Oh my goodness, I am so blown away by all the comments from yesterday's post! Thank you so so so much. I usually try to respond back to all comments the same day, but I got so overwhelmed and quite a bit teary-eyed last night that I had to go straight to bed. I'm now working on responding and I think it's safe to say that I'm not alone in dealing with the pressures of perfection - Someday, I'll have to tell you about one of my jobs that involved airbrushing celebrity photos (thighs were halved! ... Read more
Imperfection + Thoughts on Blogging…
In the last couple of weeks, I've had some conversations that have plunged me into my good old navel-gazing mode. I'm going to babble on for a while today, so don't feel obliged, or you might want to pour yourself a hot beverage and settle in... "I always feel like I have to be perfect," a friend told me quietly the other day, matter-of-fact, and I bobbled my head in wholehearted agreement. For as long as I can remember, there's been a perfect version of me lurking in the back of my mind - ... Read more
Halloween Plans + Giveaway [CLOSED]
October! I can't believe it. One minute I'm going on and on about summer on the cusp of ending and now it's full-blown autumn. The first day of October always compels me to start thinking about Halloween, and this year K has requested an owl costume. What you see here is the second ever Halloween costume I made in 2008 (I talked about the first here), and this one was sewn with a proper sewing machine using jersey knit and mesh. It was a right mess. Batgirl, just in case it's not obvious. ... Read more
Monday Outfit: DoGuincho Bubble Shorts
Good morning, friends - today is the last stop of the DoGuincho Bubble Shorts blog tour, and it's my turn! Before I dive in to describe the shorts, let's take a moment to pretend that it's summer. Instead of torrential rain we've been experiencing here in Seattle, in blogland K is enjoying a balmy day fit for tank tops and shorts. Now that we've established the virtual weather, I want to gush about this pattern. When Marta of DoGuincho contacted me to test her sweet bubble shorts, I was ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! A few days ago, as K and I were walking back from school, we started talking about fairies as we are wont to do. K: Mommy, you know that fairies aren't real, right? Me: What? What do you mean? K: They're fiction. That means made up. Just like mermaids and Santa. Me: What makes you think that, sweetie? K: I saw it in the Tinkerbell movie - at the end when all those names start showing up, it said "this is a work of fiction". So they're not real, right? Me: ... Read more