Hey everyone moving is totally eating up my life, but good news is that I will be free and clear for one of my favorite internet challenges of the year! Me Made May! So with out further ado my pledge
I, Spencer of www.12ozbeehouse.com, sign up as a participant of Me-Made-May '14. I endeavour to wear a handmade outfit each day for the duration of May 2014.
See you all soon!
I don't know what is about moving but every time I do even if it is just across town I get very emotional about the whole thing. Maybe it's has to do with touching all of my possessions or finding things that have been tucked away for safe keeping. I'm sure that it has to do with the fact we all reflect on the time we've spent there, re-living the good and bad.
Collin on the day we picked up our keys August 2011
Abalard checking out the fireplace for the first time
Izze and Mooby explore the living room
Abalard enjoying looking out the front door window
Macintosh's first day home
Daisy and Hal
Riding our bikes to the farmers market.
Recovering from
So much in my life has changed in this little townhouse. We brought home macintosh to this house, We got into biking. I spent a summer waiting for my bones to knit back together after a bad bike wreck. We said goodbye to both of Collin's Guinea Pigs in this house. I learned so much about sewing and knitting and vegan cooking. I beat some pretty nasty health issues here. I also spent the last days of my twenties in this house. For a terribly laid out townhouse, with stupid flooring and poor use of space, this place has been my home and my favorite home at that, filled with all the people and dogs that I love. Today we pick up the keys to our new place and begin moving everything over. I can't wait for what lies ahead.
While daydreaming about our next RVing trip. I thought today would be a great day to show you what I keep in my makeup bag so I look cute and stylish while out and about.
I love this tokyomilk hand cream for traveling. The metal tube is durable and it has a fairly silm profile. Plus is light scent lasts long enough for me to skip perfume.
Almost every eye look i do uses liquid or kohl black liner. For the RV I chose one of my favorite revlon ones. I like that it smudges then dries to stay put.
I cannot rave enough about this amazing powder foundation from Too Faced. It is my go to summer foundation. (sometimes I use a bit of their Beauty Balm first) This foundation goes on smooth is easy to apply with just the compact in the mirror. It also is killer at keeping the shine at bay.
This tarte eyeshadow pallet is one of my favorites for all kinds of travel, 4 great shades super small footprint and you can make a great day or night eye from it.
EOS lip balm. I love this stuff. Keeps my lips soft and is super cute. I think I have one of these in almost every makeup bag I have.
This is the one thing that will be replaced. I am so over having to struggle to get all the bits of lash blast off my lashes. That little annoying bit aside it does a good job of making your lashes look great, but when I am trying to use just wipes to take off my makeup at night this is the wrong mascara to bring.
I love this revlon lipstick. They have discontinued it but I suggest finding a similar rosy shade. I use it for lipstick and as blush. I have this an another tube left but I am gonna be super sad when I need to find a replacement.
Somedays you just need bright red lips to carry on. I love this matte balm from Revlon it stays put and it also doesn't dry out my lips or need a lip liner.
eyeshadow brushes are a must. At home I have about a million. For the road I recommend these three shapes (flat and fluffy, domed, angled and fluffy) I can do everything i need to do with these three brushes.
I hope you enjoyed a peek into my makeup bag. What is your go to make up item? Let me know in the comments.
I am not the greatest at riding in cars under the best of circumstances. So, I am thankful that I was safe and sound in Portland for Margold's latest adventure. It was a pretty heart pounding week. One of the last text you want to receive from your boyfriend on his first solo RV trip is "I just blew a tire!"
You can read all about it on Fisherman's Porch's new blog. Fisherman's Porch is my boyfriend Collin's new music project. While you are over there be sure to check out some of the songs he's been recording. If you live in the Portland area, be sure to come say Hi on May 5th from 7-8pm at Three Friend's Coffeehouse in SE Portland.
March was in like a lamb and out like a lion. for me The last few days of the month have been a whirlwind of emotion. It's been Excitingt, Daring, Heartbreaking all at breakneck speeds. I've lost all desire to knit. I have sewn but only very short burst. It's like every drop of creativity has been zapped out of me. Most days I would prefer to stay in bed with my weenies and hide with big cups of tea and my kindle. I want nothing more than to be done with this funk. As big of a pain in the ass that moving has become I am glad that it is happening. I think our cute new little home will be a welcome change. I managed last weekend to break thru my funk if only for a few hours and make a new spring bag.
