Saturday, August 18, 2007

I need some inspiration... or motivation...

I'm kind of having crafter's-block right now, so instead I decided to take a few pictures of some things around my "house" that make me smile when I look at them....

I was pretty excited about these little babushkas because they reminded me of the set my sister has had since we were really young, and I always admired them. I got these nesting dolls in Winnipeg a couple years ago, on a glorious Fall day when I took the bus to The Forks and wandered around by myself looking at all the little goodies, and then I met up with my dad for coffee, after which he took me for a drive through some of the old/best parts of downtown Winnipeg.

The little buddha bank my sister found for me at a funky Granville Island store in Vancouver, when we went on a mini-roadtrip last spring and visited my mom for her birthday/Mother's Day. We took the sea-bus on a really sunny morning to Granville Island and shopped for a while, then went out for a drink where I had a yummy lychee martini. On our way home, walking from the sea-bus to my mom's place, we got SOAKED from the pouring rain despite the fact that we had umbrellas - they don't work so well when the rain comes in sideways.

This awesome wooden box for - you guessed it - potatoes and onions. It was Brian's grandmother's. I remember it in her house on the two "American" Thanksgivings I was able to spend with her, and the rest of Brian's family - where I was lucky enough to discover Brian's favourite dish: cheesy broccoli rice casserole, and of course my favourite: sweet-potato pie. When Brian's parents came up to visit us this summer, they shipped this box to us before they left Texas, and it arrived while they were here. Brian was really excited when he got it because it was the one thing he hoped to get from his grandmother's place after she passed away, and it was a total surprise when it came in the mail.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

I'm in love with my new camera phone...


It's so rad! It has all these fun settings... I am looking forward to using it a lot!

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Fancy Pink Stuff

Well I have finally got around to starting to make some new tags for my jewellery. I got to use the cute new hole-punchers that I got at Michael's a few weeks ago... but all I had to print them out on was pink cardstock... however, I still think they're pretty cute:


The above tags will be used for necklaces and bracelets. The tags below are for earrings - not quite as cute but I had to punch each and every little hole with a tiny pin so I figured the all the effort was worth a picture too (although the pic was pre-holes, just with marker dots for where I was about to pin through them):


Oooooh, and speaking of fancy pink stuff -
I have found my new favourite drink!


Delicious sparkling wine in an adorable little pink can with a fun little bendy pink straw AND named after one of my favourite movie directors... what's not to love?

Friday, August 3, 2007

There's no place like home...

I have to say, I am now "officially" happy to be back home. Yesterday I still had some sad feelings left over from leaving my family on Wednesday. But now that I am settled back into my normal routines a bit, not to mention away from the stifling heat & humidity, I feel quite a bit better. Plus, having these great shoes to prance around in doesn't hurt either.
And having the person who is attached to the red shoes (my newly-engaged lil sis) finally back in town on Sunday will just make everything complete :D

Thursday, August 2, 2007

I'm baaaaack....

Well I'm back from my "vacation" and feel like I still need a vacation! Whew boy was it ever a busy one. And hot!!!! It made me wish it was Fall already... and I found some fun charms & beads whilst on holidays... so I felt inspired to make this Autumn-inspired pendant:

(Yes, I realize the pix are crappy - but I'm too tired to fiddle around with my crappy camera to take better ones.)
I just haven't decided what kind of chain I want to make, to hang it on, and I may decide to use one of my few precious owl charms to add to it as well... maybe... I think I'll keep this one for myself.