It's been quiet around here, which means things are bustling in the background. I have much to share, but one of the highlights of last week was a Little Kunoichi event. It was my last scheduled event and was held at a beautiful Japanese gift shop/gallery called KOBO. There may be some more events in the future, but that particular book reading capped what I considered the launch season. My book has been out for almost five months, can you believe it? I just found out that someone's seen it in ... Read more
Friday Outfit + Randomness
Happy Friday! The teachers' strike finally ended on Wednesday of this week, and it's funny how almost every parent I ran into on the first day of school commented how looooooong this summer vacation was. All told, the start of school was delayed for six days, but when you don't know what's happening each day, every passing moment can feel like an eternity, you know? Anyway. K thoroughly enjoyed the extra days of lounging about with friends, and despite my best efforts, I wasn't as ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! Lately, I've been spending a few minutes every morning with my watercolors, painting whatever comes to mind. As a way to chronicle my daily paintbrush musings, I've been posting them on instagram, and it fills me with tiny bubbles of joy to have this little ritual (don't roll your eyes!). There's really no rhyme or reason to what I paint and I don't know how long I'll continue this. As I'm wont to do, I've been thinking a lot about this whole "follower" culture that's the norm ... Read more
Wednesday Outfit: Ottobre Marja Top
As you know, I'm devoted to my Japanese sewing books, but K is starting to outgrow the 130cm size which is usually the largest size offered. Luckily, I happened to be organizing all of my sewing books and patterns and discovered that I'd purchased quite a few Ottobre issues back when I'd first caught the DIY bug. Look, the sizing goes up to 170cm! I decided to try the simple Marja knit tunic in 134cm from the Spring 2009 issue. This was my first experience with Ottobre patterns, ... Read more
Minimalist Sewing for K
After receiving even more new-to-K clothes from our neighbor last week, we went through K's entire closet and all of her dresser drawers to take stock of her clothing situation. It is, in a word, crazytown. I know there's a whole lot of capsule wardrobe talk going around the interwebs, and I so admire the concept, but as we sorted through hundreds of items that I've made for K, it was time to admit that we've crossed over into the opposite of capsule: hoarder territory. "We have to get rid ... Read more