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Inspiration

03 Friday Mar 2017

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Some things from the last week:

*Antique Cast Iron Door Stop in our Etsy Shop.

*Liberty of London Fabric from Purl Soho.  We made covers with Liberty fabric for these inexpensive Ikea feather pillows.  The girls use them to lounge on when reading in bed.

*Detail of Vintage Wooden Sign in our Etsy Shop.

*Large Ironstone Urn in our Etsy Shop, perfect for holding umbrellas.

*View of Asbury Park from the Ocean Grove boardwalk.  We are thinking of those who lost their homes today in an early morning fire.  A heartbreaking loss for our little town.

*Cozy front porch in Ocean Grove.  We are feeling both sad for the loss of some of our town’s historic houses and thankful that no one was hurt today.

*Post Cards to the President.  I send these often, addressed to the White House.  I know he will likely never read them, but I use them as sort of therapy now.

*Lemon, Lemon, Lemon Cake for Josie’s Birthday.  I used a version of this lemon poppyseed cake and this lemon frosting, along with lemon curd from Trader Joe’s. Our backyard hellebores bloomed just in time to use for decoration.

*More Liberty of London.  I have a bit of an addiction.

Stay cozy and have a great weekend!

 

 

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Inspiration

21 Friday Feb 2014

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Happy Friday!

I have been with only one baby for a few days and must admit it feels like such a vacation!  The two oldest girls went to Nan and Pappy’s house for the school break week and Dare and I have been hanging out and crossing things off of our lists.  How ironic that when we were first-time parents we were too new to realize that having only one baby was simple.  Here is a bit of our week:

*Dare, Sitting Up.  She has officially figured it out.

*Orange, 2014.  I’ve been listing some of my paintings for sale on our Etsy shop.

*Aztec, MarieBelle in Soho

*Daddy and Dare

*Decorating for Josie’s Birthday Week

*Liberty Prints, Purl Soho

Have a great weekend!

DIY Simple Handmade Skirt Valentine Gift

23 Thursday Jan 2014

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I have posted previously about this skirt pattern.  It is one of my favorite gifts to make up and it takes under two hours to complete.  I made this bunch for my niece for Christmas.  These simple elastic-waist skirts look sweet over little legs and would also make pretty Valentine gifts.  Purl in Soho has some perfect Liberty Print Valentine fabric choices here.  Several of these skirts can be made from a yard of fabric.  A trip to Purl in Manhattan is in itself a colorful treat, and a pretty little skirt is a sweet alternative to candy for your little Valentine.

DIY Embroidered Jumper

29 Thursday Nov 2012

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This dress is a variation on Purl Bee’s lovely Embroidered Denim Jumper. I love the Purl Bee blog!  The Purl Soho store in Manhattan is an amazing place to visit- it looks like a bright candy store and is full of yarn and fabric and books and projects.  I used some vintage plaid to make this dress for Ada.  The jumper made up so quickly and easily I can’t wait to try the pattern out in other fabrics.  Etsy has some pretty plaid choices here.  The jumper requires very little machine sewing and it was fun to play around with new embroidery stitches.  This dress is the first of the sister dresses for this year.  (Here are last year’s).

Bloomers

17 Thursday May 2012

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Bloomers are one of my favorite baby wardrobe staples.  They are cute and comfortable and fit nicely over Josie’s big cloth diaper butt.  I modified a vintage Butterick pattern for this pair and they used less than half a yard of Liberty fabric.  I have plans to make some into longer pants, and a heavier corduroy would be perfect over tights for fall weather.  So many good options!  Here are some similar vintage patterns on Ebay.  Purl Soho is a great source for Liberty fabric, (and all around great inspiration).  Soor Ploom also has adorable bloomers if you would rather buy than DIY.

*Today is the 100th post on Domestic Space.  Thanks so much for reading and we can’t wait to share more with you!

Spiral Cushion

10 Tuesday Jan 2012

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Chris and I are still pretending we can have nice furniture and children at the same time.  But it has been three years, and I haven’t yet refinished our dining room chairs.  I found the pattern for these beautiful knitted Spiral Seat Cushions in Joelle Hoverson’s More Last-Minute Knitted Gifts.  The book is amazing and full of easy knitting projects.  Joelle founded Purl Soho– one of the best knitting, sewing and crafting stores in Manhattan.

This project is great to do when you have kids around, as you can easily pick up where you left off. The cushions hide a multitude of sins on our chairs and they are easy to hand wash after Ada’s dinner in a big-girl chair.