Ramona Rose's The Awesome Bag Pattern is amazing. I can't wait to make a few more of these cute things. I bought all the fabric for this one from Bolt. I'm not quite sure who made the amazing record fabric, but it is a heaver weight fabric perfect for this bag.
The lining fabric is this charming Leah Duncan fabric from her new Meadow collection. Everytime I used Art Gallery Fabric I am so impressed. I really looking forward to making a dress out of one of their up coming collections.
I'm usually pretty good about making lemons into lemonade, right now I feel like I'm all out of sugar. Until it passes I guess it's good books and music and tea... I guess that isn't so bad either.
What do you do to pull yourself out of a funk? Any good books I need to read?
Last Friday Night, we packed up the weens and drove south to Sliver Falls State Park. After talking about an RV for over a year we weren't keen on the idea of waiting on her maiden voyage. While we forgot a bunch of things (matches, pillows, soy milk and a can opener) We did remember things like Stella's and chili. Saturday we went on a tiny hike with the dogs. We sipped coffee from our silly Sarah Utter mugs. Collin Played me songs on his guitar and by the time sunday morning rolled around I was completely in love with that little RV. The little L shaped couch were Macintosh can look out the window while I read or knit. The tiny loft bed covered in our Pendleton blanket. The way you almost burn your thumb lighting the burners for coffee. As far as campgrounds go Silver Falls was a bit foreign to any state park that Collin or I had been to. There was no real clear direction on check in so we just winged it and hoped for the best. It also lacks a Camp Store. There is a mini mart about 7 miles from the campgrounds in Silverton. Our little camping plot (22B) was great, we plugged into electric and water and had a cute little creek that ran down one side and a foot trail that led to the bathrooms on the other. I'm sure that another trip to Sliver Falls is in our future, seeing as we didn't see one water fall while we were there. Do you have a favorite State Park in PNW? What are your favorite things to cook while camping?
Two weekends ago, I had the pleasure of hanging out with the lovely lady and gents of the Portland Bloggers group! This Month's meet up was held at the beautiful Cyril's at Clay Pidgon. We drank amazing wine all while spending the afternoon getting to know other bloggers and getting our elevator speeches worked out. It was a blast as always. I met some really incredible bloggers and that always makes me super motivated to work on my blog. Here are just a few that I think you should totally check out.
The Paper Mama - If you aren't following Chelsea's blog your nuts. She is so talented and so creative. Plus she makes these amazing drawings of animals that she turns into little wooden pins. Seriously too cute!
MacSuzie - Not only is her blog super adorable, Lindsay is also a fellow hoosier and Valparaiso native. (sorry to anyone in earshot of us when we discovered this)
Sharks And Stars - Sarah is a fellow You Tuber and she also bakes a mean vegan gluten free cookie!
French Fries and Apple Pie - Laetitia has recently moved from France to Portland, OR. Her blog is charming and warm and bilingual!
Hey Normal Day - Not only is Lindsay a total sweetie, she is an extremely talented Hand Letterer. Seriously I have a one of her prints tagged for my studio in the new house when ever we find it.
It's always so much fun to hang out with other bloggers! As always I made my outfit for this event, I didn't get a chance to get any good pictures of it. However, I see myself recreating it for an outfit post soon! I do have a small sneak peek I can share.
Hello everyone! I've unfortunately fallen a bit behind on my 30 lists project. I plan on having a catch up post ASAP! My Life has been nuts, we are in the process of trying to find a new house. Seriously I hate moving and moving in Portland is the worst. House, Portland Bloggers meet up was a week ago, and last Monday my boyfriend flew to Bend drove the beauty above home. Say hello to Marigold the 1988 Toyota Dolphin RV.
For a little bit over a year now we've talked about driving around in an RV while Collin plays music. You should check out his Music and You Tube Channel. If you live on the west coast and would be down to host a how show you should totally contact us! Portland will be our home base, but now we have a little home away from. For being from 1988 old Marigold has a pretty rocking interior. There are a few little things I'd like to change, (put in laminate flooring, tile the countertops, wallpaper or paint the walls) Things I was worried about like the upholstery and the curtains seem to be in good order (although I HATE the track curtains)
There are a 100 little things I'd like to hand make for her, a quilt, knit a throw blanket, sew and Knit a bunch of throw pillows for the loft bed, hot pads and napkins for the kitchen. Plus a 101 things to make my life packing the RV easier. I can happily say that our first weekend in the RV was not only a blast but we learned a ton like don't forget matches and always bring stella.
