Exercise & Excuses

Steampunk Creepy Crawly

It’s been too long since I pulled out my yoga mat. You know how I know?

Because I pulled my mat out of the coat room this afternoon, carried it to the living room, and immediately dropped it and started shrieking.

Giant. Hobo. Spider.

I put off practice long enough that what I’m sure was once a tiny baby spider bumbling through the house, found the dark comforting corner of my mat bag, moved in, and grew to be about 1.5″-2″ BIG.

I am ashamed.

Visual aid provided by Etsy.

♥ Momo

It’s All About the Packaging

Cute.Tape.

Have you heard of Cute Tape? I stumbled across it while working out packaging solutions for holiday jewelry. I kid you not, a stranger stopped me on the street a week ago {when I was still going outside} & asked me if I realized that there were only three pay periods left until Christmas. No kidding.

Washi

Glassine Envelopes

Tape Dispensers

I am woefully underprepared for this holiday season.

♥ Momo

“These are the Wrong Sort of Bees”

"Climbing"

“I have just been thinking, and I have come to a very important decision. These are the wrong sort of bees.”

Decisions.

…may we all be saved from making these sorts of important decisions.

♥ 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

Anniversary

October 11 was our anniversary! We went to the ocean, since one year ago we were married at the ocean {a much warmer ocean} and treated ourselves to two beautiful, rainy days on the coast.

…I take a lot of pictures of birds. I edited heavily, & after reviewing the evidence, I have a suspicion that this particular flock started posing before we finally left.

Ocean X

Here’s to Year II! May it be as great – or greater than year one. I love you, Shawn ♥

♥ Momo

October Quotes

Winter Chill

Winter Chill.

“Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best,” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called.”
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.

Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”

How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.

You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.”

— Lewis Carroll (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass)

Stalling while I take pictures of my new stones; they’re just like candy. ♥

♥ Momo

Owl Thursday

Owl Wing

Owls for your hair!

Me & My Owl

Owls for your wall.

♥ Momo

Monday Cats

I need to live in Helsinki. {Too dramatic for a Monday? Tough.}

Kauniste is the source of these adorable cat towels, designed by Matti Pikkujämsä.

♥ Momo

The Big Board

“Gentleman! There’s no fighting in the War Room!”

Scenes from my bench! September updates on the business, and some pictures from recent adventures:

Our beach, as seen in the Mason jar on my window sill.

Stormy Sunday I

Stormy Sunday II

…the view from my work table, to the right of my bench and the big board. It’s been sunny, windy, drizzling, pouring and thundering today; my favorite weather. ♥

Small Work

Small Work III

I have this amazing collection of big and small lampwork beads, and I’m finally playing around with making them into something!

Beads!

Beads! II

Walkabout:

Sad Pillow Sunday

…yeah. There’s really nothing to do when you turn the corner to find this other than to take a picture. Grey sky, grey sidewalk, grey pillow with the stuffing beat out of it. Real feathers.

Pillow at Pike & 11th

“Sidewalk Cat welcomes you to Cafe Presse”

I love Cafe Presse – stop making the waiting list so long, guys.

I sold my first piece last week! I hope that this means good things. {Fingers crossed, working feverishly away.}

♥ Momo

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.

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