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  • Gotta share a close up of these minis!! Thanks so much @jayda_institches for the sweet tutorial on YouTube! ❤️ Even as a beginning crocheter, I was able to memorize the pattern after one go, and the pattern only takes like an hour for me to make! 🙌🏼 Instant gratification! 😍 I'm thinking I may make a full dozen for Violet over the next few months. ☺️🍩💛
  • Real life cozy kitchen right here. 💛✨ I love seeing pictures of imperfect kitchens, disorganized kitchens, kitchens with too much stuff on the counters.. bc it's evidence of life happening, right there, every day. 👌🏼😍 I mean, don't get me wrong: I love our old kitchen, but like, it also drives me crazy sometimes. 🙈The grout is dingy, it doesn't get enough light, there's like no storage, the layout is dumb, everything in it has been DIYed to death over the past 88 years... 😅but even so, I'm really fond of it. It's mint and retro as hell and we've had a lot of late night floor picnics and stolen kisses in here. ☺️✨ Anyways, idk I just hope this post inspires someone else to be proud of their imperfect kitchen in all its glory!! Hope you're all having a good morning 🤗
  • Can you spot the tiny crocheted 🍩🍩s? I finally learned how to make them over the weekend and am kind of hooked. 🤓☺️ (That pun was unintended, which makes it even better 😅) . . Pattern for donuts: "Pretty Little Donuts" by @jayda_institches on YouTube! Pattern for hats: "The Santa Cutie Hat" by @creatiknit on Ravelry!
  • Violet recently started singing a little bit, real quietly, and I can tell she's thinking hard about how to hit the right pitch. ☺️💓 . We've been keeping Jacob's guitar out at her level, and just teach her *how* to touch it, instead of telling her *not* to touch it. 🤗✨ And so sometimes when the house is quiet during the day, I hear her pluck a little string in the dining room, and she tries to match the pitch with her voice! 😍🎶 Pretty much the sweetest thing I've ever witnessed! . Her favorite though, is when Jacob gets home from work, and he plays Red Hot Chili Peppers songs 😅 ...she can really groove to his version of "Can't Stop" 😆
  • A couple weeks ago I asked everyone how to crochet no-sew toppers for kitchen towels... And you guys are geniuses!!!! Thanks so much to everyone who sent me ideas! 🙌🏼💓 I found a great YouTube tutorial for these little gems and they're actually so fun and simple to make! You can hang ANY towel through the ring! 😱 Mind. Blown. Hahah 👌🏼✨ if you want to watch the YouTube tutorial I used, search "How to Crochet Quick & Easy (No Sew) Towel Topper" by Creative Grandma. 🤗
  • If you look real close, you can see my husband waving from the balcony of his office. 😌❤️ This was a sweet moment from a couple days ago.. . Violet and I dropped him off at work so we could use the car for a girl's day out.. but then I was parked for like 10 minutes outside his office, bc I was on the phone with my Mom, teary about missing Dorothy 🐾🖤 and feeling lost.. not even sure where to go to avoid the empty house. 😕..but then, my husband beeped in! And he was waving from the balcony! ☺️😍 . And I switched phone lines and he started joking about Romeo and Rapunzel and every sappy thing he could think of to cheer me up. 😌😍😄😭☺️ And idk I just wanted to share a little slice of real life. . Maybe if I keep this photo in my feed, someday I'll scroll through and remember how silly he is and how loved he makes me feel, even on the hard days. 💛✨ . . Happy weekend, everyone 🤗 Hope you can spend it with someone who makes you laugh and feel real special ❤️✨
  • Documentation of the MOST EXCITED Violet has ever been 😍😅😍😍 ..we had a super spontaneous girl's day out yesterday and found ourselves at a little vintage airport where we watched planes for ages and had fish n chips together and laughed and exclaimed and laughed again. It was just the best day and I'm so thankful for her and the joy she brings along everywhere. 😌❤️ You gotta swipe to see the video of her reaction when we first arrived. I'll never forget that moment!! 😍😭😍😄
  • Homemaking has been an interesting tool for me after our dog passed away unexpectedly last Thursday. I don't want to bring everyone down by talking about her too much, but the fact is, she's on my mind almost constantly. And I know a lot of people struggle with missing their loved ones during holidays. ..Now I'm one of those people 🖤❤️ ..but anyways what I wanted to share, is that it's really helping me to focus on breathing new life, new energy, into other parts of my home. Especially my daughter's room! 💓 . It's something I thought of because of this Feng Shui book I love, where the author talks about "activating" the parts of your home that you want to bring energy to. ✨ So this weekend we rearranged Violet's bedroom and got her a little table from Ikea, and set up a toddler self care station! 😍 It's amazing how much she loves it! She exclaims "chair!!" and hops up to the table and admires herself on her mirror, puts on her little essential oil roller, smells a lavender sachet.. there's just something so beautiful about it, and by teaching her to incorporate self-care into her day, I am a little softer and kinder towards myself and mindful of my own self-care needs, too. 😌 . Plus the whole Feng Shui "activation" really does help me. Now when I walk in her room, my eyes light up and I feel cheerful. It's fresh in there. I look forward to hanging out in there with her and caring for her. 🤗 . ..I haven't been ready to rearrange or change anything about our own bedroom, because that's where Dorothy slept. But seeing one part of the house as fresh and vibrant helps me imagine a day when our bedroom can be a refuge again, too. ❤️ . So anyways, maybe this will inspire someone else who's missing someone this Christmas. To think about bringing energy to a new place in the house. To channel the deep love part of your grief into the new life that's available and waiting with open arms. ❤️ Thanks everyone for listening and I hope you all have a sweet day. 😘
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Swift and Bloom is written and illustrated by Beth Meyer. She lives in Cincinnati, OH with her husband, their one-year-old daughter, and a peculiar little corgi.

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