mom, daughter, skirt

Remember the pile of beautiful fabric I brought back from Ghana?  My mom and I made a bubble skirt:

and I already owned the perfect matching cardigan

So fun & colorful to wear!

It's the weekend! And it's already raining on my plans. I am going strawberry picking this weekend and biking or walking to the farmer's market tomorrow. 

Speaking of fun weekend things, if you're in the Worcester area, check out next weekend's best event (hosted by my organization): African American & Juneteenth Festival. Good music, yummy soul food, and vendors!

hibernating

Hello, hello friends, I'm back! I've been back from Ghana for a couple of weeks now, but starting the last semester of college and a job search while attempting to transition back to New England winter ended up consuming my time. Worcester has been way too gray, slushy, and cold to make me feel like taking pictures and I have been hibernating in my warm apartment with a cozy sweatshirt frequently... However, I brought back a selection of beautiful Ghanaian fabric that should brighten any gray day!

A picture really doesn't do it justice, but isn't it just beautiful? All the patterns and colors and gold and details! I am so lucky that my mom is a great seamstress (somewhat secret talent) and will be able to help me turn the fabric into clothes for my family.

Here's what we wore on Friday, when it was probably the coldest day in all of January.

It's not too noticeable, but I got my hair cut on Friday. It had been almost a year since my last cut and I was really starting to notice a complete lack of shape and style in my hair. Fixed! Also, I bought a perfect pair of new skinny jeans for $20 yesterday!

Hope everyone had a delightful weekend and managed to stay warm. The worst of winter is now over! And with that, I can promise we will be blogging more:-)

Bright Colors of Ghana

My lovely friend Kassie showed me this post which made me o so happy. I've spent the last few years interning and working on and off, as school allows, with a great little microlending organization WomensTrust. I went to Ghana a bit more than an year ago and loved it. Among other things, the clothing is amazing - beauitful fabrics sewn into gorgeous outfits. Inspired by the post, I look through my pictures from Ghana and found a few to share:

These women are carrying their children as is tradition in Ghana with a beautiful wrapped fabric. I particulary love the green and blue on the left.

There were quite a few twins in the village and they all wore matching outfits!

This is the program director and my wonderful host while I was in Ghana - she's modeling a brand new outfit.

And this little girl was by far one of my favorites and loved to dress up and be the center of attention.