1. Jamie and Clare (Outlander series)
2. Tristan and Isolde
3. Anna and Glibert (Anne of green gables)
1. Paris Dress
2. Pink Two Tone Shrug
3. Planning My Garden
4. Making a Quilt
1. Hiya Hiya Sharp Knitting Needles
3. Self Striping Yarn
2. My Sewing Machine
4. My Kitchen Aid
5 My Vitamix
My Ideal Day
1. A vanilla Hemp Latte from Cafe Eleven
2. Riding my bike to Close Knit
3. Knitting with my friends + more lattes
4. Lunch at Harlow
5. Making Vegan Mac + Cheese with Broccoli
6. Watching Movies with Collin
See ya all tomorrow I am so excited every morning to find out what that day's list will be!
So this weekend's Rose City Yarn Crawl flew by. While I had planned on crawling all 4 days, life had other plans for me (we're moving) So while I only got to spend 2 days at this years crawl, boy were they awesome.
This year's yarn crawl started out at Twisted. On Thursday Imperial Stock Ranch was having a trunk show. They brought this sweet little lamb with them. She was so gentle and cute! Seriously it makes me want to move to a farm and have sheep! The main reason I needed to get myself to Thursday was jamPDX was having a trunk show. It was so hard to pick just one of her lovely pieces! I wanted both a pint glass and coffee mug. But in the end I couldn't stop thinking about the awesome coloring of the yarn ball on this mug.
So while I was thinking about what piece of ceramics I wanted to take home, I was also debating what lovely color of Sock That Rock Lightweight I wanted for my Margaret Sullavan Shawlette. I decided on this lovely colorway called Petticoat Junction.
So Friday morning after a long morning walk and a yummy breakfast at Cup and Saucer. I went to close knits to check out the Bumblebirch Trunk Show. She had so many beautiful bases and colors I want to knit with them all! But after trying to justify another skein of purple yarn I went with this skein of Wellspring in a beautiful green color called Succulent
I then saw a that I had an email from Twisted. It seems I had won a door prize for checking in on Thursday! Hip Hip Hooray! Seriously I never win anything, but it gets even better! I won a jamPDX Pint Glass! Seriously the universe must be pleased with me.
How cute is that! I love it! So when I went to pick up my prize, I spyed a skein of Tosh Merino Light in Posy. I have been on the hunt for this colorway! So of course a skein of that had to go home with me.
While yarn crawl was cut short for me this weekend it was still a fun time1 How was your weekend? did you do anything exciting. Make anything? Finish a UFO? let me know!
Hello, I hope you are all having a great end to an even better weekend. Tomorrow I'll be back with a re-cap of my Rose City Yarn Crawl (it was pretty great) and Day 3 of 30 days of Lists!
1. Vintage Lover
2. 4 - Eyes
3. Knitter
4. Amateur Seamstress
5. Vegan Baker
6. Dachshund Mama
Hey everyone,
At the last minute I decided to 30 days of Lists! My Friend Erika is also doing it, so I thought it could be a fun thing to do for the month of march! I love spring, and it feels like just the perfect thing to get me out of the stinky doldrums that February has brought. I decided to do my lists on 6x6 squares of double thick sketch paper. I love this paper because, I can add markers and ink and light washes of watercolors as I see fit. I also plan to hang my favorite ones up around my desk after I am done!
Ways to add More Magic to My Life
1. Drink More Loose Leaf Tea
2. Fill my home and closet with handmade things
3.Instax More
4. Early Morning Walks
So there is my list! I'll see you tomorrow!
Hello Again!
Yesterday we talked about some of my favorite patterns from this years yarn crawl. Today we are gonna touch on my must see in store events and trunk shows.
Bumblebirch yarns has in the last year grown to be one of my favorite yarns. Her rich colors and amazing yarn bases make her yarn a pleasure to work with. This year she will be having Trunk Shows all over the city. I plan to catch her stop at Close Knits on Friday! I can't wait to see what colors she has created this year!
Three Irish Girl has published some of my favorite fingering weight patterns and sock patterns. I can't wait to get to see their gorgeous yarn in person! Don't forget to stop by and have a scone take and knit a few rounds in their lovely shop.
This class is going to cover two of the most dreaded to learn techniques in knitting, Provisional cast-on and my nemesis the kitchner stitch. I am hoping to drop by one of the classes for kitchner practice alone!.
