Check out these semi-new additions to my Etsy shop! I'm now spending lots of time on this little amigurumi creatures! Here are their pictures, and if you click them you'll go see their listing pages.
New Creature Creations!
Check out these semi-new additions to my Etsy shop! I'm now spending lots of time on this little amigurumi creatures! Here are their pictures, and if you click them you'll go see their listing pages.
Someone's gotta educate you... That someone. Is me.
The following is the procedure for how to successfully create a delicious yet nutritious PB&J sandwich.
- Open the Kitchen Cupboard.
- Remove the Creamy peanut butter jar from the cupboard.
- Place peanut butter jar on counter.
- Close cupboard door to avoid bumping head on dangerous cupboard door corners.
- Walk to refrigerator.
- Open refrigerator door.
- Locate strawberry jam.
- Remove strawberry jam from refrigerator.
- Close refrigerator door to save energy.
- Walk back to counter and place strawberry jam jar on counter.
- Remove one sheet of paper towel from paper towel roll and lay flat on counter.
- Pick up bread bag and remove twist tie holding bag shut.
- Reach in bread bag and take out two slices of bread.
- Place slices of bread on top of paper towel.
- Open silverware drawer beneath counter and remove a knife
- Close silverware drawer
- Unscrew peanut butter jar lid, remove, and put lid down on the counter.
- Insert knife blade into peanut butter to scoop out a heaping portion of peanut butter.
- Smear and spread peanut butter on one side of one slice of bread.
- To clean the rest of the peanut butter off of the knife, wipe it on one side of the other slice of bread.
- Unscrew strawberry jam jar lid, remove, and put lid down on the counter.
- Insert knife blade into jam and scoop out heaping portion of jam. Make sure to use lots to have a good jam to peanut butter ratio.
- Smear and spread jam onto the peanutbuttered sides of bread until knife is clean. Carefully lick knife clean if you must.
- Put the peanut buttered and jammed sides of the two slices of bread together, pushing lightly.
- Cut the sandwich in half down the middle. Diagonally is for grilled cheese sandwiches only.
- Walk to sink with knife in hand
- Put knife in sink. Walk back to the countertop
- replace peanut butter jar lid on peanut butter jar. Screw on tight.
- Replace strawberry jam jar lid on strawberry jam jar. Screw on tight.
- Return strawberry jam jar to the refrigerator, closing refrigerator tightly.
- Return peanut butter jar to the cupboard, closing the cupboard door afterwards.
- Carefully wrap paper towel around completed sandwich, and go to your favorite PB&J eating location.
If you're feeling extra bold, skip steps 26, 27, 30, and 31. Add, "32. Hope that someone else will clean up after you"
Graphic Ad Work
Here are a few ads I did for The Nurture Center.
These ads will run in Mothering magazine and Pregnancy & Newborn magazine!
Cell Phone Socks!
Check out this new category of items in the shop! I've been playing with all sorts of yarns and stitches to come up with an iPhone cover for me, and it just so happens I came up with a few to share with the world!
Clicking on these photos will take you to the item's Etsy listing page!
Clicking on these photos will take you to the item's Etsy listing page!
New Jewelry Collection: Summer Sun
Check out this new collection! I just finished listing all 3 items over in my Etsy shop! Clicking on the photos will take you to the individual listing.
Recent Illustrator Creations
I wish I could take credit for these ideas, but these are just my results from working through two Adobe Illustrator tutorials.
The tutorial for a cute, happy octopus like this guy can be found here at vectortuts.
And here is the tutorial for this awesome little panda face.
Roar!
Today, I came across a song in my iPod I used to listen to when I was feeling really pissed off. And thus, here are my top 3 angry songs. I'm not big on screaming or cursing, so I let these people do it for me!
3. "Anxiety" by Black Eyed Peas
2. "Liar, Liar" by the Used
1. "99 Problems" by Jay-Z
(Links will take you to my Blip.fm page where you can listen!)
3. "Anxiety" by Black Eyed Peas
2. "Liar, Liar" by the Used
1. "99 Problems" by Jay-Z
(Links will take you to my Blip.fm page where you can listen!)
