Archive for October, 2009

i’m dressing up as a UN Ambassador… how about you?

This Halloween, we won’t be setting up the house for trick-or-treaters like we did last year. Instead, we’ll be headed to a huge “Dia de Los Muertos” party, thrown by our friends who like to really immerse themselves in the spirit of the holiday. I won’t be going as anything scary or scandelous this year, [...]

it’s just cake once again

If you happened to catch OPRAH today, you would have gotten the chance to see our lovely wedding cake artist, Marina Sousa, and the cake she designed for today’s REALITY TV STARS show. Once again, Marina literally takes the cake with her amazing design, which is [...]

only a true gifter would know how neat this is!

Can you imagine anything more amazing than hot chocolate on a stick?

I mean, anything “on a stick” is usually amazing… but cocoa… that’s got to be insanely lovely! Once again, giver’s log shares an ingenious idea with the rest of us normal folks about how to make a wonderfully perfect gift to give everyone [...]

font of the week: Ivory

Ivory font family by FaceType [$12-$40]
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when craft classes collide

My adventurous screenprinting class is now over… but that doesn’t mean my exposure to emulsion and water-based ink is complete! Nope… it’s all just starting my friends, and I’d like to give you a preview of my first little project:

ingredients: muslin, black inkproject:  Holiday pillows[photo above is simply of the muslin loosely draped on a [...]

some bees are just crafty

Mrs. Green Tea was a pretty awesome WeddingBee blogger, but she’s an even more awesome gal in person. She’s kooky and crazy and boy, oh boy is that girl crafty! Even though her wedding is long over, she’s been sharing her bridal shower resourcefulness on the ‘Bee… and in case you need some inspiration, check [...]