I stumbled across this blog via Oh Joy! and I have decided that this lady can't be real life. She lives a grain, lactose, and sugar free existence and posts those kinds of recipes on her blog. They look amazing but I just don't understand how that even works because I love all of those items. I love them so much so I just concluded it can't be real life.
Anyways, a real post is coming soon as well as the New Year. Crazy!
Dec 26, 2011
Dec 18, 2011
Wrapping Made Easy
L came up with a super cute and easy way to wrap up gifts. See below.
Adorbs, right? These little buddies were made for cookies and other such treats but I don't see why it couldn't be duplicated for regularly wrapped gifts. Keep reading for directions!
Also, photography is not exactly in our skill set (as you have probably noticed) so just know it's on our list of "To Learn".
Dec 11, 2011
A Crap-ton of Errors
We made a bunch of mistakes putting together these new books. In fact, a crap-ton (like stated in the title). We're perfectionists and want to make sure people only get the best so when things don't look right, they get tossed or relegated to another project. For some reason, we didn't take pictures of the sadness so I can't prove to you the errors we made. But believe me when I say there were lots of mistakes. We lost 3 envelopes and 3 sheets of paper in the carnage. While it doesn't seem like much, we're poor people. It matters.
So what do the sad and defeated do? They paint their nails.
Of course.
We've 're on the home stretch finishing some of these books finished some of these books. Stay tuned for pics.
-M
So what do the sad and defeated do? They paint their nails.
Of course.
We've
-M
Dec 4, 2011
Today we didn't cry
We're in progress of making six books! That's right six. Four because people asked nicely and two more because we thought we should and were inspired to do so. After some discussion, L and I think that we will set up this blog site here (yes, this very one) as the platform to order. More to come when we figure out the logistics.
In the meantime, here's our productivity in picture form:
I know we haven't gotten very far, but we are quite appreciative of all y'alls support. Thank you!
-M
Nov 26, 2011
A Post-ish for a Day of Kindas
We're craftin' and we're feelin' something that resembles fine.
I might have mentioned in the previous post selling 4 orders for the recipe books. Muy exciting! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, dear customers!!
But now we have to assemble them (they are made-to-order!) Remember that whole thing about L and I having wonky non-matching schedules? So, we figure during this long weekend of thanks we should just bust out with ALL four of them, particularly (only) Saturday, today.
Turns out, we don't quite have the stamina for an all day thing.
Here was our goal list:
Line and tab all envelopes
Cover all books
Cut tab inserts
Eat lunch
Blog post
Here is what happened:
Line and tab all envelopes-ish
Cover all books-kinda
Cut tab inserts-yes
Eat lunch-for surely
Blog post-lookit me go!
We're chugging along here but ran into some snags, like ugly envelope liners (not ok for consumers), not having the right envelopes (boo!), buying cards instead of envelopes (we need to learn to read), and hunger.
I guess it's a good time...or something like it. Here's a picture of what we worked on (and have now tossed--it wasn't to standard).
Looking forward to food as usual,
M
I might have mentioned in the previous post selling 4 orders for the recipe books. Muy exciting! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, dear customers!!
But now we have to assemble them (they are made-to-order!) Remember that whole thing about L and I having wonky non-matching schedules? So, we figure during this long weekend of thanks we should just bust out with ALL four of them, particularly (only) Saturday, today.
Turns out, we don't quite have the stamina for an all day thing.
Here was our goal list:
Line and tab all envelopes
Cover all books
Cut tab inserts
Eat lunch
Blog post
Here is what happened:
Line and tab all envelopes-ish
Cover all books-kinda
Cut tab inserts-yes
Eat lunch-for surely
Blog post-lookit me go!
We're chugging along here but ran into some snags, like ugly envelope liners (not ok for consumers), not having the right envelopes (boo!), buying cards instead of envelopes (we need to learn to read), and hunger.
I guess it's a good time...or something like it. Here's a picture of what we worked on (and have now tossed--it wasn't to standard).
Looking forward to food as usual,
M
Nov 19, 2011
We're Alive!
