Well goodness me ... I think you can tell from the list below that I spent one day last week glued to my chair in front of the computer. gosh, that's a little embarrassing, gulp, stammer stammer ... but I'm gonna own it teehee. Hope you find something that tickles your fancy in the list.
And a special mention of one of my favorite blogs ... yup, I was stuck to my chair again ... Julie Collings of the adventures of bluegirlxo, has the most adorable Easter tutorials on her blog and you need, yes, you need, to run over and see them if you haven't already. :) She has several so just keep scrolling down ...
Happy Monday!
1richtungsblog
39 squares
a conversation at goodwill
A Polar Bears Tale
Angela Harris
Blessed and Distressed
Bleu Bird Nest
Charming Quark
Chronically Vintage
Fair Blue Moon Studio
Gypsy Fish Journal
Handmade Today
Into Vintage
Ishtar Olivera
It's All About Creating
Kay Loves Vintage
Kitchen of the Princess
Little Red House
MadeStuff
Margo's Junkin Journal
Miss Mustard Seed
My Nifty Needle
My Scandinavian Retreat
Nicole's Needlework
Nobody Puts Mama In A Corner
Nordic Book Blog
Notes from Blue Hen Hollow
Oodles and oodles
Reflections from the Stone Nest
Sea Cottage
Sweet Myrtle
The Sum Of All Crafts
time out stitching
Vintage Flair
when skies are grey
With thy needle and thread
sally annie magundy homemade
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Easter Garlands
Thank you everyone for all your care and concern about myself and my dear neighbor. We received a note yesterday from Fred's daughter saying he was doing well (WHEW!) and that he had been moved out of ICU and into a private room. She said his cancer is inoperable but they expect him to have many good days yet.
We went and saw him this morning at the hospital and he looked great. His brother and his wife were there when we arrived and shortly thereafter, his grandson and his great-grandsons arrived and then a woman with the cutest therapy dog. So it was quite a full house and lots of love going around.
He had had a restless night and he dozed a bit while we were there but his spirits were good. He did express some anxiety about going home and being alone - then he added that he felt better knowing we were next door. That really tugged at my heart.
Anyway, so today is a lot brighter around here. Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday!
Here's some fun Easter stuff ... I just realized I need to make my Easter cards this coming week, don't I?!
From Creative Breathing, the most charming combination of felt and paper cuties for your Easter Garland.
You may find Creative Breathing's Easter Garland tutorials listed on her right hand sidebar, under "Things You're Looking For", which is a few topics down from the top. When you find "Things You're Looking For", click on "Garland Along" and it will take you to the March 2nd entry. This is the last entry for the Easter Garland, if you scroll down, you will find all the other entries and directions and patterns. So cute!
Darling felt Easter garland from Holiday Crafts and Creations
Paper Easter garland from Hostess with the Mostess
Recycled paper Easter Garland from Three Kitchen Fairies
Tissue paper Easter garland from Two Straight Lines
We went and saw him this morning at the hospital and he looked great. His brother and his wife were there when we arrived and shortly thereafter, his grandson and his great-grandsons arrived and then a woman with the cutest therapy dog. So it was quite a full house and lots of love going around.
He had had a restless night and he dozed a bit while we were there but his spirits were good. He did express some anxiety about going home and being alone - then he added that he felt better knowing we were next door. That really tugged at my heart.
Anyway, so today is a lot brighter around here. Hope you're all having a lovely Sunday!
Here's some fun Easter stuff ... I just realized I need to make my Easter cards this coming week, don't I?!
From Creative Breathing, the most charming combination of felt and paper cuties for your Easter Garland.
You may find Creative Breathing's Easter Garland tutorials listed on her right hand sidebar, under "Things You're Looking For", which is a few topics down from the top. When you find "Things You're Looking For", click on "Garland Along" and it will take you to the March 2nd entry. This is the last entry for the Easter Garland, if you scroll down, you will find all the other entries and directions and patterns. So cute!
