Week 21 and I love this project. (click to enlarge & the image above will be [somewhat] clearer) Nothing too exciting. (Except photos of tomatoes one and two.) Quote this week is a rad one I foun...
Good week, busy week. Busy like a bee, you could say. And guess what : we have bees! Well, our wall has bees. Tough to tell if it's an actual new hive or if it's just scout bees (I am learn...
Paul and I head to Palm Springs this weekend (so excited!) and I'm taking my summer book (with painted cover), some favorite pens, striped washi tape, a few labels & some cute clips. I was a...
Recently read : The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau. Chris is an online friend of mine and I was excited to take his newest book for a spin (I loved The Art of Non-Conformity when I read it a few ye...
Since our trip through Big Sur at the beginning of March, Paul and I have been trying to work more hikes into our weekend routine. We have never had "weekends" together in the traditional s...
pizza no. 2 : pesto chicken. occasion : the basil plants were due for their first major trim. crust : our whole wheat usual. sauce : pesto! This time around we had more than enough basil so we skippe...
As I wait impatiently for my tomato plants to produce something we can eat, I'm pretty excited about the heirloom tomatoes we found at the farmer's market yesterday. I could eat caprese sal...
I should have mentioned last time, you are invited to play along. Use my prompt or make up your own. Share on your blog or keep them in your camera. Take one photo or hundreds (actually, try for some...
Week 20 and I am still in love with this project. (click to enlarge & the images above will be [somewhat] clearer) More and more photos. A ton this week were taken with my phone. And lots of writ...
Busy desk, busy kitchen, busy brain. I am in the strangest, most exciting work period of my life so far. Riding the wave like it's my job and really, really enjoying it. The past three weekends ...
If you've been following along for the past few weeks, you may have noticed a switch in the way I'm doing online business. Out with the Etsy, in with a random shop that looks like a blog. Y...
There is a pesto pizza in our near future... Edited to add : Don't worry! I didn't just dig up those plants to make one batch of pesto! I trimmed them using the healthy herb trimming techni...
I loved this post on Summer's blog last week and I thought I'd do something similar. Stuff we've learned over the past nearly five years of living together. I can't believe it...
My original plan for "glass" was two painted mugs. I painted them, waited the 21 days for the glass paint I bought to cure, and then realized that ceramic didn't technically count as g...
pizza no. 1 : thai chicken. occasion : it's Friday night. crust : our whole wheat usual. sauce : peanut sauce of Paul's concoction (all measurements are approximate) 1/4 C peanut butter jui...
My original plan after the 40 loaves was to embark on 40 soup recipes. I was so set to go. But Paul wasn't that into it. He made the argument that we hardly ever eat soup (to which I responded, ...
Week 19 & I still love this project. (click to enlarge & the image above will be [somewhat] clearer) I mentioned last week that I think things are going to get pretty photo heavy around here....
Week 18 & I still love this project. (click to enlarge & the image above will be [somewhat] clearer) Playing a bit of catch up here... nothing to exciting or complicated this week - mostly ju...
The garden is thriving with tomato plant cages. We are BBQing more often & fruit has become a meal. The days are getting longer and longer and I am so grateful for extra sunlight. Stamps are out ...
Summer books launch tomorrow and I am so excited about them. I originally planned on NOT making my own this year because of Project Life and all the other stuff I have going on. But then the papers I...
chemex coffee maker (we made the switch last week and there's no going back), tokketok happy note pads, anthropologie beaded headband (I finally figured out how to make circle headbands work wit...
grateful for time spent up in Sacramento with my family. loving these Blowfish wedges (especially with a polka-dot dress). determined to work green vegetables into every dinner. honored to have our w...
I have to say, it's a joy to be done with this project. It served it's purpose and then some. I made 40 different loaves of bread. I tried detailed and complicated recipes and super simple ...
I am going to be bringing a few new features to the blog this summer - two that are photo based. Weekly, I'll be sharing the "around here" shots, which are photos that I take mostly in...
I mentioned last week that I was going to be starting a second Project Life album. I have decided to break the year up into three albums so I can be sure everything fits and I am not limited on inser...
As you may have guessed, the rubber stamps are beginning to ship. Thank you, again and again, for your patience. My stamp makers were a bit overwhelmed with your orders - but I am sending them out as...
Bread no. 40 : french bread recipe below. Adjustments : I halved this to make just one loaf and then my changes are shown below in italics. Thanks so much Jill for sending the recipe! Notes : it'...
Oh man, I have found my new hobby. When I first shared my garden at the end of March, I had a bunch of basil, various herbs and five tomato plants. I got a lot of encouragement and suggestions in the...
captured on Instagram. And I would like to take a second to introduce you to and welcome back some wonderful small businesses that help support me and this blog by advertising on my sidebar. Please t...
April was crazy around here. May is set up to be almost as nuts. Taking things one day at a time and REJOICING that Paul and I have got our balance back together. I am very passionate about all the i...
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