ship shape.

new to the shop.
the skipper is a cozy addition to any sea-worthy
outfit fit for a quick sail around the harbor.
weather the wind & waves in style.
check it out :)

the shop.

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade kphin.etsy.com

i did it! i finally got all organized and put up my things for sale on etsy :) just 8 items right now and i hope to do more things soon, but message me if you would like something custom. enjoy!

p.s. as a belated blog birthday celebration & as appreciation for my readers, i will offer 20% off the listed price of any item if you message me on etsy and put "heart" in the subject by friday march 13th.

news...ish.

so, my sinus infection is slowly (and i stress slooooooowlllyy!) going away, but i have been working on a little sumthin', sumthin' by way of an etsy shop and while it's not ready yet, i have been furiously knitting.

cowls (here and here) and skinnies (see above) and epics (you'll have to wait for it) - oh my! above is a sneak at my favorite sumthin' so far...i call it skinny iced chocolate! (OK, i'm having a little too much fun naming my creations!) i promise i will let you know when the shop is open (once it is, i promise i will probably talk of nothing else...jk)

BUT in the meantime, skip over to auburn & ivory and enter a RAD-tastic contest...you could win a necklace, but get there before friday!

other things i just heart these days:
chalkboard paint is lovely
bonnie & clyde meet salt & pepper
owls...nuff said.
hearts for rent
you will be very lucky...in bed
life lessons as comic relief
sweet, sweet sprouse
mice like techno
wrap me up in recycling
enjoy two days in july

it's a cowl.

so, i had been organizing my yarn the other day (read: procrastinating) and then later in the day i was talking to the the ever inspiring emilia, who mentioned her affection for a cowl (you know, the not-scarf-anti-neck-warmer-neck-warmer) and i agreed! i have been spying them on etsy, but just couldn't part with the cash. so then it struck me, that combining my frugality and knitting skills...perhaps i could make one - two birds, one stone - right? well, obsessively i knit for the rest of the night through two movies (one being juno...my new fave). and i did it! and now i am lining up yarn colors for my lovelies - emilia has requested a surprise and sera [shocker!] has requested black :) here is my cowl made of some lambs wool yarn i bought WAY back in college, it's a lil' bit of rust with mustard, but i luvs it - PLUS wooden toggle buttons are the icing on my cowl cupcake! i'll share the others once i recover from sunday's carpal tunnel!


[photos by kristy for thingsihearttoday]

she's a maniac.

“some people wear their heart up on their sleeve. i wear mine underneath my right pant leg, strapped to my boot.” - ani difranco

i would very much like to wear these while sporting a wide-mouthed-cut-off vintage grey sweatshirt...think flashdance, but more fancy than a steel mill. although i would tape my feet and go barefoot rather than do the high heel thing, these lace-up legwarmers from year of the goat are corset meets knit heaven. j'like (this is me & dw's version of j'adore...our silly american version!). also - for those motivated folks out there - the pattern to make these yo'self is also available.

[photo from year of the goat on etsy]