lovely little combo

Here's a color scheme to make your mouth water. By Kate Miss via Victoria's blog. I'm a bit late in discovering it, but on 10/10/10 Victoria invited 10 different photographers to take + submit 10 different photographs. Suddenly she had 100 photos to document the day. I sure love a collar peeking out above a sweater.

mittens

The air is officially crispy, and I'm really into nautical things. So these mittens from the fabulous Artizia seem perfect. I've been up to no good at my creaky little crafting table and have much to share this week!

I'll admit.

Now is the time for honesty. I really don't like Halloween. How is it possible, you ask, when she loves the fall season so very much? What I really don't like are the goblins and mummies and eyeballs. The smelly, scary, plastic masks. Those fake spider webs people string across their shrubs; the fake graveyards they fork into their lawns. I even despise the orange + black color combination. The only saving grace of Halloween are the precious kiddies dressed in homemade costumes (I'll also accept Halloween cookies). I am head-over-heels for these felted (!) tree costumes.

{welcoming} October

I'm tickled to welcome the month of October. There are pumpkins and gourds basking at the entrance of every neighborhood market. I will have the loveliest company in and out throughout the month, and can't wait to show them a little Northwest goodness. My felting is also taking a kick--doesn't felt just ooze autumn?

{Photo via Oh My! Handmade Goodness}

Harvesting time

                               

Today I sip cider and watch the rain out the window. The wet grey of Seattle is the perfect backdrop for the changing leaves. My favorite season is upon us--a time to harvest, a time to bake, a time for socks and sweaters. What will you do this fall?

Ruche

 

One of my favorite things about studying to be a teacher is dressing for the part. I've been notoriously dubbed by my friends as such. Ruche's fall lookbook--with the black boards and school books (and really great outfits)--is making me salivate a bit.

layers

There's nothing like a giant flower and a cardigan to start the week right. This project was simple: I cut different sizes of flowers and tacked them together, then knotted the middle a bit. I sure love that rusty color.

tricots in automne

This morning I discovered the French clothing website Heimstone. I also learned that sweaters like these are called tricots (in France, of course). Then I learned that tricot is simply a knitted fabric. My, what an educational morning! Anyway, I'm in the market for a big knitted sweater (tricot) and these seem so perfectly cozy.

Something similar yet different is this. And also this.

I love the fall when school is starting. There is so much fun to be had. Amidst the excitement and anxiety seems to be a reminder to both mothers and kids that everyone should have warmth to return to at the end of the day.

Also, where can I get her shoes?