Happy Thursday!I thought I'd share a couple of my outfits from the long 4th of July holiday weekend. We ran lots of errands and ate yummy food out all weekend. These were my outfits on Sunday.Now, you've already seen my new restyled shorts, but I took them out on the town for another spin! Outfit details: Clarks sandals, a style that I still regret not buying in every single color (and a spare pair to boot!) when they ... Read more »
weekends
Birthday weekend round-up Part 2, Instagram style
Part two of my weekend round-up, this time in Instagram photos. There's no narration for these, you already got the main round-up so you can fill in the blanks. I just love the old feel this app gives photos (when it works right). It's so much fun to tinker with! I hope to have a mini tutorial on making vintage-inspired earrings up a bit later this week, stay tuned! ... Read more »
Birthday weekend round-up Part 1
After work on Friday, we picked up two of our close friends and hit the road, heading to southwestern Wisconsin to spend a couple of nights in Dodgeville. Saturday morning we headed "downtown" (since I live in Chicago, quotation marks are definitely needed when talking about the downtown of a town of 4,000) in search of coffee, tea and breakfast goodies. I wore my Freddie's overalls (they were my weekend staple), a ... Read more »
First day of spring
Happy spring, to those of you up here in the Northern Hemisphere! Yesterday morning we decided it was the first weekend day that was nice enough to kick off the outdoor season for us. We love going to state parks and forest preserves for day trips and start doing that before it's really warm enough to go camping. I looked for a park close to the Wisconsin border since we also had an ulterior motive: drive to Kenosha, ... Read more »
Weekend round-up
This weekend flew by! I didn't even have any time to knit or sew. Yesterday was the first time we were able to see Mel's parents to exchange (obviously belated) Christmas gifts, so we had them over for lunch. Then like entertaining superheros, we turned right around and hosted an impromptu gathering with some of our friends last night. Our friend Jen made yummy bruschetta. I was going to make our popular roasted garbanzo ... Read more »