Oops! I went AWOL!
Alright, so I've officially been neglecting my blog. But it's because I have a few really cool things coming up and a few really cool things that have been going on lately. I'll explain.
First, I did a really cool custom order for Essenza Salon, which was recently opened by Andrea Cabillo, who has been doing my hair for about 6 years! These 6 matching necklaces were for all the stylists there!
On a related note, I had the chance to participate in a really fun photoshoot for Drea's portfolio. It was my first time working with a professional photographer. I uploaded all of the photos onto my Flickr account, and the photos were taken by Jared Teska.
Another reason I've been AWOL is that I'm planning on moving over to a Wordpress blog on my own domain, so I'm working on that design, learning what I need to know, and being a perfectionist of course ;)
Here are a few things coming soon in my Etsy shop. First, adult legwarmers in more colors (pink just went up for sale)! Second, crocheted mini-legwarmers for the new collection, Lazy Daisy Baby. And lastly, Some fun new wire jewelry which should be completed soon. Make sure you're checking back!
My Firsts Meme
FIRSTS
1.Who was your FIRST prom date? First and only, Mike.
2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? Hmm not really. But I think my definition of who my first love was has changed.
3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? Smirnoff Ice. My friend's grandma gave me it when I was like 14.
4. What was your FIRST job? Officially - Hostess/Takeout worker at Pietro's #2
5. What was your FIRST car? My current car, Mazda 3
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? Christine Lee!
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Ummm. No comment. Someone that was in my dream last night (totally PG I swear).
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? Ms. Hagistad, but she got married halfway through the year, so she became Mrs. Irvine.
9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? I think Hawaii. My family probably knows better than me. I was ittybitty.
10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? I believe Shavanna was the first, and yes, we still talk. Saw her just the other day, hoping to see her once more before she leaves me again!
11. Where was your FIRST sleepover? I specifically remember a sleepover at Melody Abreu's, but I'm not sure that was my first.
12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? My mom.
13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time? My sister's. Bridesmaid!
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Ate a PB&J Bagel and checked my email
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Crap, no idea.
16. FIRST tattoo? Nope! Never got one!
17. First piercing? Earlobes, dunno how old. To be followed by another earlobe piercing, 2 ear cartilidge, and a bellybutton piercing (though I only wear the one pair now)
18. First foreign country you've been to? Mexico. Followed a few years later by Canada. Must get to Europe soon.
19. FIRST movie you remember seeing? I'd probably say either Pinocchio or Mary Poppins. But I REALLY remember being obsessed with Peter Pan and the Little Mermaid.
20. FIRST Detention? Don't remember what I did. I had a few though.
21. What was the first state you lived in? California.
22. Who was your FIRST roommate? Technically my brother when we were really little, but in college, my first Roomie was Annemarie
23. What was your FIRST dog's name? Buddy. First and only!
24. Who do you think will be the FIRST person to repost this? I dunno! Maybe it'll be you!
1.Who was your FIRST prom date? First and only, Mike.
2. Do you still talk to your FIRST love? Hmm not really. But I think my definition of who my first love was has changed.
3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? Smirnoff Ice. My friend's grandma gave me it when I was like 14.
4. What was your FIRST job? Officially - Hostess/Takeout worker at Pietro's #2
5. What was your FIRST car? My current car, Mazda 3
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? Christine Lee!
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? Ummm. No comment. Someone that was in my dream last night (totally PG I swear).
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? Ms. Hagistad, but she got married halfway through the year, so she became Mrs. Irvine.
9. Where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? I think Hawaii. My family probably knows better than me. I was ittybitty.
10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? I believe Shavanna was the first, and yes, we still talk. Saw her just the other day, hoping to see her once more before she leaves me again!
11. Where was your FIRST sleepover? I specifically remember a sleepover at Melody Abreu's, but I'm not sure that was my first.
12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? My mom.
13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time? My sister's. Bridesmaid!
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Ate a PB&J Bagel and checked my email
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? Crap, no idea.
