Pants: the bottom half of an Elie Tahari suit from Macy’s… their petites are perfect!
Saturday, September 8, 2012
What's in Your Wardrobe?
Pants: the bottom half of an Elie Tahari suit from Macy’s… their petites are perfect!
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Sometimes... it takes a while
... And then, sometimes, it takes a while for that idea to germinate and flower. And then it takes even longer to write about it.
The rumblings of my lightning bolt started nearly two years ago, when my parents gave me a fantastic present- two skeins of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock, each paired with a special piece of jewelry. My mom, an extremely artistic and creative thinker, combined my love for knitting and jewelry with ribbons and bows on top.
... And then, time passed. I knit with my yarn (still have one left), wore my jewelry, and in my spare moments, I'd putter around in a dye pot, playing with whatever I had on hand. My mom was also busy, taking classes in sign language and jewelry-making.
Finally, the bolt struck. The holidays were around the corner, and I was reminiscing about the gift from my parents. 1 and 1 finally became 2 when I realized that I had started dyeing yarn, and my mother had started making jewelry...
... And wouldn't it be fun to join forces and post the results up in a little shop to share with others? After much hemming and hawing, designing and budgeting, dyeing and beading, Two Grey Dogs Designs launched on April 16, 2012! (Although the site says December, which is when we grabbed the name.)
At 4 months in, it's been thrilling, nerve-wracking, educational, and exhilarating. We were part of a Sneak Attack by the Handmade Movement, took part in a very successful BNR, and mailed yarn and earrings all over the country.
There's so much more to say about the shop, our plans, and everything we've learned. But for now, we're still electrified by this concept, creating totally unique yarn and jewelry, and leave you with a small montage of the results:
Sunday, February 12, 2012
From Point A to Point B
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Knittin' in the seat of a train...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Reinspired and it feels so good…
Needless to say, it’s obvious that at least one of my resolutions from 2010 went down in a fiery ball of too much ambition and not enough follow-through, also known as oculintestinamaximasitis (a debilitating disease where your eyes are bigger than your stomach).
Yet as 2012 opens, out of the ashes, the keys start clackety-clacking and a long list of topics, photos, words, phrases, notions and ideas patch themselves together. It’s been an incredibly long couple of years, featuring: leaving one job and starting a new one that is challenging and rewarding and all-consuming, the loss of two grandparents, running my first half-marathon, rediscovering old hobbies, a trip to Sweden, starting to house-hunt, and more travel, hosting, cooking, running, visiting, weddings, hockey games, and parties than I can count (not that I haven’t tried).
Of all the things I’ve learned since January 24, 2010, two have drawn me back to a blog that has been perpetually kicking me in the back of the brain:
- I’m still seeking that magic 42 in work, running, cooking, reading, and knitting.
- I miss writing. Maybe that’s why I’m still working on #1. Writing makes me put words down one at a time and hope they come out in some semblance of order. It gives me inner peace and makes me accountable (even if it’s to the vast nothingness of the Internet). Plus it’s kinda fun.
So, here we go again. Ambition (and other delusions of grandeur) have taken hold again, so I may as well ride the waves until I see another shiny object.
I’m going to pretend each post is going to end with a picture that’s a preview of the next post… starting next time. Can’t set the bar too high now…