Merry Morning! The weather is like 12F here. I shouldn't complain because I like cold weather- but snow to be more exact.
This morning while waiting for my coffee to brew, I was listening to NPR's Morning Edition and stumbled on their site and found The band Vampire Weekend They sort of remind me of a newer- slower- NYC/Brooklyn Specials. You can add a few of their songs to your playlist- and they have an album coming out at the end of the month.
This photo is of one of my latest Scraparellas, little Ziggy Stardust. The bolt is in a bit different spot- but I hope it is still recognizable.
This weekend I made steel cut oats in the slow cooker. I'll have to try it again- because they came out terrible! I had two different recipes one online and the other in a book and I sort of mixed them and well- the end result was not good!
I have 3 store orders I am going to be working on to send out. Today I'll also be adding two new Scraparellas the one in the picture and another cutie, a few more coffee cuffs and Snuggle Bunny t-shirts.
Thanks for stopping by~ Have a great day xo!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Little Ziggy Stardust Scraparella
Friday, January 18, 2008
Jane of the Jungle Coffee Cuff new to our shop.
It has been a long week. Now Friday has finally arrived and by the look of the clock has almost come and gone. Zach is finishing up an inky blue button bag - they have been one of our best sellers in ur etsy shop. We have to buy some more buttons to replenish our stash. Zach's sister for Christmas last year bought us 5 or 8 pounds of buttons from ebay- which Z promptly organized by color- the system is great!
Tomorrow I am going to pop my head into Anthropologie for any after holiday cuteness sales. Sunday we have a baby shower. Tonight I worked on the gifts. Two bib- matching onesie sets and two extra onesies appliqued and a cute iron on.
So tired~ Just a quick post then off to bed~ Maybe I'll have something cute to show & tell tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
New in the Shop & Update & Wednesday & Everything
So yes, I have already posted 1 time today- but I wanted to introduce the new colors & layout of the bloggie. I also wanted to post one of the items I'll be listing in the shop. Today & tonight will be the update.
I've been renting from the library (Veronica Mars & MY So Called Life)- I prefer Kristen Bell in Veronica Mars- to Heroes- but watching MY So Called Life- makes me think of my high school years and sometimes I wish I could do it over.(Well maybe just the wardrobe) But overall the feeling- clothing & music of the 90's I just love it! Plaid plaid with stripes- black tights w/ shorts & boots or skirts- it is all so Singles! And frankly I want to bring that back.. so if you check out my Flickr page-starting in the next few days you might see a little late 90's! YAY
With that here is a scarf I just finished- from a recycled t-shirt and a fleece polka dot scarf.
xo
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Just a quick laugh for the day. I've been adding new coffee cuffs & aprons all this week- I also have 2 new Scraparellas another one just awaiting her skirt and then will be listed.
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xo
M
Friday, January 4, 2008
A New Found Project- for the New Year~
Crafty Pod to get an idea.
I immediately loved the idea of reworking an older calender. I went to the dollar store and purchased a $.99 cent "Curious Cats" calender and got started. I only wish I still had the others I had saved from past years that I eventually got rid of. Right now I still have my Harry Potter calender to use along with my stash of collage photos. I got through about 6 months. Below are some of my photos: I should be finished by the weekend- then I'll start on the lovely zippered day planner/wallet my mom bought me for
The Cover
THe Months:
Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) made it as the star of March- my birthday month.. being my favorite character. Even Haggred make an appearance- I'm still working on some ridiculous word bubbles. May, my husband's birthday month- became a collage of toy photos, as well as the silly pictures of he and his coworkers in their magazine,
ToyFare to get an idea.
Overall I was really delighted to have found this blog/pocast. I was able to save some money and put to use photos & a 2007 calender all over again!
Happy Crafting!
xo
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Happy New Year 2008!
Here is my Self Portait Thursday photo. I was feeling a little flapperish-
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♥The New Year was spent with good friends at a local Sushi Rest. called East that serves their fare on a conveyor belt. After we had everyone over our place basically for the first time since we moved there. Enjoying salsa & chips, cookies and other yummy bits. I was introduced to the LOLCAt site and watched a couple of SNL shorts which I had never seen. Then those who were around for the ball dropping rang in the new year with water in fancy champagne flutes!