16. FIRST tattoo? Nope! Never got one!
17. First piercing? Earlobes, dunno how old. To be followed by another earlobe piercing, 2 ear cartilidge, and a bellybutton piercing (though I only wear the one pair now)
18. First foreign country you've been to? Mexico. Followed a few years later by Canada. Must get to Europe soon.
19. FIRST movie you remember seeing? I'd probably say either Pinocchio or Mary Poppins. But I REALLY remember being obsessed with Peter Pan and the Little Mermaid.
20. FIRST Detention? Don't remember what I did. I had a few though.
21. What was the first state you lived in? California.
22. Who was your FIRST roommate? Technically my brother when we were really little, but in college, my first Roomie was Annemarie
23. What was your FIRST dog's name? Buddy. First and only!
24. Who do you think will be the FIRST person to repost this? I dunno! Maybe it'll be you!
I'm in Good Hair Company
I swear I had no idea this pic of Hayley Williams existed before I took the above in photobooth!! =X
"Tweet Tweet" says the . . . me??
I am newly addicted to Twitter! Seriously. Friends and fam, prepare to stage a twittervention and send me off to twithab. It's ridiculous. [P.S. follow my tweets by clicking here]
I'm way too informed. 30 minutes into catching up on all the friends' tweets I missed while I was sleeping and I have 18 tabbed articles open to read. Now, I don't know about you, but even I am worried about ME having access to that volume of knowledge. Who knows what sort of shenanigans I could get myself into with increased skill and unlimited information?
I'm trying to use twitter to streamline my productivity in some ways. For example, my followers are automatically notified when I publish a new post here. I'll soon set it up to tweet when I list a new item in my etsy shop. AND I'm pretty much not using my GoogleReader or BlogBridge anymore to catch up on my RSS feeds. Rather, those blogs that I read that are on twitter, I follow, and they let me know when they post something new! And yes, that means that if I usually read your blog and you DON'T twitter, there's a chance I might miss you somehow.
The only reason that this might matter to blog-readers is that now, when I have a small seedling of a thought process that might turn into some sort of great post, I condense it into 140 characters, put it out into the world, and consider it out of my brain. No longer do ideas brew and develop normally. Hopefully, I'll overcome this and allow real thought development to continue.
I really do think twitter is well on it's way to becoming HUGE in the world of business, news, and social networking. I know I, personally tweet like the dickens. But not like Charles Dickens who happens to tweet as well. And not quite like William Shakespeare or Edgar Allen Poe, who manage to tweet from beyond the grave, and even communicate with one another. Do you see the awesomeness?
Are you on twitter yet?
First to the Finish Line
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post is from January 15th, 2009**
Last night, I had a dream about running. I know, right? RUNNING.
I was in this race. I don't know how long it was supposed to be. You know where it took place? At my house. Yup. Started in the back yard, went through the family room, hallway, kitchen, dining room, living room, up the stairs, down the hall, into my room and back. There were tons of people running laps through my house.
And I was winning! I was winning without being totally tired or sweaty or anything.
And you know who was there cheering me on? BARACK OBAMA. He totally wanted me to win.
Weird, huh? Someone who's good at interpreting dreams please tell me what this means!
My Delicious Breakfast Burritos
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post is from January 13th, 2009**
I need to suspend humility for a minute and declare that I make the best breakfast burritos.
Curious? Do I have your attention? Here's how to experience pure culinary joy for yourself.
The following directions will make 3-4 burritos, but can easily be adjusted for however many people are being fed. Leftovers reheat well, too. These are super yummy and very filling!
You'll need the following:
- Burrito Size Flour Tortillas
- Eggs
- Milk
- Spicy Pepper Jack Cheese (grated)
- Bacon
- Frozen Tater Tots
- Salt and Pepper
- Hot Sauce (Your favorite!)
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Spread out enough tater tots to on a cookie sheet to cover about half the length of the pan. Once the oven's heated, bake the tater tots. They usually take about 15 minutes to become gold and crispy.
- Trim the fat off of 5 pieces of raw bacon. Lay them on a piece of paper towel on a microwaveable plate. Microwave on high for 6 minutes.
