What, this wasn’t part of your New Year’s celebration? That’s a shame.
We kicked off 2012 with our annual shindig, with a few new additions – most importantly, a photo booth. We’ll share this year’s invitations and a few recipes from the fete that were a hit soon; in the meantime, a few of our favorite shots.
Goodwill. Flea markets. Yard sales. Dollar-A-Pound. Clothing swaps.
Jack has never been a big fan of the time and tedium involved in sifting through others’ discards in search of treasure; I grew up on it. Jack, however, is far and away the better bargainer between us. And so, a dynamic duo is born.
The living room of our rental was afflicted with a space lamp.
Really, I assume the light fixture (which we’ve had it out for from the get-go) was from the early 90′s, and not the future, but it was difficult to tell the difference. Aside from being oddly shaped, it cast a terrible, harsh light from above that made every guest to ever grace our sofas look ghastly, tired and old; it was the kind of light that made the circles under my eyes exponentially worse in photos, and the worst possible light to have at parties.
So bad, I didn’t even take a before picture.
I’ll admit a love affair with quality, wool felt. It’s so forgiving, so easy to work with and much more durable than its polyester, craft project counterpart. Seemingly ages ago, I came across a tutorial from a book by Anne Kyyrö Quinn for making a “pillow with rosette clusters”, and vowed to make my own. When we moved to Fort Hill and I set about making pillows for our couches, I only had square pillow forms on hand; Anne’s design featured a long, narrow shape.
I used Anne’s guidelines, and adjusted the process to create the square pillow shown above. Despite Jack’s initial dislike, it has become quite popular among guests to our apartment, and many have asked me to share the details of my method. Ximena, this how-to’s for you! Read more
Much like the Mother’s Day mum cards, we decided to make some punny pops cards in the knick of time for Father’s Day.
The classic soda bottle silhouette was a much simpler concept than the pinpricked mum from the very beginning, and the process ended up being much quicker – which was good, since we hadn’t started these before our trip and had only one night to design and assemble if we wanted any hope of mailing them in time for Sunday.
So, what was our method?