Stephanie Macera

The KS My Stitch Crochet Guild president, Tamara Gonzales in the window of Twist Yarn Shop. Tamara is a crochet artist and teacher. She and Rosina and I met last week to create a plan to decorate the windows at Twist to celebrate National Crochet Month in March. Rosina is in the window, she was…

Obviously, I am not a photographer. The light hit the windows in such a way, it was impossible to really see the colorful pieces the crochet guild members allowed us to display. Trust me when I say it was like Spring had walked in and sat down for a while. I am ready for one…

My mom is on vacation. She has been gone all but about five days this month. First Hawaii, now Padre Island. Woman of liesure. Retired. She called this morning to check in on all her chicks. Mother hen. She was hesitant to ask how things were going, last time she left there was a melt…

Everything in the pile is so loved. My mother painted the little watercolor duckie when she was in grade school, the patterns were a nickle at a garage sale, I’ve since scanned them into my computer and passed them along. I knew when I bought them I would never sew one of them. I just…

This is my sister, Jennifer. Today we drove to Kansas City, MO for a fun “girls day”. I was in charge of navigating. We only had to stop for directions once.We gossiped, we threw tantrums, we ranted about our children and then had lunch. We shopped, we bargained, we threw more tantrums, then stopped for…

This vintage button card was crocheted by Tamara Gonzales. She created it for her sister, Jackie Clark to use as note cards and thank you’s. I have had the priveledge of working for Jackie for several months now. The button card was a hit at the quilt market she and her sister had just returned…

I don’t feel lucky to the point that I’m purchasing a Lotto ticket every week KNOWING it’s going to be the winning ticket, the answer to my financial woes. Not lucky like that. But I am lucky. My luck exists in the form of keeping me EVEN. If I lose ten dollars this week, next…