Five weeks ago, I announced a new project - She Percolates -I am working on with my friend Jen over on Instagram. You might've heard me speak about it there or elsewhere on social media. I wasn't planning on posting a fully report here until after it launches. Why With the inception of She...
A few years ago I started turning family photos into handmade gifts using vintage imagery in my embroidered hoops. I love looking at vintage photos and I super ultra loved using them in my textile pieces. In November, my mother in law emailed me two images of her parents and asked me about the...
Oh I am so happy to have you back here! Thanks for being patient while I worked on some back end sprucing and such. Let's catch up a bit. What a crazy crazy year it has been - mostly in good ways, but in some strange ways too. I've made a few decisions about the future of Merriweather that I would...
EEEEE!! Super super exciting times right here. My own personal wedding was featured in The Knot New York! Obviously, since it was MY wedding, there were Merriweather Council hand embroidered goodies there and they are also featured! I'm very honored, humbled and excited about this. As you may...
The past few days I have been trying to go through photos and sift through things on my computer in an effort to "spring clean" and purge some stuff that is taking up room. I've had this computer for 3 years so this is around the time I start to worry about my gadgets haha. In my efforts, I...
I've added a new product to my shop that I am very excited about! Personalized Phrenologies for those of us with slight obsessions and one track minds! You can see by the samples I made that I have a bit of a food brain... These are customizable and made to order and I can't wait to see what kinds...
This embroidered fabric hoop expresses discontent and general 'do-not-give-a-hoot'ness. Please note that sometimes discontent involves expletives, as you likely already know. This is my first hoop the has an expletive in it. When the mood strikes, you know... I actually took a look at the...
In the US, the tradition dictates gifts of cotton for a two year wedding anniversary How sweet is that? Gifts of paper for the first anniversary and gifts of cotton for the second. (The actual sweet tasting stuff comes in later!) Cotton is a beautiful, durable and versatile fabric and I love...
I was basically thrilled out of my face when Etsy asked me to be featured seller... or as they call it now, featured shop. They asked for 10-15 images of me working and of product etc. Only a few of the ones I sent made the cut but here are the rest! *bloopers included You can read my...