Hello! I'm wrapping up the week with this quick little post. I have much to be thankful for and as 2016 is coming to a close, I also have much to reflect upon. This has been what M and I are calling a "life-changing" year and I've had to relearn a lot of lessons...we're dealing with unexpected health issues in our family that I won't go into and it's been topsy turvy all around. Right now, at this very moment, however, we are all well. Thank YOU for continuing to visit my little space, as ... Read more
Petit a Petit Block Party: Tip Top
Had it been entirely up to me, this Tip Top dress would have been sewn in a sophisticated indigo linen with perhaps some Sashiko stitching along the sleeve edges. Or, I might have just simply copied Celina's version and made it out of buffalo checks. Those days when K was a pliable, acquiescing dress-up doll? GONE. There are two things that ensure K will wear something I make: It's made out of stretchy fabric It's tight (sigh, this does not bode well for upcoming teenage years) I ... Read more
Happy Friday + Making Magazine
Happy Friday! This image was shot by the amazingly talented Carrie Hoge of Madder Made and Making Magazine. Don't you just love the neutral calmness of it all? Carrie and I are completely on the same page aesthetically, and when she asked if I would contribute to FAUNA, the second issue of Making... well, the answer was obvious. Just look at this stunning cover: I just received my copy of the magazine and it's beautiful and charming and full of inspiring and accessible projects. Love it. ... Read more
Happy Friday + Grecian New Look 6297
Happy Friday and today is the day to honor our veterans! What a week, right? I don't talk politics in general and don't plan on starting now, but I do want to acknowledge how heartened I was by the groundswell of positive solidarity that came out of the election results. I voted, of course, and I am a concerned citizen. Yet, at the end of the day, I feel very strongly that what we do as individuals on a daily basis matters far more than who we end up appointing as heads of states. We all have so ... Read more
Happy Friday + Power to the Unicorn
Happy Friday! Hello everyone, K here! Every year there's a Halloween party at my school. Everyone dresses up in their Halloween costumes and comes for food and games (the fifth graders make a haunted house too). This year my mom made me an awesome unicorn costume with a rainbow mane and horn. I can't wait for next year!!! Haiku by K Rainbow horns and mane! Power to the unicorn... Happy ... Read more