Last month I had a tattoo appointment to work on the great grey owl on my inner bicep. I was a little nervous because the owl is big- very big! When I first saw the stencil I had to ask Rich if he thought that I could sit through it- he was really encouraging, and [...]
May 2011
At the end of last summer I decided to end having my pixie cut with a cut I called my “fauxmpadour”- super short on the sides and longer on the top. Since then I’ve been growing out my hair without a specific goal in mind, beyond that I wanted something longer, lower maintenance and less expensive. Holy [...]
I’m still really in love with the geometric jewelry trend and I can’t get enough of angular edges in wild colours- especially as the summer heat has made its way to the prairies. Right now I’m having a hard time resisting any of these! Rose red geometric ring mariaHandmade $12.00 Navajo Blues thebutteryhott… $12.00 mint geo necklace [...]
Every week this year I’ve been playing with my Diana+F as part of a project I’m calling Analog 52. At first I was showing the results every week but I dropped off for May, and I’ve found that it’s a lot more fun for me to take my time with this and post the project [...]
I’m excited to introduce you to my May sponsors- they’re a huge part of my site this month and I’m excited to be offering an ad space for June as a giveaway this month! I hope you find some great new blog friends and amazing shops through them, and if you’d like to enter just [...]
Today is my birthday, and I wanted to duck in and write a quick post before heading out to be with Jesse and my family today. Last year on this day I set some pretty big goals that would set the stage for my being able to quit my job and work on design, blogging [...]
This Friday I can’t help but be a little hopelessly lost in the sunshine and warmth of the early summer. I’m still at the stage where, when I walk outside and the sun hits my skin I have to take a moment and soak it in, because the sun is actually warming me. I don’t [...]
