Category Archives: Out and About

Moorea seal and madewell event

October 16, 2013

I get super excited when events are happening in my city so when I saw that Moorea Seal would be hosting an event to show off her new collection at Madewell I made plans to go. My friend and I got there a bit early so we looked around at all the racks and both found an on sale item to purchase.

Once the event picked up I got a glass of champagne and did a bit of socializing. I met Jess of Pine and Boon who sells super awesome handmade leather bags. She also has a few of her items in Moorea Seal’s shop so we talked about that a bit. It was exciting to meet a fellow maker so maybe if I get the courage I can reach out to her at some point.

I stayed for a little while but then I had to boogie home because my sister was in labor and I wanted to facetime with my mom to see what was going on.

Walker’s first pumpkin patch

October 14, 2013

Over the weekend my friend, who is also named Jessica, and I wanted to hit up a pumpkin patch. Walker was not so much into the idea. He kept saying I’m not going, I’m not going. I kept saying you have to come, you have to come. And then he said pumpkin patches just aren’t my thing. I said well you’re from Texas, have you ever been to a pumpkin patch? He said no so I said well then you have no idea if it’s your thing.

I finally convinced him to go to his very first pumpkin patch and it went just fine. We took a wheelbarrow to the patch and that’s where I got my pumpkin. A 19 pounder. Then we picked out a few smaller ones from the piles out front. Overall it was fun but you really can’t beat the trips as a kid. A hayride around the field, any pumpkin you want (can carry), and then doughnuts and apple cider. Well maybe I can relive those memories when I’m home in Michigan very soon.

Kinfolk event: canning the season

October 2, 2013

If you haven’t heard of Kinfolk yet you may want to check them out. They focus on “creating small gatherings and finding new things to make and do”. When I saw they would be having an event in Seattle I pretty quickly signed up. Despite being based in Portland they have just recently started having events in the Seattle area. This particular event was centered around canning and harvesting the season. I have been wanting to do more canning myself so this seemed like a win win.

The event was actually held in Kirkland and taught by Tina of BigSpoon. I had never been to Kirkland before but from googlemaps it didn’t look like it would take too long on the bus. Well maybe normally it wouldn’t but last weekend it was raining, well pouring, all weekend long, including the Saturday evening of my event. My first bus was late, and then my second bus was late, and then not really knowing where I was I got off the bus too early and had to walk a bit farther. Basically I arrived maybe 20 minutes late, not bad considering.

Luckily I hadn’t missed much and jumped right into where they were at in the apple butter making process. After the cold bus ride/walk over the cozy kitchen that smelled of cooking apples was quite a comfort. We learned how to make 2 kinds of apple butter and a mustard (with fresh horseradish)-it was spicy! While we were waiting for the apple butter to cook down we had some snacks, most of which were canned-sticking with the theme.

In addition to the jams we made in class and got to take home we also got a goody bag with some bigspoon jams inside and a few other things! I also managed to find out the girl next to me lives really close to my new place and she kindly agreed to drive me home. Bless her heart for agreeing to give a stranger a ride home because the thought of getting back on the bus from this strange placed seemed less than desirable.

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