keep breathing.

lately everything feels like it's going by in a rush. like there is never enough time for everything. every morning passes in a blur, every workday rushes by (and nothing seems to get crossed off my to-do list) then it's a rush through rush hour to pick up the mini and home to make supper and bathtime and maybe make a pair of earrings ... then before i know it, it's time to start it all over again. sometimes my blackberry is going off and i don't even hear it because i can't process everything at once. then i remind myself that all i can do is keep breathing. (i tell you though, i am envious of ms. ingrid michaelson... maybe if i could write beautiful songs like this one i'd be a lot less stressed?)

Read more...

knit. purl.

i do not know how to knit.  however, i am the owner of a lovely set of knitting needles, which all reside in a lovely madbird needle wallet, as well as two huge books on "how to knit".  i am determined that during this maternity leave, instead of getting into trouble, i will figure out how to do it - the only crafting resolution that i am going to make for the year ahead.  there is something very cozy about the idea of knitting up a long scarf in super chunky ivory wool that appeals to me... and i am determined to overcome the knitter's block that has afflicted me for so long. 

Read more...

wedding rings.

some people are way cooler than i ever could hope to me.  this super cool chick stacey and her husband - who first got married in costa rica - commissioned this set of rings for their vow renewal.  they are going to have a lovely ceremony on their ontario farm, and my rings get to be a part of it!  oh, love!

Read more...

if the shoe fits...

between episodes of 'nurse jackie' and bouts of insomnia (of course last night the mini went to bed early and, as luck would have it, i couldn't sleep) i actually cleaned out the communal coat closet in the entryway of our house.  i admittedly am a shoe person - more often than not, i come home with a pair of shoes for my girl - but this morning i worked on weeding out the shoes that i no longer wear.  yes, i probably should have been sleeping or making something creative, but it felt good to purge.  and there is now more space in the closet for more shoes.  oh, i mean, our winter coats.

Read more...