Having so thoroughly expressed my love for midcentury design, it should probably come as no surprise that my favorite painters come from the modern art category. I love the art nouveau work of Klimt, I love the whimsy of late…
Beadwork Inspired by Art
When we came up to Modesto in the beginning of April to look for a house, I was having a really tough time with the fact that we couldn’t find anything. So I took myself for a little date to…
Fine Art Beading Project
This is one of those ridiculously large scale projects I got underway last week. It’s something that’s been kicking around in my head forever but I can only now get around to it because I planned it all out, but…
2010 Year of Pleasures #22
I worry you guys are going to get so sick of my bragging. Solid wood dresser, beat up pretty badly but super sturdy. $15. I think I have a Craigslist angel. This was actually a total accidental bit of serendipity.…
Productivity in Procrastination
I spent all last week staring down the calendar and wishing I could ignore a deadline. I was very nearly successful, too. Irreantum is a literary journal for a Latter Day Saint audience, and every year they hold a contest…
Maximum Fun Drive
There have many times over these blogging years when I’ve written about Jesse Thorn and his work over on Maximum Fun.org, but I have to give him one more plug today, and give you all a heads up about an…
Crafting FAIL – again.
I bring you another entry in my series of screw ups, proving that I am fumbling my way towards crafty success. I started a new herb garden – in pots this time so it can travel with me – and…
The unveiling of Round 1
First of all, I feel compelled to apologize for the photos. Looking back through old pictures, it looks like it took me a solid year to figure out how to take pictures in the last house, and even then it…
2010 Year of Pleasures #20
I bought this sampler of oils and vinegar at the chocolate festival over the weekend, and it’s embarrassing how much of it I’ve already eaten. Particularly that sundried tomato bistro oil. It’s essentially a combination of olive oil and balsamic…
The neverending move
As much fun as I had at MaxFunCon, and I had a ton and do not regret it one iota, it has made this move last forever. I’ve still got boxes in the livingroom, the silverware that got left behind…