bellevett

resolutions.

 

i'm mixing things up a bit.

the solstice/christmas season is here.

i truly live for each season change.

in my head i have these plans for how my season will be.

i imagine myself sitting in front of our fireplace or woodstove knitting and drinking hot chocolate or coffee.

i imagine myself making all of my favorite treats.

i imagine myself spending hours watching all of my favorite christmas movies.

i imagine myself with my friends drinking delicious wine.

i imagine myself giving every single person something that is handmade.

i imagine myself enjoying every single minute of the season.

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just one problem:

i often get so caught up in the handmaking of every single tiny item that i often miss so many of the greatest moments of this season.

i get so caught up in going through the motions of the season that i dont really enjoy the season.

i get so busy making more plans, writing more lists.....

i get so busy busy busy and before you know it, the season is over.

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this year i am going to make some end of the year resolutions.

yes, those are the type of resolutions that you can keep.

a 31 item list of things that i want to do during the christmas and solstice season and the last of 2011 that i have always wanted to do during this season.

but the main resolution on the list is to enjoy every moment of this season. 

and the second resolution is to stay simple: read: not handknit something for everyone i know.

 

i will be sharing these resolutions here. 

 

i am pretty darn excited.

 

 

Reading

I have big plans for this week, blogwise.

I am gathering my necessary materials and getting my act together.

Until then, enjoy this article:  femivores.

And check out these deal alerts on some bad to the bone fabrics: true up.

This post on some amazing art is pretty cool, definately: take a second look.

and this is what I have been looking at (and consuming) lately.

  

french breakfast radishes.  

the weekly reader highlights.

 above: my sad little avacado tree.  (this is the 9 month old one, avett ate the 5 year old one.)

do you have google reader or bloglines???  if you are shaking your head no, then stop reading this immediately and go sign up.  it keeps all of your favorite blogs and websites at the touch of a button, and they are all neat and organized.  

I have the reader currently, but i am contemplating the switch to bloglines.  seems better, but i dont know yet.

without further ado, i give you the highlights of my google reader subscriptions:

• a free ice cream cone, what?  and from ben and jerrys no less.
• the new york public library digital gallery.  I am never amazed by what i find.  and can get printed for me.  amen. others love it too.
• i am making these boxes to organize my notions in my studio. 
• i am adding this to my collection of household concoction recipes.
• and more potions here.
• after seeing alice in wonderland, and loving every second of it, (i am a long time lover of alice in wonderland.) i stumbled upon this fabric. love.

i have lots to share this week.  but you will have to wait until i can get a second to come up for air once i am not trapped under this mountain of projects and vegetable planting that HAS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW!

sunday roundup and other news

• the sewing studio/room is not complete and is still unfinished.  but i cant stay away from my sewing machine for that amount of time, so i have started using it unfinished, it feels liberating...  i am a fiend.
• i cant wait to make this drink in the summer when we have all of these ingredients in our garden, and might i remind you that i received a meyer lemon tree for christmas.  now that is true perfection.
• this vegan wonton recipe pretty much blows my mind..... need to make immediately..
• i want to make these mittens and these mittens for next winter....  i am officially done with this one.
• this list has made my life a little bit easier.... and more organized.

check out our new little babe:

 

a monday shred of coolness roundup

while i am in over my head converting the guest bedroom into my new studio room, which at this point resembles the aftermath of a tornado, i thought i would share some shreds of coolness:

• heather ross's new fabric designs..... obsession!
• i am counting down the days until i receive this book.  (i have all of her books and believeth that everyone who owns a sewing machine should immediately buy these books.)
• my food cost less now.  thanks to this website.
• on my to do list: this book binding tutorial.
• i am going to make a quilt.  and for that matter join a quilt guild.  
• i want to make these little babes for valentines day.... 
• i pulled up a carrot the other day from the garden (before the snowstorm) and they are so preciously sweet and delicious. i cant wait for the spring........

hope your monday is a funday. 

 
 

sunday, funday roundup

things i am into right this VERY SECOND, and maybe you will be into them too..........

• gillian welch- revival album.  a.maz.ing. 
• making some deodorant, a la angry chicken style. dont judge me. i did it and i loved it. take that deodorant makers....
• planning my garden for the spring. i got a new magazine called urban farm, thus am wondering if i qualify for this sort of title. hmmmm.
• finishing my winter knitting projects.  I am ready for spring! move out winter! a little premature?  maybe. i have been updating my ravelry queue with spring apparel projects of maximum cuteness.
• buying stuff to benefit haiti. like here.
• texting "haiti" to make 10 dollar donations.  
• hoping for it to not rain tomorrow so that i can take these crazy dogs on a hike.  good Lord, they have manic depression, with a sudden onset whenever they are inside.

mossy snow. did you know that i love a good picture of snow covered moss?

another thing i am into?  avoiding any type of productivity while updating this blog.