WIWW: June 9-15, 2013
Another week of What I Wore Wednesday!
What I Wore Wednesday is my motivation for wearing the clothes I own, finding new ways to mix and match outfits, and not wearing the same three things all the time! I kept a fashion diary for the entire year of 2012, and now in 2013 I’m adding a bit about my days to go along with the outfit. So these weekly check-ins are a nice journal of my life too!
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June 9
grey/black color block dress // eBay
turquoise pendant necklace // Groop Dealz
studded skinny belt // Forever 21
black flats // PayLess
Simple black dress with a few accessories for our last meeting with Small Group for the year. I was scrambling around trying to get everything packed and ready for our trip to Seattle, so I didn’t have the patience to make anything special for the pot luck. Brownies from a box to the rescue!
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June 10
floral peplum top // Belk
champagne pearls // eBay
black pants // Banana Republic
heels // PayLess
Fashion Diaries was the last thing on my mind Monday morning – I was already too excited about flying out to see my parents on Wednesday night! Unfortunately, there were still three full days of work to get through… but somehow the day passed quickly. I went to the gym after work and rewarded myself with Food Network Star on the DVR.
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June 11
v-neck sweater // old
double strand of pearls // gift
grey pants // old
heels (not pictured) // PayLess
This was definitely a copout outfit – just add pearls! Work was busy, and I went to the gym again afterwards. Not much to say about Tuesday because my mind was definitely preoccupied! I wrote lots of lists and checked them over and over to make sure everything was ready to leave the next day.
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June 12
red tunic // Reed’s
nude cami underneath // Old Navy
initial leaf necklace // Etsy
black skinny pants // Loft
blue-tipped flats // gift
I wasn’t sure what to wear to work that would also travel well, but I think this tunic and skinny pants worked well enough. I brought my suitcase to work and Sam met me by the office to take the BART to the airport. We got to the airport fairly quickly, but then security took forever to get through… we were actually pretty lucky that our flight was slightly delayed, or we might not have made it in time! Yikes! But once we were on the plane, everything went smoothly. We met my parents at the Seattle airport and then our vacation could really begin!
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June 13
green dolman top with crochet yoke // Old Navy
silver initial necklace // Etsy
jeans // Aeropostale via eBay
grey Toms // Nordstrom’s
Thursday was a doubly special day – the first full day in Seattle with my parents, and also our fourth wedding anniversary! We took a day trip out of the city to see Snoqualmie Falls, the Northwest Train Museum, North Bend (and Twede’s Café, from the Twin Peaks TV show!), and Rattlesnake Lake – for more details, see yesterday’s post. It was a great day, although the traffic on the way back to the city dampened our spirits a bit. We were pretty tired, so we took the monorail toward Pike’s Market to find a place to eat dinner… only to discover that it completely shuts down by 7 PM every day! We settled for a French restaurant by Post Alley, which wasn’t really settling at all – it was so good! We rode the monorail back to Seattle Center and walked to our hotel downtown. By that time we were all ready to hit the hay!
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June 14
striped top // Forever 21
initial leaf necklace // Etsy
skinny jeans // Old Navy via eBay
grey Toms // Nordstrom’s
Friday we woke up bright and early to board the ferry for whale watching. We had quite the adventure, but I’ll save all that for another post. Let’s just say the day ended with Mom on the news! But don’t worry, everyone was safe and sound – we just have a really good story to tell now! We ate at the Spaghetti Factory for dinner – the atmosphere was neat but the food wasn’t that great. We didn’t realize it was a chain, but I guess now we know it’s one place to skip if we come across one again.
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June 15
peplum top // Loft
skinny jeans // Old Navy via eBay
grey Toms // Nordstrom’s
Saturday was our last full day in Seattle. We managed to pack in quite a lot – the Space Needle, the Chihuly glass exhibit, lunch at the market at Pike’s Place, and finally a couple hours to rest back at the hotel before the wedding.
Bonus! Wedding attire 
blue side tie dress // Ann Taylor
Pippa necklace // gift
nude wedges // Naturalizer
I love these shoes! I searched high and low for a nude wedge heel that would still be comfortable to walk in, and these fit the bill. I saved them to wear at the wedding for the first time but I’m looking forward to wearing them all summer long. The wedding was absolutely beautiful – the ceremony, the venue, the people, the music, even the food! It was a great way to end our whirlwind trip to Seattle.
