Happy Friday! If you're in the U.S., I hope you had a Thanksgiving feast shared with loved ones! We went to watch Ralph Breaks the Internet (M and K made fun of me because I cried. I cry at every movie, regardless of genre) and capped our quiet, low key T-day at a bustling Taiwanese restaurant and it was awesome. I’m a big fan of stress-free holidays - they're pretty rare, wouldn't you agree? So I finally got photos of the dolman sleeve top that I made out of the remaining fabric from the ... Read more
Black & White: Linden Loves + Making Magazine no. 6
Happy Friday! I've had an unusually social couple of weeks with more events on the horizon, which means I can really feel the tug of my inner introvert imploring me to hibernate and recharge. Getting out and about is good for me, I must say, and last week I made a couple of Grainline Studio Linden tops that happened to match one of the events I attended this past Monday: Making Magazine's Black & White trunk show at Drygoods Design. You know, as someone who spends a lot of time alone ... Read more
2018 Halloween: K the Kat
Happy Friday! Halloween twenty-eighteen was a good one. A very good one. K hosted a little pre-trick-or-treating gathering at our house for a group of her friends and much jollyness ensued. See that lumpy tunic that human-as-cat K is wearing? I made that. Despite swearing up and down that I wasn't going to make a Halloween costume this year, I found myself cutting out fabric two days before Hallow's Eve. The reason I was anti-handmade costume is because I finally learned from previous ... Read more
Rumi + Toaster = Roaster Sweater Tunic Thingie
I did it! I figured out the tripod/wireless remote situation with my new camera and new photo wall! I just realized that all my shots are a little crooked but I'm out of practice with this whole selfie thing, so let's take it slow and easy. The new camera was a reluctant purchase. I managed to somehow drop and break both my nice Canon and back-up Canon cameras a few months ago (sob!) and after lamenting the losses, I decided to take this opportunity to try out an Olympus mirrorless camera. I ... Read more
Espadrilles Kit by A Happy Stitch
Hello, my friends! Amid the swirl of book launch prep, I also made shoes. SHOES. Espadrilles, to be exact. The Espadrilles Kit from A Happy Stitch, to be even more exact. They look legit, right? When my lovely friend Melissa of A Happy Stitch contacted me to see if I'd like to try my hand at shoe-making, I was all in. I was actually a little nervous. There were some super long and curvy needles involved and the very helpful and thorough kit included "needle pullers" (plastic thimble ... Read more