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vivre Dan & Bambi! 5 years and still going strong!!</div>
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And the Atlantic Ocean; as close as I can get to you all in the US of A! <br />
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I'm the one in blue and yellow <a href="http://beportland.com/entertainment/bowerbirds-doug-fir">via beportland</a>}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last night I saw Bowerbirds at the Doug Fir here in Portland, and they were amazing. If you haven't heard of them you should. I remember when one of my dear friends introduced me to them in college and then told me they were coming to Portland and that I should go, but I didn't have anyone to go with and immediately regretted missing it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I love that they played a good mix of their older songs (and that I can tell you exactly what they played since I snagged one of their <i>handwritten</i> set lists!) and their new songs sounded even better live. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I also enjoyed how multi-instrumental the whole band is, although their musical talent has thrown me into a bit of a crisis. It started during "Walk the Furrows" when the drummer started playing the castanets and I couldn't stop thinking "Why don't I play the castanets?" then they whipped out a melodica and I felt an urge to play the melodica too. I also keep thinking about the Sharon Van Etten concert I went to a couple weeks ago where Sharon played an autoharp, the autoharp is so cool, PJ Harvey plays an autoharp too. And what about the accordion?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So now I am dreaming of a new instrument to call my own, any suggestions? My dad says he can hear the oboe calling to me, maybe I will start out small with those castanets. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I will leave you with a song from the new Bowerbirds album, <i>The Clearing</i>.</div><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BgNEsucBuMc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-85353384339662818532012-03-02T21:11:00.003-08:002012-03-02T21:34:12.899-08:00A Leap Day in the Life<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_3tSvBeNp8e0KPnpCyXiZItOpPtMWNkV5oPW4-tp4bOxrwuH5aXC55kTAbiF82aT3O69WqeuiK3imEA9vjC5NufLoL31Op_m8242oi_SHijC6y1Jq0WgGYSqvcYJLizXvZ-k2eONxXTlS/s400/f24fe167af89__1330557470000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715534765579017618" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /><div style="text-align: left;"><span>My leap day started out well with some major <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">flakeage</span> on the way to work, where we got a nice break to watch the Occupy Portland <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">protest</span> at 1, always a treat and this time they had matching yellow umbrellas. And the police were out in full force; there were police on bikes, motorcycles, horses, and in patrol cars.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6VP-Rrd3DLrTe1asIkU6lk8_mVBzpi3B-rVE5h_4iO1MXerR0V4M_sw1paCHf4viVbxYHhDUjOGgoPtlfW8TCXuThxNq_8PTtH84H5yNpJLT69nx1992M1iydzoEUXK7WIkYwrv__sHq/s400/1380cc12219e__1330557463000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715534757634255538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The weather had me regretting my choice of footwear, nevertheless I trudged my little foot <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Popsicles</span> up to Powell's on my lunch break. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ74RfDSFmTtfW154COO_8FBngxDSrwQpYmI6t_EudP4hi2yZIsIzOUhUGXae423gWZrMdf374sPMXWRwAjz1HRUwBGWHt4Te2ICeVxlmYr7GAG9ECmwrr0SwAzPY8Rj_vsjaM3ekjuH7U/s400/e15c93db81bf__1330557427000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715534761416527266" /><div style="text-align: center;">I especially enjoyed the cover of Indie magazine this month...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBstBH0w5Tw_DmfVeX2uAIznQHP_mqP30Cs81kfqtJBkEQiylgR6qxN78LXoi-tsMxb6yz9knbFq15VcNE0tspQcYbmAnuwJb_eH_zWI60yxqThiwFwO2MEQCPbdG6D9KrYn9Ofoj7zqUJ/s400/f90f9bf41415__1330557475000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715534771782977650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And on the way back to work I saw some lovely horse manure left behind from the police at the protest.</div><img style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fhyGA5kvl_BVwaf1UB159rpkcWeQPixc8-2hsDshYNTUyT3R7cGFAhVRD8D2xfdKkHmaI76ikzNtpyKWSEz0kSA2yYA3mKbm6INt-Bo_nCNxn-VoCYmeEQymv1QrOuNgXQBx2Q1Rg6r9/s400/37625a97134f__1330557454000.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715534756279469874" /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Leap Day.