2021
June
May
April
- Creativity check in and finished knitting & sewing projects, late April 2021
- A long weekend in Michigan
- On a would-have-been due date
March
- Nurtured sweater, finished
- Seeing spring everywhere
- Creativity check & finished projects, mid March 2021
- Melting snow, sunshine, and late winter visits
February
- Blue skies in February & the first hint of spring
- Life in wintertime
- Him, 31 years & Valentine's day brightness
- Creative goals for 2021 & finished projects
January
2020
December
November
October
September
- Mini mid-week getaway to Michigan
- Family photos by Love, Leon
- Pink Lou box top, finished
- Life lately, early September 2020
August
July
June
May
- Creativity check, late May 2020 (& lots of completed projects)
- Being his mama
- Mother's day knitted gifts
- My mug collection (a mini tour)
April
- Continue to sing
- Sour beginnings
- Mid-April bits and pieces
- Several finished quarantine knits and creativity check, April 2020
- Before we see the leaves (on life while social distancing)
March
- Tundra Jumper, finished
- 19 Pockets of joy, aka staying home
- Creativity check, early March 2020
- A mantra for hard weeks + my early March favorites
February
- Life lately, Late February 2020 edition
- A Mavis hat for Cooper
- My typical day with an 8-month-old
- Finished Mavis hat, Align mitts, and Creativity check, February 2020
January
2019
December
- 2019: A (knitting) year in review
- Our Christmas 2019
- An early family Christmas, in person
- Slow snowflakes
- Lately, I love (December 2019 edition)
November
- Littlest joys + bedtime reading
- Eyes to see
- Navy cardigan for Cooper, finished
- Make bars instead
- Happy little November things
- Reclaiming lunch
- Baby's first snow
- A fall visit to Minnesota
October
- All the earth
- Life lately and October favorites
- Creativity check and finished projects, mid-fall 2019
- Dune hikes and apple orchards
- Twenty-nine (a birthday post)
September
- Tecumseh sweater, finished
- Ushering in fall + life lately
- Little baby in a big city
- Vertices unite shawl, finished
- Abundant skies
- Early September bits & pieces
August
- Morning sing-a-longs
- Six years of us
- The edge of the season + Cooper at 2 months
- Little summer victories
- The quiet
July
- Creativity check & finished projects, summer 2019
- Late July life
- Newborn and postpartum essentials that we love
- Fully present
- New joy & embracing the pauses
June
May
- Memorial day & life lately
- Preparations for Baby DeVries
- Baby boy knits, finished
- Abundance
- Moving into a new home
- Celebrating baby DeVries in Minnesota
April
- Life lately, late April 2019
- A trip to the mountains
- Goodbye, Austin (life lately, pre-move and the move itself)
March
February
- February self-care
- Creativity check & finished knits, late February 2019
- After the waiting, & thoughts at nearly 22 weeks
- Extra time, extra joy
January
2018
December
- 2018: A (knitting) year in review
- An early Christmas in Indiana
- Slow advent-ing
- Advent & a prepared heart
November
- Thanksgiving weekend & Christmas preparations
- A snowy November visit to Minnesota
- Homemade chili
- A lot of ordinary, a little bit special
- Two-color brioche cowl, finished
October
- Life looks like (late October edition)
- Tiny colorwork sweater, finished
- Breathe in, breathe out
- Finished Metamorphic dress, II
- Creativity check, Fall 2018
- Twenty-eight (a birthday post)
September
- Hello, fall
- Baked peanut butter oatmeal (our favorite breakfast)
- Finished Klein dress (midi-length version)
- The season ahead & a Summer of Basics recap
- The Weekender sweater, finished
- Porch season, again
August
- A placeholder life
- Five years of us
- Small projects, special yarn
- Chicken gnocchi soup
- Finished Klein dress (top version)
July
- Life lately, July 2018 edition
- Late July creativity check + Summer of basics update
- Minnesota, in the summer
- Community + shaking off heaviness
- Finished Cyril socks & Summer of Basics update
June
- Late June's bread & butter
- Milena shawl, finished
- Better (summer) habits + our weekending
- Creativity check & Summer of Basics 2018
- Ninilchik Swoncho, finished
- Life lately, early summer 2018
May
- Maine, Part III: A better good
- Maine, Part II: Places and Things
- Maine, Part I: Senses
- Bandera shawl, finished
- 12 lessons from my career as an RN
- Scrappy socks, finished
- Long weekend love
April
- Little loving rituals
- Strawberries
- Toaster #2 sweater, finished
- Creative grace & works in progress, spring 2018
- Favorite things, spring 2018 edition
- Grace upon grace upon wildflowers
March
- Finished Reversible Metamorphic dress
- Finished Mavis baby hat
- Little victories
- Creative progress, March 2018
- It might be a Sunday at our house if you...
