Monthly Archives: January 2009

i’m wanna wear a dress. or three.

By rachel | Published: January 30, 2009
it’s cold and snowy. still. i’m sick of it. i want to wear this: and this: and this: without a coat, or boots, or mittens, or a scarf on with it. (from foley & corinna spring09 collection)
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half-completed is sometimes better

By rachel | Published: January 26, 2009
I’ve come to realize since I started my PhD that I have piles of unfinished creative projects all over the place and no real will to complete any of the ones I started a year ago. I really dislike this latest trait I’ve developed, so much so that I’m embarrassed to go into detail about [...]
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lacey

By rachel | Published: January 22, 2009
My mom knit me this lace scarf for Christmas. I can’t remember what the yarn is…mom?
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handmade presents 2008

By rachel | Published: January 18, 2009
This year, the husband and I decided we would for-go gifts and put any extra cash into the house. Neither of us held up our end of the deal. I went to the second storie indie market intending to buy gifts for family and instead, spent all my money on C. I have a very [...]
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This is what happens when…

By rachel | Published: January 18, 2009
you’re in denial that you have a cat that will do anything to find yarn, drag it into the middle of the living room, and dance in it gleefully for minutes before you discover him: Worth salvaging? Prolly not.
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anna maria horner, i’m in heaven

By rachel | Published: January 14, 2009
I just started reading anna maria horner’s blog and after scoping out her website, I decided I had to have Seams To Me. Working on one of those projects right now, so more on that to come. Today, she posted about some of her fabric line Good Folks coming out soon. I can’t WAIT to [...]
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home again, home again…

By rachel | Published: January 11, 2009
jiggidy jog. (that’s what my dad always said when we pulled into the driveway…from where ever.) Pictures from my mini-trip to Saratoga Springs… coffee and reading at Uncommon Grounds: Tempting vintage fabric I passed on… Sweet vintage pinking shears I also passed on, but might regret later: Friday night at Cirque du Soleil, my surprise [...]
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takin’ the train

By rachel | Published: January 8, 2009
Took the train to Saratoga Springs today. Never gone by train before. Also never gone by train anywhere alone, so here’s to a first small adventure. I packed as light as possible: one tiny vintage suitcase and one small green bag that doesn’t match the tiny vintage suitcase. So much for traveling in style. I [...]
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my name is rachel and yes, i still blog. sorta.

By rachel | Published: January 6, 2009
I’ve been ignoring my blog for many many reasons. Mainly because I finally had a break from a very stressful (end of the) semester and was so happy to be spending two full weeks with the hubby over the holidays and laying around for an additional full week (that he took off) that I kept [...]
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