EASTER 2016

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started out snowy and ended in sunshine and blooms.

(oh such joy!)

thrift store vintage dress/pincurls/pearls

laughter/color/lots of food/quiet/calm

{ He is risen }

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mod christmas

bargain sweater dresses
made in modern days
but holding a vintage charm
and a festive air.
a slow, quiet and cold day ,
with more than just snow clouds on the horizon:
rest from busy days,
a chance to slow down
a chance to look around.
a pile of books, 

a neglected fabric stash.

i've unpacked the banjo,

dusted the lonely keyboard

and am diving into a treasure trove of music

with new shoes for new adventures
( merry christmas, hope yours was rad )

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the picnic dress

the only dress i've made this summer, the only dress i've needed this summer.
ice cream socials, outdoor concerts, music festivals, sunday morning services,
sweaty hours in the hot sun or cold buildings, countless washings and ironings.
packed in suitcases and garment bags, worn with sandals and boots,
changed into in dressing rooms and dimly lit bathroom stalls,
hours and hours next to daisy and the banjo and my skin.
a summer dress,
adventure dress,
nice outfit,
performance duds,
in picnic red gingham.
the color of summer 2015.

pattern: new look 6262

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simply having a wonderful christmastime

a little holiday outfit

1960s inspired.

i hope you're having a wonderful season.

we are keeping very busy with baking

shopping trips

traveling

handmade projects

and wrapping up the semester.

i always have music playing

and vintage Christmas tunes never cease to make me happy.

Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy - Buck Owens - 1965

the beauty of making things for yourself

i crocheted a cardigan

from 1970s pattern

i call it:

the cornmeal cardigan.

because that's the color of the yarn.

good name for a color

no?

i actually finished last month.

still searching for the perfect buttons

but i wear them open anyway

so no hurry.

i obviously made it a tad different

i can't leave anything alone.

but beauty of making things yourself

is having it fit you perfectly

and the exact style you want.

and the process is fun.

i've included the pattern

just in case 

you want to make it too.

we can be twins

if you want.

yarn: Red Heart in Cornmeal

good for my soul

i made a dress out of a sheet.
a pretty vintage sheet from an estate sale.

it is the colors of autumn.
it is the colors of the waxy
yellow leaves i that flutter through the air
i retrieve from the soft grass
hold in my hand
press in my heavy books.

this yellow and gold...
they are some of my favorites.
they are good for my soul.
that and this sapphire blue
spotless and clean
sky above me.

   

    (dress pattern: Simplicity 0981)

on the road (again)

beginning last week

and on through this month and into next

every weekend we'll be on the road.

this is much how july and august was

but september had a few free weekends.

i've heard folks say how entertainment 

and being on the road is a hard life.

but really, anything is hard

if you let it be.

i look at it as adventuring to new and exciting places.

it is tiring.

but it's a good kind of tired.

a tired because you've had fun.

and i get back home to the dog and the schoolwork 

fighting off sleep and laboring through the lessons.

but as the week progresses on

the excitement grows.

soon its the weekend and off i go.

into the flurry of anticipation

quiet miles in the van

(sometimes before dawn)

sound checks and instruments into their cases

out, and then in again (and again)

lugging them up and down and around

more quiet miles.

tomorrow

another awesome weekend starts.

daisy gets to come along.

i'll be armed with my puppy dog

a new vintage camera

and a bag the color of ripe pumpkins.

september things (life lately + outfit)

sister made applesauce bread
which smells and tastes like autumn
(if autumn were edible.)

where i sit and do my studies is beside a big window.
every morning as i work,
sunlight streams in onto the table and my books.
Daisy sits in her little bed and keeps watch.

lots of cheap finds lately.
old books, maps and film cameras.
they all fuel my imagination, wandering spirit and creative vision.

I recently started running again.

I've always walked a lot

but wanted to go faster.

so i started jogging a bit.

its liberating to go fast.

i'm back into sewing after a crazy busy summer.
it relaxes me so i work before bedtime.
i'm really loving soft floral prints
and easy, carefree vintage dresses.
(dress shown is from Simplicity 0981 and 1880)

last week, an event i had to be at got cancelled.

i got my backpack, packed a sandwich, charged my camera

and took off the next morning.

we were away for the day, but back by evening.

homebody/restless adventurer. 

that's how i roll, people.

i found some flowers and leaves in an book.
they were from our old house before we moved.
i remember them, my beloved trees and flowers.
it was like reconnecting with an old friend.
i glued and hung them on my wall
and then went out and picked new ones.

thank you for all the wonderful replies last time.
it has been interesting to see what inspires each of you,
and you have been inspiring me with the wonderful things you told me :)