1. I found some seed beads in lovely colors last week, and made another pair of beaded tassel earrings. (If you’d like to make your own, follow my tutorial. To make them more like this pair, use bead cones at the top.)

2. I had entered plenty of giveaways, [...]

Happy New Year! Normally I don’t make any resolutions on January 1, but this year I decided to set some loose goals for myself just so they would be on my mind.

1. Spend more time with friends and family
This will be a lot easier since we moved back to the [...]

Just a note that I am still alive and planning to come back to blogging soon! After packing up/shipping/getting rid of all of our stuff, over Christmas we drove across the country and arrived back on the West Coast at 2:30 am on Christmas morning. In three days we drove ourselves and our two cats [...]

If you write a blog then you have probably been in the situation where you have exciting news but you can’t quite go public with it yet. So you have either two options: Keep your mouth shut until the time is right (difficult!), or trickle out little teasers about how you have really exciting news [...]

I was excited the other day when I discovered that there was a brand new (6th anniversary!) issue of N.E.E.T magazine out. I was even happier when I started (virtually) flipping through the pages. The “Raspberry Thighs” editorial is a gorgeous combination of food and fashion styling that seems like it could [...]

Yesterday was my birthday, so to celebrate, I did the following:

1. Talked to family and friends and received many nice birthday wishes.

2. Opened a birthday present, my pretty new headphones.

3. Read the adorable birthday card Steven drew for me. His hand-drawn birthday cards are the best. (My favorite cat [...]

It took me long enough, but I finally joined Pinterest. I started to join a couple of times, but was put off over the need to wait for an invitation. Within a few minutes of requesting one, though, I was signed up and pinning away, and I haven’t stopped [...]

The Pacific Northwest is known for being just a tad bit rainy, especially in the winter. After the wedding we stopped into some cute little shops near our hotel, and Steven bought some Portland raindrop magnets to put on our refrigerator. You can get your own set right here from