by Sue Schlabach | Jan 21, 2017 | Artists, homepage, Winter
Welcome January. I guess. The world is frosty, and I’m working to warm my heart to the hard work ahead. Outside the windows it’s fairly bleak and monochrome. But red, green and blue keep popping up saying, “Hey look at me!!” Safe marching in...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 4, 2016 | Artisanal Living, Creativity, Design, homepage, In the Studio, Sewing, Winter
Most of our furniture is gleaned from family houses, the curb or swapped with friends. I like the eclectic nature of the whole. But we do have a sofa that we acquired new in the late 1990s when I did design work for a furniture store and was paid in furniture. We...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 13, 2016 | Artisanal Living, Autumn, homepage, Vermont
I can already feel the indoor dayscreeping upon us. So a weekendoutdoors among the vines wasa welcome invitation. My brother began planting a vineyard for Red Horse winery six years ago, and this year was a bumper crop for the two white and one red variety of grapes...
by Sue Schlabach | Oct 10, 2016 | Autumn, homepage, Vermont
October mornings—when not frosty—are usually adrift with fog in pocket valleys. This weekend marked the peak of color for autumn foliage and the mist and sun only amplified the treetops. I had a long drive from here to the Red Horse Winery to help pick La Crescent...
by Sue Schlabach | Sep 10, 2016 | Autumn, Design, homepage, In the Studio, Paintings, Summer
Here’s a little weekend watercolor applied over an ink drawing I did a while ago. It’s part of this collection if you’d like to see more. Wishing you a happy weekend and some creativity or exploring on your horizon. I am painting and sewing this...
by Sue Schlabach | Dec 24, 2015 | Christmas, Holidays, homepage, Natural World, Vermont
Holiday Greetings from our hilltop valley. It is unseasonably warm, and when we walked this morning it felt like spring garden planting weather, not the season of candlelight, bayberry scent and eggnog by the fire. The woodland is so lush and green with moss and ferns...
