meme-i-ness

I have a list of things to write about but I slept all funky and my neck is killing me so all I want to do is well...nothing. So, to feel a tiny bit productive, I joined in on the flickr meme that is all over thep lace and this is mine: The Question and Answers...

1. What is your first name? (jessica)
2. What is your favorite food? (bread...any kind)
3. What high school did you go to? (U.S. Grant)
4. What is your favorite color? (aqua)
5. Who is your celebrity crush? (janet klein)
6. Favorite drink? (at the moment I would really like a coke slurpee)
7. Dream vacation? (road trip across the states)
8. Favorite dessert? (couldn't pick one so i went with chocolate)
9. What you want to be when you grow up? (an author)
10. What do you love most in life? (laughter and joy)
11. One Word to describe you. (whimsical)
12. Your flickr name (jek in the box)

Now I must get off this computer thing and DO something. At least I have done two loads of laundry...sigh...can I take a nap instead?

The Week in Review: June 2-8

I got my CRAFT on, did you?

Whoo-whee! I just got back from the summer CRAFT Magazine release party and boy howdy, am I tired! We had a lot of fun snip, snip, snipping away the most gloriously colorful felt squares to create one of a kind flower clips for our shoes! We snipped, we designed, we snacked and we glued ourselves silly. If you made it out to Reform School, we hope you had a blast! If you didn't, don't miss out on the next release party wherever it may be.Happy crafting!

Favorites

I have a lot of favorite things it all depends on when you ask me. There is so much in this world to enjoy how can anyone possibly choose just one thing? I snapped this shot while I was working on some trinket bags, entertaining the kidlets and trying to find where I put my safety-pins. Isn't it lovely how the spools of thread match the cover of the book? This week, this is my favorite picture.

Happy Friday folks!

Back in the saddle again...

I didn't much feel like doing my week in review after Grandma died. It was kinda difficult to even want to take any pictures, let alone DO something. It probably didn't help that I was sick either. I'm feeling better now both mentally and physically so here is my week in review. There was cooking and crafting and visiting and exercise in the form of a hike. Phew!

The art of DOING...or not...

Do you ever have those days where you really itch to create or at least DO something but you don't have any room left in your brain for putting things into steps so you sit and mope or sulk and then end up feeling even worse than you started? Today was (almost) one of those days...I really felt the need for DOING so I swept the floor (there's a lot of cat hair in the tiny casa). While the casa looked infinitely better with a clean floor I still needed to DO, so then I washed the dishes. That was doing something but not really something that feels fruitful. We had a bag of lemons from Mama a-go-go's garden calling my name so I made some mint lemonade. I always get a kick out of taking scissors to the garden and hunting for pretty herbs and flowers to MAKE with. This batch of lemonade has two kinds of mint (spear and chocolate), and some lemon balm. Icy cold and perfectly tart. Yum! After the lemonade was made, I cut fabric for a lucky parcel swap and the mister and I played with pop-beads. While pop, pop, popping away I remembered I wanted to eat samosas this week and we didn't have any raita made. Back into the kitchen I went to chop, chop, chop cucumber and garlic. By the time that was done some friends came by and we ventured out for french fries.Back at home I still felt itchy so I plugged in the iron and cut fabric and prepped pieces to turn into trinket bags for the shop. In the middle of all the prep work the bug kitty caught a birdie that we had to attend to.After that, some time was spent on the floor of the casa watching the mad mockingbirds dive bomb the bug. So, it looks like I managed to DO something after all. Now it is time for a green tea popsicle.I hope you had an itch free day or at the very least you DID something fruitful for you. Happy June!