Colette Sorbetto Inspiration

My ultimate summer top has come out of winter hiding again! Colette Sorbetto - Free PatternI've been wearing last year's versions (vers 1, vers 2) and of course dreaming up new variations. (Last...

Swing Time.

Always my favorite. Happy Birthday, Fred Astaire

The Night Witches

In 1941 when Germany invaded Russia, a female aviatrix named Marina Raskova worked to form regiments of women fighter pilots. There were three: the 586th, the 587th, and the 588th. The Germans came...

Summer's comin!!

I can seriously TASTE summer. How about an inspirational picture dump? Yes? sourceLena Hoschek (my favorite!) vintage skirtthese shorts!!!sourceanthro? source (gorgeous!) Lena Hoschek again! And...

They can't take that away from me..

Happy Birthday, Ella Fitzgerald pssst.... Sorry I've been a bad, absent blogger! I started my grad class a couple of weeks ago and last week was Prom! (I'll have decor pictures to share this...

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Burda Style: April 2013

I'm so far off my blogging game, I thought I'd posted this LAST WEEK. ha! In a nutshell, here are my favorites from the April issue of Burda Style (which you've already gotten and found your own...

Spring. FINALLY.

Just a little pretty inspiration while it (yes) SLEETS outside my window on this fine spring day. pin source pin source pin source pin source pin source (unknown) pin source pin sourcepinned source...

Ottobre 2/2013. And Pi. And Dean.

I got my Ottobre Woman in the mail last week! Did you? I only subscribe to the women's issues now, since Lu won't let me sew for anymore. I thought this was a great little issue, with several basic...

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(The Dowager Countess is my homegirl.) ps. Season 3 Downton Abbey, you are dead to me.You hear me? Dead.

Burda Style: March 2013

I almost forgot to renew this year (yikes!) and while I've been mojo-less for months, I still love looking through my Burda Style every month. Luckily, GLPNews sent me the March copy in the mail....

Sometimes Nice Things Happen.

Most of the time if you're me they don't. But then that one time... BAM. Nice thing. Today I got my acceptance letter for a master's program I applied to back in the fall. It's a conservation-based...

Update: Los Angeles Needlework Website Suspended

This is the power of the sewing and craft blogging community, folks. Eat THAT, "Dixie at Los Angeles Needlework". Thank you all again, for reporting the theft of my and many other bloggers'...

Counterfeit Dresden Petal Handbag Pattern: Los Angeles Needlework

Thank you to the lovely blog reader Kathy, who let me know that the losangelesneedlework dot com (not feeding their traffic with a link!) was SELLING my Dresden Petal's handbag pattern. damn...

So then this happened.

First, yes. I'm warmer. BUT it looks like I sent the cold air to the northeast! Sorry Newenglanders! Stay inside and safe and warm this weekend!! Second, I've been preoccupied this week (are you...

It's 30 degrees.

And all I want to think about is WARMMM... sourcesourcesourcesourcesourcesource sourcesourcesourceCome on, Summer!!

Happy Anniversary Mom & Dad!

My parents are celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary today. Here's a peek into the past 50 years... mom with my sister, Desiree wasn't she fabulous? my love of boatnecks comes natural, peeps...

A Week in Review

I seem to have disappeared for a week, huh? Sorry! The short story is, my brain is mush. The long story is... somewhere on about December 14, I read a book that gutted me. Seriously. It was such a...

Image is Powerful: Cameron Russell

One of the most powerful TedTalks I've seen in a while. If you have girls, they should watch this:

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For Elvis: Banana Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

I come by my celebrity boyfriend fetish naturally. My mom called dibs on this handsome devil a LONG time ago. Today is Elvis' birthday. AND...this weekend I was playing around with a cupcake recipe...

Blouse Envy

In that frustrating way the internet has, I ran across a teeny tiny thumbnail photo of a freakishly adorable top. Appeared to be red polkadots, neck tie or ruffly jabot, short sleeves with armband....

A Letter from China

This article popped up on my twitter feed tonight. It is both heartbreaking and helplessness-inducing. In synopsis, a woman, Julie Keith, was unpacking Halloween decorations and found a letter...

Happy New Year!

Welcome, 2013. I'm so happy to make your acquaintance.

I dreamed a dream.

Anne Hathaway's I Dreamed A Dream scene aloneis worth the price of the ticket. Go.

A Christmas Letter

Dear Friends, In between unwrapping gifts and cooking Christmas lunch, I wanted to stop and take a minute to wish all of you a Merry Christmas! I've had a really wonderful 2012. This has been,...

Texting Santa

Mashable got ahold of Santa's phone this year. Santa should really be more careful. Here are my favorite convos... Justin Bieber: Morgan Freeman: An overly attached girlfriend: Mariah Carey: Mars...

Merry Christmas!

From our house, to yours,we wish you a Merry Christmas!

Baby K, future heartbreaker.

We have a Christmas baby this year in our family! Meet my brand new nephew, baby K. I'm enamored. I got approved to visit the NICU tonight to get my first peek. (Which, when they say "scrub in",...

Cinderella's Dream Closet

If I were Cinderella, and a suave and handsome prince happened by on occasion to ask me to a ball, I would accept demurely. And then I would flit away to my singularly amazing closet filled with...