Q & A

I get asked a lot of different questions about crafting, sewing and more.  I’d love to do a post where I answer all of those questions…do you have one you’d like to ask?  Ask anything!  Ok.  Maybe not anything but…serious, ask away! Shoot me a quick email with your question at twopeasinapoddesigns at gmail dot [...]

Custom Blog or Etsy Banner

I have been taking a class in Illustrator.  Previously, I would design, draw, sketch out my stuff – be it textile designs, etc and then hire a graphic artist to digitize, colorize and do all the work for me. It’s super expensive to do that.  And I wanted to be able to play around with [...]

{for love of nature}

“Here is calm so deep, grasses cease waving. . . . Wonderful how completely everything in wild nature fits into us, as if truly part and parent of us. The sun shines not on us but in us. The rivers flow not past, but through us, thrilling, tingling, vibrating every fiber and cell of the [...]

Giveaways, Giveaways!

Don’t forget to scroll back and catch all the posts from last week! All of my birthday giveaways are open until Wednesday, March 31st! In like a lion, out like a lamb… xoxo, Trish

Dan the Picture Man

Shortly after the twins were born, I got a phone call from “Dan the picture man” asking me if I’d like him to come out to our house to do in home portraits for our babies.  He offered a special deal for first time baby photos that I couldn’t resist. He has been photographing our [...]

Day two of the 14 Days of Doing Nothing Before Christmas…

Day Two… Took kids to school Stopped at coffeehouse to pick up owl pin for teachers who placed orders.  Did I happen to mention my kids are selling these and giving a dollar from each one sold to our Childrens Hospital.  Would you like one?  Leave us a comment if so…they are handpainted by the [...]

…and the crowd goes wild!

Relaxing after our family festivities over the weekend – I was blog hopping and stopped over to visit Patty Young in her MODKID Boutique. …and my kids went wild! Patty apparently has a new licensed designer working for her and she will be putting out these to die for outfits for American Girl dolls.  My [...]

Fun and funky-ness in a quick handmade gift…

Fun and funky-ness go hand in hand, do they not?  Ever since I was a kid – I’m all about the fun and the funky.  While blog hopping the other day – I came upon this over on the “Where Women Create” blog.  I happened over here via Paige who asked if it was ok [...]

Preparing (mentally) for winter…

As I write and schedule this post today, it’s our last day on our vacation to the east coast.  While my parents took the big peas into town on the mainland and little pea is napping and the gardener is happily watching cable TV (because we have no cable nor internet access at home) I [...]

Oh! Oh! New Stuff! Love new stuff!

OK…just loaded some fresh stuff from the garden up on my etsy page.  Must see! Now, I’m almost caught up on all my orders.  One left to go and then I’m on to dresses galore and stocking up for my weekend at the Tuttle Mall.  Yee Haw! Hope you have a great weekend! xoxo, Trish