Seaside

When you're sitting in your pajamas on a Sunday morning* eating pancakes with a day ahead of you full of laundry and housework, and your friend has asked you to take a Sunday drive with her to the seaside, the very best thing to do is get yourself dressed and over there as quickly as you can. Because can I tell you, a day of eating veggie burgers and a giant serving of chips, walking down a long pier, smelling saltwater, studying sand patterns, raspberry sherbet in a waffle cone and feeling just chapped and windswept enough, all with two favourite people and lots of laughs? Well, there's little better. The laundry can wait, you know?


I hope you all had a lovely weekend! Here's a little seaside Sunday drive inspired mixtape to start your week off right.

xo

*Some may say that 12:15 is no longer what we'd call morning, but I feel like Sunday allows for a looser interpretation.

Unplugged weekend & cozy feet.

via here

Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Get up to anything exciting? I actually spent the majority of my weekend on the couch, in sweats and slippers, stitching away at our current wholesale order. Stitch, stitch, stitch. Even Richard joined in after he had finished building a guitar pedal out of an old sewing machine pedal (clever boy, that one). I've never really been much of a slippers gal, that is until my Grandma sent me some from New Zealand for Christmas and they're just about the softest things ever and now I'm obsessed. Seriously, when I put them on I may literally sigh. Having warm (not too cold, not too hot), cozy feet is one of the best feelings ever I think.

Ok, I must head to the store for more thread. We ran out last night and I was forced to bake brownies for a hot fudge sundae instead. Here's an unplugged Monday's Mix for you to start off your week. Be warned, we watched a lot of Big Love this weekend and have a general love for old timey music, so there is banjos and resonator guitars aplenty.

Happy Monday

Morning! How was your weekend? We spent ours working on some new projects, pretending it was summer and cooking veggie burgers to have with cold San Miguel's, opening up the doors and windows when the sun came out and hiding inside with hot tea when the rain came. I also finally figured out a way to photograph the wooden bunting that I'm much happier with, so I've planned a little photo shoot with my girl Maya later in the week which should hopefully mean they'll finally be up in the by the end of the week!

Oh! I also finally got to go the the antique fair and it was both amazing and terrifying at the same time. Daylight savings totally got the best of us so we were late in meeting our friends, which also meant it was super busy and those antiquers mean business. Lots of not so subtle ladies sliding their way in front of me if I was looking at this or that, so funny. Both Richard and I had completely forgotten to take cash with us which was probably a good thing as there were a number of cameras, pyrex dishes and pretty carpet bags I could have brought home with me.

I made you guys a mixtape to get your week going, it's a bit of a sleepy one as that's often how Mondays make me feel and now even more so due to losing an hour in the morning (not going to complain though, I love the extra evening light). Take a listen, I hope you like it!

Monday Morning Goodness

The start of my little window sill garden, ready to be potted and soaking up the sun.

Morning! I hope you've all had lovely, relaxing weekends! We've been so lucky with the weather in Vancouver lately and this weekend was no exception. Beautiful blue skies and sunshine (sorry the rest of North America!), and for the most part I've been able to go coat free! So after a lovely brunch on Saturday morning with a bunch of local knitters, Richard and I ditched the inside chores and headed out for the day. It's amazing how much this weather can really lift my mood! We went out to Karmavore to pick up some vegan treats and cheese and then wandered around New West a bit to take a look at some thrift stores. Living downtown during the Olympics, it was really nice to get out of the city for a bit of a breather.

~ Mondays Mix, 'Here Comes the Sun' to celebrate soaking up some Vitamin D and to hopefully inject some sunshine into the more wintery areas of the world!

~ I made these delicious treats over the weekend with our vegan marshmallows and oh goodness were they good! The brown butter and salt combo? Amazing!

~ I'm really hoping I can snag myself a utility pouch soon (although perhaps a linen one), they're flying out of the store though so I think I'll have to camp out if she makes more!

~ We've spent some time in this community over the past week or so, trying to raise awareness about the lack of homes in Vancouver and the lack of a National Housing Project in Canada. For me it has been the best thing I've seen during the Winter Olympics.

Alright, off to (hopefully) catch a bus! I hope Monday is good to you!

xo