wedding bells

 

Good morning

I started the day off right with some hash browns from trader joe's and french press. These hash browns are so delicious, and they taste just like the ones served at McDonald's breakfast (I know, gross, but I love them) ... but they're better and wider and probably much healthier : ). I started sending my boyfriend off with these in the morning when he left for work, and I would wrap them in a parchment sleeve with a handwritten "M" on them (for Mcdonald's), but I think it's more fun to put an "A" for Anne. 

I really enjoyed the long weekend... I got a lot of work done and even attended a small wedding at Norwood in the city. It was so beautiful and charming, and nice to see some faces I hadn't seen in a while : ). The Bride, Joanna, wore a beautiful green vintage dress that she found at a Paris Flea Market... It even had a small weight in the back of it to make sure that the back was kept open. Here are some pictures of the bride, groom and friends : ) I wore an originally blue silk dress that I bought from Anthropologie 2 years ago, and which also had a large coffee stain in it that the dry cleaners couldn't take out... so I crossed my fingers and dyed it black two days before at home and it came out beautiful! (6th picture) Not a rich black, but more like a very dark navy. I'm super happy with the results, and I think I'm going to start dying more fabrics because it's so easy and I like the anticipation of wondering what it's going to look like when it dries. It was all wrinkled too from wringing it out and then hanging it to dry, but the tight wrinkles just made it look beautiful and textured so I didn't steam it before wearing it.

Coffee is ready! I'm going to have a productive day today, since I need to drop by the restaurant I've been working with at 2, so I'd like to get some brainstorming and sketching for Holiday craft projects done so I can sell them this late fall and winter. I realized that I never wrote about what "babo lizard" means, so I'll put a post up about that, and the project that inspired it sometime this week. My goal is to also start posting some craft projects+instructions up too...

 

I heart my bialetti.

p.s. These items just sold out (heart with mustache note and elephant plush) at  Renegade Handmade, a consignment store I sell at in Chicago, but they're available at my etsy site. 

happy tuesday  : )