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I’m linked up to The Pleated Poppy for WIWW! 
Seattle Sights: Snoqualmie Falls
Last week we met my parents in Seattle for a whirlwind of a visit leading up to the wedding of a family friend. It was an amazing trip! We crammed so much fun into such a short amount of time that it would be way to overwhelming to put it all in one post. So I’ll share a bit at a time as I gather pics and memories together. My family makes fun of me for “documenting” every moment, but I really do enjoy looking through photos again after it’s all over.
This first Seattle sight isn’t actually in the city at all – we took a day trip to see Snoqualmie Falls and a bit of the surrounding area. It was exactly the type of weather you’d expect for Washington, cool and damp and misty. I suppose it might get depressing after a while, but I loved it!
Snoqualmie Falls is about 45 minutes outside of Seattle, with pretty trails built for viewing the falls.
As we walked toward Salish Lodge at the top of the waterfall, I mentioned to Sam that it reminded me of the inn from Twin Peaks. Lo and behold… it’s the very place filmed in the TV show! I was pretty proud of myself for getting the reference before anyone else guessed it, ha!
The lodge was pretty awesome… I could basically live in this room for the rest of my life.
We drove toward the town of Snoqualmie to check out the train museum. Unfortunately, the train only runs on the weekends, but the tiny museum was pretty cool.
This is Sam pointing out the sign that says not to stand on the train… and then standing on it when we keep telling him to ignore the sign. My family are such rule breakers…
We ate lunch at The Brewery… and my parents made fun of me taking pictures of the food. I can’t help it!
After lunch we wandered through town and stopped by a general store. I love places like this… I even found a table cloth that looked exactly like one I had ogled at the Salish Lodge gift shop (for half the price).
We drove through North Bend and found the cafe from Twin Peaks! It was unexpectedly awesome to find out that so many of the iconic scenes in the show were filmed there!
Next we stopped at an overlook for a great view of the mountains.
We happened to drive by a brand new casino, and on a whim we stopped by for a half hour. It was so bizarre to walk from the wide expanse of nature outside into the climate-controlled casino environment inside, but it was a fun diversion.
Our last stop for the day was Rattlesnake Lake. Gorgeous views!
Whew! Quite a lot for a little day trip. (Unfortunately, we caught rush hour traffic on the way back into the city.)
More sights from Seattle coming soon!
Meow Monday: Home Again
We got back from our trip to Seattle yesterday. It was a great visit, especially seeing my parents again after such a long time. Goodbyes are never easy, but at least the kitties were waiting for us at home. We use Tales of the Kitty for petsitting, and they’re awesome! I especially love the email updates and a note on our return.
“Welcome back! Your girls have been sweet and they’re very good supervisors. They made sure I did a good job with their litter boxes and food. And at least Cora was kind enough to leave her gifts in the same place every time. Nice of her to make sure it’s an easy clean up job for us.”
Oh Cora… I’m embarrassed she left “gifts” outside the litter box but not exactly surprised…
We got home around mid-afternoon and ate lunch while we unpacked. The flight was uneventful but I was still pretty tired from the day – I even napped on the couch for a bit, which was lovely! The cats were happy to see us and we were happy to watch their usual antics.
Cora played with this piece of plastic in the sink for a good fifteen minutes. I just sat at the kitchen table and snapped away.
Tali played with her toys from the basket and stuck by our sides the whole day.
It was nice just to hang out and recuperate from travelling. And ready or not, it’s back to reality today…
Extra Mini Nautical Quilts
I’ve had an idea in my head for a while – one more addition to the nautical wall by our hallway bathroom. Something very, very mini – I like my “Sail On” mini quilt but somehow it got a lot bigger than I intended.
(In hindsight, I would make the sailboat block a lot smaller, maybe 8-inch square instead of 12”.)
For this new addition to the nautical art wall, I didn’t really have a concrete plan in mind. I wanted to feature a few nautical prints and do some sort of improv piecing or wonky log cabin to showcase the fussy cut pieces. So I gathered a few fabrics and just let the idea ramble around in my head for a while. Last weekend I woke up and decided to just get started and see what came of it.