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-12136312370178605252012-01-09T21:33:00.000-08:002012-01-09T22:26:12.924-08:00Laura You So Pretty<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left; ">(10 points if you can name the title reference)</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >Remember how I got a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">DSLR</span> camera for Christmas (oh hey <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">thanxs</span> <a href="http://sjinc.blogspot.com/">Sarah</a> for the recommendation and <a href="http://lysefjorden.tumblr.com/">Alyssa</a> for encouraging me to take the plunge.) and how I promised myself that this was the end of lame photo booth pictures on my blog. Resolution fail. But a post with lame pictures is better than a naked post right (right <a href="http://itwasmakebelieve.blogspot.com/">Liz</a>?)? So check out my Laura short row sweater, pattern via <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2011/10/25/lauras-loop-short-row-sweater.html"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Purlbee</span></a>!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3AeJozcAmQBelXJ5r-sXEEqAlasmWXuFkB152qm-aD4iRPwQb2R-2SZFjlOcOUSrSUzjagJtoqDaYvB7BjVI-bsc9K5N3JyVpaq3eqtt-PI1x7EVgZLkdF8A7xRR1RQoArlXAJ2obo0_/s400/Photo+on+2012-01-09+at+08.57.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695874976159084818" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidILLjcZVw_BTn3JrKB9sCqHXCJquaVcxUJ2lLR2K_cr6BgONH3of2UwuXXDNEMwoCZBWlg26bKxs367BYbVNNnB-ZYRa_QElGYaWaXECuvJm3_Tmu4eELwnnCjVj5jt1opwKjh9w9MZYm/s400/Photo+on+2012-01-09+at+08.58.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695874978447549330" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span >I know your thinking it so I am just going to say it, this looks like a pregnancy picture. But I got to give you guys 360 views.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbkfs3zgl8_VjwFsLAW8D3vuvYHssBYmtA0ODBKB74lXJQzxr5YSgicfbz3IB8hv2PIGbELQWCdS5pnt91kAnk0zR6VqRK2rrUszDw0pUpUKPxbWvewtVdJxHje8mGId8MAbW_9emi_lI/s400/Photo+on+2012-01-09+at+08.57+%25233.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695874980011377250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I love <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Purlbee</span> and all their awesome patterns which are even great because they are free. I really want to make <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2011/12/15/lauras-loop-new-years-needlepoint-clutch.html">this </a>clutch next, I have all the yarn ready to checkout but now I feel like I have to justify buying all this yarn. So if you have any (justifications, that is) please let me know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I promise I'll be back soon, and with better pictures...</div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-66928419404831993112012-01-01T18:49:00.001-08:002012-01-01T19:14:50.117-08:00For Auld Lang Syne<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvaNbn1UuLi7GmfpoiFKynn34pEh_s-bVO00c1p_ZbK2uZivpB9lgjVPBuw75AuOBnWvMKaobkrLJT8gIPYXtZV4zD8-GnSqQcvuk6okKuvLr2ci60L-tmrmMzhfxiHf-6EnNhjnnqX3e/s1600/IMG_0118.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHvaNbn1UuLi7GmfpoiFKynn34pEh_s-bVO00c1p_ZbK2uZivpB9lgjVPBuw75AuOBnWvMKaobkrLJT8gIPYXtZV4zD8-GnSqQcvuk6okKuvLr2ci60L-tmrmMzhfxiHf-6EnNhjnnqX3e/s400/IMG_0118.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692861618935501826" /></a><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">We </span><i style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">two have paddled</i><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "> in the</span><i style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">stream</i><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">,</span><br style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><i style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">from</i><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "> morning sun till dine</span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "> ;</span><br style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">But seas between us </span><i style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">broad have roared</i><br style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><i style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">since</i><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "> auld lang syne.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); "><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"><span><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9IuaF5wS8sQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span style="line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); ">(it kind of pains me not to put up the Sufjan version, but you can listen to it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vclIlC4vASY">here.