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This dress does not go with this cup, but they would make a pretty good pair anyway♥
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♥ Momo
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It’s Cold!
Assam Tea
It’s cold, cold, cold, cold & cold. Did I mention that it’s cold?. It’s too cold to venture out from beneath this big blanket, definitely too cold to go looking for the extension cord I need to plug in the pickle {As the sign in the metals studio I learned in declared: “Pickle is an ACID!”} in its new location off of the kitchen.
It’s too cold to get up and sit at the bench, which is well-placed next to the heater in the living room…except that I don’t control the thermostat to the heater in the living room. Thanks to the excellent wiring in this house, our top floor flat is at the mercy of the tenants in 1 & 2, who apparently have an ample sweater collection, and no inclination to turn up the heat. I need to bribe them somehow.
In the meantime, I’m drinking lots of tea, & enjoying enormous maple bars from:
Top Pot Seattle
Top Pot Donuts, which are not warm, but are so delicious they make me forget that my hands are freezing.
Ideas for keeping warm during the holidays:
Jme Tea, from Williams-Sonoma, in Assam, above, or Passion Fruit Mango…which I might not drink during the winter, but I bet it would mix well with lemonade next July.
Passionfruit and Mango Tea
Ooooo mulling spices. I’m looking forward to December, when I will be curled up on the couch in a pile of satsumas & a gigantic mug of hot cider. This year, we will be making our own mulled cider – a first for me – and I plan to keep it on the stove all winter long.
Btw, have you seen Hello Naomi? Her bio reads “I am a robot programming computer engineer turned baker, cake decorator and party stylist”. I love it.
♥ Momo
AllSaints is Here
Washi Tape!
All Saints. They’ve been a whitewashed, fake-brick facade on the corner of Pine and Fifth/Fourth? until I stumbled downtown this morning and discovered the coolest storefront I’ve ever seen. {I walk by Anthro every day, and this made me swoon more than them. Come to think of it, I probably shouldn’t walk by Anthropologie every day. Bad habits.}
I have no pictures of the floor to ceiling Singer sewing machines that take up the enormous windows at the corner of the building. It was a choice between hot tea or pictures, & hot tea won the first round.
I haven’t even seen the clothes in person, & I know this is going to be a mixed blessing.
{Regarding the photo above; the AllSaints site doesn’t allow the reproduction of their photos, so you get more pictures of Washi tape!}
♥ Momo
Halloween
Halloween Lanterns
Halloween is coming!
In everything that’s going on over the last couple weeks, you know what I’m so happy to have? Smartwool socks and tights. Love them. Having a violent, anti-moth rampage in our house to protect them. It’s good to have a moth-eating cat.
Did you know Smartwool makes outerwear and tops? I love this, and this.
Random: Chart of the Mariana Trench, stumbled upon via MightyGirl.
♥ Momo
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Fall Wardrobe: Part II
Cordelia. Carnelian & Labradorite. Sterling.
“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.”
-A.A. Milne {Winnie the Pooh}
This is my favorite necklace I’ve made so far! Carnelian & Labradorite, wrapped with sterling silver.
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- Warm Winter Felted Wool
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- Warm Winter Felted Wool II
I was downtown early before work last week and ducked into Anthro to dig through the sales rack. {You know it’s bad news when the sales associates grin at you and say “We haven’t seen you in forever! It’s so good to see you!”}
Identical dresses, one in plum, the other in a medium grey, they are 100% felted Merino wool, on sale, just put out, the only two XS’s in the entire store. They layer perfectly, and make me happy. ♥
Isn’t that a great way to start Autumn?
♥ Momo
Fall Wardrobe
James Perse: Funnel Neck Dress
It’s officially getting cold, with promising bits of haze in the morning burning away into warmer afternoons.
Because I never seem to be content with what I have, I’d like a comfy draped dress by James Perse. ♥
♥ Momo
Tuesday: Lollipop Bowls
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- Lollipop Bowls!
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- Lonesome Lollipop Bowl
I kind of love these ♥ The name of the shop: “Sometimes She Does”. Very cute. She makes other lovely things too, but I think that the best of the lot are the lollipop bowls. They’re simple, whimsical and cute, without having too much going on.
♥ Momo
Grey Friday
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- Double Obi in Grey
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- Felted Skirt
Grey Friday tones: Etsy. Followed by more Etsy.
After a too-hot start to the week, Seattle is grey once again. I’m starting to pull out my sweaters and long pants & looking longingly at my boots. There’s every chance that when I stumble out of work, it will be sunny and warm, so more planning is required than a simple sweater and Smartwool-socks based outfit.
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- Dried Leaves Dress: Anthro
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- Dried Leaves Dress II: As I walk away
It’s an obvious trend here that my posts wouldn’t be complete without something from Anthro. I give the the Dried leaves dress in grey felted wool, with little felt flowers at the neckline, which aren’t annoying at all. Because I’m a sartorial masochist I went in, tried it on, hugged it, and put it back. It broke my heart a little. I recommend that you get a size down – because of the material, you run the risk of looking like you’re wearing a well-tailored sack if it’s too big.
I want to wear it & wander around Capitol Hill taking pretend-pictures with this camera, & wearing this upcycled felt scarf:
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- The most adorable camera in the world!
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- Fuzzy.
♥ Momo
Cloudy Sunday
Air & Light Dress: Thimble & Acorn
More Thimble & Acorn, because I love them so.
Day two of an amazing class with Nanz Aalund; I made a filigree bead late yesterday that I’m fairly proud of, and today promises to be even more exciting! {More exciting than a filigree bead? Wow!}
My first piece ever will go up for sale on my Etsy shop this week!
♥ Momo
Shades of Grey: Basics
Etsy: Eyes of Charcoal Dress
I was meant to wear dresses. They’ve become my favorite wardrobe basic, and I’m unwittingly becoming known for them around town. Going from a tomboy-type closet, with three pairs of GAP jeans, one pair of sneakers, and an endless supply of black baggy shirts, the fanciest thing I rolled into 2005 with was a collection of Nine West knee high socks. A lot has changed in the last five years, as I evolved my wardrobe & became an adult.
Thimble & Acorn {love the name} on Etsy is a new favorite. It’s lovely, in a very utilitarian way; love it.
This top is also haunting me:
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- Fall Top
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- Fall Top II
♥ Momo