JF and Son

JF and Son

via Weird Friends

sorry for the unresponsiveness/ absence
I've been sick, again.
uhhhhggg...unbelievable...but I'm feeling better today...

Cheryl is having another Give-a-Way!

For Annie:

The tank I bought from ALL.

I love it, the colors make me happy. It's a size small and very fitted (but I don't usually do fitted, so it's nice for a change). The yarn is very nice and actually has subtle color variations in the main purple color which I really like.

Tomory took the two pictures of me seated (I'm saying "Wait, let me suck in my gut!" in the third photo :)

Pictures from Sunday...can't believe Monday is almost over, and it's cold & overcast with spots of rain....

Vive la...

Wes and Sofia in Paris

Ladies (and Gents) of the French Resistance
(these first two photos are from the Colette Blog)

The Stones, Gram, et al at Villa Nellcôte (photos from various sources-sorry- but I'm fairly certain they were all taken by Dominique Tarlé)

Hot Rocks

New work from the mad scientists at McTega (really: the women behind McTega were both initially Pre- Med students). I think these pieces would look great on a hot summer day worn with a simple t-shirt or tank and cut -off jean shorts.

Perfectionism is a form of fear

Let me explain.

I started this blouse with a totally different pattern in mind. As I began working with the fabric for the blouse, I found it very difficult to cut. It shifted around my cutting mat as if it were alive and it frayed like crazy. I gave up on my initial pattern, and just winged it. I decided to go with the inherent nature of the fabric- and let the edges fray. I feared the worst- yards of (not inexpensive) fabric would be wasted. But the blouse turned out so much better than I expected!
Now I wish I would have bought more of this fabric in the blue (it's out of stock: I just bought some more in a deep red, and in saffron) !

The title of this post came from this blog that I stumbled on today. It's so true. While I think it's ok to have high standards, fixating on being perfect, and sticking to some preconceived plan, can keep a person (me) from making decisions and getting anything done. There is no room left to play or explore.

This blouse is to be a part of my small ERMIE summer collection- and I plan to add hand painted stripes to it...but who knows? Maybe my plan will change again.

EDIT ** Oh, see Tomory in the background gardening in the last photo (not to mention my saggy black jeans...I lost some weight while I was sick... too lazy to buy a new pair & I'll gain it all back eventually...I'm a blogger, not a model, dammit!) ? So imperfectly perfect!