- To make the scrambled eggs, melt 1 tablespoon butter into a nonstick skillet on medium heat. crack 6 large eggs into a bowl. Mix in about 2/3 cups of milk. Add some salt and pepper. Mix together. Pour egg mixture into pan. I've found that scrambling eggs is a tradeoff between fluffiness and scrambled-ness. The less you mess with eggs, the fluffier they will be. When the eggs are 90% done, add a big handful of grated pepper jack cheese and turn the skillet to low to melt cheese and keep eggs warm til time to assemble the burrito.
- By now, the tater tots and bacon should be done and out of the oven and microwave. Once cooled, break bacon and tots into bite-size pieces.
- Lay a flour tortilla flat on a plate and spread some grated cheese in the middle. Microwave on high for 45 seconds to heat the tortilla and melt the cheese.
- Scoop some eggs and tater tots into the middle of the tortilla. add some bacon pieces and some of your favorite hot sauce. Fold in ends of the tortilla and roll the sides tightly.
- Enjoy your yummy breakfast burrito!
As you might have inferred from the directions, multitasking is important. It took me a few times to get the timing of each step down.
You May or May Not Know
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post is from January 6th, 2009**
Here are a few things about me that not quite everyone may know. . .
- I don't like exercise. Now, I don't mind activity but I really really hate the idea of working out for the sake of working out. I like things like playing games or going on hikes to get a workout, but the only reason I'd go running is if someone was chasing me.
- I am a chronic multitasker. I simply cannot just sit and do one thing. If a movie is on, I need to keep my hands busy, so I'll knit, blog, or facebook chat. I can't just sit and read a book, so instead I'll listen to audiobooks while I work on a project that still allows me to focus on what I hear.
- I am a neat freak. I think cleaning is fun and therapeutic. Organization is great. I'm pretty much always purging my room and closet of things that I don't need. I am the opposite of a clutterbug. Oh, and I think Feng Shui is pretty legit.
- Sometimes, I lie. Not about important things, but sometimes I think it's fun to try to convince someone that something absolutely absurd is true. I once spent a while explaining to a friend how if you want your hair to grow faster, you need to take down all the mirrors in your house. I usually end up telling the truth afterwards, though. This might be my compensation for never trying acting.
- My hair hasn't been it's "natural color" since eighth grade.
- If money didn't matter, I would be a professional student. I would rather get a bunch of degrees in completely different areas of study rather than use the degree I already have to go get my master's. There's so much out there to take in, and I wish it could be my job to just learn as much as I could.
Your Divine Purpose
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post is from November 30th, 2008**
Here are the notes I used for the talk I gave today, in case you missed it. These notes don't contain my obligatory opening joke or my testimony, but I never strayed too far from these for the body of my talk. Enjoy.
**This particular post is from November 30th, 2008**
Here are the notes I used for the talk I gave today, in case you missed it. These notes don't contain my obligatory opening joke or my testimony, but I never strayed too far from these for the body of my talk. Enjoy.
"You are here to enable the divine purpose of the Universe to unfold. That is how important you are."
Eckhart Tolle - Writer, Spiritual Teacher
"You are here..."
Speaking about the purpose of the Earth...
Alma 42:26 "And thus God bringeth about his great and eternal purposes, which were prepared from the foundation of the world. And thus cometh about the salvation and the redemption of men, and also their destruction and misery."
Mortality and life on Earth is an absolutely critical part of Heavenly Father's plan. It is through this mortality that we will come upon salvation and redemption, or destruction and misery. This mortal probation allows us to use our agency and choose our fate.
"You are here to enable..."
Heavenly Father's Holy, most perfect plan could NOT be carried out without you. It is only through each and every individual that this plan can come to pass. You enable God's plan to unfold. There is not a soul that you will ever meet whose importance is less than infinite in this plan.
Thinking this way can help us to treat one another better. I feel like I am better able to act with love and respect towards people I meet when I remember that we are ALL sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, and His plan includes each of these souls. Our baptismal covenants bind our promise to uphold the Lord's plan, and to do so requires the utmost respect for every single individual's divine purpose. Just as you and I are here to enable His plan to unfold, so is everyone you encounter.
