Hello, Hej, I'm Patty

Welcome to My Little Blue Shed, a place where I can share my inspiration and my many creative projects. Creating has always been part of my life, and especially things involving textiles. I have recently found another creative passion in baking. So if I'm not out in my little blue shed, I'll be in my kitchen.

When the idea to build a shed for me to use as studio space and store my growing collection of supplies (my husband wanted his garage back) I took inspiration from the cover of the book The Year of Living Danishly by Helen Russell. I couldn’t move to Denmark but I knew this little shed would be my happy place. Complete with a Danish flag.

I hope you join me virtually for a fika. Grab a coffee or tea and a special treat, sit back and enjoy the day. I invite you to explore my blog and learn about what inspires me. Please reach out and engage—I’m happy to hear from you, as well.

Patty

A Dream Became a Reality

If you had asked elementary school Patty what she wanted to do when she grew up, she would have said make stuff all day long. Middle school Patty would have said sew all day long. High school and college Patty would have said create and design. Current Patty would say all the above but share it with others. Show and teach others how much joy you can get from a day doing something with your hands. My Little Blue Shed backyard studio was the location of my first such workshop, a Natural Indigo Gathering, I decide on that name to change the focus from it being a class to being a time to just gather and create. I know I had a great time, and I think the 4 people (plus a little one) also enjoyed our time together. I look forward to more things like this. For me this was a dream that finally became a reality.

Begin Again - It's Spring

“The amazing gift of being alive is that no matter what, we can always begin again ." Sharon Salzberg I love spring. It’s the sun shinning through the windows, the longer days, the newness of the plants growing, and just the shedding of all the heaviness of winter. This year I am really looking forward to what spring brings. We planted 150 assorted daffodil bulbs in our yard last fall, now we wait to see them emerge from under the snow. I do a daily check to see what is coming up. I see a few have already begun to grown, slowly they emerge. It’s fun to remember where we planted them last fall. I think of the spring bulbs as a metaphor for myself this spring, maybe you see it too. We are coming out of 2 years of the pandemic and need to be gentle with ourselves. I am emerging slowly, finding new ways to connect with others, and just begin again. I’m trying a practice I recently heard about, starting my day with 10-15 minutes of creative work. I’ll share a few ideas wit...

Setting Intentions - 2022

“INTENTION is more then wishful thinking. It’s willful direction.” - Jennifer Williamson It’s a new year and of course everywhere you turn people are talking about goals, resolutions, intentions, bucket lists, and the word of the year. I love all that but it has never worked for me. I needed something different, something to focus on each month, especially now during the winter in Utah and the lingering pandemic. I decided to do a month to month goal. I started out with 2 that worked together, yoga and meditation. I did the Yoga with Adriane 30 day yoga journey Move. For meditation I use the Ten Percent Happier app. I didn’t set out with a planned 12 month list, and am seeing what intention I want to set as each month comes. Hint: you can tell what’s next if you look at the pictures above. How does that fit with my studio - My Little Blue Shed? Well I am still processing a lot of that. I know I want to try and build a community where I live. I enjoyed meeting people, shari...

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