Since I make almost all of my own jewelry, I don’t have to many great pendants I can just toss on for a casual day. I’m working on changing that, and for starters I lucked into this little monogrammed necklace…
Alphabet Softie Beads
Atti is very very very particular about what he plays with. So my only chance to get him to play with a toy that is good for him, is to make it in a shape he likes. Back in August…
2012 Year of Pleasures – Cheap Jewelry
When I go to Cost Plus Imports, I normally skip everything and head right to the back of the store where all the lovely imported snacks are. But on my last visit I wound up taking some time in the…
Christmas Eve Home Tour
. . ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Merry Christmas and Happy Everything to my friends and readers. Thank you all for keeping me company here and caring about us. Your support means more than I could ever say.…
2011 Year of Pleasures #44
This is another one of our goofy family games, and I am terrified of the day that Atti discovers he’s too cool for it. One of us will shout “Family Sandwich!” and Bear and I will give each other a…
Thanksgiving Table Runner
I have a bad track record with table linens. I’ve made some a few times in the past, but once I got them on the table I absolutely hated them, and ended up chucking them. Which means that I don’t…
Tiny Prints Cards
Tiny Prints is one of my blog sponsors, and they have been very good to me. Along with sponsoring me by running an ad here on the blog, they also gave me a gift certificate to try out some of…
2011 Year of Pleasures #42
After years of pining away for one, I finally got around to buying myself a manual typewriter. I found this beauty on ebay and fell in love with that perfect gray-blue color. It came with its own carrying case, but…
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…