"enable the divine purpose of the Universe"
Heavenly Father has a plan for his children, for the Earth, for everything. Every single person you meet is a CRITICAL piece of his plan. Nobody here is just coasting or taking up space.
Some people of certain faiths take God's plan and purpose for the Universe as a means to believe in predetermination - that what they do doesn't matter because they have no effect on the outcome - their fate is prewritten into the plan.
However, knowing that the Lord has a plan does not free us of responsibility. It means that we should be making a conscious effort to seek to know our place in his plan. We can consecrate our efforts to help his plan unfold.
D&C 123:17 - "Therefore, dearly beloved brethren, let us cheerfully do all things that lie in our power; and then may we stand still, with the utmost assurance, to see the salvation of God, and for his arm to be revealed."
Do you do all that lies in your power to help further the Lord's divine purposes?
It's interesting to relate this to your day-to-day life. Think if what you're doing fits with your place in the Lord's plan. If I did more time reflecting this way, I'd probably be a little more driven to do good works. After all, I hope that Heavenly Father, who knows me better than anyone, has more for me to do and accomplish in his plan than be lazy, watch movies, or shop. Whatever your vice is that takes time away from carrying out the will of the Lord, ask yourself if the one who knows you better than yourself might expect more.
From our Heavenly Parents, we have inherited Divine Nature, with divine qualities that are our responsibility to develop.
2 Peter 1:4-7 : "Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity."
Here we are given the list of divine qualities we are to strive to develop. I know that as we try our very best to develop these qualities, we will be more aware of our divine purpose in Heavenly Father's plan. By living with more faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness, and charity, not only will we be instruments in the Lord's hands to bring about His work and His purposes, but we will also partake of wonderful fruits of our efforts.
2 Nephi 2:25 - "Adam fell that men might be; and men are, that they might have joy"
Define this by noticing what it's not. It's not "men are, that they might have pride/things/glory/easy lives/PLEASURE"
Eckhart Tolle: "Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within"
Rightly so, joy arises from these deep, inherited, divine qualities that lie within each of us. Our Heavenly Father, through his Great plan of Happiness, has a monopoly on true, lasting joy. The world will often try to sell us pleasure and market it as joy, but things outside of us can only bring cheap knockoffs of joy. We need to be careful, as the adversary has many carefully placed and cunning salespeople trying to market us these pleasures as sources for lasting joy.
Kids say the Darndest things
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post includes some funny things my niece has said**
11/16/08: Em's subtlety
Em is spending the night tonight. After saying goodnight to grandma and grandpa, she makes sure the last thing she tells them is, "Be careful if you make pancakes!!" Hahaha i'm guessing we already know what's for breakfast tomorrow.
2/16/09: Playability
Grandma: "Hey, Em, I'm going to get dressed and you should too!"
Em: "Why?!"
Grandma: "So we can go to the grocery store! Do you want to go with me in a little bit?"
Em: "Yeah!! But not right now. Right now I'm too playable!"
**This particular post includes some funny things my niece has said**
11/16/08: Em's subtlety
Em is spending the night tonight. After saying goodnight to grandma and grandpa, she makes sure the last thing she tells them is, "Be careful if you make pancakes!!" Hahaha i'm guessing we already know what's for breakfast tomorrow.
2/16/09: Playability
Grandma: "Hey, Em, I'm going to get dressed and you should too!"
Em: "Why?!"
Grandma: "So we can go to the grocery store! Do you want to go with me in a little bit?"
Em: "Yeah!! But not right now. Right now I'm too playable!"
I &hearts iPhone
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post was written July 13th, 2008, and refers to the night before iPhone 3G came out**
**This particular post was written July 13th, 2008, and refers to the night before iPhone 3G came out**
Taking a cue from my sister, I've decided to post my iPhone-obtaining adventure.
My original plan was to head to the AT&T store here in my town at about 6 A.M. to get in line for the iPhone. I was online IMing with a fellow late-stayer-upper friend of mine, MG, at around 1:30 AM. He was bored and hungry so he decided to head out to Jack in the Box and drove past the AT&T store to scope out the situation. He called me and said there were already about 40 people in line, so I told him to get in line and that i'd be there shortly. I got some lawnchairs, blankets, pillows, a book of crossword puzzles, and some food.