Darling felt Easter garland from Holiday Crafts and Creations
Paper Easter garland from Hostess with the Mostess
Recycled paper Easter Garland from Three Kitchen Fairies
Tissue paper Easter garland from Two Straight Lines
Friday, March 19, 2010
hop hop hopping along
Thank you guys so much for your kind words and hugs yesterday, I so appreciate them and they helped to cheer me. My time at the computer is quite often spent hearing Fred puttering around in his garden or tinkering in his garage on some project and also the sounds of Molly's bark, saying hello, come play with me, to all who pass by her home - so I find myself going through the kleenex sitting here today, missing both of those comforting sounds. Longing for good news about Fred today.
Well gosh.
It's hard to move on.
I sat like a lump in front of the computer screen all day yesterday. (You would not believe how long Monday Blog Love is going to be on Monday! Even amongst the most intrepid link clickers, it will take three years to get through it teehee!)
Most excitingly, I found a wonderful stitch-along project blog, 39 squares.
You're probably saying, "Why of course!"
How on earth did I miss it? I read Amy Powers blog and I look at a gazillion other blogs and yet missed it, I did! I apparently fell asleep sometime this year and am just now coming to. GEEZ!
I sat there all afternoon, transfixed by the charming samplers everyone is making. I looked at everyone's blogs and all the flickr photos. I was relentless, I did not give up until hubby came home. (And he came home with Indian food ... YIPPIE!)
Well, I can hardly believe it but the calender says it's nearly Easter! Time to roll out some bunny crafts huh?!
Make this darling bunny from Craft Ideas.
And this adorable bunny stuffie from Hazelnuts.
Make a bunny softie from recycled sweaters at Craftzine.
And don't forget Hillary Lang's darling freebie bunny pattern - here's the two I made for my nieces several years back. Ay yi yi, I made them after I hadn't sewn anything in years and didn't stuff them enough. WAH!
Well gosh.
It's hard to move on.
I sat like a lump in front of the computer screen all day yesterday. (You would not believe how long Monday Blog Love is going to be on Monday! Even amongst the most intrepid link clickers, it will take three years to get through it teehee!)
Most excitingly, I found a wonderful stitch-along project blog, 39 squares.
You're probably saying, "Why of course!"
How on earth did I miss it? I read Amy Powers blog and I look at a gazillion other blogs and yet missed it, I did! I apparently fell asleep sometime this year and am just now coming to. GEEZ!
I sat there all afternoon, transfixed by the charming samplers everyone is making. I looked at everyone's blogs and all the flickr photos. I was relentless, I did not give up until hubby came home. (And he came home with Indian food ... YIPPIE!)
Well, I can hardly believe it but the calender says it's nearly Easter! Time to roll out some bunny crafts huh?!
Make this darling bunny from Craft Ideas.
And this adorable bunny stuffie from Hazelnuts.
Make a bunny softie from recycled sweaters at Craftzine.
And don't forget Hillary Lang's darling freebie bunny pattern - here's the two I made for my nieces several years back. Ay yi yi, I made them after I hadn't sewn anything in years and didn't stuff them enough. WAH!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Bluer than blue
WAH!
Well gosh. Yesterday didn't turn out so great. When my husband came home yesterday, he told me that he had found a note on our trash can (it was trash pickup day and he was putting them back in the garage) from our neighbors across the street, asking him to please come over. They are a darling family, two little kiddies, one grandma and the most lovely of furry family members, who happens to be our doggie's BFF.
The grandmother was home and told my husband that their beloved furry girl, Molly, had died on Tuesday night. She was throwing up and then couldn't breath, they rushed her to the ER and she died. SOB!!!!!!!!!! The grandmother said the vet thought it was an allergic reaction to something. So heartbreaking.
It has been a horrible time for our neighbors, their home was recently burglarized in broad daylight. The husband was home and then left to run errands for a couple of hours. They believe the thieves entered via the doggie door, and sprayed poor Molly (a big Golden Retriever lump of love, who would have welcomed them with endless tail wagging) with something, as later their daughter was petting the dog after this had occurred and her hands and face were burning.