My sewing situation is a work in progress at the moment… I love being able to set up shop with my craft table, but I also love folding it up and away for some breathing room every once in a while. I decided to make do and set up on the floor. I actually had a lot of fun – I didn’t use a ruler, or a rotary cutter, or nicely laid out piles of precisely cut fabric. I just pulled out scraps and went to town.
I ended up with two (extra small) mini quilts. I started with three fussy cut centers – octopus, mermaid, narwhales, anchors, ship, rope—surrounded with strips of blue. For the dark centers, I used lighter blues; and for the light centers, I used darker blues, with a few common fabrics to tie them together.
I used my favorite pillow case method to finish each one. I pieced together a few batting scraps, then quilted the top and batting together with vertical lines. I used a pretty tree print as the backing, which I attached with a ¼” seam with right sides together, leaving a 3” gap for turning.
After trimming the batting/backing/top and clipping the corners, I pulled the right sides out and poked out the corners with a knitting needle. Then another ¼” seam and a few more quilting lines horizontally – just simple stitching in the ditch. I finished it up with a label and was done – it was fun to have a quick finish in just a couple hours!
I really like how they turned out!
So with the addition of two more (extra small) mini quilts, my nautical wall has been rearranged once more. There have been several reincarnations by now… normally I hang art and then I’m done, but it’s been an unexpected pleasure to keep adding to this gallery wall. Here’s a look at what it looked like in the very beginning:
And when I added the Kate Thomas print (that I won!):
And when I added my nautical mini quilt:
And now, with two more extra mini quilts added:
Here’s a view from the bathroom, looking into the hall. (Yep, that huge picture of the Golden Gate bridge is still leaning against the wall. I think it’s officially staying there now.) Of course Cora had to come check out what I was doing!
These two spaces are begging for something more, but I don’t know what yet.
I’m already scouring eBay for something to add – I’m thinking some sort of metal anchor or compass would be a nice addition, since the wall already has plenty of frames and fabric.
This fun morning of sewing equals two more cards to add to the WIP Box!
Under the Sea and Over the Sea Mini Quilts
Started/Completed: June 2013
Size: 8″ x 16″
Fabrics: nautical/blue scraps
Pattern: wonky log cabin with fussy cut centers
Quilting: stitch in the ditch grid
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I’m linking up to Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts!
Anniversary #4
Today marks our fourth wedding anniversary! It seems like time just keeps flying by – how has it already been four years?
Getting married so young, right out of college, also means that our wedding anniversary marks all sorts of other milestones.
Four years since we graduated. Four years since we lived in our first little place, just the two of us. Four years since we got our kitty cats. Four years since we started life beyond college – working as a school librarian for me and graduate school for him, then moving from MS to San Francisco for new jobs.
And in these four years, so much life has happened – the good and the bad, the exciting and the mundane. Many moments of hope and hopelessness, triumph and defeat, encouragement and opposition. Together, we’ve been through graduations, moves, sickness, surgery, new jobs… that’s a lot of stuff for four years!
I’m thankful we’ve been together through it all, even (or especially) the low moments, because the highs are that much sweeter.
Today we’re in Seattle with my family to celebrate a family friend’s wedding who also attended ours four years ago. Everything comes full circle, doesn’t it?
Cheers to another year!
WIWW: June 2-8, 2013
Another week of What I Wore Wednesday!
What I Wore Wednesday is my motivation for wearing the clothes I own, finding new ways to mix and match outfits, and not wearing the same three things all the time! I kept a fashion diary for the entire year of 2012, and now in 2013 I’m adding a bit about my days to go along with the outfit. So these weekly check-ins are a nice journal of my life too!
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June 2
pink/grey striped dress // eBay
initial leaf necklace // Etsy
silver flats // PayLess
A busy day of running around. We played hooky on Saturday and spent the day outside, but then we had to pay by scrambling all day Sunday to get ready for the upcoming work week. We cleaned, ran errands, and went grocery shopping. Trader Joe’s was packed, and we turned right around after seeing the long lines. We headed to a little Asian market that I used to frequent when I was unemployed (and cooking regularly), which was much less busy and even more reasonably priced. Laundry took forever since there were other people in the building vying for the machines (I finally went to bed, but Sam was up until 1 AM drying the last load). Our favorite Sunday night shows are dwindling now that the seasons are ending, but we’ll still get to enjoy Mad Men and Game of Thrones for another week or so. But just in time, the new season of Food Network Star premiered – my favorite summer show!
