there was that constant communication which strong family affection would naturally dictate;–and among the merits and the happiness of Elinor and Marianne, let it not be ranked as the least considerable, that though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other, they could live without disagreement between themselves, or producing coolness between their husbands.

And, there seems to be a website for everything. Because when I asked google for the last line of Sense and Sensibility, I found this: First Line, Last Line: The Bookends to Your Favorite Books (Spoiler Alert)