notes from a mad housewife

you probably have your christmas/holiday whatnots all put together, baked and packaged. but if you don't and you just need one quick (bu...

so as i mentioned earlier  (which now seems like forever ago...) this is my first attempt at a knit dress. i didn't do much picture tak...

so i needed (and i use the word "need" loosely here...) some sort of holiday... something. like a dress. i like to get inspiration...

and by show off i'm talking croissants. more specifically, pain au chocolat . ah, we must credit the french for making food sound so dre...

just not necessarily in that order... i'm pretty anti-doorbuster. the thought of spending thanksgiving day plotting out how to spend m...

i finished the corduroy skirt last week and i'm moderately happy with the results! i started out with burdastyle's linda skirt patt...

i've been working on this skirt. it's a half circle skirt made out of green 14 wale corduroy. i will have buttons down the front and...