One Item, Four Ways: Cape Coat

Photo Credit For this week’s installment of One Item, Four Ways, I chose a type of outerwear that has been getting more attention recently: the cape coat. Although the idea of a jacket without actual sleeves may seem odd to you at first, a cape coat is actually a surprisingly versatile (and undeniably glamorous) option for cold [...]

Would You Wear.. an Oversized Coat?

Photo Credit: 1, 2, 3 Whether you consider yourself a snow bunny or you prefer to hibernate during the cold months, it’s undeniable that winter is coming. With the change of seasons comes a change of wardrobe, so it’s time to pull your coats out of storage. One of the most popular styles this year [...]

Would You Wear.. an Oversized Coat?

Photo Credit: 1, 2, 3 Whether you consider yourself a snow bunny or you prefer to hibernate during the cold months, it’s undeniable that winter is coming. With the change of seasons comes a change of wardrobe, so it’s time to pull your coats out of storage. One of the most popular styles this year [...]

Boo coat from Belle and Boo

Belle and Boo, whom we’ve covered before, take me back to a time of heavy wooden jigsaw puzzles and hard-backed books with thick pulpy pages and ink illustrations. In their world, every elf has a splendid pair of pointy ears and every woodland scene is populated by friendly, curious rabbits. Somehow their forays into clothing [...]

Saffron Craig coat kit

Up until now, I’ve been really enjoying the knitting, sewing, crafting revolution… from afar. And that means mainly in my blog reader. It’s insidious stuff, you know. All that creativity gets under your skin eventually: I’ve found myself thinking about buying a sewing machine, to my surprise. This might just be the product that tips [...]

Saffrom Craig coat kit

Up until now, I’ve been really enjoying the knitting, sewing, crafting revolution… from afar. And that means mainly in my blog reader. It’s insidious stuff, you know. All that creativity gets under your skin eventually: I’ve found myself thinking about buying a sewing machine, to my surprise. This might just be the product that tips [...]

Taking the scenic drive…: Ode de laundry

I zip up my coat even higher and proceed to walk across the court yard, 2 buildings over to the laundry room. Thanks to my lovely apartment complex, we don’t have laundry facilities in my building, and the one next door is flooded, …