Daily #27

Face-sized cookies.

Daily #26

Starting a new project!

Daily #24

Reading in the car while it rains.

Daily #23

Brunch at Huckleberry. Oh dang. Amazing.

Daily #22

Knitting, latte and Project Runway while Will naps.

Daily #21

Knitting!

Daily #17

This boy melts my heart into a big, goopy mess.

Daily #19

Book club!

I Made a Skirt All On My Ownsies!

I'm so proud. I made a skirt, from a pattern, in plaid fabric, with a zipper, all on my own!! Last week I had a test run of the same skirt with my mom's help, but today I did it by myself! It turned out pretty near perfect. It's a very exciting day -- all kinds of homemade clothing options have been opened up to me!!




A perfect zipper.


The pattern matches on the pockets, the yoke, and at all seams. Pretty miraculous!

This skirt is Simplicity 2698 with Yoke B and Skirt F. I can't wait to make another. Or several.

Daily #18

In Long Beach with my mom. We had a great visit!

Daily #12

I really love my car.

Daily #13

'It's a Small World' ride at Disneyland. I love it kind of a creepy amount. I want to live there...

Daily #16

Favorite colors.

Daily #14

Ooops, forgot about the blog for the past few days. We have visitors in town for William's birthday.

Speaking of, the kid is 3 today!

I Feel Like I Should Get Some Kind of 'Awesome Mom' Award

William's 3rd birthday is next Thursday. And this kid is OBSESSED with doing whatever his Daddy does. Especially if it has to do with photography. Will pretends everything is a camera -- bananas, toy cars, my wallet, a book, the fireplace tools -- and he's forever headed to a photo shoot or showing us the latest photos he's taken.

While in Iceland, I had a burst of inspiration to make him a play version of Daddy's camera -- and I could envision just how to make it. This week I found all the right pieces and today I put it all together. I am so so pleased with how it turned out!



The supplies I used were a chip board box and canisters from JoAnn, black paint, white paint pen, masking tape, black fabric, wood glue (praying it holds), red piping and an old shoelace.



I think William will be one estatic 3 year old in a few days. :)

Daily #9

Working on Will's birthday present. I am sooooo excited to give it to him!

Daily #8

Reading and a cup of tea. Pretty much a perfect evening.

Daily #7

One of the only things I missed about home while we were in Iceland was fresh produce. They do their best over there, but I've been spoiled by year-round amazing California produce. Going to the farmers market today was even more thrilling than usual!

Daily #6

Finger painting!

Daily #5

Yay!!!

Daily #4

Boots in the rain!

Daily #3

This temperature makes me exceedingly happy!

Daily #2

Reading away the afternoon...