</a>)</span></p><p style="text-align: -webkit-auto; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; font-family: sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><span><span style="line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>For me 2011 was ushered out with dancing in a beautiful 1950s dress from <a href="http://xtabayvintage.blogspot.com/">Xtabay</a> which was nice, but 2012 got off to a great start with a beautiful wind storm which I watched from the comfort of my wooly socks and a motorcycle gang that was right behind me on the freeway on the way to church, Happy New Year.</span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-53259173478563867672011-11-06T17:30:00.000-08:002011-11-06T17:32:52.736-08:00Don't You Ever Be Caught Shedding Your Skin Too Soon<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cMnjFPFwYgQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br />Saw Laura play this last night at Siren Fest. Oh she is lovely, as was Y La Bamba (and Laura Veirs who was standing right by us).<br /><br />I loved when she talked about how sleeping is scary because its like practice for dying...Kirshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01162312296355700402noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-23944331112636718592011-10-30T23:39:00.000-07:002011-10-30T23:51:27.865-07:00Got to Go To There!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Also, I am very excited for this week because:<div><br /></div><div>1. Halloween, duh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AxcM3nCsglA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>2. I get to go see <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Sufjan</span> Stevens preform the soundtrack to this documentary LIVE, here at the Hollywood Theater in Portland!!</div><div><br /></div><div><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Zsus_6m24mk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>3. Haunt, 2<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">nd</span> annual sample sale! (You may recall the fun I had last year, <a href="http://tiredmirrors.blogspot.com/2010/10/oregon.html">here</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qjM8sYUgIXO25va02XXyAjGGJrUhuxxZemBdxFkTENvlHA3j525biC_5vz5MOIyHwNuGTF09oQIFp3N91s95pcOmLYrLklj1mTxaxRnt1uD9P3jVdnfzMxhz-MktfxTylIprwJl0UbYf/s400/296570_251707531543869_109747125739911_737528_1650974755_n.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669545150447516514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div>Be there or be _____________.</div></div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-42171884638970597972011-10-30T23:31:00.000-07:002011-10-30T23:39:18.247-07:00Come See, Come Sew<div style="text-align: center;">For Jack, who wanted to see my front... </div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8dm8E8vim9SgO7sPDEfYJEtcE6IdF7RCB8ZA2Nj2bYvzhoGmt4R6ssjkHxzFM7gIh4w0J5aBB4WEfq_DOw8F0MUoA_xRs52BjlTefI5COcn8dkAm3FKkDoUfc-jg1uEDBBnk0GeazJJa7/s400/Photo+on+2011-10-30+at+23.17+%25234.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669540863884809394" />The front is pretty basic, but I am now officially obsessed with quilting details in clothing ( I am planning a skirt!). I modified a men's shirt by making the front all one piece, and replacing the collar with bias binding, the sleeves are finished but I like wearing them rolled up. I wore this with a black pencil skirt to church today straight from the sewing machine so I spent a bit of time pulling off threads I had missed!<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7_Zi5k6YwhS9kozeM5HyjmxVrYBxoWRg6InhoI51w33m7v4Lna5tFFlCVNR2Z7Mc7IbpzP1MnlOSzJYqKPZZ_rs4ZgQsG-3b0ct87KAPPVXfHMA33h_wyzKHJ97pkVwBag6fbktbaLtb/s400/Photo+on+2011-10-30+at+23.18.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669540866067301522" /><div>I think it would be fun to try something similar in silk as well, what do you think?</div><div><br /></div><div>PS. The jar of 993 candycorn is empty...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-14746041591139709892011-10-25T23:18:00.000-07:002011-10-25T23:22:17.599-07:00Finishing<div style="text-align: center;">up my white shirt for the Colette Palette Challenge, and I think it might be my favorite out of all the things I have ever sewn.</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oRfJqbpsvl-lM85LXAlZw2q5puk772ojyh5ouNMhrP4Bmg3bAV62hbl-uvcmGdqCKn3gjYPItzNmYdIdlo99EjNmVVpCbHoZyDAVBgJp6qLZacv1jsNrKbqXok4w63hq3GihwX-fClFC/s400/Photo+on+2011-10-25+at+23.03+%25233.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667681930401164626" /><div>Also, I won a jar of candy corn at FHE on Monday (I guessed 999, I'm not sure what the real count was though) --BAD, so bad. Come take it away from me.