beauty that moves

live out loud

"If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I will answer you: I am here to live out loud." -Emile Zola

This is how Emily came out of the shower the other night. Love it!

memories...

This is what snow looks like. Add a little yoga, sweet, wintry bliss.

how does she do it?

With twinkly white lights of course. I was inspired by Alicia, you can get lost over there. Grab some tea/wine, and check out the archives. Her home is sweet, her creatvity is abounding. Anyway, she wrote somewhere about how she uses little white lights all over the house, all through the year. So here you see I have stuffed them behind the back row of glasses and on the back of the shelf above. It makes things sparkle. Um, my schedule is probably too flexible.

for the love of scones

As if this pile of lovely ingredients wasn't enough, turn them into Savory Cheese & Scallion Scones, and heads will spin! Check out the recipe here, really simple to make. We had them hot out of the oven with butter along side dinner. I think they would also be really good as the base for Eggs Benedict. Yum...

handmade

 I like to make things. Not really anything in particular, and usually nothing too fussy. Just little things that I can share as gifts to people who don't mind my amateur sewing skills. For me it is more about feelin' the fabric love than pleats, ruffles, darts, etc.. I am pretty defiant with a sewing pattern in hand, but do find them to be a good place of inspiration and reference. But fabric, beautiful fabric is what keeps me coming back to the sewing machine. Right now I'm totally into the designs of Amy Butler , as used in this bag made for a friend's daughter who helped me out with child care one night. Below is a baby blanket made for my cousin's son, Riley. I typically would back this with flannel but could not find any that worked with the front. They live in the south so I am hoping the muslin will be fine. Creating is a good outlet for me,whether it is cooking, sewing, or knitting, it's all a constructive place to put energy and thought. Especially when Emily is saddled up beside me on her sewing machine as we craft away an afternoon together.