in the red

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best photo shoot ever. there we were on a bitter cold friday in december 2013, several inches of fresh snow on the ground, with three kids who just got freed from school for the weekend and a whole pinewoods to let loose in. how much running do you think we had to do to keep up? uh—a lot. […]

we might need snow tires tomorrow

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i love how my snow tire scarf (knit in ghillie sport/DK) seems to be on its own private toboggan ride across the sofa top. what i would have given to sit around and finish up those last two repeats over my morning coffee, sigh. but because i went to bed so late, i also got up kind […]

today, it’s back to work rest

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haha, ever feel like getting back to your desk is the most you’ve stayed still since, well . . . last week? i’m telling you, it felt good to get up this morning knowing that i didn’t have an agenda item to attend to right off the bat, other that the usual loosely outlined tasks of “blogging”, “write […]

party dressing

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sooo much news to tell today! (isn’t this a cute idea laura found for dressing our mannequins?) we are all scurrying in several direction at once, between getting ready for the last installment of the 2014 BNK, our holiday open house, and rolling out the annual flurry of patterns appropriate for last-minute gifting. we’ve also kicked […]