happy stuff.

there was a party at my house last night. my friends who were planning the party had stopped at a local bakery and purchased the yummy fruit tarts and jam cookies you see in the foreground, then a quick trip to trader joe’s landed the apricot almond tart and the “chocolate pringles.”  the layer cake?  [...]

today i indulged in a much-needed mental health vacation day and stayed home to carve stamps with a crafty friend visiting from out of town.  in addition to my first big monster stamp, i also carved the star flower you see above, and a speech bubble stamp and the words “happy birthday” that fit into [...]

although we live in the middle of the city, our home is near a nature preserve, so we have easy access to “the woods.”  we’ve been in this house for about 6 years and earlier this spring discovered (for the first time) a lovely path back into those woods that is partially paved and wide [...]

today was a dreary rainy day and i wanted nothing more than to sit at home with my kitties and sew all day long.  but instead, i went to work, like a responsible person, and have spent the evening working on a paper that’s due in my class tomorrow night.  about halfway through this morning, [...]