Living a Handmade Life

Archive for April, 2010

1. This cupcake stand from Crate and Barrel- I am thinking I need this for my housewarming party.

2. Wonton Soup from PF Chang’s-  It comes in this huge bowl with a little bowl to eat from  but it is so good and is enough for a meal alone or shared with friends

3. Cheerios- I ate way too much cereal in college so for about 10 years now I have been trying to avoid it like the plague. This week however I had a craving for a bowl of Cheerisos

4. ezprints- I use the website for all my photo development, they have really good prices on prints and I like the features of being able to crop the pictures how you want them to print per size.

1. Dollhouse- I think it is my love for making things but I really want to make a dollhouse from here. I don’t know who I will give it to when I am done, but I think I will make it a winter project so I have alot of time to decide/

2. Amy Butler fabrics- I have a bunch of new fabrics I have been buying for projects around my new condo, now I only have to sit down at my sewing machine and make them. I have to say I am not a good sewer but I will try my best.

3. My dog  Zoe ”Darth Vader ” noise- it is this really weird breathing noises she makes usually when she wants my attention but doesnt want to annoy me by whinning. It is really funny to all of a sudden hearing this weird noise and look up and see her staring at me.

4.  48 hours- Since I have quit my job and now am home all day I have to say I have started to find new show I love. I think it is the problem solver in my loves the show 48 hours. Maybe I should have been a detective but I think I rather watch it on TV.

1. Sybile 2. onceuponapaper 3. corid 4. theolivebird

1.  dedeetsyshop 2. karenssoaps 3. metamorph 4. edmdesigns

1.  My new favorite thing to make is cupcakes. I never really liked them until I got my own cupcake book and now I make everything from scratch and all organic. I bought these cupcake liners for my housewarming party next month from CupcakeSocial

2. Tofu- I recently have started eating Tofu again. I really love that it is a protein that can asorb any flavoring you want. My favorite is a veggie stir frywith tofu, where I usually mix fresh garlic and ginger with low sodium soy sauce.

3. Bok Choy- I decided to start trying new veggies, I had bok choy in chinese food before but never thought to actually cook it. So recently, I started making stir fry’s with cabbage and the bok choy and other veggies with whatever protein I prefer at the time.

4. Crate and Barrel catalog- The new catalog made me want to order like half of the items in it. Ok maybe not half but there were alot of items and I have added them to my inspiration board and I hopefully will have a few of them sometime soon.

As some of my loyal readers of  Finding inspiration know, I recently bought a home in Salem Massachusetts. I love this city for it historic preservation

The Witch House:

This house is the only standing building that has direct ties to the Salem Witch Trials in 1692. The house was beleived to be built in the mid 1600′s. It belonged to one of the judges Jonathan Corwin that sentenced 20 people to death accused of being a witch and performing witchcraft, The building is no longer in it orginal location and was restored to look like it did back in 1692. Now the Witch House is a museum.

1.  huby06 2. walkcollection 3. thespottedsparrow 4. dindi

1. lazygiraffe 2. f2images 3. dekanimal  4. Evgene

This month giveaway is all about flowers.

To enter just comment on your favorite flower and for an extra entry become a google follower of this blog in the side bar.

One winner will be announce on  April 25th. Contest ends 4/24 at midnight EST