
Keeping Busy, Keeping Warm: Colorblock Bias Blanket
Whenever I stop blogging for a long period of time and then come back, I feel like I owe some explanation. But really, it’s nothing much; just life. A new job, projects around the house, playing music… a million little…

Scrimshaw
I’ve been going through a bit of a black-and-white phase. Black jeans, black boots, white cardigans. Black and white patterned everything… stripes, polka dots, stranded sweaters. A strand of pearls. A faux-leather blazer. And why not? It’s classic yet bold….

…and we’re back!
It’s not often in our adult lives (in America anyway) we really truly get to take a significant break from our day-to-day. When I paused my blog updates back in August, I had a lot of big projects going on,…

365 Days of Pattern: Day 224
I’m not back in full effect yet, but I couldn’t resist this accidental pattern found at work this weekend. Happy Labor Day!

365 Days of Pattern: Day Whatever, 223
Might have noticed things have been pretty quiet around here lately. You know how it goes: things get busy. We’re remodeling our basement, a long project at work is coming to a close soon, I’ve been playing music and working…

365 Days of Pattern: Day 219
I love ‘disrupted’ patterns. Taking several repeats and making little alterations on top. The image as a whole is still repeatable and tiles seamlessly, but the repeats within just a bit different.

365 Days of Pattern: Day 215
My lightning bugs pattern, redone a bit. I’m a big fan of muted colors + brights, and I’m much happier with the more simplified shapes in this version. This one is up on Spoonflower for voting in this week’s fireflies…

365 Days of Pattern: Day 213
I’m 2? 3? days behind… it’s crunch time at work, friends. I’m just trying to maintain sanity at this point.