Several people have recently asked if I've ever considered textile design, and the answer is of course a resounding 'yes!' - and then I remembered that I did have one illustration project several years ago that involved a little bit of textile design, namely designing tights and leggings for girls. I don't actually know how far the project ended up in the manufacturing process, but I was hired to illustrate the designs to certain specifications. I own the rights to these illustrations so I ... Read more
Gluten-free Cupcake-Off
For one of my friend's birthday, I made some cupcakes this weekend. She recently overhauled her diet to eliminate gluten, soy, dairy and refined sugar and it was a cooking challenge I gladly took on. I've never tried gluten-free baking before and it seemed like a worthy experiment. And come on, what's a birthday without chocolate goodness? I should preface all this with the fact that I am as un-gluten-free as you can get - I am sure that my grave will mention something about my carb-overload ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Kokka Tunics + Half-leggings
Good morning! How was your weekend? Yesterday, despite our lingering sniffles, we braved the rain and went to see the most adorable lion cubs at the zoo. The four cubs are only three months old, and I swear they purposely put the warthogs next to the lions so that Hakuna Matata would inevitably pop into our heads. Today I present you my all-time favorite color combo: grey and mustard. I love everything about this Kokka Echino fabric - the denseness of the cotton, the over-sized polka ... Read more
Happy Friday + Sewing for my man haiku + Career Day
Poor M rarely gets Any kind of sewing love Enter boxer shorts Alas they're too small But at least was made with heart K likes to wear them ******************************************************************************* Happy Friday! I've had this Odyssea by Momo fabric for several years and thought it was finally time to let it shine as boxers. My gallant effort of sewing for my man started with using the "Foxy Boxers" pattern from this book. Then I couldn't believe how enormous ... Read more
Scratch Off Paint – Part Deux
Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are celebrating this day of amor with plenty of chocolate and all manners of sweetness. I am nothing if not persistent, and I finally got the scratch off paint to work (see here for the first attempt gone wrong). They are so so fun. I followed this tutorial again, but the key was to use metallic acrylic paint and very little dish detergent. I added just a couple of drops, three layers of silver acrylic on top of clear packing tape adhered to parchment ... Read more