sneaky peek...

before i got sick i had been feverishly working on something great and grand for you all for the up-and-coming holidays...i'm still working on it (well, not NOW NOW but you knopw what i mean) and will reveal it all the first week in december. Tara & I have another fun week planned for you, this one will be a mad and merry craft frolic and we cannot wait to share it all. for now, i'll give you a little peek...here's a glimpse of my Christmas palette...don't stray too far...we've got inspiration galore and tips and tricks for crafting up a fabulous handmade holiday!

big sigh

i'm s l o w l y recuperating. i'm in that after-sick-fog. i sound worse than i feel which can be a good thing as i sound mawd-awful. need to remember to take it easy. grrr. mister & i are hitting the road tomorrow for a los angeles visit. our wee almost-niece and nephew have a school show that we're attending and i do like them school shows (even if they do make me all teary eyed).

here's to happy & safe travels and um...getting healthier. i'll hopefully post more next week.

cake therapy

well folks, today i woke up feeling much better than the day before and proceeded to do all sorts of craftiness. probably a bit too much as i dashed about painting here and stitching there...taking pictures of this, taking pictures of that. i even climbed atop a rickety chair for a bench monday picture (which left me out of breath and whoozy). it's not even 5pm and i am pooped with a capital P. sheesh! methinks i should have just stuck with the cake baking. cake baking? what cake baking you ask?well, you know you must be feeling better when you manage to wrestle an assortment of ingredients into the oven to create something sweet and delicious. you know you must be feeling even slightly better than better when you manage to do so sans coughing fits and using up interesting ingredients. the best part though...the bestest of the best part is discovering you have wonky ingredients that will bake up a nifty cake, a bundt cake no less on National Bundt Cake Day!**so here you go my friends, happy bundt cake day!
**though for some reason, my bundt cake looks more like a giant donut...but shhh....it was still baked in a bundt pan so it counts!

the week in review: november 8-14

it was a slow week and i got sick. luckily there were walks with pretty scenery, and a wee bit of colorful crafting. let's hope this week is healthier...i'm on the mend about 75% so yay for almost-healthyness

i didn't mean to get sick

sorry for being non-postie girl these past two days. i did have plans and another giveaway even but i got walloped with an ick bug that feels almost-but-not-quite fluish. it's a cold, i am certain but i have a very gifted immune system that believes it needs to be creative with illness so i have a mixed bag of symptoms. i didn't feel sickish until i was in fact sick but in retrospect, if you were to look back at the photos of the week, there really aren't too many and even less of the creative kind. there is a list and a fine one at that, it may be my most favorite, but really not much else. so i hope you all have a fine, fine weekend and that you see something that makes you smile big. hug a loved one, drink something delicious and weather related and i'll see you when i'm not coughing, hacking, wheezing, snurfling and/or crying. i'm squite whiney when i'm sick. whinier than usual.

a question answered

this one is for commenter jen, who may or may not revisit scrumdillydilly (and may have only been joking, but i do like a challenge)...and just for because.

Jen said...
I've never made yo-yo's but a friend of mine is totally addicted to them.

Love the photos, would like to see a quick tutorial on how to use a brownie hawkeye,
if you know how.

so jen, due to the wonder that is the internets here is what i found. the brownie hawkeye was produced by kodak from 1949-61 and is pretty nifty to look at. i think i may even have one tucked away in the tower of boxes. it is after all, made from bakelite. the hawkeye use 620 film which, to my knowledge is no longer made. you can however use 120 film with a little practice and determination. you are not alone in wondering how to use the darn thing and there are oodles of videos out there. for more info click here and to visit a flickr group, click here.

happy thursday! and thank you to Dr. Colossus for a happy creative commons license!