Monthly Archives: April 2016

Unexpected Summer Dress

So this contest happened and I ended up sewing this dress for it… And I really wasn’t planning on making a dress right now.  I have some separates to make that I actually need way more. I guess some interruptions

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Photo Monday – Rainbows’ Vase

V’s preschool had a gala including a silent auction (collecting funds to help lower income families with tuition).  Each class made something to auction off.  V’s class, the Rainbows, made a vase.  It’s actually pretty big!  I don’t know whether

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Fashion Revolution Week Meets Earth Day

It’s there in the background all the time but I usually just get caught up in life, you know? Then, Fashion Revolution week comes around.  And so I’ve been thinking about it more this week, helped along by Petit a

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Raglan Tunic – Mini Dress

I know I’m not the only one to stare at my closet and feel I have nothing to wear, right? In my case, I know the issue is that I have a bunch of stuff I don’t enjoy.  Chalk it

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Photo Monday – Brooklyn Flea

There was this flea market in Williamsburg that we visited a couple times before moving to Brooklyn.  We only bought something once but I loved it.  The shops were interesting and varied and the food was seriously great.  We wanted

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Everything On Hold

See that cute face? She’s been home sick for three days (and today is her day off from preschool).  She got hit by a virus last week and promptly passed it on to her sister and me. I was expecting

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Posted in Knitting, Sewing, Spinning, Thoughts

Photo Monday – Children’s Museum of the Arts

My sister and her little family visited us last weekend.  Saturday being cold and rainy and her sone being all of 18 months old, finding something that would be fun for all the kids was a bit of a challenge.

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Last Minute Party Dress

So.  V’s preschool does this sort of gala/party thing every year.  It’s a fundraiser in order to offer financial aid to less well off families.  M and I had tickets and I realized I needed a dress and shoes.  Shopping.

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Photo Monday – Lilies

I haven’t had this much fun with a photoshoot in a long time!  M gave me a bouquet of unopened lilies last week and I’d been waiting for them to bloom.  I put the vase in the most well lit

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