MakeGrowGatherPostshttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012-11-05T13:01:04ZSquarespacequilt market show and tellhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/11/5/quilt-market-show-and-tell.htmlKelly2012-11-05T13:01:04Z2012-11-05T13:01:04ZPopping in for a quick moment to say that I am pouring all my creative energies into Creativebug, which is such a dreamy and challenging and exciting gig that I still can't believe I get to be part of it. 

I was just in Houston for Quilt Market and we made a short video postcard to give people a glimpse of some of the designers and their collections. Check it out. I think you will dig it.

Creativebug Field Report: Quilt Market 2012 from Creativebug on Vimeo.

]]>sound of the weekendhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/9/4/sound-of-the-weekend.htmlKelly2012-09-04T07:00:25Z2012-09-04T07:00:25Z

My recorder didn’t work for this. But your imagination will be able to infill the sounds of a throaty inboard motor, clinking ice, and splashes off the dock as we jumped into Lake Tahoe.

Blue doesn’t begin to describe it.

]]>aunt margaret's chocolate cakehttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/8/3/aunt-margarets-chocolate-cake.htmlKelly2012-08-03T11:00:42Z2012-08-03T11:00:42ZIt was my birthday while we were on vacation, and my sisters wanted to know what kind of cake I wanted. I was mulling over coconut or carrot until I opened up the cupboard in the kitchen and saw this:

What I imagine are go-to family recipes written onto the inside of the cupboard doors. And there was my answer:

Aunt Margaret’s Chocolate Cake. How could I have had anything else?

Thanks, Aunt Margaret. It was delicious and auspicious.

]]>adirondacks vacationhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/7/30/adirondacks-vacation.htmlKelly2012-07-30T11:01:08Z2012-07-30T11:01:08ZAn Adirondacks family reunion, with a house big enough to fit everyone that perched over the water. Card games, glinty evening whiffle ball games, stargazing and a full dining room table. More glimpses this week.

]]>east coast boundhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/7/16/east-coast-bound.htmlKelly2012-07-16T19:00:42Z2012-07-16T19:00:42Z

I'm leaving on a jet plane again for a slice of East Coast summer, a vacation, and then work. The part where I get to spend time in the clouds never fails to utterly amaze me.

]]>a san francisco eveninghttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/7/12/a-san-francisco-evening.htmlKelly2012-07-12T19:00:18Z2012-07-12T19:00:18Z

A glinty evening after checking out the Jean Paul Gaultier show. Sometimes this city is perfect. Other times, it smells like pee. But not tonight.

]]>sound of the weekendhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/7/9/sound-of-the-weekend.htmlKelly2012-07-09T19:00:29Z2012-07-09T19:00:29Z

What you can't hear is the sound of the widest eyeballs you have ever seen. That would be my niece and nephew as the bellydancer swiveled in for her performance.

]]>happy july 4thhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/7/4/happy-july-4th.htmlKelly2012-07-05T04:56:51Z2012-07-05T04:56:51Z

After Thanksgiving, this is my favorite holiday. I can still almost taste the smell of sparklers, and how terrified-excited I was as a kid, standing in the midst of all that bright light and smoke. Fourth of July equals full-blown summer to me, swimming and lighting storms. Happily, that's where I'll be this weekend. xo

]]>new batch of lemon curdhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/7/2/new-batch-of-lemon-curd.htmlKelly2012-07-02T19:00:30Z2012-07-02T19:00:30ZFresh lemons from the neighbor's trees and a morning spent making lemon curd and drinking tea.

]]>rod and gunhttp://makegrowgather.com/posts/2012/6/28/rod-and-gun.htmlKelly2012-06-29T04:45:00Z2012-06-29T04:45:00Z

The downside of working at a new startup is no time to post here. But one of the (many) upsides has been traveling to some pretty rad places, most recently Alabama and Brooklyn. The last time I was in Brooklyn, my cousin and I happened across the Brooklyn Rod and Gun club where our temporary membership bought us PBRs, all-you-can-eat peanuts and an evening of music. The band played "Closer to Fine" with no trace of irony. Does that mean I am so old that my college music is now retro?

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