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School Pride

Last weekend was my final major work event of the season. Fall and early June are my busiest times at work, so I’ve been breathing a huge sigh of relief and enjoying a brief respite from a purple and gold wardrobe.

I’ll have more Homecoming snaps that capture the ridiculous bovine spirit of the weekend from my girl Kate Drew Miller soon. But I wanted to spotlight my spirited nails (and my newest obsession – knuckle rings from Catbird). I had an amazing day in Williamsburg, Brooklyn with Katie from Paperfashion during my whirlwind trip to the city early last week. I’ll be sharing more details about the day coupled with many more photographs, but it included a visit to Catbird where I stocked up on these lovely, delicate, stackable rings and to Primp & Polish for a nail art manicure. I asked my manicurist Joey to incorporate purple and gold and cow print, and she sure delivered. The nails were a big hit, and showed off my delightful Catbird stacks.

Have a happy weekend, friends! I’m off to edit my day with Katie and I’ll have that post up next week that’ll take you into her magical world that is truly the stuff of dreams.

Scrap Hats

I love these two people so very much. And boy, they sure do love each other. I asked them to be my hat models during Auntie Kimmy’s visit last weekend.

I whipped up these two hats using a bunch of scrap yarn and my favorite Bubble Hat pattern. It was a great way to put those stashes of yarn from previous projects to use. Donna, Kaki’s nanny when she was a wee babe and now the woman responsible for keeping my marriage together (she is our housekeeper, organizer, all around super hero), saw the hats and fell in love with them, so BOOM early Christmas present for Donna!

Now bask in the Auntie/Niece affection.

More details about the yarns I used for these hats and a link to the pattern in my Ravelry here.