by Nathan and Julia Petersen
Creativity is intelligence having fun. —Albert Einstein Welcome to your neighborhood Coffee Roaster & Bakery. Come and enjoy a hot cup of fresh roasted coffee, a delicious baked treat, and put your feet up with a game or today’s news or sit outside under the heat lamps! I love LEGO 32×32 modular builds, as well …
“You don’t knit because you are patient. You are patient because you knit.” ― Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Julia had a hankering for a fluffy, slouchy, soft hat for winter (and a big pom-pom)… and when one wants a hat that is just so… on to the knitting! This fun pattern with chunky wool kept her needles clicking …
“With a bucket of LEGO, you can tell a story.” —Christopher Miller Nathan loves making type with LEGO, and he whipped up the idea to make his project collaborative. The LEGO Typeface Challenge kits are going out to fellow creatives to explore LEGO type forms and ultimately see what we all come up with together. …
“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn’t hurt the untroubled spirit either.” Elizabeth Zimmerman Quiet winter days call for cozy things to wear—and even better when they are homemade. Julia felt the itch to knit, and took up knitting 2-at-a-time socks. This magic loop method allows for the socks to grow at …
“The Christian illuminated manuscripts contain an interesting mix of these wonders of beauty… These intricate artworks are not only visually wondrous, but amaze us with their investment of time, skill and infinite detail.” Marian Bantjes, Wonder Julia has been delighted to work on Gothic illuminated capitals, practicing on an S and a Q. Illuminated manuscripts …
“An hour of play discovers more than a year of conversation.“ Proverb Who doesn’t love a picnic under a blossoming tree? Seems our Stormtrooper friend wanted to escape to this hidden spot of bliss and swing his stresses away. The quiet water of the creek allows our frog and turtle friends to relax in their …
“If I waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started “being creative,” well, I’d still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it’s in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are. You’re …