Today I pretty much did nothing. Yup, nothing. Well.. I guess that's not true, since I was shopping online all day. I managed to take care of over half my yule shopping - and it felt good. Managed to hit a bunch of old standbys, and each of them had new and exciting stuff to buy, so I did. It's great to be able to do it and not suffer too much ( Read more... )

Ahhhhhhh..... I just spent waaaaay too much on an order from Fusionbeads.com..... but I couldn't help myself!! I'm hooked!

Arrrrrrrgh.

Hopefully this means that you will all have pretties for yule. Yes, there will be pretties.

I blame Alicia.

Now I can't wait for them to arrive!! I love getting amazing things in the mail!!

(As I'm doing ( Read more... )

Alicia and I played with beads this weekend.. ( ..and look what came of it! )

So I sat down tonight to make my purple leopardskin cover for my foam kneeling pad (for the scooter) and went ahead and made some crutch bags, too, from the remainder of the yard. I have to say, I am SUPER happy with how they turned out. They have two pockets each, one on the front and one on the back. Pretty roomy. I just want it to hold my ( Read more... )

Also, in non-cake related news, I really love my friends. I had SUCH a wonderful time playing over at Sarah's house last night with Simon and David and Jason. We learned how to play Mhing and we ate really yummy food and I got to test out my new favorite recipe.. and it was just a lot of fun and absolutely what summer nights should be about ( Read more... )

Look!!! My friend Holly is making CHEESE!! Cheddar cheese!! At home ( Read more... )

In more happy news, last night angry_wolf and grendelsm came over for dinner, and we ate scrumptiously. We had rolladen (which for those of you who lack German ancestry is a thin slice of beef with mustard, onion, bacon and black pepper rolled up and then braised for an hour and then served with gravy) and mashed potatoes ( Read more... )

I have been sitting on my butt for the last 4 days, trying valiantly to fight this dumb cold that I have. I'm finally almost over it - but while I sat here, sniffling and snotty, I had a thought... Let's Make a Tiara ( Read more... )