Life Recently

Even though I’m still saving my pennies for Paris, I tried two new restaurants in Cincinnati this past week, and drove home to DC for my baby sister’s college graduation.  First up the Eagle! Seriously amazing fried chicken. They serve it with a spicy honey sauce that is to die for. Granted there’s probably three

Required Reading

I’ve decided to start sharing stuff I love around the web! I know I’m totally not the first blogger to ever do this. I love it when I find something really interesting, funny, or cute though, and like sharing it even more.  The Pacific Barreleye Fish! Creepy, yet strangely soothing right? It’s eyes are actually

My Travel Makeup

This post contains affiliate links – Disclosure here. So I thought I’d show you what I bring when I travel makeup wise. I’ve got everything I need for most occasions, but I’ve stripped out most of the unnecessary fluff. For me, this is really quite minimalist. Click the product image for sources. I like to

International Museum Day!

For those of you who don’t know international museum day is this weekend, May 18th! I will luckily be in my hometown of Washington DC for my baby sisters GMU graduation. I’m definitely going to try and squeeze in some time to get to my favorite museums! Digging through some older photos I found some

Project Life : Holtmans

This post contains affiliate links – Disclosure here. So I’m trying something new with how I present my project life layouts. I’m scanning each piece and arranging them again digitally. It saves me fighting with the glare of photographing a page protector, and I think is a more accurate representation of the layout. Which do

Daily Life

We haven’t done anything too crazy this week, but it’s been a nice departure from how busy we’ve been the past few months. I am enjoying the shift in the weather more than anything.  One of my new favorite lunch time spots, French Crust. I got a sweet potato soup and a salmon and croissant sandwhich. Seriously

Colette Moneta; Swingy and Perfect

So I finished Moneta! I ended up having to take the waist up, not for any fitting issues, but because my knit fabric (sew classics jet set knit from joann’s) ending up getting a huge run in the bodice at the waist. I prefer a lower waistband, but didn’t feel like scrapping the whole project. So

On the sewing table; Moneta

Currently I’m about halfway through the construction of Colette’s Moneta dress. I’ve had a few issues with the elastic gathering on the waistband. It’s a bit fiddly to say the least. I can honestly say after sewing the Mabel skirt, and now this dress, I might actually like working with knits. They’re much more forgiving

My Bags For Europe

This post contains affiliate links – Disclosure here. I’ve got an upcoming two week trip to Paris, my first time in Europe. I do travel fairly often on my own continent, and have a few tried and true travel tips I live by. Less is More, If you can strap it on your back you

Mabel : Great Pattern, Maybe Not For Me.

Let me start by saying this pattern is awesome. It’s well drafted, and a perfect beginner knit pattern. I don’t necessarily have the body to pull it off. I have a full tummy and no hips to speak of (don’t let the love handles fool you). I had to slash and spread the stomach area