And now this, losing Molly. The most wonderful of doggies, big and bouncy and hairy, the sweetest of natures and just two years old.
SOB SOB SOB I can't stop crying buckets.
And then this morning ... when going outside to pick up our newspaper, my husband finds a note on our screen door regarding our neighbor directly next door - my "don't make 'em like they used to", salt of the earth, dearest of the dear, 94 year old neighbor, who I have lived next door to for 29 1/2 years - a note from his daughter and son-in-law, saying Fred has lung cancer and is in the hospital.
SOB SOB SOB
This of course makes me think about my own 91 year old father, who has had "something" (his word) going on in his lungs for awhile. He bobs and weaves, avoids my questions and when asked point blank, will not give a straight answer. He is immovable and will not give me any words at all.
SOB SOB SOB
Woe is me. It's a chin dragging sad sack day around here today. sniffle sniffle
The only good news I have is that our St. Patrick's Day dinner turned out very nice. Much to my surprise. The faux corned beef and cabbage was going along great but then I put too much buttermilk in the soda bread, it was a soggy lump - but miracle of miracles, it turned out fine. WAHOO! And then I had to start the St. Patty's Day whoopie cookie recipe and time was flying by and I was thirsty and reached for a glass from the cupboard ... can you feel what's coming?! ... yup, dropped the glass in my haste on the tile counter and glass flew EVERYWHERE. Ay yi yi.
And then my husband came in the door, crying, with the news about Molly.
SOB SOB SOB
Hug and kiss all your dear ones, furry and otherwise, today!
Well gosh. Yesterday didn't turn out so great. When my husband came home yesterday, he told me that he had found a note on our trash can (it was trash pickup day and he was putting them back in the garage) from our neighbors across the street, asking him to please come over. They are a darling family, two little kiddies, one grandma and the most lovely of furry family members, who happens to be our doggie's BFF.
The grandmother was home and told my husband that their beloved furry girl, Molly, had died on Tuesday night. She was throwing up and then couldn't breath, they rushed her to the ER and she died. SOB!!!!!!!!!! The grandmother said the vet thought it was an allergic reaction to something. So heartbreaking.
It has been a horrible time for our neighbors, their home was recently burglarized in broad daylight. The husband was home and then left to run errands for a couple of hours. They believe the thieves entered via the doggie door, and sprayed poor Molly (a big Golden Retriever lump of love, who would have welcomed them with endless tail wagging) with something, as later their daughter was petting the dog after this had occurred and her hands and face were burning.
And now this, losing Molly. The most wonderful of doggies, big and bouncy and hairy, the sweetest of natures and just two years old.
SOB SOB SOB I can't stop crying buckets.
And then this morning ... when going outside to pick up our newspaper, my husband finds a note on our screen door regarding our neighbor directly next door - my "don't make 'em like they used to", salt of the earth, dearest of the dear, 94 year old neighbor, who I have lived next door to for 29 1/2 years - a note from his daughter and son-in-law, saying Fred has lung cancer and is in the hospital.
SOB SOB SOB
This of course makes me think about my own 91 year old father, who has had "something" (his word) going on in his lungs for awhile. He bobs and weaves, avoids my questions and when asked point blank, will not give a straight answer. He is immovable and will not give me any words at all.
SOB SOB SOB
Woe is me. It's a chin dragging sad sack day around here today. sniffle sniffle
The only good news I have is that our St. Patrick's Day dinner turned out very nice. Much to my surprise. The faux corned beef and cabbage was going along great but then I put too much buttermilk in the soda bread, it was a soggy lump - but miracle of miracles, it turned out fine. WAHOO! And then I had to start the St. Patty's Day whoopie cookie recipe and time was flying by and I was thirsty and reached for a glass from the cupboard ... can you feel what's coming?! ... yup, dropped the glass in my haste on the tile counter and glass flew EVERYWHERE. Ay yi yi.
And then my husband came in the door, crying, with the news about Molly.
