A House, Our Home

We do. Bona fide, working radiators. This has been a dream of mine. They came with the house Galen and I just bought in Hampden, Baltimore, MD. We could not be happier.

It had been FAR too long since I have posted a quality, personal post. The reason mostly being the craziness that home searching/buying can be and was for us, on top of working full-time and recording our new single. But, it was totally worth it.

We have been in our home for 7.5 days and slept in our own bed/bedroom for the first time last night. It was wonderful. We took on the challenge of painting a previously red and yellow bedroom crisp, bright  white with rich, dark sea green trim. It took a bit longer than we originally thought, but we are so pleased with the results - beautiful, calming, our little sanctuary.

Since this project has taken so much of our time, we don't have much else to show for. But it will all come together.

We love our little neighborhood and all it has to offer. The people, the shops, the quaint little homes. It's entirely walkable. So far we have enjoyed these local businesses on 36th St. (The Ave):

Golden West Cafe - Amazing New Mexican food, great atmosphere. They also serve breakfast and have a packed live music calendar.
Holy Frijoles - Cheap Mexican food, fun drinks.
A Common Ground - A local favorite. Brews Zeke's Coffee and has a great selection of fresh pastries from a local bakery.
Trohv - a beautiful gift/home goods shop. They also sell beautifully picked furniture and have a new location in DC.
Hunting Ground - a brand new, vintage clothing and accessories shop in an old church building. They also carry some boutique clothing labels and have a sweet music section - as in guitars and pedals and strings. Galen and I are having to physically restrain ourselves from going crazy here.

We are so excited for this new adventure in our lives and can't wait for friends to come visit and fill our home with love and laughter. More pictures and updates to come.

XO

kelci

Better Late Than Never

Life has a way of going on without giving you time to pause or take a breath. I've barely had time to get on the computer in the past few weeks, let alone blog. Any downtime I've had is when I'm sleeping. Thank you President's Day for allowing me time to get caught up and make a fried egg for breakfast.

I have a younger sister. She's a 16 year old darling. My dreams from when I was in high school are coming true. I get to boss her around and help her get ready for dances. She takes it like a champ.

She had a winter dance back in January so naturally, I took her dress shopping. She's a petite little thing and has a hard time finding dresses that fit and flatter. After 3.5 hours of searching, we got in the car defeated. That's when I got the idea to take my big sister duties to the extreme and suggested making her a dress.

I guess she trusts me. I have never made a dress and didn't have a pattern to guide me, but it worked.

I made the top out of crazy 80s curtain material handed down to me from my mother. The bottom is made out of some form of thin polyester. It's not perfect, but it's pretty darn close. And she loved it, which is what counts. 

xo

kelci