Monthly Archives: September 2009

A recent foray into stitching means I’ve amassed quite a collection of fabric and embroidery hoops. So when I saw this picture on Desire to Inspire, I decided to do a quick little diy project to create a cloth bulletin … Continue reading →

Design*Sponge recently featured an interview with the dynamic duo design team – Linda & John Meyers of Wary Meyers. I love the images from their new book, Tossed & Found – they manage to recreate found objects into striking new … Continue reading →

Enderby Designs has released its fall line – adorable capelets made from vintage fabric. Even though it’s still sweltering down here, these pictures are making me crave crimson leaves and a fall picnic.

woke up early to the rain. and blueberry waffles.

i just discovered Shuttercal, a calendar site that lets you upload a picture for every day. I’ve been thinking for a while that breaking out the camera 1x a day would be a good way to document my transition to … Continue reading →

hope you enjoyed your day off! i hung out with these guys on a trail in the Jean Lafitte National Park, ate pesto sandwiches, and saw what i believe was a black rat snake. Sadly, no ‘gators were to be … Continue reading →

enjoy yr day off! i just learned of a turkish expression, kolay gelsin, which one says when passing a worker toiling away and roughly translates to “may it come easy for you.” I like that. and today, in honor of … Continue reading →

Stocking up on weekly produce at Hollygrove Market!

Volunteered with Sun Harvest kitchen garden this morning! Sun Harvest provide fresh, local produce to Café Reconcile, a non-profit restaurant that provides job training to at-risk youth in New Orleans.  Today, we helped mulch the walkways and created raised beds … Continue reading →

i’m reviving this long-neglected blog after a summer of (f)unemployment. the last few months have been a blur of travel time with Nantes reunions, family visits, snowball fights in the Alps, and last Pgh jaunts. Then in July I packed … Continue reading →