This is our last morning in this brick house on De Villiers Street. We moved in just shortly after we were married. We’ve celebrated three anniversaries and brought two newborn babies home from the hospital in this house. It is the only home that we’ve known as a family. And it is charming- there are [...]

There’s little ol’ me on the front page of BlogHer this afternoon. They’ve syndicated my making mexican hot cocoa post from earlier this month. You can check it out here. And, make it if you haven’t yet, it is yuh-meeee!
love,
elle

Waiting till the last minute to ship Christmas gifts + not having a car= a bike trip to the post office.
If you’re a Hawker, Plouzek, Bates, or McComas check your postal recepticles for one of these boxes!
merrily,
elle

Happy December! Golly, I look forward to this time all year. There are so many things that I love to do- baking tons of cookies, gingerbread houses, drives (or bikes rides) to look at the holiday lights, shopping, sipping hot cocoa, cuddling in cozy blankets with people I love and watching my favorite holiday movies, [...]

This little family had four obligation-free days for the Thanksgiving weekend and we contemplated a trip to Savannah or New Orleans or somewhere awesome, but decided to just kick back and enjoy our time hanging out at home. And that’s just what we did. We ate lots of good food, took a few rides around [...]

Yes! Thanks to Joe Gannon, who not only suggested I make a batch of these but pushed me in the right direction by sending me a lovely vintage camouflage jacket in exchange for the firstfruits of the project, there are now two listings for vintage camo bow ties in the shop. They are [...]

Our saturday mornings usually begin at 6am with Garth waking up before me to load the car and me lounging in bed until the last possible second. Then I waddle around the house gathering snacks, water, change, and toys for Jack. We drive in our two ultra small cars the mile and a [...]

It’s been over a yea since I went blue, and my hair is that awful brown-roots-and-washed-out blue-green-below-the-ears combo that always makes me shake my head when I see it on someone else. The blue was lovely. I wish that I had the time (it took 8 hours to dye it initially, and 6 [...]

The last few weeks before Halloween were crazy for me! I made 7 Moishe costumes- skipping meals, showers, and sleep to send each one out on time. Each one takes about 20 hours to complete. I made my first adult-sized Moishe and I made a set for 4 month-old twin boys. I took some photos [...]

Many thanks to the lovely Emily at Southern Weddings Magazine for featuring my xoelle paraphenalia on Lara Casey’s blog. The feature can be found here.
It’s flattering to be recognized by such ladies with such amazing taste!