I love this house. It’s small and cozy and ours. Living in a neighborhood with 1/10 acre lots doesn’t do anything for the view on its own, but it does mean you can build your own view. Here’s our backyard, as seen from the living room, and how it’s looking so far. If spreading vistas [...]
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The View From My Couch
Posted in General Article on October 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Candied Orange Upside Down Cake
Posted in General Article on October 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I based this cake off a super healthy recipe. I mostly stuck with it—except for using oranges and candying them first. Because you use ground almonds instead of flour, it is very dense, nutty, and filling. Perfect for if you’re trying to be healthy, have excess almonds and no flour (like me) or just want [...]
Announcing the opening of Unwhite Art on Etsy.com!
Posted in General Article on February 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today is a big day! After much planning, work, and crafting, I’m announcing the opening of my second Etsy shop, Unwhite Art. The shop focuses primarily on porcelain art and jewelry, but I usually add bookish sorts of things too . . . anything that catches my crafting fancy, really. The porcelain art will take [...]
Baked Whole Pumpkin
Posted in General Article on October 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A bit of a departure from the usual items showcased, but I think well worth it. It’s been a few years since I’ve made this recipe. It really brings back memories of all the occasions I’ve made it for in the past. My sister Melody always really liked it, and I’ve been thinking about her [...]
Decor . . . or extra storage?
Posted in General Article on August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
More and more people are turning to couponing to find a way to make vacations and Christmas gifts happen, but if you’re like me, you don’t have a giant custom-built pantry to hold all your bargain finds. What’s a stockpiler to do? Turn to the nooks and crannies that are going to waste otherwise. Here’s [...]
Thinking Outside the Box About Household Products
Posted in Found Objects, General Article on August 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here are somethings that started out as desperate substitutions, but which I now treat as standard uses. Lubriderm. I use it as facial lotion. My dry, sensitive skin reacts to a lot of the lotions out there. Before buying a formula that hopefully would work with my skin, I tried Lubriderm because I had two [...]
Entry Way Makeover
Posted in General Article, Tutorials on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
My house has a small entryway hall that opens up in to the living room and kitchen. Blank walls greeted folks who walked in. I hung a generic picture arrangement there, but the space seemed to cry out for something more. That’s when I flipped through a recent Pottery Barn catalog and fell in love [...]
Gift Jars: Easy, Simple, Beautiful
Posted in General Article, Tutorials on May 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last month, my 12-year-old sister Evangeline came for a two-week visit. During that time we packed in a lot of craft projects, including gift jars for other members of the family. Glass jars with metal or plastic lids work great for this type of project. The first step is to wash the jars and spray [...]
Embracing Stages
Posted in General Article on January 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
When I was engaged, my mother enjoyed telling me about how she and Dad first started out: Army quarters, velvet paintings and a souvenir sombrero on the walls, and termite-ridden rented furniture. And while I grinned and filed her stories somewhere in the back of my mind, she was really getting at something priceless: Stuff [...]
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