- On eating well
February
- No ray of sunlight's ever lost, or a discussion about fear
- A winter visit
- A bit unexpected
- Finished Mae sweater
- A rainy February day
January
2017
December
- 2017: A (knitting) year in review
- Christmasing 2017
- I've been (Christmas 2017 edition)
- A different response & undercurrents of joy
- Decembering
November
- Going slow, having grace, giving thanks
- Simple sausage & egg breakfast casserole (overnight optional)
- Preparing for a slower December
- Creativity check, early November 2017 + thoughts on 9" circulars
- (Late) autumn loves
- Roasted broccoli (for the faint of heart)
October
- Finished Glacier Park Cowl (aka the friendship cowl)
- An unembellished life
- Little joys
- Finished blush Blackwood cardigan & sewing advice for beginners
- Sewing clothes + slow as a good thing + weekending
- Creativity check & works-in-progress, October 2017
- Twenty-seven (a birthday post)
September
August
- Finished brioche scarf
- The glad game & little bright bits
- Finished May cardigan
- Four years of us
- Progress toward creative goals, late summer 2017
- Beachy keen
- A (summer) letter to myself
July
- Christmas (cookies) in July: Almond shortbread drizzle cookies
- My first quilt, finished
- Sunrise, sunset
- Finished modern colorwork cowl
- Low-key Austin in a day
- Lately, early July
June
- Works in progress, creative planning, & excess
- Turkey, kale, & sweet potato skillet
- My summer beauty routine
- Early summer sweetness
- Red yarn, five tries: A metaphor
- Fruitful comfort
May
- Tuesday love, lately
- Finished Arctic Cardigan
- The daily joy
- Austin adventuring & family visits
- Finished Sencilla cowl
- Fullness
- Lately: What I'm loving right now
- Progress toward creative goals, spring 2017
April
- The blog turns three!
- An Arkansas getaway
- Easter scenes & sights & sounds
- My favorite smoothie
- This city, this day, this moment
- Share what you love
March
- Where beauty grows
- Finished Late Night socks
- Spring in my step
- Not exciting, but sanctifying
- Progress toward creative goals, winter 2017
- A staycation
- In the in-between & new favorites
February
- Patches of light
- Tuesday joys & my making
- New materialism & satisfaction
- Better resting
- Sweeter than an afternoon treat
January
2016
December
- 2016: A (knitting) year in review
- Christmasing 2016
- Countdown to Christmas
- Christmas prep & daily life
- 'Tis the season for moisturizing
November
- Coffee shops of Austin (my favorites)
- Decking the hall(s) of our one-bedroom apartment
- A bit different this year
- "I don't have anxiety."
- Zippered flannel pillow covers & little happenings
- Ushering in contentment
- Happy November!
October
- A night out and "normal" at 26
- Why do I make things?
- Fall thoughts
- Finished knitting projects, fall 2016
- Reverence & direction
- Slow fashion October 2016: An introduction & long-worn
- Grass-fed beef veggie pie (& a grain-free crust)
- Twenty-six (a birthday post)
- Canada, part III: What the mountains remind us
- Canada, part II: Places and things
- Canada, part I: Senses
September
August
- Traveling activities
- Three years of us
- A recipe for (late summer) coziness
- Our love story, part II
- Rainy Sunday plans
- A grown-up sleepover
- The patterning of life
- Creativity check: Summer 2016
July
- Our love story, part I
- Hospitality with personality, & modern fika
- Community & a visit up north
- Finished Anna vest
- Lessons from mid-summer
- Introducing: A podcast!
