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ERIN BOYLE

  • make your own: recycled potholders.

    Recycled legging leg potholders is a bit of a mouthful, but that’s what these are. In the case that any of you have offspring like mine, you’ll be familiar with the astonishingly short life…

    April 6, 2022 17 Comments
  • things i will do in april.

    Yesterday we went to skip inside a gigantic balloon made from used plastic bags. We walked along a soggy Highline afterward. We split chocolate chip cookies and showed off our jumping skills for patient…

    April 4, 2022 10 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. library books. {and having our branch consistently open.} 2. these violas. {for looking like they might just have survived the freeze.} 3. this sunny corner. {leggy week-old tulips and all.} 4. these tiny…

    April 1, 2022 4 Comments
  • make-believe: spring sleep.

    Wake me up when it’s warm. Until then I’ll be daydreaming about spending the day in bed, devouring a good book, huffing as many flower-scented things as I can get my hands on, and…

    March 31, 2022 2 Comments
  • make your own: braided rag rug.

    Five years since receiving and test-driving a bunch of new bed sheets , we find ourselves with a glut of ripped sheets. It started as a slow wear, a kind of general softening and…

    March 28, 2022 42 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. this lacing thread. {ready for action.} 2. this old lamp. {in a new spot this week.} 3. this new issue. {and reading it.} 4. this matchbox. {and the way a strip of gummed…

    March 18, 2022 7 Comments
  • make your own: cowl cap.

    For a little something different, Rose and I teamed up with Misha & Puff to develop a project to make with their beautiful yarn. Just one skein is all you need to make a…

    March 17, 2022 9 Comments
  • apartment progress: a place to sit.

    On Friday nights we order pizza and watch a family movie, which means that for at least a portion of the evening—before dishes beckon from the kitchen or our two-year-old loses her will to…

    March 14, 2022 11 Comments
  • my week in objects (mostly).

    1. this sidewalk-found kitchen. {in a new spot.} 2. almost-spring scenes. {cotton sweaters, droopy flowers, candle nub.} 3. late afternoon sun. {and bubbly water.} 4. drawing cards. {a new-to-me habit.} 5. this sleepy garden…

    March 11, 2022 3 Comments
  • temp check.

    Our two older kids played outside in the courtyard, unattended, for two hours before dinner yesterday. They were joined by neighbor friends and the hours passed with only minor injury to either body or…

    March 7, 2022 38 Comments