new house project

There is a bead store in town. So fun. My friend Stephanie and I each made one.

I strung together some embroidered ornaments that I had left over from the last craft fair.

We have been doing our bedtime reading in front of the Christmas tree.

I saw a paper garland at Anthropologie a few weeks ago that seemed easy enough to make.  The Anthropologie one (I couldn’t find it on the website) was made of tissue paper, but I used origami paper and other colored paper.  I used a punch to cut out circles, layered six or seven circles together, fed them through my sewing machine and then folded along the seem to puff them up.  I love this type of simple project to keep my restless hands busy.

I spent some tonight updating our etsy shop.  I checked the USPS calendar and found out that December 21st is the last day to send priority mail for Christmas arrival, so you still have some time to shop!

Here we are at our new house.  Junji and Saya are in the kitchen preparing to finish tiling and making pancakes at the same time.

Junji and I got our Christmas present a few weeks early.  It’s a new camera which means I can blog again and update our etsy shop which I am planning to do tonight or tomorrow.  I am in the mood for making things these days.  Decorations and gifts for Christmas, so I will be here recording it all.  I hope you are having a great weekend.

Hillary Sproatt is one of my favorites. I love her work and her blog and her shop. What an honor to have a few of my linen pouches for sale there now. All I want for Christmas is something special from Specks and Keepings. I love it all.

We moved yesterday. We have a lot of work to do this weekend unpacking and finishing some stuff in the kitchen. This morning I found the grinder, chemex, filters, a mug, and coffee pretty easily thank god. We are so happy and ready to work!

We’ll be at Handmade Arcade Saturday, and I’m really looking forward to it. This is the least stressed out I have felt in the run up to a big craft fair. Everything just seems to be coming together nicely. I can’t wait to see my Pittsburgh friends, and Saya can’t wait to spend the day with Aunt K. We get to visit our friend Tadao who made us a coffee table that we’ll see for the first time. It’s going to be a fun weekend. If you’re in the Pittsburgh area, please come to Handmade Arcade and say hi. Our booth number is 48.

Our other exciting news is that, for the first time ever, we will be moving into a home of our own. We have been working hard to get the new house ready to move into and we haven’t even starting packing yet. I may be busy and not blogging often for the next two weeks or so, but I can’t wait to document the next chapter in our family’s journey and share it here, so please check back in. Sneak peek below…