One year since my grandmother passed away. I miss her more and more every day, like we’re drifting farther apart on a sea, and yet I keep her in my pocket, close to my heart. I wish she’d been at my wedding. I wish I could see her, hug her tiny bird shoulders, tell her [...]

Inspired by antique crepe paper snowy shelf edging (which I can’t actually find) I decided to make a snow garland.  Just draw icicle-snow patterns on a sheet of paper, cut, and stitch at the top. I used grey and white baker’s twine. This took longer than it sounds because kittens love string. And scissors. And [...]

Menu Veggie Plate Cheese Plate (including handmade VT brie from a nearby farm!) Meat Plate Honeycomb, Blue Cheese and Fresh Fruit Plate Fig Chutney with Baguette Cucumber, Cream Cheese and Dill Tea Sandwiches Prosciutto & Gruyere Pastry Pinwheels Smoked Turkey Tea Sandwiches with Arugula Mayonaise Devilled Eggs with radishes, chives & thyme Pumpkin and Fennel [...]

Forest ceremony perfectly and magically crafted just for us,  stone altars, birch tree stumps with crochet seats, bell-clear blue skies, shimmering ever-changing autumn sunlight, chandelier crystals in the trees, vintage paper balls, a handmade deck with a trompe l’oeil tree railing, procession winding through the woods, elderflower liqueur, licorice pipes, milk glass, archery next to an [...]

Today is my parents wedding anniversary – 40 years! My mom was a tiny wee, almost 21. I can’t believe how young she looks here. They’re still this in love and are total inspirations. It’s funny because we got our wedding photo DVD yesterday, so I want to actually post photos this weekend. Serendipity! My [...]

Thanksgiving’s been pretty low key for me for the last 15 years – for years and years I’d fast all day alone, reflecting, and then head out dancing. I’m 3000 miles from my family, and I also feel not particularly fond of the origins of the holiday. But gratitude as a concept, that’s something I [...]

These are so fun to make, I’m sad this is the last one I was planning on doing & it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, jeez. I guess I’m pretty excited for the holidays. I’ll have to think about other places I went to last year – maybe an elegant grandma gift guide inspired by Palm [...]

Next up – Paris inspiration. I’ll take one of everything on this guide, thanks! Is it weird to want beauty products? I like giving & getting tiny luxurious things I might not spring for myself. That Huiles & Baumes dry body oil is absolute heaven, btw. I had a tiny sample from a Parisian pharmacy [...]

While I’m not a big shopper, I do love playing pretend and making gift guides. I’m inspired by three of the places I traveled to this year: Ireland, Vermont, & Paris. While obviously some of the items are inspirational & not realistic cost-wise, they are possible to find in handmade or lower priced iterations. I [...]

I’ve already flooded twitter and Facebook with a kitten frenzy, but you know, why not here too? We walk past the ASPCA window frequently as it’s near our work & this little guy kept drawing us in – on the 4th visit we finally just brought him home. He & Huey are still being kept [...]

Thanks for the coziness & sweetness on my wee meltdown post. Man alive, you guys. You make me cry!!! I’ve been trying to rest and just absorb everything of the past year – it’s been nonstop wedding & work & hectic madness, on top of all the loss of last winter. It’s strange to suddenly [...]

The ponies, I think, were one of my favorite parts of Ireland. Everywhere you looked, horses. At one point we saw 2 white horses running wild through a field, it was like a dream.   In the background is Knocknarea. Carrowmore tombs. The rest of the photos are the drive from Sligo, to Westport, to [...]