Bonus! I made my mama’s chicken and rice soup for dinner, and had lots of leftovers for the week ahead.
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June 3
polka dot top with lace neckline // Loft
beige cardigan // Ann Taylor
rice pearls // inherited
grey pants // old
nude heels // PayLess
I love this top, but halfway through the day I discovered with horror that it’s more sheer than I thought! It didn’t look that way at the store or at home when I was dressing, but underneath the florescent lights of the office you could clearly see where my belly met my pants. Boo! So this shirt will have to be tucked in or worn casually in the future… I hate when items have conditions that make it harder to wear at work. The day was hectic from start to finish, and working out at the gym afterwards was much needed. I saved Food Network Star on the dvr so I could enjoy it Monday night – looks like it’s going to be a good season! I love it when the fun summer shows start airing.
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June 4
black/white dress // Ann Taylor
open front blazer // Loft
Stella & Dot necklace // gift
black tights // Walgreens
ankle boots // eBay
I had a different outfit picked out, but when I woke up a cold snap had suddenly settled in the city. So I pulled this dress out, and layered on tights, booties, and a blazer. It was all feeling a bit funeral-ish, so I added a necklace to try to brighten it up a bit. Another crazy day at work, and another bout of stress relief at the gym. Can I just say (again, for the millionth time) that working out has done wonders for my stress levels and health? It’s really pretty amazing how much better I feel when I exercise regularly.
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June 5
green print top // Belk
black bead necklace // old
black cardigan // Loft via eBay
black pants (not pictured) // Banana Republic
heels (not pictured) // PayLess
I couldn’t care less about what I wore on Wednesday… blame it on the mid-week slump. So I just threw on a printed top with a cardigan and black pants. Whatever works! Another busy day at work, and I went to the gym again afterwards.
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June 6
navy blue ikat print top // Loft
gold circle necklace // Groop Dealz
beige cardigan // Ann Taylor
black pencil skirt // Loft
ankle strap heels // eBay
This is one of those outfits that looks a lot better with heels – I guess the length of the skirt looks a little dowdy with flats. But I really loved it – I felt put together and professional, but totally comfortable too. Thursday flew by, and I worked out again after work.
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June 7
leaf print tee // Kohl’s
circle pearls // eBay
cropped cardigan // Belk
skinny jeans // Aeropostale via eBay
ankle strap wedges // PayLess
Another infusion day, which meant a half day at work so I could get to the hospital. The wait time wasn’t too bad, but it was still after 6 by the time I got home (my appointment was at 2:30). The visit is always a bit draining, so I was ready to crash after a quick dinner out. I indulged in a few episodes of Parenthood – I’m finally catching up on the last season. I always forget how much I love that show!
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June 8
grey studded tee // Forever 21
skinny jeans // Kohl’s
black sandals // eBay
Bustling Saturday to get ready for our trip to Seattle – lots to pack and clean and organize, but I love it! I had time to catch up with my BFF on the phone, and squeeze in a few more episodes of Parenthood, so I considered the day to be pretty ideal. We topped it off by going to see Before Midnight at the Kabuki Sundance theatre – it was so, so good! As we walked home, we talked about the movie the whole way and debated the merits of all three movies (Before Sunrise and before Sunset are the first two). I love movies that are provocative enough to inspire conversation long after we’ve left the theatre.
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I’m linked up to The Pleated Poppy for WIWW!
Project Pinterest: Black Out Poetry
I love finding inspiring art on Pinterest – sometimes I forget that it can be a visual springboard for much more than cleaning tips and DIY projects. Lately I’ve been enamored with black out poetry – also known as the art of “found poetry.”
Below are a few of my favorite pins, showing black out poetry created from pages of old books.
When I googled “black out poetry,” I found Austin Kleon’s website. He’s a Southern writer who’s become famous for his blackout poetry using newspapers. I like the idea of using newspapers, since they’re disposable and easy to find. I can guarantee that no old books were harmed in the making of this poetry!
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Black Out Poetry
Time: About 10-15 minutes
Cost: Probably Free! (If you have to buy a newspaper, then maybe $2.)
