making: printed zipper bags

Been keeping busy here in my little corner of the world, making and cooking and other such shenanigans, but figured I would stop in and show something that recently came out of my studio.

I had all of these colorful bags cut out and ready to be assembled with their zippers and I had this sudden flash of awesomeness and decided that I should combine the cool prints with some images of my own. So I painted some white fabric paint in nice circles on the front and then printed my own images over those. It turned out really well.

And I found that having added that image of my own to the front I was more motivated to get them all sewn up and assembled. A day later and BOOM! they were all in a satisfyingly colorful pile.

So here's to finishing a project and moving on to check even more projects off the list in the future.

cook, wear, create

First off this afternoon, I need to make bacon truffles. The ones in this recipe have bacon coating on the exterior but I would like to try adding bacon to the http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giffilling. Just to see if it is as delicihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifous in real life as in my head.

I am enjoying all of this sunshine I've found and wishing I had shown up here sooner in the summer so I could have had a twirly white dress like this. Also this picture makes me want to cut bangs again, even though I've FINALLY grown mine out!!

And lastly, I miss my studio, and all that space in which to allow my creative juices to flow. If I had a studio I would want it to look like this beautiful studio redo, all clean and airy and organized.

Okay I'm inspired so now I'm off to the craft-mobile!

making: buisiness cards

I got some buisness cards made, through a free service on a lark after hearing it advertised on Pandora for the umpteenth time I figured, hey why not. However, part of the reason they are free is that they have their own info printed on the back of the cards. No good. However I am a significantly crafty lass am I not so I knew I could come up with some way to cover this up a bit. So I pulled out the ink and a box of smaller lino cuts I had done and started going to town.

And covered the table, resulting in several images, some of which I like better than others, but they definetly make the cards interesting and a little bit more..... me.

And while I had all that stuff out I made little books as well, which are just so cute, as small rainbow things will be. All in all it was very satisfying to use stuff I already had on hand to accomplish something practical. And now I no longer need to scribble my info on the back of a napkin. Ah growing up.

cook, wear, create

I am right now, as we speak, embarking on a fantastical birthday Vegas adventure, but in my absence (aka while I am poolside sipping something that has a paper umbrella in it) here's some stuff that's been getting me excited recently.
I love bread, but being unable to have wheat makes it difficult and I reahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giflly don't like most brands that are out there for purchase. However this recipe sounds good and yes it would be great to have some french toast, which of course requires that I have bread.

I love this sweet outfit, two different stripes and it looks so comfortable. Would be a fantastic outfit to wear traveling. Planes are always chilly and long dresses are such a good way to look put together and still be comfortable.

I really want to try doing this to a pair of flats that I never wear. Maybe even do something animal print?

And here's to sunshine and sequins and the start of what I have decided is going to be a great year. Cheers!

making: things that are shiny

I wanted to do something with sequins. A specific color of sequins. And instead of doing what any sane and normal person would do, I took the enormous bag of mixed sequins that I already had, and decided to sort them by color.
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It took more hours than I will admit too but in the end I had these super satisfying pile of individually colored sequins. Ah so pleasing to the eye.

I am on my way to Las Vegas tomorrow for some shiny-shiny times and I (very proudly) made all of my own outfits, including one that included my fantastically color-sorted sequins. It looks like an Olympic ice-dancer exploded all over it. In a good way. I will attempt to capture a shot of the dress in action. And Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!