Hello reader (if you're out there)!
So, there has been a switch in jobs with L, a crazy schedule with M, and a disheartening discovery by a friend of M which has now affected L as well. This little endeavor, however, is still alive as are we.
In fact, it's so alive that we have pictures of our products. Prayer diaries? Fo' sho'. Recipe books? Like no other. We've actually tentatively sold a few of our recipes books to people from L's job.
So here it is...
Are you ready?
Ok, I don't want to hype this up too much to set us up for disappointment. So, meh. Whatev's. You might like it or you might not.
Alright, really really. Here goes...see pictures after the jump!
So, there has been a switch in jobs with L, a crazy schedule with M, and a disheartening discovery by a friend of M which has now affected L as well. This little endeavor, however, is still alive as are we.
In fact, it's so alive that we have pictures of our products. Prayer diaries? Fo' sho'. Recipe books? Like no other. We've actually tentatively sold a few of our recipes books to people from L's job.
So here it is...
Are you ready?
Ok, I don't want to hype this up too much to set us up for disappointment. So, meh. Whatev's. You might like it or you might not.
Alright, really really. Here goes...see pictures after the jump!
Aug 25, 2011
dinner party place cards
In the early part of college, a group of friends of mine decided to throw a formal dinner party and me and my friend took that fabulous idea and ran with it. We went all out: we created formal invitations and hand delivered them, we secured a quaint location (friends backyard + tons of twinkle lights), we came up with a fancy menu, and came up with some amazing decorations (i.e. ambiance). The whole endeavor sparked my love my event planning and probably changed the course of my life forever (no, seriously). After that, I was kind of known for dinner parties and would make the effort to plan parties for all the special occasions. There was the ugly sweater Christmas party (a classic), the Valentine's Day dinner party for those of us who didn't have Valentines (not as depressing as it sounds), and my personal favorite "the Joint-Joint Birthday Party" (don't ask about the name).
The Joint-Joint birthday party was a joint effort (pun intended) between me and my friend whose birthday falls 5 days before mine in April. We decided we needed to throw a combined birthday party to celebrate and with a ton of help from my friends we ended up with an amazing dinner party that friends still talk about.
But, this post wasn't intended to simply brag about my party planning skills (that was just a nice perk)-- I wanted to share with you an awesome (and incredibly inexpensive) place card idea that we used for the party that could be taken in so many directions and used for an immeasurable amount of events.
Supplies needed:
-Mini terra cotta pot (roughly $1 from Michael's or JoAnn's)
-Acrylic paint
-bamboo skewers (you can find them at any grocery store)
-Cricut cutter and "Walk in My Garden" Cricut cartridge
-Cardstock/scrapbook paper in various colors
-Foam paint brush (or any large bristled paint brush)
-the essentials: glue, scissors, tape, etc
For these place cards, we painted the terra cotta pots with basic white acrylic paint. Obviously you can use any color you want to match your color scheme for the event. Lay the pots aside to dry and paint the bamboo skewers with a green acrylic paint to look like the stems of flowers.
The daisies were created using a Cricut cutter and the cartridge "Walk in My Garden" ( <daisy1> and shadow option selected to make them thicker). We chose various shades of pink cardstock for the flowers, but again, you can use anything that goes with your color scheme. If you don't have access to a Cricut cutter or that specific cartridge, you can use a variety of stencils or free form drawing to create your flowers. Or, get creative and come up with other shapes to use. A lot of craft stores and scrapbook stores have pre-cut chipboard shapes that could be painted and/or covered and used as well. It just so happens that the Cricut cuts a lot of shapes really quickly and saves you a lot of time. Amazing tool if you have access to one :)
Probably the coolest part of these place cards was the picture we used of each person for the inside part of the flower. This is an optional step since you have their name on another "stem" but it was a really unique and personal touch that we added to each place card. We found each picture from our friends' Facebook albums and used Photoshop to size each picture and make them into circles. After they were printed we used a circle punch to punch out each persons' head (punches= huge time savers!) and was then glued to the center of the flower to complete it
**side note: we printed two of each person's face. The first picture of the person's face was used for the flower place card. The second face we glued on key tags and used as champagne glass drink markers by attaching them to the stem of the glass. This could be a whole tutorial in and of itself, but unfortunately, I have no pictures of them or the process of making them. Sad day. Trust me, they were amazing and a huge hit. They are an awesome idea for any party where you're going to use wine or champagne glasses and don't want your guests to get their drinks mixed up. I used key tags like these ones:
The names were printed on regular paper and glued onto a coordinating color of cardstock and both the flower and the name were attached to the bamboo skewers. I cut the "name" skewer so it was slightly shorter than the flower skewer to add a little bit of dimension.