SOB SOB SOB
Hug and kiss all your dear ones, furry and otherwise, today!
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Top of the morning to you!
By gosh and begorrah! Wishing you a very Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to make for dinner tonight. Do I try to make a vegetarian version of Corned Beef and Cabbage again (the previous recipe wasn't very exciting) or do I make Bubble and Squeak or Colcannon or??? Decisions, decisions.
I'm going to make a traditional soda bread. I was going to make a more foo - foo'd up version (after all the wonderful versions I found yesterday!) until I saw a link to the Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread! I certainly don't want to be a participant in the decline of Irish Soda Bread teehee.
By the way, I stumbled upon the Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread, via a link in the comments on this blog entry at Whipped, which has another yummy, no er um, I mean, FALSE, poseur, of Irish Soda Bread. (comment #4, Ed sets us all straight - thank you Ed for keeping us on the right track!)
Please don't report me to the SFTPOISB, but that sure looks good! Blasphemy, I know. ;)
I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to make for dinner tonight. Do I try to make a vegetarian version of Corned Beef and Cabbage again (the previous recipe wasn't very exciting) or do I make Bubble and Squeak or Colcannon or??? Decisions, decisions.
I'm going to make a traditional soda bread. I was going to make a more foo - foo'd up version (after all the wonderful versions I found yesterday!) until I saw a link to the Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread! I certainly don't want to be a participant in the decline of Irish Soda Bread teehee.
By the way, I stumbled upon the Society for the Preservation of Irish Soda Bread, via a link in the comments on this blog entry at Whipped, which has another yummy, no er um, I mean, FALSE, poseur, of Irish Soda Bread. (comment #4, Ed sets us all straight - thank you Ed for keeping us on the right track!)
Please don't report me to the SFTPOISB, but that sure looks good! Blasphemy, I know. ;)
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Erin go bragh
Hey! We were briefly rocking and rolling over here this morning - four in the morning. Just a wee moderate earthquake but I'm getting more anxious about THE BIG ONE as the years pass and all the big ones happening lately. shiver shiver shake. The 1994 one scared the bejeebers out of me. WAH! Oh geez, they just said on the news that it may have occurred on a fault that doesn't even have a name. Oh goody! A new one! tremble
Will you be wearing o' the green tomorrow?! Wishing you a Happy almost Saint Patrick's Day! I just noticed a link to BlogHer for soda bread ideas and of course clicked on it and thought I'd share the yummies with you.
(You may find additional recipe ideas where I found the following, at BlogHer)
Irish Soda Bread Muffins from Kitchen Parade
And check out her list of St. Patrick's Day recipes here.
Oats and Honey Irish Soda Bread with Raisins from Baking Bites
Irish Soda Bread and a Fine Irish Cheese from My Own Sweet Thyme
Irish Soda Bread Scones from Wicked Good Dinner
And I finally finished my St. Patrick's Day cards yesterday in time to run over (like a crazy woman) to the post office for the three thirty pick up. WHEW! I am so tired of myself and my procrastinating. So boring and anxiety making.
I really enjoy using vintage postcard images and I happened upon this darling one with a little fairy, sitting on a toadstool, beside four leaf clovers. Once I find an image, then I'm all about the words. I found this charming passage from an old Irish song and thought it fit well.
Edited to add: Irish Soda Bread with Raisinets! I was just reading a post at La Fuji Mama about the best chocolate chip recipe and I noticed a twitter mention of Irish Soda Bread with Raisinets by nestlefoodie and couldn't resist adding it to this list. This will either be fun or majorly yucky.
Will you be wearing o' the green tomorrow?! Wishing you a Happy almost Saint Patrick's Day! I just noticed a link to BlogHer for soda bread ideas and of course clicked on it and thought I'd share the yummies with you.
(You may find additional recipe ideas where I found the following, at BlogHer)
Irish Soda Bread Muffins from Kitchen Parade
And check out her list of St. Patrick's Day recipes here.