One of the most asked about items on instagram or my blog is this yarn bowl. It is by JamPDX! Head over to twisted to meet them and get one of your own! . I cannot wait to pick up a coffee mug from these ladies!
So those are the must stop places for me this weekend! If you see me out and about crawling stay hi! I know it's gonna be like christmas tonight! Where i can barely sleep! See you out on the crawl!
Photo by Me taken at Pearl Fiber Arts in Portland Oregon
Hi!
Can you believe that it is time for the Rose City Yarn Crawl again. Time Flies when you are having fun I guess. This year I thought I would give you what I think are the highlights of this years yarn crawl.
Waiting for the bus during the 2013 Rose City Yarn Crawl.
I bet some of you are asking what on earth is a yarn crawl. Well it's a lot like a pub crawl, with a little less beer and a lot more yarn! The Rose City Yarn Crawl, brings 18 of Portland's independent yarn stores together for 4 days of trunk shows, classes, parties and knit nights. Every year I am completely blown away by the number of awesome yarn stores we have here in PDX.
Every year the RCYC offers free with purchase patterns from all the participating shops. This year the patterns are based off the neighborhoods that each yarn store lives in. Being a suck for anything and everything portland themed i see myself knitting a few of these this year. Here are the top 5 that I can't live without.
Photo by: Rose City Yarn Crawl
Not only does this cowl scream wear me this spring! It is the offering from my neighborhood yarn shop, Close Knits. Sally has designed such a simple and gorgeous cowl that I can't wait to make one or two. Plus it gives me an excuse to knit with Spud and Chloe Outer! I love their color palette I just have never found a project for it.
photo by Rose City Yarn Crawl
Twisted yarn shop's Shannon Squire makes some of the most beautiful shawlette patterns out there. This little beauty is no exception. Shawlettes are something that I always wish I had come summer nights in June but never seem to finish knitting. This one however I already have a skein of yarn ready to go! 2014 the year i finish a shawlette or two!
Photo by Rose City Yarn Crawl
Dublin Bay Knitting Co, had my favorite in store event at last year's yarn crawl. They had Scones and Tea and Downton Abbey playing. Seriously what more could a girl ask for during a rainy day of shop hopping! There Pattern for this year is inspired by one of my favorite parks in town Fields Park! I have already marked a skein of Bumblebirch that I picked up at last year's yarn crawl for this shawl. I am debating casting it on for my bus knitting during the crawl.
Photo By Rose City Yarn crawl
Gresham's Little Lamb And Ewe is one of the few yarn stores in portland's metro area that I have not had the pleasure of visiting yet. I am hoping to make this happen during the yarn crawl.
Photo by Rose City Yarn Crawl
Ever since my leap into sock knitting last summer, I have been wanting to try a lace and cabled sock. Yarn Garden's toe up creation is perfect. It can be hard to find a good lacy toe up sock but this one is a home run!
So those are the patterns from this year's group that are Must Knits for me. Join me tomorrow when I will give you my suggestions for the best events and Trunkshows of this year's yarn crawl. See you then!
A few weeks ago the charming Lizzy House thru down the gauntlet and started a contest for her new line of fabric Catnap. I had been debating making a dress out of one of these beautiful prints but had talked myself out of it. This contest was just the push I needed to make a dress with silly cats all over it! I used the pattern Macaron by Colette. I did a few tweaks. I wanted the pockets to be in the front so I could use them while I rode my bike but i didn't want all the pleats to interrupt or hid any of the sweet kitties so I gathered the skirt instead. I also had a heck of the time cutting out the bodice, I wanted to make sure that the cats weren't folded up into the Darts. That takes a lot of brain power when there 4 of them on the front bodice alone. t think this is a much more wearable version of the macaron, simply because of the lack of gathers.
Outfit Details
Dress: Handmade - Colette Macaron made with Lizzy House Catnap Fabric! ( Kitty Dreams in Grass and Catnip in Mint)
Hat Handknit- Amelia Earhart Aviator Cap by Flor in Malabrigo Worsted in Frank Ochre
Glasses: See Optical
Tights: Target
Necklace: Gift from my mom.
