I Scream, You Scream.

I made vegan ice cream!  

I know it doesn't really count as a craft of any sort, but I thought it was worth sharing either way.  Plus I'm so excited about it, I had to share!

My new ice cream maker hard at work.

Finished Vanilla vegan ice cream, smothered in peanuts.

Why the vegan?  Well it's literally half the calories, and also Alex & I have done the vegan thing for the month of January.  It's going really well and while cheese and eggs might make their way back into my diet, vegan ice cream is here to stay!

Alex & the weasel lady eating some of the ice cream.

Also, it tastes delicious!  The only difference was the texture which was slightly chalky, but the taste was absolutely scrumptious.

She is just no good.

Success!  Thanks Dad & Mary for the ice cream maker - its AWESOME!

New Scarf & New Hairs.

Scarf & Short Hair.

This is last weeks project due to my camera problems and my new short hair.  Alas my camera is fixed and my hair is so light and extra fluffy. 

 I know its doesn't look that different, but it was a whole seven inches of hair!  It feels like a new world to me.  

And my newly finished scarf is extra super toasty on a cold cold day like today.  Hope everyone keeps warm today!

A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of Middle Earth.

Guess what I just saw tonight?!  No, it wasn't Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D, good guess though.

The Hobbit! (A month late - I know, I know.)

And I really enjoyed it.  It was exactly what I wanted from that movie and it made me so weirdly nostalgic for my youth.  Both reading the books and watching the movies was such a prominent memory of mine...even listening to the score from the movies.  Don't judge me.

On second thought, do judge me - I saw The Two Towers 4 times in the theater.  A grand total of 12 hours spent watching the same movie within the same month... I just love them!

Alright alright, but what really inspired me this time around was the use of luxurious heavy fabrics and leathers.  It just makes me want to bundle up and wear nothing but those beautiful velvets and make gorgeous carpetbag style handbags.

So much texture & depth from every costume.

What I'm really trying to say is that I'm currently having camera issues so I cannot post what I made this week - which is a lovely scarf!  Photos to come as soon as I can fix the issue at hand.  Also, I'm a giant nerd.  

I'll just leave you on this note;

Beard Necklace.  

DIY Foxes on Your Dress.

On my usual round through the internet and blogosphere, I stumbled upon this tutorial.  They embroidered little foxes all over this plain dress. This is ADORABLE.

How charming is this?  I'll take 6 please. - {frolic!}

This was a collaboration between {frolic!} and a couple other wonderful and creative people.  I love the idea of taking a basic knit dress and adding these cute teensy faces.

Images from {frolic!} blog.

Thank you {frolic!} for inspiring a little morning creativity with my coffee.

Hair Love.

So I've grown my hair out now for about 2 years, and in that time have really loved styling it in crazy long and complicated braids.

This is not me.  Yes I have done this. And no, it didn't look this good.   -From Hair Romance

Naturally, now I'm ready to chop it all off.  Afraid that I wouldn't have as much fun with it, I've been reluctantly putting this off for months.  Fortunately, I stumbled upon this blog and another and they have given me the push that I need to make the decision.

Medium length hair inspiration. - From Hair Romance

Hair Romance is the cutest hair blog I've laid my eyes on.  Ever.

The other awe inspiring hair/beauty blog that is adorable is The Small Things Blog.

She always has super cute hair, and I can't stand it.  (Meaning I love it.) - From the Small Things Blog

Chopping it all off on Thursday. Well, cutting it nicely and lovingly to a manageable medium length.

Thanks beautiful haired ladies.

Come On Bring It 2013.

First - Hope your holidays were wonderful and wishing you a happy happy new year!


Second, I am feeling the push to start this year off right!  And well, first things first - I am getting back to doing what I love so much.  That would be creating handmade goods and getting my life on track!

So in the spirit of starting 2013 off, I'm am going to make something every week.  The first year of my blog I did this and I feel like if I don't really push myself in that direction, it won't ever happen.  So here it goes!

Wish me luck!




(Words of encouragement always welcome.)

Family Christmas Picture!  - Thanks to Sarah Jane Barry for this!

Uninspired.

Recently I've felt very uninspired.  Or maybe too inspired?  It seems that I have a plethora of ideas at all times and am having a hard time getting them out.....

With fall here, and the cold weather looming waiting to rush in, it seems now is a perfect time to get the ball rolling.

I am going to spend the day sketching and getting as many ideas as I can out on to some paper, but in the mean time, I'll show you a little project I did for my brother for the big three-oh.

Birthday in a Box, Remake.

Since I couldn't be with him in person, I sent him a celebration in a box with some of our favorite movies from our childhood.  I figure since he is getting SO old, I'd better give him some of our childhood to keep him young.  

In all seriousness though, he is the best brother in the world, and I don't think I would be half the person I am today without him.  How'd he turn out so good?  Ask my parents I guess, he is a truly wonderful person and friend.  Happy happy birthday Tommy!  Cheers!

Inside/Outside.

I've been sitting in my backyard with a lovely breeze flowing through the trees and on my face.  Addie is biting and rolling around back here with me, the birds are chirping, and I've realized how nice it is to have a little piece of the outside to call your own.  Especially for those of us who live in a city, we definitely know how important it is to be out with grass & trees & a little bit of wild life.

All this being said, I thought I would post about the brunch Alex & I threw for the mothers in our life a couple of weeks ago.  We had a brief day where both of our moms, and a grandmother, were all in town - and grabbed the opportunity to bring everyone together.

It is always fun to bring the people you love together & bring a little of the inside, outside.

Wine Bottles & Sprouts.

I just finished putting in our little garden fence this afternoon & although I can't take credit for the idea, I love it.

Completed Garden Fence.

The rest of the wood was just rummaged up from our backyard....for some reason there is a plethora of wood laying around.  Lucky for us, our garden fence cost $0.  It probably took me about 4 hours to get all of the labels off of the bottles so I suppose I paid for the fence in time, but I rather like the result.

Cork Veggie Markers.

I also have a bunch of corks laying around from the bottles, and I stuck them into a skewer and wrote on them to mark which veggie is which.  Also cost $0.  I win!   

Hooray for veggie gardens & wine.  

(Don't worry Mom, we didn't drink all this wine-  I took them all from the restaurant, I swear.)

Orvillecopter.

So this really has nothing to do with crafts, making anything, inspiring & is basically irrelevant in every way possible.  BUT it's too weird & hilarious not to note.


This is the headline that peaked my interest;
"Orvillecopter takes flight: Cat run over by car gets extra life...as a remote-controlled helicopter"
(There is a couple videos attached to this article that should definitely get a looksy.)

Nope, this is not an Onion article, this is real life.


An artist in Amsterdam, by the name of Bart Jansen, made his cat who was suddenly hit by a car, into a helicopter.  At first I was appalled & weirded out, but then I thought it was actually pretty funny in a morbid, kind-of-awful way.  


I then heard an interview with him, and he certainly sounds like a nutty artist, but he finds it very silly too, so I guess that's a good thing...?  I don't know but it definitely is a conversation piece.