Great Gifts Holiday Shop!

Dear friends, as usual I am terrible at posting in a timely fashion, especially lately as work picks up and so does the holiday frenzy. But oddly enough this post has to do with both work, and holiday shopping.



Sarah Carr, The Bridge, and many other tireless volunteers and organizers have pulled together an awesome month long shop (!) that will be open every day in December at The Bridge PAI, beginning this Friday, December 3rd. It will feature the work of about 40 different vendors, myself included, and I encourage everyone to go check it out. I can't wait to see all the awesome goodies up for sale!

Between prepping for this gift show, visiting the family in North Carolina, and my regular job, I have been a little distracted, but in a good way! Being busy usually means I'm surrounded by friends and social activities, and this week will be no different. A much needed ladies' knitting night tomorrow, followed by an impromptu business trip to NYC early next week (and I'll be going up a day early to visit Miss Romeo, among others). I am not ready for the new york cold, but sitting in my barely heated apartment for the next few days should be training enough. In serious need of a space heater over here, people.

Until next week when I will hopefully have new york photos to post...xoxo.

Babies and other adventures, pt.1

So I have been fortunate enough to spend some quality time with my brother, his wife, and my niece and nephew lately. They live out in LA so getting to see them a lot is a bit rare, but two visits in one month! Crazy! So I was out there in LA for labor day, and we had a great time, spent 12 hours at Disneyland, played on playgrounds. You know. The usual. I also got to spend some time with my good friend Elyse who is out there getting her masters for being a totally rad animator. I went to the Hollywood sign and the Griffith Observatory with her and her family and that was a ton of fun. Please note on that Hollywood sign shot that there is a helicopter circling as someone was in the middle of getting arrested for sitting on the "O".

A short escape.

I spent the last weekend down in Bristol with one miss Ginny Harr, and we had a great time catching up, cruising on a lake, and listening to tunes at the Rhythm and Roots Reunion Festival. Many great times were had, and we bounced around from performers like the Felice Brothers, Ricky Skaggs, Shotgun Party, and a few others. Most of all, I loved getting to sneak a peek into her family's life and history. Gin, I'm so glad I have you.

[went out on the lake with gin and her mom. possibly the most lovely day in recent history]

When I left Charlottesville on Friday I was a total stress mess. A weekend spent down south relaxing really helped.

[photo from movetobristol.org]

TW + RL

Back from Torrey and Robby's wedding and in addition to it being incredibly beautiful it was also a great time. Between all of the aschoolers in attendance and the band that played everything from "build me up buttercup" to "bad romance," it was wonderfully fun. Congrats to the happy couple! They are both such great people and I'm so thankful to have been present on their special day.

[beautiful lanterns, handsewn napkins, and screen printed tote bags as favors]

[bride and groom]

[aschool ladies: kelly, ginny, myself, and kezia]

[aschool gents: matt, taylor, and ben]

I can contain my excitement no further

I'm heading to Lost River Modern in West Virginia for 4th of July this year with a very special group of friends and I could not be more excited. Lots of good food, outdoor activities, bad movie watching and general awesome time having will be going down. I've wanted to go since I first heard of it on Something's Hiding in Here, and I can't believe it's happening!
I mean who wouldn't want to spend a long weekend in this modern prefab cabin in the woods!?

[Above photos from LostRiverModern]

[This one is from Something's Hiding in Here's visit. Doesn't that look amazing?!]