SHIM + SONS

SPRING CLEANING

Thank you to everyone who has stopped by my new blog to say hello! I appreciate all the sweet comments and tweets last week. You all are the best! 

So does it feel like spring wherever you are in the world? We've been enjoying a little sunshine here in Portland which has been so nice! And I know spring is right around the corner because I'm itching to purge and organize. First up on the purging schedule is fabric, loads of fabric! I'll be selling bags and boxes of fabric. Most of the boxes will be a good mix of quilting fabric with some linen + wool scraps thrown in there. I'll be posting later this afternoon the link to where you can snatch up a bag or box of fabric, so stay tuned!

UPDATE // Fabric boxes in two different sizes for sale HERE. 

UPDATE 2 // More BIG boxes have just been added!

HELLO, JANUARY! GOODBYE, JANUARY!

It is hard to believe the first month of the new year is almost over. I didn't intend to take a break from posting but life has been full. I've been finishing up projects, working on new ones, organizing + purging and getting myself ready for the new year. I've also been enjoying time with my family [with one road trip to Ashland under our belt] and weekly lunch dates with Appah [no babysitter required!]. I love the excitement and promise that a new year brings. Although I have a list of goals I want to achieve in 2011 overall I'm keeping it pretty simple and wanting to learn to FOCUS in everything that I do. I have a tendency to try to multi-task all day long in order to feel productive [and sometimes it is necessary] but often I miss out in the joy of whatever it is I'm doing or working on because I'm not fully present. I think this also means doing less and/or being selective in how I spend my time. I don't think this is going to be easy for someone like me [I'm a total busybody] but it is definitely worth a try! [This also happens to be my One Little Word for 2011.] Hope you are all having a wonderful start to the new year!  

meet sally

I think having a doll named after oneself is every little [and big] girls dream come true. And Jennifer of Sophie and Lili did just that when she named one her of newest dolls after me. Sally [the doll] is usually dressed in a cute black + white striped t-shirt but the one I received is wearing a pretty black + white gingham top [Jen knows me well!]. The boys think it is so funny the doll is named after me and will take turns running around the house with Sally, accompanied by some pretty hilarious imitations of me. Thanks Jen for the sweet doll! [Check out other Sophie and Lili dolls and accessories here.]

hello, fall!

[And Happy Chuseok to all my friends in Korea!]

i love...

...pale pink peonies.

checking it off my list

My birthday is a few days before J's birthday and since I am not a big birthday person I rather enjoy how my birthday gets jumbled in with all of J's birthday celebrations. I celebrated my birthday with my three favorite boys over a yummy sushi dinner and then later in the week we had a few celebrations for J's 7th birthday. [I still cannot believe I am the mother of a seven year old! How did that happen? I still feel like a kid!] 

A month before my birthday I made a list of things I wanted to do in my 36th year of life. I love lists and I actually have this list hanging on a pin board over my desk. Let's hope when my birthday rolls around again next year there will be a nice little red check mark next to each item. I am so happy that I've already been able to check off #17 + #31. [These photographs are of my first two attempts at baking no knead bread.]

Before my next birthday, I would like to...

1. have professional family photographs taken 

2. design + landscape our backyard 

3. go back to korea for a visit

4. improve my photography skills 

5. learn to use the grill 

6. re-design this site

7. work on a collaboration with someone i admire

8. make a blurb book 

9. print out my old + current online journals

10. take the boys camping again this summer

11. go fishing with the boys

12. put pretty flower pots on my porch

13. write monthly letters to my boys

14. make a quilt [or at least a quilt top]

15. take a letterpress class

16. sew a summer dress

17. take a screen printing class [COMPLETED over the weekend!]

18. screen print fabric with my own design

19. knit something

20. read through the Bible

21. plant a little garden

22. start composting

23. change my avatar photograph 

24. turn my handwriting into a font

25. visit NYC

26. visit LA to meet my new niece [she's scheduled to arrive in a few weeks]

27. learn all the world capitals

28. write down our family recipes

29. make a collage of the boys' artwork

30. finish making a paper crane mobile

31. bake no knead bread [COMPLETED]

32. bake macarons

33. go on a road trip with my family

34. give Facebook another chance

35. screen print t-shirts for the boys

36. purge my craft supply + fabric stash

i love you, spring!

hello, december!

I can't believe it is the first day of the last month of 2009! I'm so not ready for the year to be over. 2009 has been quite an adventure for our family and we're still feeling like nomads, but I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I've noticed how my picture taking has declined over the year and I really need to change that around in 2010. And to help me get my mojo back, I'm thrilled to be over at habit again this month, along with a group of amazing creative women. There is going to be a big party over there this month with 35 of us posting photographs throughout the week. I hope you come visit and find a bit of silence amongst the holiday celebration [and chaos].

happy 4th of july!!

[july 2008 :: oregon berries]

hello, spring break!

We're off to Hong Kong + Macau. See you in a few weeks!