- Life in a list
June
- Finished Strathcona Scarf
- Early summering
- Good, hard things
- The fruit of belonging
- Laundry tips and tricks, from mom
- An honest look at Saturday
May
- While we're at it, notice the scenery
- Foolproof oven-baked salmon
- No formula for a perfect day
- Glory, glory
- Antarktis shawl, finished
- Sunshine & macaroons
- A retreat
April
- Lately, little things
- Weekend prep for weekdays
- Most useful reusables
- A new idolatry, disguised
- Daily essentials: Activity routines
- Daily essentials: Rest and comfort routines
March
- Like you're alive, weekend edition
- Seasons of the soul
- Daily essentials: My beauty routine
- A change in the air
- What is my song?
- Someone to knit with
February
- Subtlety, forgotten
- House & heart talk
- Creativity check: Early 2016
- Joy is:
- Daily essentials: Coffee
- Parsley egg salad + Quick pickled fennel
- This is the day
January
2015
December
- After anticipation
- Christmasy weekending
- Maybe a little bit boring
- An early Christmas up north
- Choco-mint snappers (made gluten-free)
- Better than my words
November
- And just like that
- Lessons from fiction
- Loving from afar
- But still nice
- Roasted squash seeds
- A heart in tune
October
- A chili festival & "happy little trees"
- Slow fashion October
- Steadiness & readiness
- Two little things
- The rhythm of the day
- Autumn favorites
September
- Twenty-five (a birthday post)
- When the words don't come
- September's visits
- Lessons from night-shift
- Zucchini bread (gluten-free)
- A thoughtful grip
August
- Coffee table scenes
- Go-to recipes
- My (slow) blog
- Two years of us
- Joy for ordinary days
- How (and why) I meal plan
- Choosing Heaven-mindedness over like-mindedness (and comfort)
July
- A goal update & daily life around here
- Sriracha spinach egg medley bowls
- Visiting family & San Antonio adventures
- Pulled to love: On getting unstuck
- What it's like being a Registered Nurse (from my perspective)
June
- Life in the in-between
- 7 things I'm learning about myself (or: thirsty souls)
- June joys, with reservation
- Necessary adjustments: spending, food, & social media
- Speaking another language
May
- May making & planning
- When we have visitors (we have fun)
- Practicing rest & balance
- Personalizing our (rental) home
- Homemade granola (gluten-free)
- Savoring spring
- When it's a bad day
April
- Spring refreshers
- The blog turns one
- Andrea, 5 years ago & the nostalgia bug
- Our take on minimalism
- A busy, floral week
- Surprised
- What the Holy Spirit thinks
March
- Finished Lila Sweater
- Up north & a wedding
- March happenings
- Hard work
- Austin & us: 8 months
- Life right now & acknowledging my need
February
- Since it's still February
- This week's epiphanies
- Daily essentials: Kitchen
- February projects
- Living well in the busyness
- Waste, gratitude, and planning my "Yes"
- For my husband
January
2014
December
- When life feels settled
- Christmas happenings & last minute to-dos
- Christmas season favorites
- Slow living & sighing after God
- Common mercies
November
- {Articles Club} Holiday Expectation Management - Liz Holst
- Gratefulness for the past, present, & future
- A simpler November
- {Articles Club} To Love Your Neighbor, You Must Know Your Neighbor - Ben Stevens
- {Articles Club} In Defense of Food: and all who bring it to our tables - Ann Voskamp
- A heart check & choosing to praise
October
- {Articles Club} The Beauty of Living...Slowly: Tsh Oxenreider
- A life update
- {Articles Club} Embracing Our Inner Imperfect Hostess - Ashlee Gadd
- Befriending faithfulness
- {Articles Club} Rules to Eat By - Michael Pollan
- A collaboration with Abigail Murrish!
- Twenty-four
September
- A weekend away & a reminder to myself
- Transitioning
- Camping at Inks Lake
- The here and now (on a Friday)
- Dark Chocolate GF Brownies
- Our city
- We know where to find comfort
August
- On life lately & making our space a home
- Our first year
- The idolatry of comfort & looking forward to grace in the future
- Quinoa breakfast bowls & life this week
- Fridays & friends
- Thoughts on a Friday
July
June
- A moving update and much-needed weekending
- On our table lately
- We're moving!
- Preparations
- On patience