Every year, the week after Christmas, when I’m still feeling full of Christmas spirit but all the items on my todo list have been done, I take advantage of clearance sales and make handmade Christmas cards to be packed away…
NaBloPoMo – and happy blogiversary to me
Because I didn’t have enough going on in my life, I have gone insane and decided to join up with the NaBloPoMo crowd. NaBloPoMo is National Blog Posting Month, a blogging addict’s answer to NaNoWriMo where people even crazier than…
Wax Autumn Leaves
Last month I got this idea for making fall leaves out of melted crayons. I thought I could just use a cookie cutter and toss a bunch of crayon bits inside it, and after a few minutes in the oven…
What I’m Eating – Edamame
Edamame is the immature bean inside a soypod. If these little guys had been left alone they would have grown up to be tofu, but in their current state they’ll be my lunch. I buy packs of frozen edamame at…
Chocolate Pumpkin Cream Cheese Brownies
In my house, we have big debates over the proper consistency of a brownie. Bear feels passionately that they should be dense and chewy. I love a fluffy cake like brownie. The one thing we can come together on is…
2011 Year of Pleasures #41
I’ve been waiting on a bunch of packages lately, and everything just happened to arrive on the same day. I opened my front door and it was like Christmas morning and I had been a very good girl.
Skeleton Crew Cross Stitch Finish
All of my OCD struggles over the last few months have proven productive in exactly one respect. My crosstitching has gotten a lot of attention. Here’s how it looked the last time I showed it off, when I only had…
Pumpkin Crafting disaster
Just in case you thought that every idea I have works out the first time I try it, I present the following Halloween tale… All around the crafty blogging world I’ve been seeing pumpkins covered in some cool object or…
Burlap Topiary
I love the geometric simplicity of a topiary, but I never have a traditional one around my house. Covered in greenery it is just far too classic to fit into my midcentury style. But at the holidays, all bets are…
Spooky Spell Book
Sometimes inspiration is very inconvenient. I was so proud of myself for finishing all my Halloween projects so early in the month. The costumes are ready, treats have been sent, decorations have been made, and then, at the last minute,…