Today is the day. "I'm so nervous and excited, Mommy," K has been telling me every few hours for the last week. Third grade! Somehow, this seems major in a way even kindergarten wasn't. Time is stampeding away, and I am helpless and doddering in its wake. But the start of school brings with it the sensation of a fresh sojourn, renewed energy and extra time. I for one, could use all three. I made a dress. And last night I furiously worked on a cardigan she requested, because the weather's ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! Lately, I've been making a concerted effort to make sure I do all of the things that I know put me in a good mood. Aimless painting is one of those things. I grab a piece of paper, and just paint whatever I see or am thinking about. I appear to think about clothes a lot. And flowers. I have to confess that I'm not loving the Mon-Wed-Fri blog schedule. It's throwing me off and I don't know why. I used to get a tingly, energized feeling every day as I pondered, "what will I ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! It can't possibly less than two weeks until school starts for K. I have no recollection of the last month, and more to the point, I don't know if I can sew up a new backpack/school bag for K for third grade in the remaining time. When I sat her down and told her that we might have to go BUY one, she was crushed. "But what about last year's??" she asked. Apparently, the Oliver + S messenger bag I made last year was a huge hit amongst her classmates, and she loved telling everyone ... Read more
Children’s Book Process (My Version) + Time Off
This is a portion of one of the cover options for my children's book that's coming out next April. Things are still getting tweaked and finalized so I'll wait a while to reveal more of the actual book -- it's funny, it takes such a long time for a book to get published, many of the aspects start to get hazy for me. The final cover ended up looking very different from what you see above, but this was my favorite concept I presented. Although I was gung ho about this design, I do love how the ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! First, thank you so much for all the kind comments last week, I've read them all multiple times!! I was delighted by how many people liked things as they are, and I also appreciated the suggestions. I will work hard on incorporating them! The four randomly chosen Drygoods gift certificate winners are: Dottie, Jing, Beccy and Grace. Congrats!!! Second, the photoshoot was a blast! Keli generously allowed us to use her Drygoods Design studio (did you hear that they're moving to a ... Read more