Oats and Honey Irish Soda Bread with Raisins from Baking Bites
Irish Soda Bread and a Fine Irish Cheese from My Own Sweet Thyme
Irish Soda Bread Scones from Wicked Good Dinner
And I finally finished my St. Patrick's Day cards yesterday in time to run over (like a crazy woman) to the post office for the three thirty pick up. WHEW! I am so tired of myself and my procrastinating. So boring and anxiety making.
I really enjoy using vintage postcard images and I happened upon this darling one with a little fairy, sitting on a toadstool, beside four leaf clovers. Once I find an image, then I'm all about the words. I found this charming passage from an old Irish song and thought it fit well.
"I'll seek a four-leaved shamrock in all the fairy bells,
and if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells!"
from The Four Leaved Shamrock by Samuel Lover
and if I find the charmed leaves, oh, how I'll weave my spells!"
from The Four Leaved Shamrock by Samuel Lover
Edited to add: Irish Soda Bread with Raisinets! I was just reading a post at La Fuji Mama about the best chocolate chip recipe and I noticed a twitter mention of Irish Soda Bread with Raisinets by nestlefoodie and couldn't resist adding it to this list. This will either be fun or majorly yucky.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday blog love
a cottage in the woods
A Little Bit French
Artful Spirit
Artisans Gallery Team
By the Bay Needleart
English Muse
French Charming
French Kissed
frogs, dogs & ferns
Garden Mama
idemakeriet
It's All About Creating
keep it simple
knit ... stitch ... crochet
Le Secret Muse
Let's Come Together
Lovely World
Matou en peluche
Mockingbird Hill Cottage
Ours for a year
Scarborough Fair
Sharon Lovejoy
The Rustic Victorian
Three Kitchen Fairies
Treasured Heirlooms & Elegance and Whimsy
Vintage Catnip
A Little Bit French
Artful Spirit
Artisans Gallery Team
By the Bay Needleart
English Muse
French Charming
French Kissed
frogs, dogs & ferns
Garden Mama
idemakeriet
It's All About Creating
keep it simple
knit ... stitch ... crochet
Le Secret Muse
Let's Come Together
Lovely World
Matou en peluche
Mockingbird Hill Cottage
Ours for a year
Scarborough Fair
Sharon Lovejoy
The Rustic Victorian
Three Kitchen Fairies
Treasured Heirlooms & Elegance and Whimsy
Vintage Catnip
Friday, March 12, 2010
St. Patrick's Day WIP
chug chug chug ... I think I can ... I think I can ...
teehee! Here's a work in progress photo of my St. Patrick's Day assembly line that I took with my iPhone. (is there a way to make it lighter???) I've never uploaded anything from my phone before, that was fun! Next up may be some goofy videos I took of my doggie if I get brave - you can hear my voice talking baby talk to her and I sound like a complete nincompoop. But a charming one. bwhahahhahahhahha!
Everything is still in bits and pieces, waiting for me to figure out if I'm going to stitch or paste or tape them together. Oh the choices! I still don't know what the inside will look like, woe is me. These may be ready in time for 2011.
Hey! Do you know about Bird Brain Designs? They have two free St. Patrick's Day patterns. Fun!
Bird Brain Designs Shamrock Emery and Scissor Fob freebie
Bird Brain Designs Shamrock Flying Kite Tea Towel freebie
teehee! Here's a work in progress photo of my St. Patrick's Day assembly line that I took with my iPhone. (is there a way to make it lighter???) I've never uploaded anything from my phone before, that was fun! Next up may be some goofy videos I took of my doggie if I get brave - you can hear my voice talking baby talk to her and I sound like a complete nincompoop. But a charming one. bwhahahhahahhahha!
Everything is still in bits and pieces, waiting for me to figure out if I'm going to stitch or paste or tape them together. Oh the choices! I still don't know what the inside will look like, woe is me. These may be ready in time for 2011.
Hey! Do you know about Bird Brain Designs? They have two free St. Patrick's Day patterns. Fun!
