This is my favorite last minute, want to impress, unexpected company, on a budget dessert. If you’re like me and always keep tortillas in your fridge and ice cream in your freezer, you will never be more than five minutes…
Year of Pleasures – Bounty of Friends
Atti’s beloved teacher has quite a green thumb, and since he knows I’m a canner and has been the recipient of many of my goodies, he brings me all kinds of wonderful things. This time I got a huge tub…
Tutorial: Envelope Purse
oblyfans Louana My friends at Clover who sent me those crafting tools I was unreasonably excited about also sent me the pattern for this little purse. It’s actually an iPad cover, but they also include instructions for the iPad-less amongst…
Non-Burning Mouthwash
As an owner of Problem Teeth, I’ve had mouthwash recommended to me every time I go to the dentist. But I could never use the stuff because I couldn’t handle the burning of the alcohol that did all the work.…
Roasted Snacking Peas
I am a snacker. My favorite meals consist of variety – an abundance of appetizers, a plentiful cheese plate – and when I’m writing I am a nearly compulsive snacker. I’ve been working away on a project behind the scenes,…
Tutorial: Simple Embossed Pendant
With launching Foxy Like A Crafter, I have been totally obsessed with building a wardrobe and discovering those little pieces I need to pull an outfit together. My first stop was realizing that almost all of my necklaces were fancy…
New Haircut
I am a notorious stylist shopper. I rarely come back to the same person more than once. I think that maybe since I’m such rubbish at styling my own hair, I like to see what other people can come up…
Pea Pancakes with bacon and sour cream
My family will almost never eat vegetables. And when they will eat them, there’s a very short list of which ones they’ll eat. When I first heard about the trend of hiding vegetables in other foods through purees I got…
Year of Pleasures – Care Package
For years I’ve been active in the Maximum Fun community, chatting on the messageboards, listening to all the podcasts, and attending MaxFunCon, a gathering of awesome, creative people doing awesome, creative things. At one of those gatherings, I met my…
Tutorial: Organize Your Days Binder
People are always asking me how I get so much done in a day, and the answer I always give them is “Mental Illness.” Funny because it’s true. But my mental illness is, in many ways, a real blessing (if…