happy holidays

My husband hates being photographed. 

I am slightly more tolerant because I know family like seeing pictures of us from time to time. (Notice that most of my blog photos are headless.) We've been married a year and a half, and apart from a quick snapshot on our one year anniversary, we hadn't had a single photo snapped of us together. I finally put my foot down this Thanksgiving and insisted we take a picture to send with Christmas cards. Of course my husband decided to misbehave. 50+ pictures later, here's the cream of the crop. (For the record, we tried five different locations, but this was my favorite sequence.)

I first thought we'd try to be all cutesy with a chalkboard.

Draft Along - A-line Skirt

This month I'm participating in a Draft Along at Sew Country Chick. It's not too late to get started if you want to join! We're using Cal Patch's book Design-it-Yourself Clothes and drafting about a pattern a week. 

DIY Woolen Hat // Anthro Inspired

Today's tutorial comes in two parts. First I'll show you how to make a simple felted wool cap to match last week's mittens, then I'll show you how to kick it up a notch and recreate an Anthro look for a fraction of the price.