Today’s the day!!
The Modern Marigold has its very own (shiny! new!) web site and is
UP AND RUNNING!

So do me a solid, would you? could you?
Clickety-click your way right here to come have a look around,
maybe even say hello
(if you were waiting for a non-awkward moment to de-lurkify,
today’s your lucky day),
and see my new little happy place online.

See you there!

I came across this print on Etsy last week and totally freaked. This is exactly the kind of thing R and I would say to each other.

I put it above our bed (with a nail! and a hammer! see, I really can do it), which space has been in need of some TLC. Behind the print is just a super-starched piece of fabric. Easy peasy fast!

:: the loveliest little sitting space via an indian summer with thanks to shannel::

:: someday I will learn to arrange flowers as prettily as this, via once wed with thanks to oh hello friend ::

:: I want to eat this for lunch — that ok with you, Anna? via noodlehead::

:: this phrase used to annoy me, but this sunny print might change my mind, via keep calm gallery ::

:: I’ll take one brick wall, please? via jenny darling with thanks to candace::

:: so snuggly, so cheerful, so bright! via selmaoglinea ::

Anyway, one of the cleaning missions this past week was to put a family picture in the laundry room. When it came down to it, I couldn’t pick just one picture but also didn’t want to monkey around with frames and nails and stuff (shudder. totally man’s work in this house. anybody else, or am I the only unempowered non hammer-wielding woman around here?).

So, with the view of making it a quick project without any fuss or hauling out the sewing machine or anything, I grabbed some bias tape scraps, knotted them together, and clipped on the pictures along with some of my Grammie’s hankies. Ta-daa!

Laundry room = happy place. Except that the laundry room is also the one room in the house that we still haven’t unpacked. All in good time, all in good time. Anybody else have a fun happy place decorating idea to share? I’m really happy that I don’t suck at cleaning anymore, but not sucking at decorating… let’s just say that won’t be such an easy fix.

Courtney had me make some skirts last year for her family. She was pregnant at the time, so for this year’s family pictures, we dreamed up new skirts for her and her littlest girl. For her own skirt, she opted for a lightweight jersey waistband to match the skirt fabric — so comfy!

The first batch of new skirts is now in the shop! I’ve drafted up a new pattern that’s a little bit swingy-er for summertime. Each new listing is for a particular size, but can be custom made in any size you like.

Have a fun weekend, everyone! Kissy kissy!