I have wandered far away from my roots in the scrapbooking world. That’s where I’ve spent the most time employed as a crafter, but for a long complicated list of reasons I wound up largely leaving it behind. I’m so…
2009 Year of Pleasure #49
Bear made sugar cookies and I can’t stop eating them. Having a husband who bakes is the best thing and the worst thing ever.
2009 Year of Pleasure #48
Gosh how I love the smell of wet concrete. It smells so clean and sharp. I don’t get it much here in San Diego, but it always reminds me of growing up in Seattle. It smells like childhood. It poured…
2009 Year of Pleasure #47
Did I mention I met Jon Hamm? He’s dreamy. And he just couldn’t have been sweeter.
Pardcast 2009
Over the weekend we got to go to a taping of my favorite podcast. I’ve linked to them once or twice, but seriously, if you like really really ridiculously funny stuff and aren’t afraid of the stray f-word, it’s the…
2009 Year of Pleasure #46
Meet Pearl. Isn’t she a beauty? I had a great little cobalt blue kitchenaid for about eight years, and it finally gave up the ghost a bunch of months ago after one too many batches of bread dough. It served…
2009 Year of Pleasures #41
I got some SERIOUS bounty from my Halloween Swap partner, Moriah of MLBStudios. The plan was to swap three different versions of loveliness, and then repeat those lovelies for six items. But Moriah went above and beyond. I love the…
Sparkly Bat and giveaway!
My next Halloween craft pattern package is a pair of cut out projects. A sparkly bat, and a Spooky scene diorama. I’ve always loved papercutting patterns, ever since 7th grade art class when I first held an exacto knife. I…
2009 Year of Pleasure #40
I got this silver tea set from Bear’s grandma. It’s a beautiful set of actual silver, but I can’t bring myself to polish it up. I really don’t have much call for formal tea parties, and the patina on this…
2009 Year of Pleasure #38
One of the many many photos I took of the food I ate during my beach vacation two weeks ago. It was seriously one of the best parts of the trip. Chocolate Hazelnut gelato. I felt like That Girl, strolling…