[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
Japanese Sewing Book Series + Sewing Projects of Yore Part 2
You've probably heard the buzz. The delightful Miss Cherie of You and Mie is hosting her very first series and it's an awesome one: Japanese Book Sewing Series! Let's take a moment to coo at little Yuki's cuteness up there, shall we? Cherie has brought together a group of blogging ladies, including yours truly, familiar with the way of the "wa" (a pun that probably makes no sense at first glance; "Wa" means the "center" or the "fold" on Japanese pattern sheets and it also means ... Read more
Tofu Chocolate Pudding
This pudding required two ingredients. Two. And no cooking! Possibly the easiest dessert ever, and it's delicious to boot. K ate a whole bowlful and didn't even realize it was made with tofu. Not that she has any objection to soy products, but the point is that you would never know. If I hadn't made it, I wouldn't know. Except for maybe some of the white chunks that didn't get thoroughly blended...but no biggie. I used this recipe and though I wasn't able to pipe the pudding into ... Read more