Another oh-so-delightful shop has signed on to carry Polly Danger Bias Tapes and is hosting a 7 yard giveaway!! Did I mention that I want to just eat everything that The Fabric Bar carries? Visit sweet and saucy Thompson Family-Life to enter The Fabric Bar Giveaway!
Well, ladies and gents, after much back and forth with the internet people we finally have internet up and running in the new place! I have to say that the past month has been such a whirlwind of travel that I forgot what it was like to have reliable internet! And oddly enough, I kinda didn’t miss it that much this week. We’ve been scrubbing the heck out of the new house, learning the best routes to yummy fooderies, pulling weeds, and strolling the farmer’s market, which happens to be A-DOR-A-BLE. Look at the lovely goodies I brought home this week (eeeh- I said HOME!!!)
We picked up some delicious cherries, a bunch of sweet peas, some Ranier cherries, and golden raspberries- I had no idea there was such a thing! It was a lovely and delicious way to spend an hour. I tell you folks, life is good out here in the country. Forget the romantic bustle of San Francisco. Forget the hip hype of Los Angeles, and forget the hurry scurry of Tokyo- THIS little town is where my heart is. Eric and I finally found our place in life.
So now what? Now I go back to Los Angeles (ugh, do I have to?) and work like crazy to pay for this insane move, plus find time to sort through years of junk which is being stored in no less than four different locations. Then I get to pack it up into boxes and after many sad, really sad goodbyes, we move.
Did I mention that our neighbors are incredible, we can see the park from our window, we can walk to the library, pubs, the post office, the $5 movie theater, and church?! I asked my mom if she could just mail us the pups, but she said no.
It’s been a good run, but now it’s time to move on to greener pastures . . . literally. Last March Eric and I decided that our hearts were in Oregon and planned a major move across state lines. A year later we drove up to look at houses and after months of holding our breaths and crossing our fingers, escrow has closed on an adorable, hundred year old house in a small town outside of Portland! We’re driving up on Monday to pick up the keys!!!!! I can hardly believe that it’s real, but I sure am excited ^=^.
While I’m sad to leave my L.A. family and friends behind, I’m actually very ready for a new lifestyle. There’s just something about the endless 70s era suburbs, strip malls, and smog that don’t agree with my idea of good living, you know? Don’t get me wrong- I’m a California girl at heart and there are many places that I LooooooOoooOoove in L.A., but that’s what vacations are for! **By the way, keep your peepers open for the “Reasons Not to Hate L.A. Guidebook” that Eric and I are putting together for visitors and natives alike! **
I’m sure you’re burning with curiosity, but I’m not posting pictures of the house until we’ve had a chance to cute it up a bit. But just to whet your appetite here’s a look at our new neighborhood (“downtown” is about three blocks long!)-
Squeee! The actual move isn’t until mid July, but we get to drive up on Monday to pick up the keys and paint and shop! If you’re lucky I might have a few more sneaky pics this week . . .
In my flurry of travel I never got to share my Renegade weekend with you all! It’s hard to sum up such an explosion of awesome craftiness, but for the sake of time I’ll give it a shot.
Because I like to hit all my bases I decided to turn my Renegade Brooklyn weekend into a two-week, multi-city tour of craft and family! First stop- Storrs, Connecticut. I got to relax with family and enjoy some quality time with my badass, rapping niece, known to rap aficionados as Half-Dollar Hannah. Not only does Hannah spit some mad rhymes, but she also plays piano, softball, and has some mad skillz at a colonial game called, “graces”, played with something that looks like an embroidery hoop and gigantic knitting needles. Oh yeah and she SEWS!!! Love me some niece Hannah!!
It was my very first Renegade and admitedly, I was a little nervous about flying across the country for any craft show. But I’m so glad that my booth partner, Margaret of Paper Pastries talked me into it because not only have I discovered that I LOVE Brooklyn, but I got to participate in an explosion of craft and creativity and make a little cash to boot!
I thought I was so fancy when I first packed up my suitcase . . . but then we discovered that it was obscenely heavy and I had to destroy my perfect packing job. So basically I went from this:
To this:
Don’t ask me- I have no idea how i did it.
Next time around I’ll share a few tidbits about my the Boston and Chicago bits of my journey!
