Late last summer we had a 1920s theme party for my friend Adrienne's birthday. Costumes were mandatory and we put a big focus on taking some terrific pictures, including setting up a lovely little portrait area. Here's what I learned:
Gimlets are the bees knees
Gentlemen look dashing in the 20s
15 people dressed up like flappers and their lads make quite a scene in Doylestown
Playing musical chairs to jazz records is way more fun than it sounds



Theme parties are so much fun! I can't wait for some new and exciting themes, I love when my friends are excited and daring with dressing up for parties!

Belated V-Day- Colin and Carson

Colin

Carson and son Hank

Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis are my idea of a power couple. Listening to the Decemberists at work today- I still get chills when I hear O Valencia, The Crane Wife, I Was Meant for the Stage... and Carson Ellis' illustrations are the perfect match for Colin's beautiful, heartbreaking stories. Every time I hear these songs and see these drawings, I feel like they have been around for generations, I feel like they are stories and portraits of my family from years past. If you haven't encountered either of these two amazing minds... well, you know what to do.

Art for the Decemberists single Billy Liar

- www.carsonellis.com
- www.carsonellis.com/blog
- www.decemberists.com

Long Overdue Halloween

I had a great time this year making Halloween costumes for Hamilton, Dane, and myself. I love homemade costumes!! Batman, Robin, and Cookie Monster are my doing, and the cookie is Amanda's handiwork- great job!

Snow in Doylestown

someone has cold hands today!

always quite tempting to run through a huge patch of untouched snow, this one was too deep for me
jump
icicles
obligatory county theater shot

lovely peaceful snowday in doylestown, though i was under the impression it would be snowing all day... lies! ham and i went for a nice freezing walk, and thankfully i did not have to go into work! considering myself extremely lucky today to live in so beautiful a town!

Sewing for Home

A lovely little project from Anna Maria Horner's "Seams to Me", handy for my bedroom!

I have had the fabric with the lovely girls on it for so long and never could find a suitable use, but this was absolutely perfect!

sweet cuppin cakes

Baking cupcakes with an old friend- perfect Sunday night! Check out these cute minis we made for an event at the bookshop today, complete with halloween purple and orange icing and ghosty sprinkles! We used the snickerdoodle recipe from martha stewart's cupcake book. Delicioso!

making books

I signed out a copy of Eco Books by Terry Taylor and have been messing around learning about bookbinding and such. This is a little book I made to test out the techniques from a bud light lime case and some legal and graph paper. Very happy with the results, and looking forward to learning lots more complicated techniques! Highly recommend this book, stay tuned for more.