happy halloween

giveaway closed

congratulations mandi and carly! i've emailed you...

best cookies ever

Definitely a good day to make cookies. Try this recipe here - best sugar cookies I've made yet! Even though I can't snitch raw dough right now. What a shame. And if you are interested, Amy from Progressive Pioneer recently interviewed us here. Thanks, Amy! Always love reading what you have to say.

Giveaway still open until tomorrow...

it's a GIVEAWAY...

The nice people over at Make Good: Crafts + Life recently sent Melissa and I copies of their new releases, Carefree Clothes for Girls, by Junko Okawa, and Felting for Baby, by Saori Yamazaki. I loved them: beautiful styling, great patterns, and best of all, INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH!! They've kindly offered two copies each of the books for us to giveaway here, so make a comment and we'll do the random number generator on Thursday to select the lucky winners.



So far I've made the Coat with Scarf. I love the swing-style of the jacket and the high collar (it's hard to see under the scarf, but the neck is mandarin-style) and it took me just two hours to whip it up (the scarf took me a little longer to knit; I'm slower at that). Am excited to try another (I think the white melton hat must be next).



(Full disclosure: the six year old did admit - "I like it mom, but it turns out it's not good for scooterin'." Apparently the best outfit for that activity would be her bathing suit, underneath her ballet skirt. Not pictured.)



...and super excited to try felting. The slippers on the cover have new baby's name all over them. Whatever that name will be.



Good luck!

ah, trim...

Have you ever seen sweeter trim? Stephanie just updated her shop with this and more vintage french trim, and was so kind to gift me some for my birthday. Thank you, Steph! Thoughtful as always...

she's brilliant!

A gift from the brilliant Nathalie Bearden from Kennedy and Friends. Everything she makes is so bright and cheerful. I love her colorful blog. Her talents are multiple. Have you seen her new living room redo? Amazing! I wish she could come help me brighten up my house!

Nesting Phase One Completed: Girls' Room

This past weekend I finally finished the girls' room. It used to be blue, but now it's a much calmer pink (Behr "soft cashmere") which is somewhat of a visual relief. The blue was kind of intense. Anyway, we wanted it to be pretty but not too little-girly, and loved the headboard that Grace from Design Sponge made last month, which completely inspired our somewhat simplified version. (Her instructions and sources are wonderful, if you are considering making your own headboard. It really was a piece of cake! And she's so cute.)

...Right now I have insomnia, trying to think of lovely names for a baby girl. Any ideas?