And then there were 4! We welcomed our little Fox into the world April 25 and have been happily tucked into our nest getting to know him and love him more and more by the second.

Now that I'm at 39+ weeks, I've had a few calls and questions about how I'm feeling. I thought I better drop in here, though, and say I'm just fine. No signs of labor yet, aside from my constant...

A few more clothes

This dress is another variation built off the Dear My Kids' pretty ruffled pinafore wrap dress. I took off the wrap front and added giant keyhole to back. The keyhole was meant to make the arms...

Clothes for the kid

Hopefully I'll be pushing out a baby mid-Kids' Clothing Week Challenge, so I wanted to get a head start and use up some of the fabric stash I have on hand to clothe Mabel this summer. Plus, sewing...

The last mile

Sixteen days until my due date, and over the weekend all motivation to finish the bedroom flew out the door. There was about 3 square feet of floor left to paint, and there are papers to shuffle,...

Belly Time

Everyone say hello to giant baby Fox. We're officially at 37 weeks today, which means we've reached full term. While I say I hope Fox is early, it's only the impatience of a few months of poor...

Playing House

Enough with the sale talk, I know. Bit by bit, small investment by small investment, we're getting our room finished. I found a good deal on velvet World Market curtains in "Latte", 2 neutral beige...

Don't forget the sale!

Don't miss out on the original art available in the shop! Everything is irresistibly priced!

Ch ch changes

Mabel drew a picture of her little brother, something Charlie and I both celebrated somewhat quietly. A drawing felt like a huge step in the direction of acceptance: acceptance that change is on...

Winter to Spring

It's not so easy to put a picture of myself online, but I also don't want to hide behind cute pictures of Mabel (though I think they're far more interesting than pics of me). I don't look in full...

Super Duper Sale!

I still don't have all of the prints in the shop that I've found while re-organizing the studio, but I've put a lot of them up on the site. The pink and black bird is from 2007 and I only made a...

Not so costly Curtains

Judging from the number of inspiration boards I've made lately, I have a little too much down time at work. Now that we're settling into the new bedroom, though, I've realized the roman shades...

Fox's Lair

We have a clearance sale going on in the shop until mid-April, when things will be shut down so we can welcome kiddo #2 into the world with minimal distraction. Check it out, all the 8 1/2 x 11"...

Co-Sleeping Transition

The room as it has been for the past year. We've been working on making Mabel's room a bigger part of her life. Although we've had it decorated and set up for her, we have been co-sleeping since...

Progress

We picked up the new bed this weekend, but since we're still switching the studio over from this room to the former bedroom, we haven't finished painting the floor...which means no rug in the new...

Simply Simple

For about a week I was reading The Architecture of Happiness, but after a slow day at work, clicking through a long list links I read about the book me to Simplicity Parenting. The closer we get to...

Green flowers, walls, and floors

Lenten roses are in full bloom right now, and I think the colors are perfect inspiration for our soon-to-be bedroom. The floor is about 1/3 painted with a first coat. You can see in the picture...

Our pretend nest

After about a month and a half of horrible pregnancy sleep (bad dreams, sore hips, tossing and turning, waking up every 2 hours to pee) C and I finally caved and realized it was time for a new...

Knot exactly

2 x 3' acrylic on canvas. True Lover's Knot Yesterday Mabel and I settled into the studio, both armed with paint and brushes, and got to work. She was creating decorations for a party she was...

Back in the Goop

I can't remember the last time I sat down and worked on a painting. I've painted textures for scanning and using in drawings, I've painted with Mabel, and I've definitely been painting walls, but I...

Upstairs bathroom update

After a week on lock down from a cold, I'm back up and at 'em, though everything is exhausting. If it weren't, I would've hunted down the camera to take a picture of our kitchen counter covered in...

Rambling post on the well-worn aesthetic

How many of you subscribe to Anthology? I had a subscription, didn't realize it lapsed, and recently renewed. My first issue back was the winter "Americana" issue, which I received last week...

Cooking with Mabel

While I don't think a bored child is necessarily a bad thing (it usually sparks the play times that I find most amusing to watch), there are times where boredom makes for a super-cranky kid. In our...

Tales of a bored lady and a paint brush

I'd like to blame Charlie, if at all possible, for leaving me home and bored. Our upstairs bathroom, since redoing it 4 1/2 years ago, had some issues that needed addressing: towel hooks falling...

Cleansing Breath, Relief

After many years of art school, the process of making and critiquing, I came out tired of the process. I have yet to find my way back into it, but intend to. In the meantime, my "art" has been...

The horse before the cart

Mabel is curious about telling time these days (shhh, don't tell her she needs to know her numbers first) so I've been looking around at clocks that function, look clean and modern, and would aid...

Bathroom Peek (Still not finished)

This isn't the final unveil, we're still waiting on the mirror from Restoration Hardware, which should arrive at the end of February or the beginning of March. In the meantime, we're using an Ikea...

Bathroom Bliss

Two of the mirrors I liked were from Ikea (top left and bottom right), the shield shape is from Umbra, and the triptych is a clearance mirror from Restoration Hardware. I'm still, miraculously,...

There's no such thing as a simple project

On Friday, while Charlie was at work and I was home with the kiddo, I decided it was a good day to strip some wallpaper and repair the cracks in the walls of the downstairs bathroom. Seemed...

Helping Hands: Drawn Together

In the past W&tS has offered wares as an incentive to support different needs: Owego, breast cancer research and support groups, aid to personal friends...Many things speak to us, and it's...