Happy New Year! Nathan and I spent NYE celebrating at our good friends’ house party with an amazing view of the Seattle fireworks. I’m happy to report that the Wedding Guest Dress winterized quite nicely, like many of you said it would! I was feeling brave and wore it with sweater tights and boots. I … Continue reading »
When I first signed up for Gillian’s Top 5 of 2012 lists, I actually mis-read the prompt for the Inspirations list. It sounds too hard to pick my favorite sewing blogs (there are so very many), so I’d like to share my top 5 style inspirations of the year! You might see them start to … Continue reading »
I’m continuing the Top 5 list awesomeness with my reflections on sewing in 2012! 1. You guys have helped me a lot Wow. Anytime I need to learn a new technique, deal with bad pattern instructions or make an adjustment to suit my body type, one of you fantastic bloggers has already written a tutorial on what … Continue reading »
Hi there! Last night as I was drifting off to sleep, I realized that I don’t really have much/any time to wrap up my Top 5 lists before the end of the year! Somehow I always imagine that there is two weeks between Christmas and New Year’s instead of one (maybe because they’re so packed … Continue reading »
Hello there! I hope you had a wonderful holiday! Mine was packed with tons of family events and I hosted Christmas for the first time. I feel like such an ADULT. I also got some really lovely sewing goodies which will definitely be popping up on the blog. Since I’m still wrassling with photographing some … Continue reading »
I was zoning out on the treadmill, mindlessly flipping through a magazine (Real Simple, I think). All of the sudden, this quote jumped out at me: “Make your home as comfortable and attractive as possible and then get on with living. There’s more to life than decorating.” – Albert Hadley Isn’t that fantastic? I’m only … Continue reading »
Just got back from a wonderful trip to California! Part of the reason for the trip was to celebrate Nathan’s and my first wedding anniversary. We stayed in Carmel on our actual anniversary and relived our wedding by looking through our photos. I thought I’d share a few of my favorites on the blog! Photo … Continue reading »