Supplies:
- newspaper
- scissors
- sharpie/marker
Instructions:
1. Cut out a newspaper article (Austin Kleon suggests finding an article with two columns, so that’s what I did). Locate a few “anchor words” that seem interesting, and circle or underline them with a light pen or pencil.
2. Start playing with the available words to see what kind of phrases you can string together. When you’re happy with the poem, draw a box around each word with the sharpie.
3. Black out every other line, leaving only the words of your poem. Connect both columns into one block of space. Optional – you can clean up the edges, since they can start to look raggedy.
Before – freshly blacked out.
After – nice clean edges.
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This exercise was a lot harder than I thought it would be, but it’s fun! It’s like a word puzzle with no right or wrong answer. You could think of a sentence and try to force the words into order, but it’s more fun to see how the words play together. And once I got started, it became kind of addicting! I did a few more over breakfast this past weekend, and then hung them up on my clothesline photo gallery.
The photos are hard to see, so I wrote out the words – but I think reading them with the natural pauses created by the blacked out words feels more poetic.
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I stuck to newspaper and blacking out everything – but it could also be really cool to try illustrations or patterns over the unused words, like the inspiration pins. Maybe next time…
Once again… hooray for Pinterest!
Meow Monday: Work in Progress
I packed up my sewing machine and table after finishing my last quilt. I needed a break and the space was starting to feel claustrophobic. It’s hard to stuff all my hobbies and everything else that goes along with life into a one bedroom apartment! Everything ends up in the living room, and it can start to feel a bit maddening sometimes.
But you know I couldn’t resist the sewing machine for long… this past weekend, I dragged it out for a bit of impromptu sewing. Sometimes I just have an itch that needs to be scratched!
The cats were very interested in the proceedings, of course. They have to inspect any little activity, especially one right in the middle of the living room.
Each one made several trips to the window under the pretense of looking out, but mostly they just stared at me and tried to get their paws in everything.
My sewing situation is a work in progress, but it was nice to do some sewing for pleasure, just because I felt like it. I gathered strips from my scrap stash and went to town – no rotary cutter or ruler in sight!
It was a little chaotic, but that’s fun too sometimes. And when it was all done, I packed the machine and all my scraps back up and enjoyed having a mite more space in the living room.
We’ll be travelling later this week, but maybe I’ll get the finished product posted. I really love how it turned out – and maybe you can tell from these work-in-progress shots that I’ve added to my nautical wall!
Chevron Baby Quilt
I finally, finally (Finally!) finished my HST chevron quilt for my friend’s baby boy. And just in the nick of time – baby Liam entered the world safe and sound just a couple days ago! I’m so happy for my friends, and it was fun to have a small part in welcoming baby.
And now that the quilt has arrived safely in the mail, I can blog about finishing it up!
I had a lot of fun playing around with HST patterns (I blogged about it here) and settled on the chevron/zigzag configuration. However… I forgot how much I hate the trimming process. There aren’t twenty or thirty blocks, but piles and piles and piles of HST blocks just to make a baby-size quilt! So we’ll see how long it takes me to forget the pain of pressing seams and squaring blocks before I attempt another HST project.
The fabric choices made the whole thing come together easily, and I love how the chevron shows off each fabric. We needed a neutral fabric for the negative space, so I suggested grey, navy blue, or white. My friend went with grey and I think it’s the perfect complement to the green/navy/black prints.
I started with five-inch squares, and paired one print with one grey square to make the half square triangle (HST) blocks.
I think I trimmed down to 4 7/8-inch squares. From there, the HSTs became chevrons. Then the rows were connected and I had a quilt top. Piecing is definitely my favorite part of the process, other than finishing. I just love seeing it all come together and spending all that time close up with the fabrics. I basted the top to the batting and started quilting straight diagonal lines. (I went for a pillow case approach so I didn’t have to mess with binding… it’s basically the only method I use lately since I don’t do big quilts.)
But then… I got stuck. Right in the middle of quilting, my thread ran out! Boo!
I ordered five more spools of my favorite Gutermann thread, but it was over a week before I could get back into the groove.
Once I was finally up and running again, I quilted diagonal lines that intersected in an argyle pattern. Then I trimmed the batting and pinned the top and backing with right sides together. I sewed a ¼” seam around the perimeter, leaving a 3-inch gap for turning. I pulled the right side out and poked the corners with a knitting needle, then stitched another ¼” seam and closed the 3-inch gap. (I also went over it with a zigzag stitch to make sure it would stay put. I didn’t want to take any chances with little baby hands or gums pulling at any loose threads!)
