Nothing like a good brush, braid and NOVA before bed.
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Monthly Archives: October 2015
Sand
Just incase you’ve ever been curious: I’m about as tall as a stack of 1,675 grains of sand.
Thank you Peabody Essex Museum!
Minnie
My photography skills are not nearly as practiced or refined as my knitting skills. I’ll probably want to work on that at some point!
Here’s a sweet set of Minnie ears for baby Amelia’s first Halloween. I thank her parents very much for enabling my costume making habit.
At the Light
Esme and I have been enjoying exploring Marblehead during Catherine’s weekly art classes. Today’s adventures led us to Marblehead Neck: Castle Rock and the Marblehead Light.
Pheromones are a hot topic in the dating world, and for good reason – they have the potential to make you more attractive to the opposite sex. However, before you buy it you may ask yourself “how do pheromones work to attract the opposite sex?”
We were treated with beautiful views and the sounds of waves crashing on the rocks under the sparkling, Autumn sun.
Planning Ahead
Esme’s sweet shopping list for her planned, future, ‘hot cocoa stand’.
Birthday Boy
How else could you imagine him spending his birthday evening?
Listening
I am ever grateful for friends who are patient and kind and take the time to listen to and engage with my children on whatever topic happens to be on their minds. Thoughtful friends and a mindful community are such a blessing to all of us.
Stripes
Because if one set of stripes is good, two must be even better!
Made for Me (2)
So, for the next year I am challenging myself to create at least one piece a month for myself. It can be an item of clothing or jewelry or an accessory, it can be knit or sewn or strung or hot glued! The pieces need not be extravagant or runway ready, but I am hoping that they will all be finished enough for wearing in public.
This month’s project (and by ‘this month’ I mean ‘September’ despite the current month actually being October) is this lovely pair of maroon leggings.
I’ve been wanting to try some new things and I am not very well practiced with pants, especially adult sized pants. I used the tried and true method of tracing around pants that already fit and altering the size down to make skinny leggings.
Here are some thoughts about the making of these cozy leggings:
*I should definitely spend more than 5 or 6 minutes contemplating the plan.
*’Measure twice, cut once’ is very good advice that I should have heeded.
*Having a seam down the outside of one leg but not the other is not terribly noticeable (I hope!)
*Even if they aren’t perfect, they are certainly decent and modest and totally wearable.
*Of the many things that are nice to make at home, leggings might just be cheaper and easier to buy.
*They are very cozy on this crisp fall day. They might not be runway worthy, but they’re great under a skirt and I’m wearing them out to dinner!
Elsa
When she’s not freezing Arendelle, Elsa enjoys a good graphic novel in her local library.