Happy 2008! I hope your New Year has been fabulous so far. Mine has involved a nice long walk, a holiday milkshake from Burgerville (Andrew and I used a 2-for-1 coupon in the Chinook Book, if you want to jump on that too) and a big pot of black-eyed peas for luck. Maybe you can…
We came back from Mt. Hood yesterday morning and zipped right into packing and IKEA-ing and getting things ready for the move to the new house… oy. A million thanks to Diane, who tirelessly packed my craft room with me for hours yesterday — she is a rock star! If you can believe it, 40+…
It snowed all night last night and we woke up to this prettiness: I feel totally and completely spoiled — I think the last time I saw any snow at all was on our day trip to Yosemite in spring 2005, and glancing over to the window is like a Christmas card come to life….
Andrew and I are up at the cabin on Mt. Hood and it snowed yesterday! So today is my first-ever white Christmas and I have to say it is very nice after 32 straight of the non-snowy variety. It’s gorgeous and clear out and the trees across the river are all snowy and pretty. I…
Thanks so much for the sweet comments and emails about our new house!! We get the keys this afternoon and I’m so excited. Moving I’m not so excited about, but it’s only six blocks from our apartment so at least the whole process will be pretty streamlined… Things have been insanely busy lately — I…
Well, I can finally announce one of the things that has been keeping me busy lately: Andrew and I just bought our first house! It’s in the neighborhood here in Southeast Portland, my favorite part of town. We signed a kazillion documents today and we get the keys on Thursday! I can’t wait. Here it…
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be at the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Holiday Sale this Sunday! I’ll be sharing a table with Lee and we’re right next to Jenny of CRAFT: magazine. Please stop by and say hi if you have a chance! I’ll have skirt kits, ornaments, Bead Simple kits, and signed copies…
I’m so busy this week that I thought I’d do a re-post from last year’s (Dec 06) getcrafty column with the list of fun handmade holiday projects I put together then. Disclaimer: I haven’t had time to check to see if every single link is still active, so forgive me if you hit a dead…
Just wanted to mention over here that I posted a mini-interview on the Adorn blog with Nancy Flynn about her new craft book, Jeaneology, this afternoon. She and her publisher have generously offered up five copies of the book to readers, so head over there and comment for a chance to win! Nancy modeling two…
I made a pretty gigantic batch of vegetable soup last week and just finished the last bowl today. It was such a nice color — a crazy vivid beet pink! Two quarts went out to friends, and Andrew and I polished off the rest handily. If you want to make yourself some too, this is…
Okay, unlike most (many?) 33-year-olds who celebrate Christmas, I’ve never put up a tree before. Andrew and I have always gone to visit our families on the East Coast for the whole holiday stretch, so we never bothered. But this year we are staying in Oregon so we went to Michaels this morning and got…
I went to a fabulous cookie exchange party at Mariko‘s last night and brought two batches of spelt chocolate chip cookies, one with peanut butter and one with almond butter. It was so nice to hang out with the ladies, the babies, and the dog! I hadn’t been feeling that holiday-ish yet and now I…