Moonshine Junkyard

 colorful, wild, vibrant, friendly and exuberant...there's nothing better than a downhome small town carnival...or in this case, YARNIVAL!   it all started when local gal Lexi Boeger of Pluckyfluff handspun yarns (who is famous for creating the world's largest skein of handspun yarn which was displayed in norway until recently and now it has moved back home) decided to create a studio and workshop space for her amazing and unique fiber arts. soooo the Yarnival began, marking the grand opening of this new studio workshop, remodeled from a historic wooden barn on the property of Lexi's parents' winery, Boeger , which i have written about before . below on the left is jenny kerr, lexi's right-hand-woman who planned all these crazy festivities: from the ruffly pink bigtop tent, to lights, animals, face painting, music, vendors, crafts. here is a look inside the new pluckyfluff studio:   these were taken during a quiet...

yes, 3 weddings in the span of a week: a big one , a tiny one , and one perfectly charming, totally DIY, utterly romantic medium size one. dolly and tyler. beautiful dreamers extraordinaires... so, dolly is the sister of my sister-in-law amy. so the timing was extra convenient for matt and amy and their kids , who were coming to town for both our mom's and her sis's wedding. dolly and i have a sweet kinship...plus the fact that she loves funky thrifted clothes, lives with her hands in the dirt, dances like a wild woman, laughs often, and believes with all her heart in sustainability and a nature-centered life, which she shares abundantly with her little 3 year old son Teddy. i adore the gal. you would too. so, dolly was unbelievably relaxed and nonchalant when it came to planning the wedding festivities. all she cared is that it feel like a "big patchwork quilt" of love and friendship, that the colors evoke meadowlands and the"deep spr...