My birthday is approaching—well, it’s in the first bit of October, anyway—and I’ve bought myself a couple of presents already. Why already? Because I can! Wheeee! :D Ahem. One of the things I’ve gotten is a fabulous, gorgeous Laurel Burch “Santa Fe Felines” mug, something I’ve wanted for years (literally, years) and have no idea…
I can’t explain why, unless a neighbor bought a box of them and released them, but ladybugs have been everywhere lately. I even found one in my hair the other day in the shower (never fear, I saved her and put her back outside ;) ). While wandering the garden today, I saw one on…
Ok. So. I finally got my hands on a copy of Nourishing Traditions. I have this post by Katie at Kitchen Stewardship bookmarked & referenced. I’ve been really looking forward to making my own bone broth/stock the real way, full of all the goodies that can only be gotten from the chicken’s bones through long,…
So in my quest to find pastured/healthy/real eggs I came across quite a few stumbling blocks that I didn’t expect. I wanted to find a local source of eggs from actual free-ranging, dirt-and-bug-pecking, organically-fed-when-needed chickens. I have not found that yet, at least not in any of my local stores (big or independent). I’m going…
See that pic of the birdbath? The frozen birdbath? We officially have winter in Florida! Woohoo! *ducks for cover from snowbirds who disagree with the cheering* I had to cover the plants last night, and while I don’t know how cold it got here, the last time I looked it was 30F and getting colder.Woot!…
I’m very much looking forward to 2010. Can’t wait to start all my homesteading plans! As for the calendar turnover itself, I’m celebrating at home tonight, to save money, but I don’t see this as a bad thing. In fact, it’s gonna be fun! My roommate and I are cooking, and as I’ve mentioned before,…
Although I started decorating the day after Thanksgiving, I didn’t really get things done until yesterday. And by “done” I mean as much decorations as I can display given my limited space. I keep getting ideas for more stuff I’d like to do, decorations-wise, but then I look around and realize that I simply don’t…
Oh yeah…it’s that time of year…let the sales begin! I have re-launched the Geek Bliss blog; see this post for info about the sale (basically get a free balm for each item you buy, this Friday thru Monday!). There will be lots of other sales/specials throughout December, including some giveaways on this blog as well…
I’ve not posted in a few days, but I’ve been a busy bee plotting and planning and conjuring up new things. I’m planning a couple of “events” for the blog (more on that this week), making some digital downloads to give away on the blog, making some to sell on Etsy, designing a holiday card…
Some updates from the weekend… A layout I did tonight for fun. I’m working on others thanks to some fantastic kits I got during Digital Scrapbooking Day/weekend. :-D A new business card I designed for Geek Bliss! I just love using retro pinup art, and I’m going to be doing more things for GB with…
In between making some really cool digital ATCs and other artsy projects for Cassandra’s Halloween Masquerade blog party tomorrow, I finally finished putting more lip balms up into the Geek Bliss Etsy store… Yep, the Twilight-themed balms are ready to go! And in plenty of time for New Moon, lol! “I Kissed A Cullen” is…
