Spring is here!
Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in gardening | No Comments »Well, not really, but this household has been taken over garden planning. This will be our third year at The Spring Gardens and I can't wait! Last week I ordered from Amazon the book You Grow Girl! by Gayla Trail. I've ...
ForkYou Live!…tomorrow!
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in Fork You, food | No Comments »I saw this outside of Foster's on Tuesday, while exploring the city with Boombadeus' mom: Can you see who the guests of this week are? Lemme help you: That's right! If you're in Philly tomorrow, head on over to 4th and ...
Lotus bag
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in embroidery, general crafts, sewing | No Comments »February has been a busy birthday celebration month. It might be the shortest month of the year, but we've already celebrated two friend's birthday and there is another celebration this weekend. Days before R's birthday, I was looking at PurlBee's sewing ...
Luna de…fabric?
Thursday, February 21st, 2008 Posted in sewing, skirt | 2 Comments »The honeymoon, Luna de Miel in Spanish, is defined as "a holiday taken by a newly married couple" never did I think it would involve buying fabric! It was a crisp, beautiful October morning in Madrid and we were heading to ...
Easy Mousse
Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in Fork You, food, geeky, hobbies | No Comments »Craftyangie and I have been helping out Scotty and Marisa create Fork You!, an online video cooking show, for well over a year now. And now, the latest show is up! Mmmm, quick and easy mousse... Just in time for ...
Wild Exaggerations
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Posted in geeky, hobbies, photography | 2 Comments »I hope that Scotty can one day forgive me for taking that photo... heh heh...
Glad I shoot Canon
Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in hobbies, photography | 3 Comments »...That means I can get one of these puppies. Check out the price... and it's huuuuge! Too bad all you Nikon folks are out in the cold on this one! ;-) (Found this via kenrockwell.com)
Simplicity 5914
Monday, February 4th, 2008 Posted in sewing, skirt | No Comments »This is one of the skirts that brought back the seamstress in me after more than a decade. I was a little nervous to sew again; for many years I had only sewn hems, lots of pillows and a picnic blanket...but ...
My hips don’t lie
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008 Posted in sewing | No Comments »When I was a kid, I loved making my dolls dresses and fancy skirts, furniture, houses, etc, etc. Doll's clothes were extremely expensive for someone without an allowance (and a bit hard to find in a small-town-third-world-country setting) so there ...