The Argyle

Here is a throwback to February 2014 in the Argyle. This apartment was our craigslist diamond and first place we lived in Green Bay

pc: Kamry K

pc: Kamry K

Instax-tastic

This Christmas I got a wrapped present specifically addressed "To Emily" "From Dad".....and it was the Instax (a miniature polaroid camera)!! Here are a few pictures that have been printing on the spot from my plastic purple camera. It's always in my purse.....except when it's freezing outside (literally freezing) because then it doesn't work.

Freezing Cold January Day

Meet my beautiful new friend Kyra of Kyra Rane Photography. She is SO talented, so kind, and so much fun to chat with. Kyra generously braved the cold so I could snap a few pics!

This wall was Kyra's idea!

Crafter-noon/Mini House Tour 1/5/16

Another blog post about crafting!! I'm feeling even better about spending the day inside indulging in the coziness now that we're sub 20 degrees, but first a picture of our new fur-baby Penny. She's Desmond's half-sister and joined our family from Columbus, WI about a month ago. 

Over the last few weeks I've decided to try some woven crafts....a macrame wall hanging (made off this tutorial from the ABM blog)...

A home-made loom for tapestries (another ABM tutorial)...

A macrame plant hanger from a tutorial on this Pinterest post (yes the plant is dying)...

Dylan's craft project: a beautiful dining room table made out of free pallets. We picked up the benches at Walmart

Another engineer print (we recently found out you can see this from the street at night!)

And a few other shots from around the house

Crafter-noon 11/13

We dubbed a new term yesterday. We're calling it "flint": the time between fall and winter. The leaves have fallen, dusk is at 4:30 pm, and it's getting a little nippier. I hesitantly admit that it's getting me excited for winter--I don't mind an excuse to stay indoors to craft. Dylan has been transitioning into some indoor sports as well, including vermicompost in the basement, but thats another post.

Here are a few of the projects I'm enjoying this November:

I'm telling you, if I have to watch football I really do admire the Packers--I like the citywide excitement and the generosity of the team to the community. However, sitting through an entire 3 hour football game is less exciting to me. My friend Martha introduced me to geography embroidery which has turned out to be the perfect packer game activity--after a girls night and 3 football games I have embroidered the counties of WI. Unfortunately, I made a mistake on Brown county and Dane county, and a lot of others but it's been a nice packer game project.

Disclaimer, I did not make the embroidery on the left, I found that at St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Store on the East side of Green Bay--an amazing thrift store (if you haven't been and are into retro goodies). I did knit the sweater on the right off a pattern from the amazing Goodnight Day, a Canadian knitter who makes beautiful 1 piece knitting patterns (that you don't need to sew together at the end). I used a digital copy of volume II of her pattern series.

What caught my eye when I saw first saw her sweaters (on instagram) was the texture--she uses thin and thick yarn (I had never heard of this before)! I finally found some in town--I used a brand called buttercup that I found at Jo-ann Fabrics but it didn't turn out exactly as I expected. I later learned that the original pattern was made with a yarn called  Malabrigo aquaralla , which is a wool company in Uraguay--cool!

Thin thick yarn!

Another flint favorite this year: the carnival squash (it's is a hybrid between a sweet dumpling squash and an acorn squash)--it is sweeter than an acorn squash. Dylan and I like to slice it up and roast it at 400 for ~25 mins (coated with olive oils and whatever spices we have), we've also recently started baking the seeds, yum!!!

Hope you're enjoying a cozy start to your weekend.

Green Bay on Film

I used to be big into disposable cameras, of course in 8th grade because that was the only option, but then later in college when I was chasing that retro look. This was before I knew about filter apps like hipstamatic, instagram, and VSCO. As recently as 2011 I was able to take a disposable camera to the drug store and in an hour come back to pick up a disk of images for under 10 bucks. I started getting the film itch again, so I swung by a drugstore to grab a camera...

Things have changed since I last used a disposable camera! First of all, the camera was way more than a remembered it being. Secondly, when going to get it developed I checked several places before realizing that it's hard to find a place that has 1 hour film development! It's all send out now (not in-house photo labs)! And like the camera itself, developing the film was way pricier than I remembered.

Would I do it again? No. Only about half of the photos turned out (I forgot that you should always use a flash on a disposable camera, even when it seems like it should catch light). But it did remind me of the intentionality you need when using film (you only get a few shots, so make it count). Here are some fun ones! Photo credit to Kamry!

Light reflector

Kamry and I went o opening night at Backstage at the Meyer to see the band Friends&Family and the Oh Hellos. Very cool Green Bay!