Lavender Wedding Envelopes

Here's a new job I just finished for a friend who's getting married in the spring.  I used a simple block letter font.  I love, love, love this beautiful lavender!  Congrats Kristine!

the Walrus and the Carpenter

 Great oyster bar in Seattle.  I love the sign, especially the font!  And the oysters were very good, too.

 Really cool chandelier.

 This gentleman was a very skilled oyster shucker.

Buckets of oysters on ice.

Love the open shelving with neatly stacked items.

 I liked this wall.

Random Things

 Today is a random assortment of photos.

 Trying out different looks for my shop name.

 Delicious recipe for vanilla mochi bean cake.  It's so addictive I can't eat just one.  My friend found it on a great cooking blog.  http://weekofmenus.blogspot.com/2010/07/vanilla-bean-mochi-cake-my-obsessive.html

Trying out a new look.

Brrrr!! First snow of 2012

Today it's snowing buckets in Seattle.  We don't get it very often, so it feels extra special.  Everything feels quieter outside too. 

The best sound is feet crunching in the snow.

Hey, there's a snowball on the roof.

 I don't think this tree can take much more weight.

Best to stay in and eat.

The end.

Curly Letters

New Year, New Envelopes

 

So where do you put the stamp?

My holiday card 2011

Here is my submission to the Paper Source Holiday Card Contest this year.  I saw the flyer for the contest in the store.  I'm pretty much in there every time I'm near the mall.

I normally don't enjoy crafty/scrapbook hobbies.  But I'm not sure what came over me this year.  Must have been all those colorful powders and stamps.  Or that the winner gets a $50 gift card.  Very clever marketing, I must say.  I spent that much getting all the supplies. 

I love Christmas songs and wanted to incorporate that into my design.  I had the snowflake rubber stamps, so I sang every song I could think of with the word "snow".  I don't know how many times I wrote that phrase over and over until I got just the look I wanted.  ( I'm a tad obsessive).  I created the large white snowflakes using versamark, embossing powder and a heat gun to set it. 

I lined the envelope with vellum and stamped it using versamark.

And here it is. Yay!

Tis the season

 I can't believe it's less than a month away from Christmas.  While laying on my sofa with Thanksgiving food coma, I realized I hadn't started on my cards this year.  Am I the only one who thinks there's always more time than there is?  So here are some attempts at a modern Christmas card.

I love Christmas carols.  They're one of the best parts of this season.

 Cerulean blue is not so Christmas-y.

 Holiday gift tags.

Just goofin around. 

Ode to Summer Foods

Now that summer is officially over and it's cold and rainy over here, I've been dreaming about the delicious foods I had this summer.  Ok, some of these aren't exactly summer foods, but you get my drift. 

 Tomato caprese drenched in olive oil.  I miss you already.

Veggie lasagna.

Fried pork cutlets with pickled cabbage and spaetzle from Bratz in the U District in Seattle.  So good!

Morel mushrooms from the farmer's market.  They look very suspicious, but fry them in butter and they taste amazing!

In and Out. (We ate it in 108 degree Las Vegas heat.  That qualifies it as a summer food.)

 The best blueberry jam I've ever had comes from Pike Place.  Canter-Berry Farms.

 Iberian ham in Spain.

 Marinated potatoes and anchovies.

 Hooray for grilled summer vegetables!

 My husband smoked a brisket for the very first time this summer.  It was a little dry, but very delicious!  Isn't that what sauce is for?

10 Random Things in my Office (right now)

1. Seamus

 2. Glitter

 3. I stole these from the post office (kidding! they're free)

 4. Clown hat

 5. A snack

 6. Bucket o' corks

 7. Lip balm

 8. Hair clips

 9. Pretty label

10. Sponge Bob