Bird Brain Designs Shamrock Emery and Scissor Fob freebie
Bird Brain Designs Shamrock Flying Kite Tea Towel freebie
Creative kerfuffle
argh! creative angst!
I am trying to make my St. Patrick's Day cards and I'm about ready to pull my hair out. Being creative does not come easily to me.
I have a wealth of ideas but somewhere between my brain and my desk, they all go south. I pull out papers and play around - I think I have an idea I like - I cut the papers and - BLECH! Me no likey! This drives me crazy about myself - why can't I see it in my mind before I cut into my papers???! I guess I just have a stinky eye. WAH!!!
Now I'm staring at the umpteenth version and it's back to the glitter and paste for me - may the leprechauns and sprites sprinkle me with magic mojo creative dust.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
If you enjoy paper crafts, The Toymaker has darling printables for you to make. Here are two of her Saint Patrick's Day patterns.
Make a darling lucky coin box from The Toymaker.
Lucky coin box.
Make an adorable fairy cart from The Toymaker.
Fairy cart.
I am trying to make my St. Patrick's Day cards and I'm about ready to pull my hair out. Being creative does not come easily to me.
I have a wealth of ideas but somewhere between my brain and my desk, they all go south. I pull out papers and play around - I think I have an idea I like - I cut the papers and - BLECH! Me no likey! This drives me crazy about myself - why can't I see it in my mind before I cut into my papers???! I guess I just have a stinky eye. WAH!!!
Now I'm staring at the umpteenth version and it's back to the glitter and paste for me - may the leprechauns and sprites sprinkle me with magic mojo creative dust.
Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
If you enjoy paper crafts, The Toymaker has darling printables for you to make. Here are two of her Saint Patrick's Day patterns.
Make a darling lucky coin box from The Toymaker.
Lucky coin box.
Make an adorable fairy cart from The Toymaker.
Fairy cart.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Twas heaven here with you dear Renee
If I should ever leave you,
whom I love
To go along the silent way. . .
grieve not.
Nor speak of me with tears.
But laugh and talk of me
as if I were beside you there.
I loved you so. . .
'twas heaven here with you
by Isla Paschal Richardson
Our dear Renee has left us aboard her gypsy caravan and arrived home. And still, and forever, her light shines so brightly. Much love to Renee, her beautiful family and all of her dear ones.
Monday, March 8, 2010
Monday blog love
Happy Monday to everyone!
Did you enjoy watching the Academy Awards last night? I did! I loved Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, I thought they were a lot of fun. Wasn't Sandra Bullock's gown divine?! So gorgeous! She wasn't my pick for best actress but I love her real life persona and find her charming. My husband wanted "Avatar" to win best picture but I personally think it has some flaws compared to "The Hurt Locker", which was pitch perfect.
I've included several links to book blogs that I stumbled upon last week, in my blog love today. We're all about the books over here and excitement is building as we near our absolute favorite event of the year, The Festival of Books, at UCLA in April! Cannot wait, so much fun!
A Little Bit French
A very fairy garden
Books and Cooks
Bunches and Bits
C'est la vie
Celebrate Creativity
Classic Mysteries
Cornflower
Csuheba zart kis vilag
Design Mom
Dolls and things
Duo Fiberworks
Folk and Fairy
Gift of Stitching
Golden Gems
Irkafirkák
Jen's Book Thoughts
Jules Food
katafoltok
Lilla Blanka
Love for Books
Moonlight and Hares
Öltögetek tehát vagyok
Open Gate
Otletelo
rachael amen art
Scraps of Time
Suffix Abuse
The Lonely Bean
This art that makes me happy
Vintage Romantic
Did you enjoy watching the Academy Awards last night? I did! I loved Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin, I thought they were a lot of fun. Wasn't Sandra Bullock's gown divine?! So gorgeous! She wasn't my pick for best actress but I love her real life persona and find her charming. My husband wanted "Avatar" to win best picture but I personally think it has some flaws compared to "The Hurt Locker", which was pitch perfect.
