she's crafty

hello! i've been making some cards lately and it occurred to me that i may not have mention this hobby of mine. when i lived in chicago i had a small business hand-making invitations for a bar mitzvah here, a wedding there. i really miss sitting down and making things out of tiny pieces of paper, so lately i've been grabbing every excuse to do so. i've also decided to make the save the dates (and invitations, eventually) for the wedding myself, but it's way too early to send those out just yet, so i'm keeping my hands busy with this kinda stuff.











while i'm speaking crafts, i've been meaning to mention this lady for awhile - alexis brown, a friend from chicago who makes beautiful, witty embroideries. she now has an etsy store so you can have some of her goodness for your own.





get some.

xo, audrey

picnic

hello and happy long weekend (if you, unlike me, are lucky enough to have one.) i've enjoyed mine so far, anyway; i finally satiated my week-long ramen craving, and had some drinks with christine. i still somehow managed to wake up at a fairly reasonable hour this morning and have a friend over for brunch, then i finally dug into something i've been wanting to try for some time now: jarring. sam got me a home jarring and preserving kit for some time now, so i swung through a farmer's market earlier in the week and purchased some big, luscious heirloom tomatoes (and some rhubarb, which i have big plans for, and will bake and recipe-up later this week.)





i just followed to directions here and it seems to have gone smoothly. i got a little excited and ordered a book of recipes and tips, so i'm sure there is much more of this to come.



wore this ensemble a couple of days ago and a friend told me i looked like a couple of tablecloths.

shirt: thrifted
shorts: j crew
socks: aa
shoes: vivienne westwood for melissa
belt: thrifted

my hair is in another of those super awkward stages so i'm trying different things. i dream of long locks.

i'm crossing my fingers for clear skies in brooklyn tomorrow. enjoy your weekend, however long it may be!

xo audrey

golden girl

what is happening with my hair here, i can't say. the ever-ongoing attempt to grow it long continues, and gets pretty awkward in the winter months as the humidity isn't around to curl it as much and it kind of gets dry and floofy instead. anyhow.

sam and i are brewing beer and yesterday, after 2 weeks or so of fermenting in our hall closet, it was bottling day. we started off the day by heading to a goodwill near our place, where i went into the dressing room with my arms full of sweaters and came out with three choice picks at $4.99 a piece - only to realize, as sam pointed out to me this morning, that one of them has "SAMPLE" written across the back in sharpie. fail. from there we headed to a fabric store in south brooklyn that was completely jam-packed with stuff i wanted. the second we walked in i stopped in my tracks and murmured, "oh no, this is trouble." i kept myself from going too crazy, though, and just bought a couple of embellishments that i'll find a way to incorporate, and some thread so i could finally get some hemming done and repair some shoes.










from there, a record store in park slope where we scored two velvet underground reissues and i winked my way into picking up a used copy of abbey road for three dollars. we stopped at the grocery store and then sam ran into the homebrew shop; by this time we were both ravenous, so we headed home and i made some rigatoni with soysage, onion, garlic, and shiitakes in a cream sauce. we bottled the beer after supper and stowed the bottles back away for a couple more weeks of fermentation.


i'm determined to take on making cheese next. the process actually seems pretty simple, and how cool would that be?

my outfit for the day's to-and-fro:



shirt: a little boutique in red hook
jacket: snagged on super-sale in a shop in portland, OR
pants: OTTE online's outlet store
shoes: you can't see 'em, but they're devotte
necklace: ebay
belt: thrifted

it's snowing outside, nat king cole is on the record player and i have soup to make; i'm thinking beet-carrot with some goat cheese. winter is definitely here, and i am totally out.

have a lovely weekend, everyone!

xo audrey