beautiful notes
bloom delft I stumbled upon a stationery company called smock this morning. So lovely. All of the stationery is letterpressed, which I absolutely love, and very reasonably priced especially considering how “eco friendly” it is:sustainably letterpressed on bamboo paperpackaged in a clear sleeve that is petroleum-free, tree-free, and certified biodegradable by the Biodegradable Products InstituteThey have several gorgeous wedding suites, a variety of wrapping papers and fill-in invitations, as well as a very nice assortment of artsy-yet-classic correspondence and greeting…
12 weeks old yesterday
Emma and I walked about 1/2 a mile to the soccer complex down the street yesterday. The soccer fields have a small grove of shade trees off to one side, and, since it was over 80 for most of the afternoon, the shade felt wonderful. Yesterday was the first time that Emma and I have gone to a park alone and we just laid on the ground, enjoying the outdoors. Even though the busy street was close by it still…
swim season
We received a page-long notice yesterday saying that the pools in the complex will open this Saturday (yay! get out your towels and sunscreen!).That statement took up one line.The rest of the page was taken up by rules and the consequences (i.e. pool being closed) for not following them. There are some very basic and expected ones, such as:1. Pool hours are 10:00 am to 9:00 pm daily.2. All person using the pool or pool area do so at their…
quick and easy pizza dough
I found this recipe on cooks.com last night, and John and I were both surprised at how good it was. It also was quite easy, with no “rise time” for the dough. I think we spent a total of 1/2 an hour in the kitchen (not including baking time, of course) starting with defrosting the tomato sauce and cooking the chicken and ending with washing the prep dishes.It was the perfect meal for a warm evening. dough:1 pkg. active dry…
500th post
WOW! I’ve officially blogged 500 posts ……… wow. I skimmed back through some of those posts, and enjoyed a few moments remembering what was happening around me when I wrote them. Some of them are funny (or are now), some not, some short and some long, but all of them were relevant to me at the time. Kind of nice to look back at where I’ve been, a bit like the Israelites and their stones of remembrance (Joshua 4:1-9). But…
just to let you know …
the mother+daughter aprons are listed and ready to sell.happy buying!!!
just a quick note …
… I’ve added a few more things to the market site, so ………. have a look if you want!
mother + daughter
Here they are! These are our first try at a mother + daughter apron set. I love the yellow, pink and green stripes. So yummy looking. I laid them out so that the stripes are vertical – slimming, you know. So you can make (and eat) even more cookies together. Because the material is a heavier woven, the pockets are unlined, but all the edges are finished to prevent fraying in the wash. Because aprons are made to get messy….
fruit of the sewing table
ta-da! another one is completed, with two more to follow shortly. i especially like the way the salmon pink plays off the green on this apron, and the flowers are so cheekily cheery. So spring-like. And also summer-like. i love how that works. :)