After practicing quilting with minky on a mini quilt (blog post here), I was feeling pretty confident. I planned to quilt straight vertical lines by stitching in the ditch. After (naively) quilting four lines without checking my progress, I peeked at the back… and experienced the sinking sensation of realizing that the minky had bunched excessively. Double Boo!
I had to pick it all out, and I was absolutely mortified that the minky would have little needle holes from where the stitching had to be removed. Oh well… One line was salvageable, and I knew that the quilt needed some support to keep the quilt sandwich together, so I added one more. I went very, very slowly and had no problems at all.
So when it comes to minky… my advice: pin excessively, go slowly, and proceed with caution! I’ve never worked with minky before, and it certainly wasn’t fun picking out an hour of work, but now I know how to deal with it. And I’ll definitely use it again for baby projects – it is so soft and cuddly, it’s totally worth it.
And then I was done! I added my label as the finishing touch, and then it was time for my other favorite part – taking pictures!
Unfortunately, it was cloudy out so the lighting wasn’t great. I brought the quilt out to the fire escape and Sam took a few pictures for me.
I was in a hurry to get the quilt packed and mailed, so I didn’t take as many pictures as I’d like. It was fun to get a few before sending it off, and it will be even more fun to see it in an actual nursery with an actual baby! I’m stoked that it actually arrived in time, since I was worried that all those interruptions put me way behind schedule.
I packed up the quilt along with the extra fabric and a little surprise - the matching patchwork lovey I made when I was experimenting with the minky backing.
I slipped a couple color catchers into the box too for the first wash – there shouldn’t be any trouble with the colors bleeding, but better safe than sorry! Then there was one last thing to do… add a project card to my WIP box! (Side Note – I need to get more creative with my quilt names… Any suggestions??)
The Stats: HST Chevron Baby Quilt
Started: March 2013
Finished: May 2013Size: 40 x 48
Fabrics: navy blue, green, and black prints picked by Summer; solid grey from Moda; green minky for backing
Pattern: HST chevron/zigzag
Quilting: straight line in argyle pattern with pillowcase binding
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It was such a relief to get this quilt finished and on the way to its new home. I’m not sure what my problem was, but I had a really hard time focusing… and all the starts and stops didn’t help! I had fun during the hours I worked on this cute little quilt, but I think I’m ready to put away the sewing machine for a bit… or maybe not. I packed up the table for a bit of breathing room, but we’ll see how long I can resist the sewing machine!
I’m linking up to Finish it Up Friday at Crazy Mom Quilts!
City Sights: Union Street Festival
Woohoo, two city sights in one week! Last weekend the weather was gorgeous and we wanted to spend the day outside. We perused funcheapsf.com (our go-to for weekend events) and found a street festival nearby.
So we headed down to Union Street in the Marina for a few hours of people watching. The street festivals start to run together after a while, honestly – but it never gets old. The live music, fair food, vendors, crafts – I just love walking through it and soaking up some sun. We always check out the food first – Sam went with the hot dog, and I got crab cakes.
Then we just walked the length and back, before returning home.
A few city sights – dance lessons.
This psychic must be doing pretty well for herself – lots of neon signs!
How much do you like tots?
You know you’re in San Francisco when the streets are steep enough to act as seating.
On our way home, we stopped by two of my favorite places – Loving cup for frozen yogurt (vanilla blended with junior mints is my favorite) and Russian Hill Books.
Any book store is a haven, but I especially like the blend of old and new in this one.
I always find my way to the children’s section, and I spent quite some time looking through the shelves.
Maybe Sam wasn’t quite as enthralled as I was?
My favorite discovery is the Baby Lit series – I think I’ve seen them described online, but they are really fun to look through in person.
Each board book is based on classic lit – Jane Eyre, Dracula, Moby Dick, etc. – with a children’s book spin on it. Counting, vocabulary, opposites, fun stuff! Of course I had to take Pride and Prejudice home with me.
I also picked up a mystery and a Newberry award winner I’ve been meaning to read for years.
I walked home a happy camper indeed – it was a great way to spend the day out and about!
More city sights coming soon as we explore San Francisco!
