short and sweet

this last week i really needed to break up my routin of waking up, getting on the train and working. i asked tom if he would like to accompany me to the farmers market so we woke up early last saturday morning and rode our bikes in the glorious warm and sunny morning.

we grabbed some iced coffee at one of the stalls and then headed to grab some handmade butternut squash ravioli and some red pepper garlic sauce. sounds good? yup, it pretty much is heaven. one of the main reasons i like to go to the farmers market is for the chard. i love chard. it may be one of my favorite greens and this is one of my favorite recipes to make! the picture they have of it isn't exactly yummy looking but looks are totally deceiving, truuust me.

we grabbed some pastries and sat at a park bench before i had to jump on the train to work. it was hard parting with tom on such a glorious day. i could have spent all day in the sun with him. daaaaamn you work! always getting in the way! hehe

hope everyone's week is going well. what do you to break up your everyday routine?

xo,
cb

too big, no sweat! a green diy!

well, hello everybody! and welcome to a fun little green diy today. i have been waiting to post this guy for a while now because i am super EXCITED about it. it was a big hooray moment for me when i finished and i felt super duper proud of myself too! i love those little moments in life :)

well a while back tom and i cleaned out our dinky little closet and we were getting rid of unwanted clothes and he was going to get rid of this really cute buffalo shirt that i adored! sadly it was waaay too big for me, way too long, the sleeves were saggy and i always like a good tee to be a bit snug around my torso....so it got me thinking....i can totally fix this!

first i measured myself and with chalk started putting my cut lines on the shirt keeping in mind the seams. then i got to cutting and sewing.  as you all know i am a HUGE fan of collars aaaand peter pan collars are my favorite so i had to add one to this guy to make it that extra bit of girlie cuteness.

i found a tutorial on line (this one was great and i LOVE the shape of the collar too), used some old black fabric i had laying around and got to cutting and sewing and my too big buffalo shirt became.....

i am totally in love with it!! it is the perfect mix of funky and trendy, which is what i really like about my own personal style. i have two other items that i am fixing at the moment and will share those as soon as they are ready. i feel like i haven't made so much stuff for myself in a long time and i really LOVE it! any reason why i love being a crazy craft lady :)

also check out this lovely on shannon's blog! so cute!!

craft on...

xo,
cb