Sweet River Studios

My very first blog post is going to be about one of my favorite topics. Sewing!  Well, to be more specific embroidery.  I got into sewing about 5 years ago after I thought I should know how to at least hem a pair of jeans, which by the way, I still can't do.  I started out doing basic things and eventually got into making purses, totes and quilts. You know, FUN stuff. Not hemming. After many learning moments and a lot of errors over the course of 5 years, I decided to upgrade my small Brother sewing/embroidery machine to a top of line, I can do anything machine. So last May I broke down and got a new machine after weighing the pros and cons of spending thousands of dollars on my new, fledgling hobby.  Enter the Babylock Unity. I took a lot of pictures of the machine after I got it home. Yeah, I know kinda lame but it was brand spanking new and shiny . So of course, I had to memorialize its arrival, because I hope I never have to buy another one. And I was promptl...

Hello everyone! My name is Lisa and I'm new to blogging.  That sounds more like a confession doesn't it?  Well, that's okay.  Today is my 41st birthday (gasp!) and I decided to start a blog to inflict my life's activities on everyone my blog happens to come across. I enjoy cooking, crafts, sewing, quilting, embroidery work, dogs, nature in general and photography.  I live in a small suburb of Columbus, Ohio along with my wonderful husband of 17 years and our 2 year old german shepard mix, River.  I worked as a paralegal for 12 years before a series of layoffs left me permanently unemployed. After hearing "your over qualified" or "this is entry level" from everyone who granted me an interview out of hundreds or even thousands of applicants, I realized that I just didn't have to work for someone who couldn't understand that I wanted to work, had great experience and entry level position was just fine.  I simply got tired of trying to make them ...