Of Cats and Cardstock

We always enjoy checking out the food competition at the Iowa State Fair. (Did you know that the Iowa State Fair has the largest food comp...

Like last summer, our time at this year's fair is a bit short due to the fact that we'll be leaving this week to take Bailey back ...

It's Iowa State Fair time! We've spent two full days at the fair so far, meaning that I'm WAY behind in my other work, so this w...

One of my favorite things to do at the Iowa State Fair is visit the animal barns. Pigs, cows, sheep, horses, poultry...you name them, I love...

Our daughter participated in the annual Iowa State Fair Sew-In again this year. This charity event, sponsored by a local quilting club, offe...

My apologies for the delay in the second (and final) installment of this year's Iowa State Fair Sheep Fashion Report. When I stopped at ...

Well, I'm sorry to report that sheep at the Iowa State Fair are not dressing well this year. Maybe it's due to the extremely hot and...

Today marks the beginning of the great Iowa State Fair, considered by many to be the finest state fair in the country. The fair has always b...

Here's a sample layout I just finished up for Memory Bound using Cosmo Cricket's new garden-themed line, "Garden Variety"...

Will the real Easter Bunny please stand up? Rabbits at the fair, August 2009

Daughter participated in a great project at the Iowa State Fair this past weekend: a "sew- in" to make quilts for kids at the Univ...

I've been going to the Iowa State Fair for many, many years, but this is the first year I've seen the Chicken Washing & Blow-Dry...

For the past several years, I've been monitoring sheep fashions at the Iowa State Fair. Spandex was popular for a few years but by last ...