One of my best friends N just had a precious little baby girl recently and found this great baby bapron tutorial on Craftiness is Not Optional and asked that I make some for her. I happily obliged! I...
There are many reasons why my sister is one of the greatest sister in the world, one of which is that she just gets me. Perhaps its because we spent the first nine months of our lives intertwined tog...
Hi!! I’m back! Sorry for the abrupt break from blogging, I didn’t intend to take a month-long hiatus from this blog, it just happened! Thanks to everyone who inquired what was going on an...
My love for bicycles must be legendary because I got a couple bicycle things for my birthday this past week! I think all my friends know how much I love anything with bicycles on it! I love bicycle...
Look what I got for my birthday! A new sewing machine! My awesome sister and my friend N pitched in to get this for me! I’ve been sewing with a simple Singer Prelude which had all the basic s...
(Photo taken by DT) Happy Birthday to my identical twin, wombmate and favorite person in the whole wide world!!!!! (and yes, this means its my birthday, too!) Every year on this day, I get to reflec...
Remember one of my New Year’s Resolutions was to learn how to use my new serger? I wrote more about my serger aspirations here. I excitedly and somewhat naively thought that once I got my serg...
I’ve been saving this 4 feet x 18 inch scrap piece of wood for almost a year. It’s leftover wood from the back of this wood mirror frame that I made last year. It’s nothing fancy,...
Happy Spring, everyone!! It seems like people all over the country have been enjoying warm weather the past few days! (Everyone, except for those of us that live in San Fran!) I’m so happy i...
One of the places I miss most about living in Cambridge, MA is my favorite bakery there. Those of you who know me know which bakery I am talking about because I can and will go on and on to anyone w...
The most anticipated event of the spring, March Madness, came to a quick and heartbreakingend for my family this weekend when our beloved Blue Devils were bounced from the first round of the tourney ...
Happy Pi Day, everyone!! Do you remember all these cute washi tape rolls that I got when I was in Japan in January? They are so pretty and precious, I almost don’t want to use them up! A read...
A few weeks ago, I shared about my urban adventure to salvage some vintage fabric scraps at Dark Garden Corsetry. My friend Grace introduced me to another amazing resource in south San Francisco cal...
Jeff and I have two good friends who both recently gave birth just hours apart from each other. The two of them are really good friends (like bridesmaids for each others’ weddings type of good...
I saw this herbed cheese straws recipe at Joy the Baker and I ran out to the grocery store that day to get ingredients to make them! They were surprisingly really easy to make. They look muc...
Whew!! I’ve had a busy weekend redesigning comeonilene.com and transferring my blog contents over! If you are reading this, congratulations! You have successfully made it over to the new site!...
Hey readers!! I’m excited to share that my blog is going under a redesign this weekend! The URL is still staying as comeonilene.com but I’m transferring my blog from a wordpress.com hos...
Jeff went away on a business trip and came home to a wife crazy for chickpeas. I don’t know what got into me, but I went from being totally grossed out by the thought of them to consuming them...
I found this clever idea on How About Orange – decorating dishes with edible paint. Ingenious! I love it! I surprised Jeff with these customized dishware for our 1.5 year anniversary dinner...
I set out to explore Hayes Valley last week and embarked on an unexpected mini urban adventure. Hayes Vally is a little neighborhood in San Francisco that has a bunch of cute restaurants and shops ...
My friend Esther blogged about making her own butter last week which I thought was SO COOL! I’ve always wanted to make homemade butter! I had almost a full pint of heavy whipping cream in th...
Thanks to everyone who entered last week’s giveaway! The clothes at Haute Republic are so cute! And pretty affordable, too! If you didn’t win the giveaway, definitely go check out their...
I’m about to reveal just how nerdy Jeff and I are. I may regret this later! One of the things I made for Jeff (in addition to baking the heart brownies) was set up a QR Code scavenger hunt a...
{This post is a part of Frugal February, a month-long series where I am challenging myself to not spend any money on projects. I will be using supplies I already have, upcycling old materials and fin...
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