Oh. That crumb on my lip. Hmm. Yep. That's from the homemade whole wheat bread I baked in my new oven today. Mmm...good stuff. Oh. That spot on my shirt. Hmm. Looks like sauce from the homemade lasagna I made today. Looks like I might have gotten a little salad dressing on my shirt, too. Oh, and that other crumb. Yeah. That's from the homemade ( Read more... )

• I got a new GE Profile Gas Range yesterday--just in time for baking season!
• I sold my third item in my store yesterday.
• MrD's parents are coming for a visit next weekend. Nik & I will be busy with homecoming and a couple of parades for the school band, but it'll be good to see his parents again.
• Autumn is officially here!
• I'm working on some ( Read more... )

Just a fun little site I thought I'd pass along. It has some great ideas in it, and even though it's a store, I saw a lot of things where I thought "Hmm, I could make this myself". So if nothing else, maybe it'll be a little inspiration for someone. Enjoy!

Gooseberry Patch

Nik and I went to the Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale this morning. I never realized so many people would be there. It took us nearly thirty minutes just to find a parking space, and even then, we parked far away from the building it was in and walked. Once inside, there was quite a crowd of book lovers stalking every part of the one-room ( Read more... )

For the first time in years, I laid on Nik's bed with her and read her a book. I got it for her when she was one from Huggies, and it has her name all through it, which is cool to look back on. She giggled and laughed. We had a good time. They sure grow up fast, don't they?!

As a late birthday present for Nik, I took her to see the Broadway (traveling) musical, "Cats". How cool is that? The show was awesome! She's loved that show for about 6 or 7 years, so it was a real treat to take her to see it in person. I really wish we had been on the floor, but only because the cats interacted a little with the people in the ( Read more... )

Woo hoo...I just got my SECOND Etsy sale tonight. I'm so excited! :D
And it was on an item I had just posted only a few hours before. I'm having a lot of fun with these, even if sales are slow.

I haven't posted many of my crafty projects here since I started my Shade Tree Arts LJ, but I was proud of this one, and since it is nearly autumn, I thought I'd show it off here as well.

The latest addition to my wire crochet bracelet collection:


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The last time I tried this, the site was taken down. I'm not totally sure what interests I have listed that would give me so many nude women photos...but oh well. Nudity isn't a bad thing. :)

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MrD and I decided to hit a few garage sales today. The first one we went to, we both bought something. I found two vintage brooches that I may use for crafting projects. I also got a pair of vintage clip-on earrings, that I'm going to take the backs off of and place them on a ring instead. They're all interesting pieces of jewelry. I also bought ( Read more... )