Pinksky

It's time...

to dust off the milk frother!
Warm coffee mornings are back in style!

Laundry Day

For me laundry-day often also means clean-out-my-drawers-and-closet-day which pretty much morphs into crazy-outfits-day as I try to decide if I want to really keep that dress I haven't worn in two years, that funny beach hat or the tall boots I just bought on a whim kind of hurt my toes a bit. Does this happen to anyone else??

Usually, I reach a point in this process where I'm happy to part with old clothes or more accurately, put them in a bag to take to Salvation Army sometime in the next six months. And sometimes I come up with new outfits which may or may not work for all occasions.

The one on the right is a perfect example. I got the dress part at century 21 and while cute, the top kinda hangs open, requiring some sort of extra coverage underneath. It's also Britney Spears short. So I was breaking in the new boots, slipped on the dress to see if I should even keep it and spotted the little vintage corset top I just got a Treehouse last weekend. I wondered how it would look on top. It certainly takes care of the 'extra coverage' part and looks a little cute, right?

Now that the weather's starting to hint at Fall, it seemed as good a time as any to pull out those skinny jeans. The only problem is, my skinny jeans are a little more skinny than my legs seem to be right now. I remember my mom telling stories about how she and her girlfriends in college would sit in their jeans in the tub to make them fit. I wasn't quite ready to do that just yet, mostly because I didn't want to have to walk around in drippy britches. I did, however, give my legs a good squirt down with the spray bottle and then did a bunch of stretching. I also tried this with my pink fredflare shoes, that are a bit too tight. I figured, "Why not while I'm at it?"

What I made today

I just made this little page to submit to Poppy Talk Handmade, which is like an online flea market, that'll start up in October. It's basically like another ETSY store with a better audience and marketing. The Canadian design blog Poppytalk seems super cute! I love Canada!!! Wish me luck!

Say goodbye to trash camera!

And hello to my "new" old freind!



I was so happy to see it in the hands of the UPS man, I didn't mind that he knocked so loud it seemed like someone was trying to break in! I carefully unwrapped it from it's travels to and from the Happauge repair center... and I think even gave it a little kiss! I can't wait to take real photos again!

Don't get me wrong, trash camera has been a great pal in desperate times... but now I can super zoom in, get better color, adjust the focus.... ahhhh, at long last.

I've been wanted to be able to really zoom her in for soooooooooo long!


ps. does anyone out there need trash camera????

When I came home today...

The wind had blown my door shut and done this:


Then I unwrapped more treasures from Toni!!

A pair of cute painted-on-velvet flower bouquets to go with my little things collection



This beautiful paper weight is the color of citrine. I found at a flea market at home for maybe $2!!

And then, because no day is complete without a photo of Louis in a basket...

I hope he doesn't tip over!!

Well, I didn't do my laundry as hoped since I was fresh out of cash and too lazy to go get some. Instead I decide I needed to start making a crochet blanket...? I find it strange that I picked these colors, I'm not usually a fan of blue, but somehow they work for me. I wanted it to be mostly white with a splash of color here and there. To me it has the effect of an old, worn out quilt bleached by the sun and you know I love that!




I'm basically just treating it as one big granny square. Eventually it'll get too big and then I'll probably start making smaller squares instead. I made those littler guys thinking I'd put them at the corners of this piece, quilt style, and then keep going.

I like the free form nature of crochet. I'm not going to plan too much with this, just kinda go and see what happens. On a big scale, I think it will look lovely.

Desginer: Marlova

I just got my regular dispatch from daily candy which introduced me to the designer MARLOVA:




The items are cashmere, of course.

Things that make my day...

#1. Eating one of these on my walk home from work
(Far superior than the FrozFruit Brand!)

#2. Giving my cat Louis a big squeeze and many, many smooches, even though he kind of hates it.


#3. Receiving a new magazine subscription from Toni! Yeah! Blueprint!!!

#4. An afternoon nap.
#5. Clean laundry.

All of the above are from today. Well, except #5. I'm off to do that now, considering this is the last time I did laundry!

If we take time to notice how small pleasures really add up, there's no reason not to enjoy each day!

Luke

I just spent the evening with my friend Luke, age four. We made giant bubbles in his backyard with this and later he zoomed around like a super hero in his cape while I made dinner. So lovely our conversations... like whether or not girls can be super heroes.

I'm not even sure what we talked about over dinner, but he stopped me several times to ask what words meant. I get really excited about this because yeah, I'm talking to him in a bit more "grown up" way than when he was two maybe, but really I haven't changed much and he's just invested in a new way. Busy setting up context for these new words he's hearing. He's not shy about saying "what does that word mean?" And why should he be? Why should any of us be shy of asking about something we don't know??? In these moments I get a glimpse of pure, unfiltered learning. Thirsty, unbiased and energized learning that I wish I allowed myself to tumble into on a daily basis.

One of my favorite tasks of baby sitting is bed time. Of course I was thrilled that when Luke asked if I was putting him to bed and I answered yes, his smile stretched from ear to ear. It's always hard when that answer brings tears, especially since I look forward to it so.

So I figured dessert, bath time, jams then books as usual. Well, Luke informed me that he now takes showers all by himself and that's what he would like to do. I know this stuff is SO small in our boring grown up day to day life... but watching him get into the shower and do his thing... "and now I stay a little longer," he said after rinsing off the soap, "and sing my song..."

Ok, big kid.

I don't know how parents deal. I just sort of stood staring for a minute and I think it was seriously a portal to time travel. It was like I could see the past, present and future Luke all wrapped up in one and it was overwhelming to say the least. I literally had to shake my head or else I probably would have lost it.

I'm making this all dramatic, but I'm obviously quite fascinated by the idea of growing up. To me it starts as soon as kids realize they can let go of your hand when they get to the other sidewalk and always remember to do so. Luckily, Luke and Eleanor still forget sometimes...