Happy Friday! I may be jinxing things to write this, but the server mayhem may be resolved! M tells me that in terms of server space, I've basically gone from hovel/shanty to palatial digs. Nice. Small things: the other day I was browsing through the Elliot Bay Book Company and discovered their little cafe where I decided to hunker down with a cup of au lait and a warm mini-loaf of potato bread. I was feeling a bit blue and under the weather, as it happens in life sometimes, and I wanted to ... Read more
You and Mie Guest Post + Outfits
Friends, technical problems abound, and I'm so sorry if you've been having trouble accessing this blog. My server is not completely dead but is definitely on its deathbed and very unstable. For the time being, it's up again...but may go down again any minute. Anyway, I am loving all the blog recommendations from yesterday! I'm familiar with a few but so many are new to me and I've been adding them to my reader like crazy! Thank you! [Update: I lost many of the comments and we are in the ... Read more
Monday Giveaway! [CLOSED]
[Update: Due to technical difficulties, the giveaway has been extended. Hooray (not for the difficulties but for the extension)! The giveaway is open until Thursday, April 4th and I will announce the winner on Friday the 5th.] Good morning! What a weekend – we’ve been running around all over creation, from festivity to festivity. Fun, but I’m feeling ready to rest. How was yours? I’ll be posting the weekly outfit tomorrow, but in celebration of Japanese Book Sewing Series this week (where ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! The other day, as I walked K and her friend S to school in drizzly weather, I listened to their conversation. S: What if it rained food instead of water? K: I would want it to rain ice cream. S: I'd want sushi. What followed was an impassioned discussion about the merits and demerits of the two. I heard words like "sticky", "yummy", "smelly", "melty" and -- inexplicably -- "itchy". ******************************************************************************* The ... Read more
Have you heard? It’s officially spring…
...but I'm not sure if Seattle got the memo. Maybe it's been blown away by the gales of 40mph winds? I would like to wear a kelly green dress and carry a gigantic bouquet of flowers like my watercolor illustration, if weather will permit some day. Yesterday, I had to run some errands in downtown and a little boy about the age of three or four came up to me and handed me a daffodil. A creamy white one with a lemon yellow center. A celebration of the first day of spring. I'd forgotten about ... Read more