Why hello there! Can't believe that it's already October, my favorite month of the year. I've been having a little case of writer's block for the past few weeks so I'm hoping to jumpstart the words by writing a list of things that are making me feel all of the good fall time vibes:
Halloween
Pixel Rise socks. So gruesomely fun to knit, especially when using the frankensocks Halloween edition kit by
Havirland. She's a talented indie yarn dyer based here in Maryland.
Midori Traveler's Notebook. This is the planner/ journal/ scrapbook of my dreams! Even though I love the culture & style of the
hobonichi planners, it was a total fail. Mainly because all of the pages are dated (of course they are! It's a daily planner duh!) which meant that I felt pressured to write something down every day. And of course I fell behind and ended up with a lot of blank pages. Which caused more guilt and avoidance etc etc. But the neat thing about the MTN is that it has different paper inserts which you can choose to customize it to your journaling/planning style. The inserts are easily removable and you can combine several different ones in the notebook. (Mine are all non-dated). All of which is held together by a beautiful leather cover which seems to get wonderfully aged with use. It feels good to be excited about journaling again.
Rhinebeck socks. No I'm not going. But a girl can dream. And wear cute stripey fall socks while she's at it.
A new weeknight mealtime game plan. One of my
favorite food bloggers has just come out with her first
ebook. It is filled with easy weeknight dinner recipes paired with the perfect side dishes for each. Also includes lots of yummy desserts. I think that my two guys are even more excited about this book than I am since they gobble up everything that I've ever cooked from Mel's website.
My favorite hangout spot (trader joe's) + my favorite month = everything pumpkin.
Hope that you are finding lots of reasons to celebrate this beautiful season!
