I must have been sleepwalking through this year. I have absolutely no idea how this happened. For three months this little picture was all I had to take home with me. The nurses took this picture for me when I was still too sick to leave my hospital bed and see my baby. Atti didn’t […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #5
February 3, 2009
I may have gotten a little carried away on ebay. These are the type of dishes I want to use to line the staircase wall. I love pyrex, milk glass, and especially fire king. The only problem is that between shipping and handling, I have to pay twice as much as the actual plate just […]
[Continue reading...]The Crafter’s 12 Step Program
February 2, 2009
Like pretty much everyone around the blogosphere, I’m in a little bit of a creative funk right now. Actually, maybe that’s not accurate. My brain is boiling with things I want to do, but I have no time or money to do them. I’m in a time and money funk. With times the way they […]
[Continue reading...]Christmas Card 2009
January 29, 2009
So I’m cheating a little bit on this one. These actually aren’t finished yet. I’ve still got piles of paper pieces strewn all around my desk. I just couldn’t wait any longer! February will be here before I know it, and then there go all my big organizational plans. For this year I’m making 120 […]
[Continue reading...]2009 Year of Pleasures #4
January 27, 2009
This haircut is completely natural. We get asked all the time if we shave his head this way, but nope. I keep expecting the rest of his hair to fill in, but nothing. He doesn’t rub it off, he doesn’t have bald spots, it’s just growing way faster in the mohawk region, and it’s been […]
[Continue reading...]Food Nanny Notebooks
January 22, 2009
A few months ago I introduced you all to my Aunt Liz and recommended her fabulous, downhome, country cookbook. I’ve been cooking at least one meal a week from that cookbook ever since. It’s not exactly fat free food, but it is wonderful homey comfort food like some lucky people’s grandmas used to make. As […]
[Continue reading...]Coolest Video Ever
January 21, 2009
Architecture in Helsinki – Like it or NotArchitecture in Helsinki – Like It Or Not from helsinkids on Vimeo. Found on Best Week Ever. Is this the coolest thing you’ve ever seen or what? We just got back from another visit with the eye doctor, and Atti now has to get his eye patched for […]
[Continue reading...]Ideas that are nice in theory
January 16, 2009
I’ve described myself in the past as being about equal parts hippy dippy flower child and hard boiled cynic, and that really fits in most aspects of my life. I think I’d describe my taste as equal parts modern designer and Handmade antique. I can’t fully commit to the handmade aesthetic, and I can’t fully […]
[Continue reading...]When you need a good weep.
January 15, 2009
I really don’t think of myself as an emotional girl. The only time you’ll ever catch me watching a movie on purpose that makes me cry is when it’s that time of the month. I don’t really like romantic comedies, and I hated Twilight. But in the past two days I’ve stumbled across things that […]
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