I've included several links to book blogs that I stumbled upon last week, in my blog love today. We're all about the books over here and excitement is building as we near our absolute favorite event of the year, The Festival of Books, at UCLA in April! Cannot wait, so much fun!
A Little Bit French
A very fairy garden
Books and Cooks
Bunches and Bits
C'est la vie
Celebrate Creativity
Classic Mysteries
Cornflower
Csuheba zart kis vilag
Design Mom
Dolls and things
Duo Fiberworks
Folk and Fairy
Gift of Stitching
Golden Gems
Irkafirkák
Jen's Book Thoughts
Jules Food
katafoltok
Lilla Blanka
Love for Books
Moonlight and Hares
Öltögetek tehát vagyok
Open Gate
Otletelo
rachael amen art
Scraps of Time
Suffix Abuse
The Lonely Bean
This art that makes me happy
Vintage Romantic
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Going Green
Make It's no SHAM ... these ROCK mint oreo truffles from Bakerella.
Mint Oreo Truffles
Make something for your favorite Leprechaun to munch on from Bright Ideas.
Going Green Popcorn
Make lucky shamrock hangings from Skip to my Lou
Lucky Shamrocks
Make yourself a four leaf clover buddy from the Create blog.
Four leaf clover buddy tutorial
Stand Up for Schools
Today is a day of action here in California. The public school system is in dire straits and cannot withstand anymore cuts in their budget. I would already be concerned as a normal matter of course as a citizen but being married to a public school teacher, it has all the more meaning and heartbreak and sense of immediacy.
From the Stand Up For Schools website:
- In the last two years, $17 billion was cut from schools and colleges.
- Entire art, music and PE programs were eliminated.
- More than 16,000 educators were laid off.
Per the Protect Our Students, Protect Our Schools website, my husbands school district alone is looking at over 16 million in budget cuts.
I hope you will take a moment today and think about the state of public education and I hope you will be moved to stand up for schools. They desperately need your care, concern and your voice.
Thank you.
Climbing down from my soap box now.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
If you hear something creaky
... that'd be me and my back. I must have slept, twisted like a pretzel, last night. My back hurts, my neck hurts. On top of it, I've been up since 4:20 this morning. Woe is me. All I want to do is go lay down and curl up with a book but there's so much to get done around here - how do two people and one doggie, wreak such havoc on a home?! I've done the minimum house frau froo frooing-up, plus run my errands and now I'm going to vegitate. After waving Hi to you guys, that is. Hellooooooooo! Happy Wednesday!
Oh! I invented something this morning teehee. I found a bag of peppermint truffle Hershey's Kisses (leftover from "the Christmas that never was" last year sniffle sniffle) and I plopped one in my hot chocolate and VOILA! Peppermint Hot Chocolate. mmmmm! Tasty!
I enjoyed hunting for inspiration for my St. Patrick's Day cards yesterday online - I think I found something really fun. If I haven't bitten off more than I can chew, I will show you down the road.
I found these fun things too ...
Chenille St. Patrick's Day Pins at Martha Stewart.
Cute door decoration tutorial from Vintage Image Craft.
Cute Leprechaun craft at Family Fun.
Darling Shamrock Boutonnieres at Martha Stewart.
Be inspired to make a charming St. Patrick's Day peg dollie like this one by the wonderful Wee Cute Treasures or purchase one at her Etsy shop. The one pictured above may be viewed on flickr at Wee Cute Treasures.
Wee Cute Treasures blog
Wee Cute Treasures Etsy shop
And oh my goodness! Look at this fantastic set up over at the awesome Michelle Wooderson's blog, Mish Mash! If that doesn't inspire you to get Easter crafting, nothing will!
Oh! I invented something this morning teehee. I found a bag of peppermint truffle Hershey's Kisses (leftover from "the Christmas that never was" last year sniffle sniffle) and I plopped one in my hot chocolate and VOILA! Peppermint Hot Chocolate. mmmmm! Tasty!
I enjoyed hunting for inspiration for my St. Patrick's Day cards yesterday online - I think I found something really fun. If I haven't bitten off more than I can chew, I will show you down the road.