And thus, I camped out in front of AT&T. Our outgoing natures allowed MG and I to befriend everyone around us in line. In front of us were two twenty-year old guys, a thirty-something of Latin descent (who we later discovered is a daddy), and behind us was a doo-rag wearer who used to be in the army. We all became friends, played cards, etc. It was kind of breakfast club-ish; a very random group of people united by one random experience. At some point, one of the twenty-year olds went home and got a humongous air mattress. it was bigger than a king-size. At this point, my outgoingness bought me two hours of sleep on an air mattress on a sidewalk. I kept safe distance from my new but still strange friends of course, and MG stayed awake.
BTW, at this point, let me point out that MG rocked as a friend that night. He wasn't even getting an iPhone. He just stayed to chill with me.
AT&T opened at 8, and workers came down the line with clipboards asking which iPhone we wanted. I told them I wanted a 16gig in black. Only a handful of people after me, and they had to announce to the rest of the line (some of which had been waiting there since around 3:30 or so) that they only had the white 16 gigs left after that point, and after another point, they'd be all out altogether. I was so happy that MG had given me the intel so I could get the phone I wanted. Lucky lucky lucky. I got into the store around 9:45, bought the phone, said goodbye to my new friends, and was on my way home by 10. 8 and a half hours after I got to the store, I left with my new iPhone. I didn't have them set up my phone, and i didn't experience any of the difficulties during activation that people have been talking about.
And now, iPhone and I are experiencing a beautiful new relationship. I think we'll be very happy together.
My original plan was to head to the AT&T store here in my town at about 6 A.M. to get in line for the iPhone. I was online IMing with a fellow late-stayer-upper friend of mine, MG, at around 1:30 AM. He was bored and hungry so he decided to head out to Jack in the Box and drove past the AT&T store to scope out the situation. He called me and said there were already about 40 people in line, so I told him to get in line and that i'd be there shortly. I got some lawnchairs, blankets, pillows, a book of crossword puzzles, and some food.
And thus, I camped out in front of AT&T. Our outgoing natures allowed MG and I to befriend everyone around us in line. In front of us were two twenty-year old guys, a thirty-something of Latin descent (who we later discovered is a daddy), and behind us was a doo-rag wearer who used to be in the army. We all became friends, played cards, etc. It was kind of breakfast club-ish; a very random group of people united by one random experience. At some point, one of the twenty-year olds went home and got a humongous air mattress. it was bigger than a king-size. At this point, my outgoingness bought me two hours of sleep on an air mattress on a sidewalk. I kept safe distance from my new but still strange friends of course, and MG stayed awake.
BTW, at this point, let me point out that MG rocked as a friend that night. He wasn't even getting an iPhone. He just stayed to chill with me.
AT&T opened at 8, and workers came down the line with clipboards asking which iPhone we wanted. I told them I wanted a 16gig in black. Only a handful of people after me, and they had to announce to the rest of the line (some of which had been waiting there since around 3:30 or so) that they only had the white 16 gigs left after that point, and after another point, they'd be all out altogether. I was so happy that MG had given me the intel so I could get the phone I wanted. Lucky lucky lucky. I got into the store around 9:45, bought the phone, said goodbye to my new friends, and was on my way home by 10. 8 and a half hours after I got to the store, I left with my new iPhone. I didn't have them set up my phone, and i didn't experience any of the difficulties during activation that people have been talking about.
And now, iPhone and I are experiencing a beautiful new relationship. I think we'll be very happy together.
Featured Etsy Seller: EmeraldBlueStudio
Today I'm featuring an amazing photographer! Bonnie, from Emerald Blue Studio, was kind enough to let me feature her great work and share her talent with you! Her personal philosophies on beauty already have me looking more consciously and carefully at my natural surroundings, and I'm sure they'll do the same for you.
Bonnie describes her process: "I spend a lot of time sitting still in the backyard, with the camera focused on (usually) small insects who seem to be working hard, flying from flower to flower. Sometimes they move so fast I'm not 100% certain if I've captured what I thought I saw, and it's such a thrill to get them onto the computer to see if I did or not."
