I am prefacing this post with an admittance that this is over 3.5 years late. As Kev and I are on the brink of welcoming our own little one into the world, it seems that we’ve got all things baby on the brain these days. …
Writing my not-so-recent paper post reminded me that I needed to share this other little DIY from our wedding! Kevin and I don’t have an aversion to wedding cake, but I think majority of wedding-goers aren’t typically into it. In menu planning, we challenged our …
Kev and I have been in the thick of home shopping the last couple of months and decided to take a break with a trip up the central coast. Our first wedding anniversary last month was the perfect excuse for a little food and wine adventure …
Thought I’d share a little DIY work I did for our wedding, now that we got our photos back. Kev and I DIY’d whatever we could for our big day, including our invites. I didn’t like any of the “free” or “close to free” printable invitation …
Shirley wanted a sweet-and-salty dessert for her bridal shower favors last month, so I made a couple batches of the Potato Chip Cookies that I had brought to her Super Bowl party back in February. I made all the cookies the night before, and dipped …
This blog makes me feel better about all of the unfortunate baking/crafting failures I’ve had in the last year, including the one I’m now going to write about. I highly recommend bookmarking it for those inevitable failures we crafter/bakers are doomed to experience (unless I’m …
For the entirety of the time I’ve been crafting or baking, I’ve listened to familiar sounds to help me focus. At first, I would defer to having one of the Star Wars episodes playing on DVD. I can’t tell you what it is – it’s …
Some photos from a utility apron I made for Jamie to give as a Christmas gift to a fellow elementary school teacher… I like to call it my first “paid gig”. After countless arguments about how much to charge for my labor (I insisted on …
It never fails to surprise me when my peers get hitched and then have kids – I guess I’m just getting to that age where everyone is really settling down. I think I’ve gotten over the once-frightening idea of marriage, but children are a whole new …
In light of it being Halloween weekend, I thought I’d dedicate this one to the lion costume I made Charles in 2008. I bought my first sewing machine for my first real sewing project. Aside from making small throw pillows as Christmas gifts in high …