blog makeover

Do you like my new banner? Oh thanks, I made it myself, with the help of 2 of my favorite (free!) online tools:

Flickr

and

Big Huge Labs

I'm sure you all know about Flickr, the online photo sharing/management site. I dump all of my photos there (OK, actually I upgraded to the pro version because you can get unlimited storage of photos and videos).

Big Huge Labs can link to Flickr to create lots of cool projects with your photos. My favorite tool is the mosaic maker. I use it all. the. time. Simply put the photos you want to appear in the mosaic in a Flickr set, select the size/type of mosaic you want (number of rows, number of photos in each row, etc.), plug in the link to your Flickr set, and SHAZAM! You have a photo mosaic that can be saved as a jpeg file on your computer. Or send it to facebook. Or email it to 50 of your best friends. You get the idea!

Here, I just made another one. I shall call it "Snopacalypse 2012" because that is the theme in the local news right now and the reason I have time to sit here and blog about it.

Happy Snow Day, Seattleites!

cupcake day

Sunday was cupcake day! I made my favorite cupcakes from this book. Warning #1: the recipes in this book are EXTREMELY involved. Warning #2: the recipes in this book are EXTREMELY delicious and you will want to eat at least 3 cupcakes in one sitting.

So my favorites from the book are the German Chocolate Cupcakes. The key to the amazingness of this recipe is putting chocolate chips on the tops when they are still warm. Then you frost over them. OMG. seriously.Two of my favorite ladies were over to help keep me from consuming the entire batch that night. Thanks gals!

2011 in review

It started one year ago--my resolution to take a picture each day during the year of 2011. I thought, as with all resolutions, it would get abandoned around valentine's day, but I managed to hang on...a photo a day for the whole year! Presenting ... my finished Project 365! Here are some favs:
1. 1.1.11, 2. 1.7.11, 3. 1.12.11, 4. 1.19, 5. 2.5.11, 6. 2.8.11, 7. 2.18.11, 8. 3.2.11, 9. 3.13.11, 10. 4.8.11, 11. 4.15.11, 12. 4.17.11, 13. 4.23.11, 14. 5.14.11, 15. 5.29.11, 16. 5.30.11, 17. 6.8.11, 18. 6.21.11, 19. 6.25.11, 20. 6.28.11, 21. 7.4.11, 22. Wheat (3), 23. 8.2.11, 24. 8.12.11, 25. 8.18.11, 26. 8.20.11, 27. 8.29.11, 28. 9.24.11, 29. 10.3.11, 30. 10.8.11, 31. 10.22.11, 32. 11.17.11, 33. 11.25.11, 34. 12.4.11, 35. 12.6.11, 36. 12.24.11

... see the whole shebang over at my flickr page!

So there it is--2011: the good (fun times with friends! trip to europe! and wait...is that a baby shot???) the bad (yes, I did take several shots of my laptop screen while doing homework), and the boring (did I really take a picture of my mac n cheese?).

Don't you want get started on your own Project 365 for 2012? Well what are you waiting for??? Go get started!

summer happiness

It's been a very busy summer, but I've been keeping up on Project 365! Here are some shots that highlight summer goings-on....

many happy hours

more rainbow projects

hanging out with O & O

I bought a bike! (and a sweet bike bag from here)

bike rides with alli

a trip home

lots of sewing (of course)

making whoopie (PIES!)

sampling french wine . . . to get ready for our upcoming trip to Italy & France!

Of course there was a lot of going to class, researching, reading, and writing too, but we don't have to remember all that.

Off to Europe!

more rainbow love

The Rainbow Pencil Case is now available in my shop!

Click here to visit the product page.

extreme furniture makeover

I was so productive this weekend! It's not often that you start and finish a project in one day (for me, at least). On Saturday I started and finished 2 projects in one day! yep. I've been using two old items from Jamie's bachelor days: a filing cabinet and a shelf. Both have been fully functional but a little lacking in the...ahem...looks department. A little spray paint and some scrapbook paper helped to solve my problem.

Before (and trust me--they look a lot better in these pictures than in real life):

After:
After:

Are you getting how cute these shelves are?? (yes, I am bragging) If not, here are a few more pictures.

Yay me!

i made a patchwork bag

Here it is!

i heart patchwork.