war eagle weekend is a favorite of mine. this year my mom, aunt, cousin & i celebrated our girls’ weekend with handmade goodness, delicious food & a few too many sweets. it was a small group this year, but we still loved it. this was my sixth year in attendance, but my mom has been going with her mom since she was thirteen. it’s a family tradition. here are some posts from years past {here & here – oh, how my hair has grown!}.
this year, as always, we hit up our favorite spots:
sparky’s for dinner.
& my friend, vanessa’s booth, the mosaic butterfly. i purchased the little house mosaic up above. it made me smile.
i feel so lucky to be part of a family with such a rich family tradition. i look forward to this weekend every year – just 363 days ’til next year’s war eagle!
share some of your family traditions! i’d love to hear!
love,
natalie
friends, i am very proud to announce that i have completed my first knit of the season! it just so happens to be my very first hat- not just your average dish cloth or scarf! woo hoo!
thanks to our weekly stitch n’ bitch group & the encouragement of a dear friend, i decided to pick up my circular knitting needles & give knitting in the round a shot, despite my left-handed knitting fails of the past.
meet paprika, the first born hat of many hat babies to come.
{ok, that might be a little too far…}
for the pattern, i used sweet multicrafty’s free pattern, “weekend head warmer.” it took me about four hours to knit this baby up, but if you’re a skilled knitter unlike myself, it should take much less time.
do let me know if you try knitting this hat!
love,
natalie
p.s. i admire all of the knitting bloggers out there for their perfect knitting photos. the photos were harder than the knitting!
we have been fully living here. soaking up each perfect day with trips to the farmers’ market {it’s squash season!}, long afternoons spent outside, dinners from scratch & evenings by the fire just out our back door. this season we have gleaned a fruit tree, prepared most of our meals from the bounty of the farm & preserved food for the winter ahead.
we’ve been doing all of this from very little, believing our time & how we use it is invaluable. we’re thankful for the creativity that comes from living simply. the act of working with the soil, preparing meals, putting up a jar or two of what we’ve grown, sharing with others & making photos to remember it all steadies my soul.
we’re thankful for this time to start anew. it truly does all feel “new”- our community, our home, our lifted spirits. we feel at peace & if you’ve been following along for a year or so, you know that’s big.
we want to share all of this with you. we’ve reopened our etsy shop with some of our favorite film photos from our home, the farm, road trips & farmers’ markets. we’ve made our photographs into postcards & stationery so you, too, can share with others. we’re especially excited about our holiday cards that remind us of the small, simple moments during the winter season. here’s a bit of what’s in-store:
love,
natalie