</div><div><br /></div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-46258457192838335712011-10-11T22:46:00.000-07:002011-10-11T23:00:00.848-07:00Story of My LifeUnfinished. Here are two of the pieces I am making for the Colette Pattern Challenge I have taken on. The black shirt underneath it done except the buttons and buttonholes and its a modified men's shirt with a peter pan collar. On top is the leather bag, which is done except for the bias binding on the armhole.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioT0GAGvmYF-XudstaANkzAIc_k8ivLAaCUtmi2ijkIuRD6F-srv0AZRH1Yd0X_qWmoYboE5quFzDvjw-Qx4rcrK4nxiqxWrphlGRZ3Vp0Rbsie4MA6pih8sqvdbwdM_IfgraUZG5-erH9/s400/Photo+on+2011-10-11+at+22.43.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5662478336205025682" /><div>Now I need the willpower (to go buy buttons, first of all) to finish, when I really just want to start the next project!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-33919787213587788982011-09-26T21:41:00.000-07:002011-09-26T21:51:07.764-07:00Remember (Looking Ahead)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlOGDWDZNiDm3tt95Lu6-nLAajVPlVVZA2Mh334nZS7CG1fjTuk4cjYLXMfiBQJaj7OAKp1EMKR3YsPLhEXp8b8uste7eBRI1O8i3R8eUWV9YHXIGG-ZZl5_icWayXDbB6xF_7HuBtR_W/s1600/424_sheandhim_xmas_3x3_300dpi_ada1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlOGDWDZNiDm3tt95Lu6-nLAajVPlVVZA2Mh334nZS7CG1fjTuk4cjYLXMfiBQJaj7OAKp1EMKR3YsPLhEXp8b8uste7eBRI1O8i3R8eUWV9YHXIGG-ZZl5_icWayXDbB6xF_7HuBtR_W/s400/424_sheandhim_xmas_3x3_300dpi_ada1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656896086591300802" /></a><br />Remember when I lived in Seattle while I did an Internship with<a href="http://tiredmirrors.blogspot.com/2010/10/reluctant-blogger.html"> 826</a>?<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://tiredmirrors.blogspot.com/2010/08/you-turn-me-on-im-radio.html">Remember how I love She & Him</a>?</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, did you know that She & Him announced that they are putting out a Christmas album this year and guess who a portion of the proceeds are going to?</div><div><br /></div><div>(If you guessed 826, you guessed right.)</div><div><br /></div><div>You can read more about it<a href="http://stereogum.com/823562/a-very-she-him-xmas-details/news/"> here</a>, and pre-0rder the album <a href="http://www.mergerecords.com/sheandhimchristmas/">here!</a> (I'm getting so very excited for my fall/winter holidays here, almost to the point of needing holiday songs!)</div>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7544503628931051184.post-55738802891232318442011-09-13T21:32:00.000-07:002011-09-13T21:55:47.491-07:00Today during my lunch break I picked up St. Vincent's latest album, "Strange Mercy" ( I highly recommend it/musical rambling will follow) at my local record shop, and while I was looking at the pretty white and gold cover I realized that I need to talk about my little icon to the right of this post. <div><br /></div><div>Once again I'm participating in Colette Pattern's palette challenge, you can check out all the details <a href="http://www.coletterie.com/sewing-challenges/fall-palette-challenge-2011">here. </a>Hopefully I'll be more successful this time since I actually have my sewing machine with me. Will anyone be terribly disappointed if I skip out on the palette/mood board part though? If you are disappointed let me know and I will post one, but in thinking about the pieces I wanted to make I realized that a lot of them are basics not a cohesive fall wardrobe. </div><div><br /></div><div>I will talk more about my projects as I finish them, but I will tell you a little bit so you all can hold me accountable! I am planning on 4 pieces.</div><div><br /></div><div>1. A leather bag (I'm so excited about this and just finished the lining)</div><div>2. A skirt made from this beautiful cream and gold silk suiting I'm in love with already. </div><div>3. and 4. Black and white blouses--I really need more white shirts!</div><div><br /></div><div>So my palette for this challenge is white, black, and gold. But if I have time I may do something colorful.<br /><br /></div><div>We started on St. Vincent so I think we should end with her too, and two reasons why I'm excited to see her next month! </div><div><br /></div><div>1. St. Vincent plays like this (ps. if you feed the hungry box your email you can get the song free.)<br /><iframe src="http://widgets.beggarspromo.com/surgeon/widget.php" style="margin: 0; padding: 0;" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" width="290" height="375" jspf="http://widgets.beggarspromo.com/surgeon/jspf"></iframe></div><br />2. St. Vincent plays like this:<br /><iframe width="420" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fVhCo7PoVpA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>KirstieBirstiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00763142454951395778noreply@blogger.com1