Poor M pulled a muscle in his back on Friday, so we figured teepee camping was probably not the best idea. Since the camp site is so close and the rate was on the economical side, we didn't feel too guilty about canceling and had a quiet, at-home fête of three. But K had been looking forward to the teepee and was a bit bummed out (I suspect what she really wanted was the s'mores). Partly to assuage her and partly because we've been talking about it forever, K and I hit IKEA to finally update …
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Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! While we were in Michigan with M's family a couple of weeks ago, my mother-in-law quietly handed me a box while I was reading and nodding off on their cottage deck. It was from her mother, my grandmother-in-law as it were, who passed away last September. "Sanae," her elegant handwritten script had labeled the plain Kraft paper box. Inside was a meticulously folded origami box. And inside of that, beautiful shibori-dyed fabric. Ronia Marie is a textile artist based …
I am now a minimalist traveler
We made it back in one piece! After a soul-nourishing and relaxing week in Michigan, our flight back to Seattle was mysteriously canceled so we had to scramble to Chicago via rental car to make our connecting flight because all the airlines were booked solid (or so I was told). We cut it super close, but cruised through Illinois toll booths, security checks and grumpy child syndrome with surprising ease. Actually, the grumpy child syndrome was non-existent because K was a champ. She hardly …
Investing in Quality
Good morning! I've always appreciated the finer things in life -- some might call it "expensive taste" ("some" is actually my husband). But I also have a cheapskate side, or maybe it's this sense that I don't actually deserve certain high quality items yet. One of those someday-when-I-feel-deserving items is linen bedding. We have a small closet at the edge of our upstairs landing where I keep all our sheets and pillowcases, but most of them are from Target. I'm pretty sure that the fiber …
Happy Friday + Randomness
I'm craving stillness to think thoughts, read books, to sew and sow and slow down These images are outtakes from the book (the top one was styled by Rachel, the one below by Allie; both were shot by me) -- you may be seeing a lot more outtakes since there were so many images I wanted to include that didn't make the cut. Anyway, wishing you all a slower-paced weekend (unless you want a faster-paced, exciting one, of course)! P.S. I'm getting a serious case of …