a new year, a new year's bed

 

 

 

 

 For some reason, January is when I pull out the blue bedding. Perhaps it is media conditioning, I'm not sure but isn't it purdy? I also whipped up a New Year's noisemaker garland to keep things festive (almost anything can be jabbed with a needle and dangled from string). The mappity map up there is the fabric covered puzzle I made for the cover of Mixtape in 2010. Happy January!

The January Bed 2010

The January Bed 2009

Crafting for Craft: Cutting Board Organizer

 

 Here's my first craftzine project of the year, I hope to offer up many more. Happy 2012!

72 things i made last year: part two

*crepe paper lemonade banner

*fabric tape decorated suitcase

*pink lemonade cake

*painted newspaper star garland

*paper log cabin notebooks

*fourth of july wreath

*pretty giftwrap using fabric tape

*strawberry black pepper scones

*little taggie clouds party favors

*pom-pom garland

*new dining set (ok, the mister did most of it)

*jek's wonder cookies

*fabric scrap garland

*my first Goodwill window

*my second Goodwill window

*halloween dilly packs

*chocolate covered candy corn cookies

*seeing stone garland

*halloween wreath

*slip pretty "curtains"

*a return to making the bed

*i like big bundts ginger ale cake

*gingerbread icebox cup cakes

*tiny needlebook tags

*put all my vintage gingham in the shop

*see, ALL of it

*a holiday garland

*coffee bean sachet tutorial

*package up a giftcard a la dilly dilly

*coffee sleeve how to

*cups of dilly 

*pretty giftwrap

*scrap happy gift tag

*bert and ernie silhouettes

*a stocking in a bag

*whiskey caramel bacon bark

january 2

 There is such a thing as a bad scone. I had one today but the coffee and company made up more than  enough that I could overlook that $3 loss...

 

 

I spent almost four hours hanging out with an L.A. friend today. Four hours of happy jibber jabber that when we parted ways, I felt sad for a moment that it will be a while before I see her again and so happy and grateful that she and her mister made time to visit with me. May 2012 be the year of good visiting. That said if any of you good people are in the central coast area, please gimme a shout...we have a lot of good coffee places in town and a right dandy donut shop as well.

 

 

72 things i made last year: part one

I baked a little here and cooked a little there. i crafted for myself and friends and created tutorials for valentines day, mother's day and just because. i also went on a major cake batter adventure!check it all out:

row one:

*wasabi doodles for rad megan's in words and pictures

*floral infused sugars for indie fixx's joie

*grandmother's pocket 

*diy dress up a tanagram puzzle

*cloud nine valentine

*valentine swap through the pink couch

row two:

*happy little cloud pin

*scrap happy tags

*wee felt birthday cake

*the first cake in the cake batter adventures

*the first pack of dilly in the shop

*simple and pretty newspaper stitched wreath

 row three:

*a garland for Japan

*doily trimmed shorts

*spool garland

*spice dyed eggs

*stitched paper vase covers

*lavender layer cake

row four:

*scrap happy tags in purple

*simple stuffed bunnies

*making the bed postcard packs

*fun with water colors

*dyed paper doilies

*blue dilly packs

row five:

*wish chimes for indie fixx's joie magazine

*mother's day herb garden

*cake batter blondies

*cake batter cookies

*just because medals

*yo-yo bot for the long thread

row six: 

*textured baby cloths for the long thread

*mother's day succulent in a teacup

*cake batter scones

*cake batter donut holes

*three minute cake in a cup

*cake batter sugar buns

happy 2012!