Beanblossom

Cupcake Theatre with Whine

bokeh?
Originally uploaded by BeanBlossom.

Stop me! Help! I need to step away from the cupcakes! These are actually more like candy, from a recipe at Bakarella (link later -- I'm writing via Flickr).

My 20th class reunion is tonight and i'm missing it. So many various reasons, but right now they don't mean much because I wish I was there and screw all those reasons! As soon as I realized I wouldn't be going, I stopped my part of the chain of emails with old friends and classmates. It's not like I am ignoring them, but I didn't want to face the reasons why I a not back home this weekend.

One of those reasons was college expenses come first. Chris leaves in a few weeks and we need to make sure we had his housing and dining covered. Of course, that got covered at zero hour yesterday when it was too late to book a flight to Grand Haven.

Did I say 20th? I meant my 10th. I am too young to have a kid going to college and a 20th reunion. Ha.

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Cupcake Theatre with Whine

bokeh?
Originally uploaded by BeanBlossom.

Stop me! Help! I need to step away from the cupcakes! These are actually more like candy, from a recipe at Bakarella (link later -- I'm writing via Flickr).

My 20th class reunion is tonight and i'm missing it. So many various reasons, but right now they don't mean much because I wish I was there and screw all those reasons! As soon as I realized I wouldn't be going, I stopped my part of the chain of emails with old friends and classmates. It's not like I am ignoring them, but I didn't want to face the reasons why I a not back home this weekend.

One of those reasons was college expenses come first. Chris leaves in a few weeks and we need to make sure we had his housing and dining covered. Of course, that got covered at zero hour yesterday when it was too late to book a flight to Grand Haven.

Did I say 20th? I meant my 10th. I am too young to have a kid going to college and a 20th reunion. Ha.

The Wedding DJ

The Wedding DJ
Originally uploaded by BeanBlossom.

I traded Saturday Weddings for Saturday Art & Craft Shows.

Well, not quite because I am not doing a craft or art show every weekend. And I am not making wedding money either. But I do remember missing out on good shows because I booked a wedding a year in advance (or more) and the craft show date wasn't even set.

But didn't I look professional? hehe

Available for Adoption

Need I say more?
Originally uploaded by BeanBlossom.

These three guys are up for adoption and though i'll be happy to be free of the puppy noises at 3 AM, it's a very sad thing. I helped Cookie birth them -- the first one was almost buried by a freaked out mommy. I made sure all three were breathing and then later I weighed them each day to make sure they were growing.

They have been handraised inside our house. They are not puppy mill dogs that idiots will pay $1000 for. They were loved and treated like a part of the family.

But like I must give up a son who is off to college this year, these buggers must leave the nest too. No room in a 1500 square foot home for 5 dogs and 2 cats.

Unless....anyone want to adopt some teenagers? I have two left. They smell and eat a lot. But they do their own laundry and clean toilets.

I have trained them well, too.

(just kidding...!)

If anything

at least I have my freedom.

random and not so random finds

I need to work on product photos for the next series of goodies coming out. I found this via Not Martha the other day: Candy Blog Photo Studio and here is another blog with advice (she's an Etsy seller, too): LaPella Art

This guy is a freak.

Here in Puppyville, this crate would look so much better plopped in the middle of our living room.

I cannot afford new fabric and I don't need any new fabric, but I think I am going to have to get some of Anna Maria Horner's new fabric. Of course, I'll have to order it online since none of the local shops will have it. I bet not one place in Florida.  *sigh*

That said, at the Stitch Bird workshop on Sunday, I met someone who works at a fabric store in Margate and she says Amy Butler's Midwest Modern is there. I may need to go check that out..

Wii Fit

I am considering starting a new blog about using the Wii Fit and going back to Raw Vegan eating. I need accountability (hahahahahaha!) and it will also be a good place to log all my links for raw recipes, etc. I ate raw last summer and felt great and lost weight. I'm having weird bruising and well, i'm fat. I need to do something. Now.

In the meantime, here are some good raw recipes.

*thinking off new blog name...*

What I crafted this week!

Francisco, Moe and Zhen
Originally uploaded by BeanBlossom.

Actually, all credit goes to Cookie the Mama, my dachshund girl. She had three boys who all look alike (black with a little tan). Poor Daddy Mikey gets nobody who looks the least bit like him (except for the doggy boy parts..ahem).

I was able to escape Puppy Central today and join Katrina and Kate at a workshop put on by The Amandas at Bear and Bird/Tates in Lauderhill. We learned how to fuse layers of plastic bags together to make a "fabric" and then we made pouches and wallets from this fabric. I need to finish my wallet, but i'll take a photo of finished products later.

Here are some links to Tutorials so you can do it yourself:
Etsy Labs Tutorial
Make Magazine Tutorial
Craft Zine article

Feeling like a Fish Head

Happy Fish Heads
Originally uploaded by BeanBlossom.

I can count on one hand how many times i've never been offered a job i've interviewed for. I need a new hand.

I left the interview yesterday feeling like a complete goober, too, so it's really no surprise. I don't know what came over me, but it was like I was in complete dorkette-mode the entire time.

Oh well. Now I can dye my hair pink and get a tattoo.