And I am so not a food blogger! The strawberries turned out pretty because I brought them to the window. M had just washed them and the sunlight glinted off them. And then, M set to work making ceviche. (It…
Monthly Archives: May 2016
KCW: Dress 2 Done!
When M went to London for business, he asked me what he could bring back (smart man). I asked him for some Liberty of London fabric. He picked out 3 of the tana lawns. When I saw this one, I…
Tagged with: children's clothes, kids clothes week, makingchildrensclothes, sewing, stripedswallowdesigns
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Posted in Sewing
KCW: Dress 1 Done!
Kids Clothes Week is on so I decided to take a break from sewing for myself and make some completely unnecessary clothes for the girls. First up, V requested a dress with a low back. I’ve seen a few patterns…
Tagged with: children's clothes, jennuinedesign, kids clothes week, makingchildrensclothes, sewing
Posted in Sewing
Posted in Sewing
Photo Monday – Kids in Prospect Park
We went to Prospect Park yesterday. I hadn’t done portraits in a while so I figured I might do some. I love taking pictures of my girls. They just don’t cooperate all that often… There was some sort of event…
Tagged with: 50mm, action photography, animalphotography, child photography, photography, prospectpark
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Victory Dress
This dress makes me so happy for so many reasons! I’ve had this Liberty of London lawn for years, waiting for the perfect pattern, always afraid I wouldn’t do this gorgeous fabric justice. Taking the leap was one of my…
Photo Monday – Neighborhood
There was a street fair in our neighborhood yesterday. We figured we should go and I took my camera. I don’t know why I keep doing this to myself. Within 5 minutes of being there, I wanted to go hide.…
Tagged with: brooklyn, flowers, macro, macrolens, macrophotography, photography
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Knitting Progress (Finally!)
Remember when V was sick and I couldn’t get anything done? Writing that post was actually the push I needed to get productive. So I couldn’t sew because V needed me? I could knit! And I did. I fixed up…
Photo Monday – Brooklyn Botanical Garden Not Cherry Blossoms
What? I know nothing about flowers beyond “they’re pretty” and “some of them smell good”. Now, these, I know are peonies. Because it was written right next to them. And some looked like candy canes! And azaleas? I think? I…
If Summer Ever Gets Here
I’ll have something to wear… The girls both had Spring break last week. I had these pants cut out and partially assembled before and I hoped to finish them during the week. Nope. I don’t know what happened. I wasn’t…
Photo Monday – Brooklyn Botanical Garden Cherry Blossoms
Last week was Spring break. By Wednesday night, I had no energy left. So after lunch on Thursday, I asked the girls if they wanted to go Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I didn’t think they were going to be as enthusiastic…
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