♥The following day we listened to Christmas music one last time and packed up the holiday ornaments & such.
♥Last night was the premiere of the new season(18th to be exact) of Law & Order with Six Feet Under's Jeremy Sisto. Ahhh following in the foot steps of the wonderful Det. Robert Goren played by Vincent D'Onofrio, it seems possible that Sisto- who plays Detective Cyrus Lupo, may be as lovely & strange as Goren. I can't wait! Of course Old Faithful,the new appointed DA,Jack McCoy aka Sam "The Eyebrow" Waterson is still available for the witty comeback and swish of bourbon. Oh how I do love all of the Laws & Orders.xo
♥In other news- I've been working hard on finishing up projects that I started for the shop before the holidays and had not finished. There will be some new aprons- with skulls & owl themes- new totes- coffee cuffs-Scraparellas- ties-Valentine's theme gifts and other cuteness.All the lovlies you'll need for your Valentine Honey or for anyday of the week~So look for new pieces in the shop!
♥In an attempt to actually budget better- my parents gave us a membership for Costco. My hopes are that I can cut our running to the local market 2x a week down by stocking up in advance. So I started planning our dinners for the entire months of January & February. I was inspired by the last few pages of Woman's Day magazine. A magazine my mom got me a subscription for a year ago and then just renewed for me. The last page has a month's worth of mostly meat dinners- but I made mine for vegetarians and vegans(omit a few eggs). If anyone is interested- email me or leave a comment and I'll send you a copy.
♥From the dinners planned I was able to use what is in our cubbards and what we will need to buy. We also made a list of what we have on hand ( drygoods & canned). This may all sound a bit crazy- but we needed to cut down on extra buying and not eating our leftovers.
I also planned to use up what we may have in one recipe in another- but I don't think it is boring by any means!
♥So that is what our New Year's has been about. Getting organized- streamlining our household and updates for the shop. We'll be ordering new business cards & designing new buttons too.
Hope your New Year is looking Cheery & Bright!
Friday, December 21, 2007
A Rusted Root~Apples Simmering~ Kind of Day
So I had been thinking about the band Rusted Root, a lot lately. They were one of the bands that really kept my spirits up. I later learned from a schoolmate that apparently* the singer wasn't very nice. Which made me sad- but the music still gets me excited- shaking all aroun the kitchen.
Last night I finished appliqueing a messenger bag for a family member as well as a scarf for my niece- a custom ordered onesie which will go out today along with baking 2 loaves of banana bread (1- flax,peanut-butter,choc.chip w/ toasted coconut on top- 2 walnuts) I kept one pretty natural and low key. (that one actually came out a bit tastier!- I'll know for next time less is more!)
We also finally rented from our library, 1408. I loooove John Cusack - the movie was very different and a little creepy- but more strange and eerie. What a great movie reviewer I'd be.
Today while peeling apples for apple/cranberry muffins ( which will go in tins and party bags for family- along w/ banana bread-choc.chip peanut cookies, sugar and pumpkin cookies) I was thinking about the things I want if and when we can ever afford a house. I'd like something simple with charm- a little country and maybe a fireplace.. because I've always wanted to have a mantle to decorate. I remember one year my parent's bought this corregated cardboard roll that was colored like bricks and we put it up in the living room- maybe it was silly but I liked it or I liked that they did it for us looking back.
I miss not having a kitchen table to decorate and eat at. As I've mentioned before our apt. is hobbit-like and all we have is a tall counter or the coffee table to eat dinner at. For now it is okay- but I dream of taking my little table out of storage and using all the wonderful new & vintage linens I've aquired over my years of thrifting.
So today I set up the table we use for our shows & screenprinting. Yup! I set that baby right up in the kitchen and decorated it and everything! I'll use it to create the pastry assembly line for later.
I think this will be my last entry till we finish with Christmas. I'll be uploading to Flickr.
Be Well Have a Wonderful Christmas & Happy New Year!!
m