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Beginning today, you can find all of Orange & Shiny's new (as well as old) content on our

new and improved website at http://www.orangeandshiny.com.

Philadelphia Trip Recap - Part 2

The second part of our trip was mainly filled with eating and lounging around the hotel watching the Summer Olympics in Rio (unfortunately via NBC's terrible coverage).

Day 3

We slept in and decided we'd like to try another cheesesteak for lunch.  I had surfed Instagram hashtags like #phillyfood during my trip planning and found a particularly tasty looking sandwich from a place called Cleaver's.  We walked over and ordered a cheesesteak with onions and American to split with a side of waffle fries.  I was so happy to find it was every bit as delicious as the picture led me to believe.  I was also pleased that this proved Instagram is a good way to discover restaurants you might not otherwise find if you know the right hashtag to look into.

Philadelphia Trip Recap - Part 1

Jeff and I recently returned from a five day trip to Philadelphia to eat all the food and do a little sight seeing.  We also took a day to visit Amish country in Lancaster.  Read on for our trip recap!

Orange and Shiny Original Amigurumi Collection: Farm Animals

I'm happy to announce the completion of my first Orange and Shiny original amigurumi collection:  farm animals!  The collection includes the chicken I announced previously in addition to a horse, pig, and cow.

Read on to see individual pictures of each animal...

Stitch Fix #6 - July 2016

It's time to talk about my July fix!  This month I asked my stylist, Melissa, for cover ups to wear with my ever expanding dress collection and she certainly delivered.  Read on for details!

Dragon Fest Food Walk

Last weekend was Dragon Fest in the International District.  They had a food walk where businesses offered tasty small bites for $3 a piece.  We had all kinds of delicious dumplings and other dim sum type bites in addition to Japanese taiyaki and even a small fry from McDonald's (the sponsor of the event).  It was a fun outing and we'd definitely go back again next year!

Small Crochet Chicken

As mentioned in a previous post, I'm currently working on a line of crochet animals to sell in my upcoming Etsy shop.  As I'm sure anyone could predict, my first work is a small amigurumi chicken to match the medium and large/jumbo size chickens I've made in the past.  Here she is:

Jeff has made it clear he wants to keep her, so I guess I'll have to make another for my Etsy shop.  We'll see how quickly that happens since making small chicken feet is a pain.  Stay tuned for more info about my developing line of amigurumi animals!