I found these fun things too ...
Chenille St. Patrick's Day Pins at Martha Stewart.
Cute door decoration tutorial from Vintage Image Craft.
Cute Leprechaun craft at Family Fun.
Darling Shamrock Boutonnieres at Martha Stewart.
Be inspired to make a charming St. Patrick's Day peg dollie like this one by the wonderful Wee Cute Treasures or purchase one at her Etsy shop. The one pictured above may be viewed on flickr at Wee Cute Treasures.Wee Cute Treasures blog
Wee Cute Treasures Etsy shop
And oh my goodness! Look at this fantastic set up over at the awesome Michelle Wooderson's blog, Mish Mash! If that doesn't inspire you to get Easter crafting, nothing will!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday blog love
Good gosh. It's March. March. Already!!! How did that happen? Rather unsettling how fast time/life, is flying by. Must make sure to mark the sweetness in each moment.
We passed a pleasant, low key, puttering around kind of weekend ... Saturday took car to the mechanic, went out for lovely coffee and oh so yummy pasty at Suzanne Goin's Tavern in Brentwood (did I say YUM?!), went to the fun kitchen supply store Surfas (on the hunt for a low priced dutch oven - dreaming of Le Creuset but don't have the king's ransom it costs WAH!), picked up lunch at their cafe (more yumminess), Sunday we went out to breakfast, fast trip to Barnes and Noble for latest Marie Claire Idees (YIPPIE!) and mega marketing trip to replenish naked refrigerator & pantry, and then lots of paperwork for me and school prep work for hubs.
My paperwork is of the crazy kind. Self made. Messy. whisper whisper are you a habitual magazine/newspaper, clipper/ripper, outer too?! OH! The sheer volume of it all. I let it get away from me. WOE IS ME. I am overwhelmed with paper. Places to go, trips to take, recipes to make, creative craftiness, books to read ... I could circle the world with all of this. So I'm sorting and filing and organizing ...
A Room of One's Own
A Thousand Clapping Hands
Alice in Paris loves Art and Tea
Angel Melie
ArtSpark Theatre
Beelieve
Bird Tweets
create craft life
Diane Knott's Musings
Happiness is cross stitching
Honeysuckle Lane
Hortensias et Volet bleus
Life at Willow Manor
lori times five
Manon Doyle
My everyday things
persisting stars
pokety patch
soul aperture
Subversive Stitchers
The Craft Room
the dreaming press
The Peacock's Feather
We passed a pleasant, low key, puttering around kind of weekend ... Saturday took car to the mechanic, went out for lovely coffee and oh so yummy pasty at Suzanne Goin's Tavern in Brentwood (did I say YUM?!), went to the fun kitchen supply store Surfas (on the hunt for a low priced dutch oven - dreaming of Le Creuset but don't have the king's ransom it costs WAH!), picked up lunch at their cafe (more yumminess), Sunday we went out to breakfast, fast trip to Barnes and Noble for latest Marie Claire Idees (YIPPIE!) and mega marketing trip to replenish naked refrigerator & pantry, and then lots of paperwork for me and school prep work for hubs.
My paperwork is of the crazy kind. Self made. Messy. whisper whisper are you a habitual magazine/newspaper, clipper/ripper, outer too?! OH! The sheer volume of it all. I let it get away from me. WOE IS ME. I am overwhelmed with paper. Places to go, trips to take, recipes to make, creative craftiness, books to read ... I could circle the world with all of this. So I'm sorting and filing and organizing ...
A Room of One's Own
A Thousand Clapping Hands
Alice in Paris loves Art and Tea
Angel Melie
ArtSpark Theatre
Beelieve
Bird Tweets
create craft life
Diane Knott's Musings
Happiness is cross stitching
Honeysuckle Lane
Hortensias et Volet bleus
Life at Willow Manor
lori times five
Manon Doyle
My everyday things
persisting stars
pokety patch
soul aperture
Subversive Stitchers
The Craft Room
the dreaming press
The Peacock's Feather
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