All ears!

I may or may not have said the magic word. T-R-E-A-T.

New look, better shopping

Can I say that NobleKnits launched my career? It very well may have. I had no idea what I wanted to do when I went to college, I was about to sign up for Business Administration. My sister sat there with me at orientation and gave me this stare that could have frozen the sun. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Business Administration?

LOOK AT THIS MAJOR!
Graphic Design & Illustration

Um, ok? Should I take that instead? I mean it sounds fun, but what will I do?

You get to buy art supplies! Look at this list: erasers, paint, tracing paper, markers... you LOVE that stuff!

Do I?

Yes! That's your major.

I am a graphic designer through and through and my sister knew it before I did. And she's used that knowledge to the fullest. When Nancy started NobleKnits in 1999 who was the starving college student she bribed with dinner and clean laundry facilities to design her first logo? Who cropped her photos? Who did the pattern layout?

Me. The budding graphic designer. Here's what we made and we loved it.

So here I sit on my MacBook Pro with the full Adobe suite surrounded by sketchbooks, Pantone swatches and inspiration, many years after my college orientation and many NobleKnits logos later launching a brand new website. Look at this!

We've come a long way, baby. A small pattern company that started in a condo is now a mulit-person operation that sells yarn, patterns, needles and a love of knitting. My first client, my favorite client. Cheers to you and all your hard work not only on your website but on me!

Reaching for the sky

My one and only mother-in-law gave me this cactus for my birthday. It was a tiny plant that fit comfortably in it's new home but after a few weeks it sprouted offshoots and kept getting bigger. Then one day it shot out these long stringy arm and went into bloom!

Pizza party!

We do a weekly pizza night with our neighbor friends. We each cook two pizzas and then get together and chow down. Tonight was a fabulous find by Sortachef, a prosciutto with porcini mushroom pizza that will definitely be added to our list of favorites.

Treasure hunting

Here's my fun garage sale finds for the day, a gold glitter tray that is amazing and really rad gold earrings that will look great while I hang out with my tray. Lastly is an avocado recipe books that looks like it's out of the late '60s or early '70s. I'm not sure, when did Los Angeles have a ZIP code of 54? I love the glowing guacamole and burning candles. And, inside tucked in with avocado recipes is a newspaper clipping with the title "Ex-Fatty Teen Cooks For Fun."