Lastly, we scrounged up some dirt from our backyard (it doesn't take much to fill the pots) and both skewers were arranged in the dirt. Voila! Amazing little place cards that your guests can take home :)
other pictures from that evening:
(all pictures courtesy of my amazing friend Ashley)
--L
The Joint-Joint birthday party was a joint effort (pun intended) between me and my friend whose birthday falls 5 days before mine in April. We decided we needed to throw a combined birthday party to celebrate and with a ton of help from my friends we ended up with an amazing dinner party that friends still talk about.
But, this post wasn't intended to simply brag about my party planning skills (that was just a nice perk)-- I wanted to share with you an awesome (and incredibly inexpensive) place card idea that we used for the party that could be taken in so many directions and used for an immeasurable amount of events.
-Mini terra cotta pot (roughly $1 from Michael's or JoAnn's)
-Acrylic paint
-bamboo skewers (you can find them at any grocery store)
-Cricut cutter and "Walk in My Garden" Cricut cartridge
-Cardstock/scrapbook paper in various colors
-Foam paint brush (or any large bristled paint brush)
-the essentials: glue, scissors, tape, etc
For these place cards, we painted the terra cotta pots with basic white acrylic paint. Obviously you can use any color you want to match your color scheme for the event. Lay the pots aside to dry and paint the bamboo skewers with a green acrylic paint to look like the stems of flowers.
The daisies were created using a Cricut cutter and the cartridge "Walk in My Garden" ( <daisy1> and shadow option selected to make them thicker). We chose various shades of pink cardstock for the flowers, but again, you can use anything that goes with your color scheme. If you don't have access to a Cricut cutter or that specific cartridge, you can use a variety of stencils or free form drawing to create your flowers. Or, get creative and come up with other shapes to use. A lot of craft stores and scrapbook stores have pre-cut chipboard shapes that could be painted and/or covered and used as well. It just so happens that the Cricut cuts a lot of shapes really quickly and saves you a lot of time. Amazing tool if you have access to one :)
Probably the coolest part of these place cards was the picture we used of each person for the inside part of the flower. This is an optional step since you have their name on another "stem" but it was a really unique and personal touch that we added to each place card. We found each picture from our friends' Facebook albums and used Photoshop to size each picture and make them into circles. After they were printed we used a circle punch to punch out each persons' head (punches= huge time savers!) and was then glued to the center of the flower to complete it
**side note: we printed two of each person's face. The first picture of the person's face was used for the flower place card. The second face we glued on key tags and used as champagne glass drink markers by attaching them to the stem of the glass. This could be a whole tutorial in and of itself, but unfortunately, I have no pictures of them or the process of making them. Sad day. Trust me, they were amazing and a huge hit. They are an awesome idea for any party where you're going to use wine or champagne glasses and don't want your guests to get their drinks mixed up. I used key tags like these ones:
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| These are from etsy.com but you can find them at any office supply store/scrapbook store. The ones we used were white. |
The names were printed on regular paper and glued onto a coordinating color of cardstock and both the flower and the name were attached to the bamboo skewers. I cut the "name" skewer so it was slightly shorter than the flower skewer to add a little bit of dimension.
Lastly, we scrounged up some dirt from our backyard (it doesn't take much to fill the pots) and both skewers were arranged in the dirt. Voila! Amazing little place cards that your guests can take home :)
other pictures from that evening:
--L
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