Archive for March, 2010
Hello! I’ve been busy. Mostly. Sort of. I was just looking online for a quick Illustrator template for 1 inch pin-back buttons and I couldn’t find one. So here is one of you would like to download it! FREE! WOW! –> Download Adobe Illustrator template for making 1 inch pin-back buttons here.
I’m reposting this from my sister’s blog. Win a ticket to Blogher ’10 Conference and contribute to a worthy cause. Jenny, of Three Kid Circus, is raffling off her sister’s Blogher ticket. My beautiful, hilarious, 38 year old sister has breast cancer. She’s endured countless medical tests, appointments, a double mastectomy and is fighting her [...]
Applications Due on March 16th for Bazaar Bizarre Maker Faire This is a two-day event being held on May 22nd and 23rd, 2010 Saturday 10am – 8pm and Sunday 10am – 6pm. (Not Memorial Day Weekend) This Bazaar Bizarre event is happening as part of Make and Craftzine’s San Mateo Maker Faire 2010. The entire [...]
I just made some kale chips with some slightly wilted kale from my fridge. It was okay. I washed it, dried it, cut out the spine, tossed in olive oil and apple cider vinegar, spread on pan and sprinkled with sesame seeds and baked at 350 for a while. I may have over baked. then [...]
3T really snuck up on me. All Jack’s 2T pants are too tight in the waist so this weekend I went out and bought him some 3T’s and he is now super dapper again. God I love buying clothes and I love dressing my kid funny. Really, it satisfies something deep in my soul. Something [...]
Every time I go to the new California Academy of Science I get grumpy. I miss the old one. A lot. I think the new building is very beautiful and the living roof is awesome. I understand the amazingness of many of the features of the new building and exhibits. But I gotta say, my [...]
okay WTH!? I am so annoyed. Is my problem google reader? because when I go straight look at my feed here: http://www.thankyoufornotbeingperky.com/?feed=rss2 It looks fine. In google reader it is now only showing a summary, which, I guess, is better than before. phftftfttft
Here is a picture of me and Moomin in the pool in SoCal. Here is a picture of Moomin making rabbit ears on Jack. I have no idea what is going on with Jack’s mouth in this picture but it is funny. In totally unrelated and way less cute news… I have a new doctor [...]
My theory is that if an old cat is fat and lazy then it is happy. Never mind that people put their old cats on diets and shit. We tried this with Vim’s cat and now we are trying it with mine. The plan is simply to stuff her with canned cat food. As with [...]
I used this tutorial from Crafty Stylish to create a custom sleeve pattern. It took a while and when I was done I matched it up with sleeve pattern from a previous dress and it was practically the same. Anyway, this is the dress I am making from having copied a dress that I already [...]
I want a kitchen garden. I need a small baby so that I can dress it in one of these. Craft social. Also, I made a new header image!

