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Style // Animating GIFs like it’s 1995

Learning to animate GIFs for an upcoming style post and giveaway. Miss Courtland and her adorable owl hat (courtesy of Santa Kimmy) are my guinea pig.

It’s like 1995 up in this blog! James keeps reminding me how impractical this skill is for the current state of modern technology. I say, PHOOEY TO THAT! WHERE MY GIFS AT?!?!

Silly Kaki Baby

This kid cracks me up. She’s not as photogenic as Sunny was as a babe, but when we do accurately capture her cuteness, boy does she shine! It often just takes a couple dozen clicks of the camera…

La Lune

I am loving this series by Laurent Laveder. Kimmy used to point to the moon as a baby and proclaim, “Moon! Moon! I hold it! I touch it! I ‘twis’ (kiss) it!”

There’s just something about that glowing orb that captures kids’ attentions. It’s no wonder that Goodnight Moon is a favorite children’s book.

In this household, we adore I Took the Moon for a Walk. It was one of the first books gifted to Addison as a baby and, better yet, it came from her Fairy Godmother from an indie bookstore in Cambridge. It is beautifully illustrated. And definitely my favorite of the girls’ collection.  My madd memorization skillz are a testament to that.

I took the moon for a walk last night, it followed behind like a still summer kite, though there wasn’t a string or a tail in sight, when I took the Moon for a walk.

Photos: Courtesy of Laurent Laveder

Pom Pom Beanie

As some of you may know, Kimmy and I are phasing out Green Eyed Monster. Thus, I’ll be migrating all of my tutorials and DIYs to this space. I’ll now be sharing all of my scattered interests here. Fun for you! If you aren’t interested in my crafty side, forgo these posts. And if you’re not interested in maternity musings and the onslaught of photos of my family and daily life, forgo those. Easy peasy!

First up, DIY Pom Pom Beanie. This was one of a number of projects I tackled over the holiday break. Definitely the quickest, providing instant gratification. Totes my kind of craft.

I saw a cashmere beanie with a authentic fur pom pom at a cute boutique in Lenox, MA for $98. Rather than splurge on that item, I opted to scoop up this cashmere Target beanie (on sale for $13 – score!) and use my XL Pom Pom maker and a ball of black fur roving to make up a pom for the hat. With a large tapestry needle and some black embroidery thread, I stitched the pom on the cap, and POM POM! I now have a very similar look, for a fraction of the price.

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