The first finished thing you're getting to see from me in 2015 is the last thing I finished knitting in 2014! (And I apologize that we've entered the season where you're mostly going to see me stand next to this stack of hat boxes in the guest bedroom trying to get decent lighting somewhere, since it's usually way too cold or snowy/sloppy for outside photos. Not that I don't already stand here half the time anyway, ... Read more »
vintage clothing
More vintage, more embellishment, and a confession
Happy New Year! In my wrap-up of sewing and knitting in 2014, I mentioned that I had a few ideas floating around in my head for this year. And while wanting to keep it very low-key, two things keep surfacing in my brain: more vintage, more embellishment. So here I am to chat about it. And you get an added confession, to boot! More vintage Last year, I had fun knitting and sewing a lot of vintage-inspired things, but I ... Read more »
Thanksgiving weekend and holiday cards
Hello friends! I meant to do this post a couple of weeks ago, but here we are, closer to Christmas than Thanksgiving. And so it goes this over the holidays, sometimes! ;) I just wanted to share a few photos from our long weekend over Thanksgiving. As it happens, we unfortunately ended up taking pictures in several places where the lighting was less than ideal, so I apologize in advance, but hey, at we we have a little ... Read more »
An outfit post that mostly was not
Last week we went out to dinner with our friend Jen, who was in town before heading back to Wales. (Emma had gone back a few days earlier.... you may recall me mentioning Jen and Emma both meeting us in Dublin.) I asked if Mel would take some outfit photos for me, however it was just the absolute wrong time of day and everywhere we went around the yard, the lighting just would not cooperate. After briefly looking at ... Read more »
F***ed and fabulous: Sara’s take on vintage underdogs
Hello! Today's guest post comes while we're off gallivanting around Newgrange today. Awhile back, I saw a comment on another blog (I believe it was Janey's) from the ever-stylish Sara of Lilies & Remains. She used a term to refer to the dark horses in the vintage clothing world: they were fucked and fabulous. (Actually she was polite enough not to drop the f-bomb.) I though this was a fantastic turn of phrase, and ... Read more »
Shades of orange, turquoise and a new watch
On Sunday, we attended a lovely brunch for Mel's uncle's 75th birthday. It was held in a gorgeous historic building... and of course we took no photos. In my defense, we got a ride and I didn't want to hold up my sister-in-law's family while we stood there taking photos. But you'll take a few photos of my outfit once we got back home anyway, right?? I built my outfit around the fact that I accidentally painted my ... Read more »