My first workshop...

Last month I held my very first crochet 101 workshop ever at the Paper Craft + Pantry. I was both nervous and excited for the day. I had a full class of nine ladies and one gentleman,  two of whom are my close friends that decided to support me and sign up for the class. The hour flew by so quickly and by the time we were deep in to crocheting in the round it was time to start wrapping things up. Each participant got a special little gift at the end of the class as well as all the materials needed to make their set of four coasters. Here's some images that Pei and Allie of The Paper Craft + Pantry captured for me.

If you're interested in learning the basics of crochet and are in the Austin area I'll be offering more classes in the near future. You should check out The Paper + Craft Pantry's website for listings of available classes and dates. There are a bunch of fun workshops that Pei offers hosted by very talented artists. 

xoxo

Taylor

daisy duke

Happy Friday! If you've noticed I haven't been blogging very much lately... I haven't been doing much of anything except working these days. I must say this week has been very productive... but I'm still left with this sinking feeling of not getting enough done. To be honest... I'm terrified for this upcoming Holiday Season. I've applied to four shows and don't really have much of anything made as of yet. All my time and energy has been devoted towards my upcoming book and keeping my stores stocked. Yesterday morning I actually took some time to do something fun for myself. As you know... I love to play dress up, so I spent the early morning taking fashion pictures of my new outfits. I never get to "dress up" anymore because I work from home and it's really not necessary... I mean the only people that see me are my dogs. Ha! So... it's always fun every now and then to get all dolled up. 

It's been unusually cool here in Austin. Don't get me wrong... there are no complaints here. I've actually enjoyed life a lot more now that it's not balls hot outside. Sadly, it's not going to last that long.. it should be back in the 90's here this weekend. I'm so ready for Fall weather! Unfortunatly, we won't see or feel that kinda vibe here until late November perhaps... Oh well.... a girl can dream can't she?

Other than it being hot as hell here... life has been pretty swell. I had some help from my dear friend Lisa of lalafauxbois host a giveaway. That was pretty cool. Our little chicks are strong and very healthy and are also growing like weeds!! It's time for them to be moved outside into a permanent coop. 

I also managed to squeeze in a girl date with the gorgeous Katy of Wit & Bloom. Katy found a really cool pottery workshop for us to try out. It was too fun and I can't wait to take another when I can find some time. In other news... I've been looking at my girlfriend Pei of p.s.papershoppe's IG feed and am super envious of this "girl's road trip" that she's on with a few of my other gal pals. They have all taken a trip to Marfa, Texas and are currently staying at El Cosmico. I can't wait to hear all about it when she gets back home.

In just one week my dear Sister and Husbear will be in Austin and staying at our humble home. 

I'm super excited... it has been way too long since I've seen her face. That's not all either! Our longtime family friends will be staying in Austin the same time as well and we are all going to get together and break some bread and reminise about old times. It's going to be swell...

Until next time...

xoxo

Top: Target

Daisy Dukes: Target

Boots: Old Navy

Flower Crown: Garden Head Co.

Sawyer & Co.

A few weekends ago the Mister and I went out on a mission to find a new brunch location. We heard about Sawyer & Co. from some friends of ours and wanted to check it out for ourselves. It ended up being super close to us, located on the east side of Austin. I was in awe and amazed when we rolled up to the restaurant... I had no clue it was designed to be a Mid Century/Modern themed Dinner! I live for that era and couldn't wait to check out the inside as well as the patio that I had just spotted through their fence. We were there super early (they open at 9am) so we felt like we had the whole place to ourselves....

We ended up deciding to eat outside under the covered patio because I just couldn't get over how adorable it was!!! They even had astro turf... I mean come on!!

Their patio furnature was to die for!!! 

Also, the best part of it all was the food of course! It's Cajun inspired and is super delicious. We had the nicest waitress too. 

Fried picjles for breakfast... why not?

I had Eggs Benedict and the Mister had a Crawfish scramble!!

The biscuit was Divine as well.....

I had to take more images on the way out as well. I was super delighted by our experience there and can't wait to take back my Sister and Brother in law when they come into town this month! The food was delicious, the service was great and the patio alone was so fun! 

xoxo

Atx summer show recap part 11

Howdy! I'm back with more images from the ATX Summer Show brought to us by UB&B Productions. I had sooo many images that I decided to split them up into two parts! There were so many talented makers and I wanted to try to share them all with you! So let's get right to it shall we??

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