Good morning! Before I get all misty-eyed about K's outfits from this year, I wanted to let all the folks who entered the giveaway last week that rather than selecting just 10 winners, I've decided to paint a free custom illustration to everyone that answered the question. I started to do the random number generator thing and it just didn't feel quite right for some reason. You should be receiving an email from me shortly if you haven't already! Okay, let's move on to the smaller-sized sewing ... Read more
Happy Friday + Randomness
Happy Friday! I hope you all had a spectacular Christmas overflowing with lovely moments. Mine was almost perfect. A few days ago, I happened to be crowing to my mom and M that I hadn't been sick much this year (well, I had my annual autumnal cough, but it was very minor), and boom, I caught a monster cold right after my proclamation, two days before Christmas. I wrapped presents in a feverish haze and though I'm feeling much better now, I will be careful about boasting about my health going ... Read more
A Debt-Free Life Finale + Custom Illustration Giveaway! [CLOSED]
Evicting the roommates was a swift affair once I called in the big guns. You'll remember from last time that they had stopped paying rent and the situation was dire. M flew in from Seattle to "negotiate" (a punched hole in the wall was involved as I recall - the Czech girl's boyfriend was the temperamental sort). I was cowering somewhere out of sight and didn't witness the event. The couple left with a string of muttered Czech words trailing behind, cursing my name, I'm sure. Freed from thongs ... Read more
A Debt-Free Life Part 3
He went ballistic. Telling M about my debt was not going well. He started to do the frantic head-clutching move reserved for extreme stress and duress, and he looked at me like he'd never seen me before. I bawled. "How much???" He practically keened and clutched his head some more. And here, I have to confess that I shaved off a few thousand dollars because I was scared out of my wits, but then quickly admitted the real sum because at this point our future together seemed unlikely. What ... Read more
Monday Outfit: Alpine Coat Take 2
Good morning! Part 3 of the Debt-Free Life installment is in development, but friends, I was unprepared for how much it took out of me to write part 1 and 2. So I had to take a breather with some Christmas sewing and also put final touches on a coat over the weekend. Turns out, it's far less mentally taxing to wrangle fake fur than it is to look through all of my old journals during that period in my life to form a coherent post. So Wednesday for sure. As K likes to say, I pinky ... Read more