Hello my sweet readers. Sorry for the unplanned and extended blogger break. Blame it on stomach flu followed by the worst head cold of my adult life AND laryngitis at the tail end. Oh February I am so over you. Please March get here soon. This was a bad one guys. like lay on the couch and try to will yourself to become part of it. No sewing, barely any knitting for almost 14 days. I've completely given up on the Knitting Olympics this year. I spent the majority of my down time stalking discontinued fabric on the internet, and obsessing about making all new spring dresses. As I've started to feel better. I've got a wee bit of cast-on fever. Wanna See?
If you follow me on twitter or Facebook. You may have seen me cussing out yarn with silk content. Now don't get me wrong. I love this yarn. It is Quince and Co Tern. But for whatever reason yarns with a silk content + me + lace knitting = Fugly. See this yarn was intended to be a very lacy cowl when i first bought it. after knitting a swatch of the lace with the yarn I shoved it in my stash. Then this awesome cardigan by Carrie Bostick Hoge came out and I had to knit it. The sample is knit in Tern, so I stupidly set about knitting without swatching the lace. BIG MISTAKE. The lace looked off I don't know what it was, maybe my YO were to loose maybe my SSK to tight but something was off and the little bit of steam blocking I did made no difference. I sent it to the frog pond.
What you see above is just a simple Featherweight Cardigan by Hannah Fettig. When Hannah started knitting patterns for Quince and Co she re-tooled the featherweight in Tern. I love how that sweater looks and I know that this sweater will get a lot of use in my new planned spring dress line up.
Oh silly named sock yarn, how I will buy you every time. This feisty color way happens to be called Walk of Shame. Seriously how could I leave this yarn behind. This is some of the last of my Stitches West Stash. It reminds me of all the fun trips I've had to stitches west even though I cannot be there this year.
Started way before I got sick, this lovely squishy sweater is Snowcloud by Hilary Smith Callis. It is finally the perfect fit for my Manos Maxima in Royal. I bought this at LAST year's Rose City Yarn Crawl, and I hoping to wear it to this years!
I hate to think of any lovely yarn as Lemons but when I bought this amazing Dyed in the wool by spin cycle. I thought I was buying the right yarn to make a grey garden. Nope I need a worsted weight handspun. Oh well, I think there is enough yarn to make a sweet pair of simple fingerless mitts out of. I like how mindless they are and how they are subtle gradient. So that is where I what I have been up to lovely reader. I am excited to get back on track with a DIY video this weekend and more blog posts. Hope February has been treating you better.
Hey everyone. I hope you had a great weekend. I thought I'd give you a recap of this cute little place I went to this weekend with a few lovely local bloggers. Over on Alberta street there is this cute little bakery called The Sugar Cube.
They have such a lovely little shop where they serve Ristretto Roasters coffee and Smith's loose leaf teas. They have a mouthwatering assortment of baked goods to choose from. You should be forward however that this is a tiny little bakery. The seven of us took up a majority of the tiny cafe's space. However most of their pastries are perfect for grab and go.
I had a cup of coffee and the toast with almond butter and caramelized bananas. Let me tell you caramelized bananas are going to be making an appearance in my weekend home breakfasts in the near future. it was so good, the bread had great crumb and the tiny rounds of caramelized sugar gave the toast a satisfying crunch.
So not only was there awesome food there was great company as well. Our little blogging party was made up of Rachel from Love, Rachel, Erin of Bakery Bingo, Annie of Serious Crust, Brooke of Babbling, Brookelyn, Sarah of Will Run For Pasta, and my #1 Lady Date Erika of A Tiny Rocket. Thanks so much to Rachel for putting this little meet up together. It is always fun to go out with bloggers who get why you feel the need to take 300 pictures of a piece or toast!
Hey everyone, Happy February, So today marks the official launch of the 12oz Beehouse's You Tube Channel. For my first video I did a January Favorites video. I include everything from lipstick to handmade goodies to what I've been chowing down on this past month. So please check it out give it a thumbs up and don't forget to subscribe. I am hoping to do weekly posts at first and then bump up my frequency to twice a week around april. If you a new reader that came over here from my You Tube Channel then hello and welcome. I bet you want to see all those close up photos I promised. Your wish is my Command!
All by Julep: Rock Star Hand Cream, Glycolic Hand Scrub, Mighty Cuticle Treatment
Armour Beauty in Barracuda
Real Techniques Retractable Lip Brush
Disney for Sephora Ariel Mirror (sorry this is sold out)
handmade fingerless mitts!
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel. Hope you have an awesome weekend and Go Broncos ( sorry PNW, I'm Team Peyton till he stops playing.)
