Another year of plague, another Family Plague Faire. Our annual backyard Renaissance Faire turned three this year and continues to expand in attendance becoming a staple pre-holiday potluck. This year we moved to the third week in November, ever searching for that weather sweet-spot. This year we came pretty close… Read More »Family Plague Faire 2022
One month ago, Jake and I got engaged (huzzah!). I’ve sewn myself a special mask to signify my new status: white with lace, very bridal. It’s certainly the most polished mask I’ve made; no surged edges here! I was aiming for something that felt formal. While I was at it,… Read More »A Mask of Some Importance and Her Spookie Sister
The brevity of this post diminishes the enormity of the physical labor involved in this project. While Jake has been on furlough this summer he is going all out with the home-improvement. Several of the projects on his list have involved hardscaping for the yard, and this post features our… Read More »Summer Hardscaping: Rain Rock Garden
Furthering my exploration of neutrals for spring, and practical sewing for the home, I’ve made a cloth storage basket. Because we have a dog, we are frequently in and out of the front door. Because that dog needs various leashes and collars to go out, we tend to leave that… Read More »Cloth Storage Basket
Oh, I want to leave my house this Beltane! As the weather gets nicer, the event cancellations get more and more disappointing. I miss dressing up, celebrating, and even shopping…Can’t even browse a market for fun anymore. In my mourning, I’ve latched onto the aesthetic of picnics as a hopeful… Read More »Happy Beltane! Shoulder Shopper Bag.
Right now it’s very difficult to look past the day-to-day. Long-term goals are hard to focus on in the stressful short term. As a form of relaxation I’ve returned to a very basic comfort by sketching what I’m thinking about: by sketching a food diary of all the calories helping… Read More »Colorful Food Diary