All of her photographs were taken in the stunningly beautiful Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Bonnie honors the natural beauty she captures as she refrains from digitally altering the images: "What you see is what I saw." This makes her photos all the more stunning, to know the vivid colors and textures were not digitally enhanced, but are pure talent and an eye for beauty.
"I'd never seen a clearwing hummingbird moth before he visited my petunias. I love how his back legs are crossed, looking all relaxed while he's working."
"I also spend time looking at the plants in my container garden -- they change SO fast, even over the course of a day. The cucumber plants and their curly tendrils change the most in a short span of time."Don't miss this opportunity to check out these fabulous photo prints! You can find them on Bonnie's Etsy shop, or, check out other options at emeraldblue.redbubble.com, and more info on her website at http://www.emeraldbluestudio.com
**Want to have your shop or artwork featured? E-mail me at lazydaisymarie [at] gmail [dot] com with a link to your shop and I'll get in touch with you!**
Ribbed Knit Bamboo Leg Warmers
Check these out! I knit these a while back but haven't had a chance to take photos of them til now (had to borrow someone with legs of course). A little later on today I'll be taking more off-the-legs pictures and listing them on Etsy!
These are hand-knit from Bamboo Natural Blends yarn (86% Bamboo, 12% Acrylic, 2% Polyester). They're cream-colored and 19.5" (about 50cm) from end to end. The bottom end (for the ankle/top of the foot) is about 8"(20cm) around, and doesn't stretch too much so the warmers will stay put securely. The top end is about 10" (25cm) around and allows you to slouch the legwarmers to your liking. I can easily add elastic at the top if you'd like. The wide knit will let these legwarmers stretch to fit many sizes.
In case you've never heard of bamboo yarn before, let me tell you, it is AMAZING!! It's very soft, sleek and smooth, and has a very nice sheen to it. And, I feel a lot better about using bamboo than sheep's wool.
So, what do you think?
(P.S. HUGE special thanks to KG for letting me use her legs/feet for these pictures)
A Trip to the E.R.
**This post is part of my process of moving some of my favorite/important posts from my blog at http://yummyjessicake.blogspot.com here so this can be my one and only blog. I hope you get something out of them too!**
**This particular post was written September 15th, 2008**
My body is all out of whack.
While I was in disneyland (July 27th-31), I developed a pretty bad ingrown toenail. I've gotten them over and over again in my big toes for the past year or so.
After seeing doctors and getting antibiotics to treat infection and blah blah blah, I finally saw a podiatrist, who performed a double matrixectomy (sliced off little bits of both sides of the toenail on both of my big toes) a little over 2 weeks ago.
After 2 weeks of soaking my feet 3 times a day, I went back for her to check on my recovery. She said there was a chance I would develop an infection, so she prescribed me Azithromycin (a generic for Zythromax), a 5-day antibiotic course. This was a just-in-case measure.
Anywho, yesterday, my body started feeling a little crazy. I was getting these spurts of numbness, tingling, and pins-and-needles feelings down my arms, shoulder to fingertip that lasted for 15 seconds or so each, and were recurring pretty often for many hours. Each time I got that sensation, I would also get really dizzy. When my arms weren't feeling asleep, I was feeling generally lightheaded.
After consulting my typical health sources (WebMD, and facebook chatting with friends who have moms who are nurses), I decided that I should go to the ER.
The doctor at the ER did all these weird neurological tests to make sure my brain was okay, which it is (you don't have to joke about this statement). When I told her about the antibiotic I have been taking, she said that many people have problems on that particular antibiotic with things like vertigo, out-of-body experiences, and numbness. The doctor felt confident that the antibiotic was responsible for all of my symptoms. And since I was on it as a "just-in-case" measure, it's no problem for me to just stop taking it.
The last time I took one was yesterday afternoon, and I'm just waiting for it all to be out of my system. I still have some twitchiness and little bouts of the tingling, though they're not as intense as they were yesterday. I really hope that it's all gone by tuesday, the next time I'm scheduled to work =/
On the bright side, my toes seem to be healing nicely!
**This particular post was written September 15th, 2008**
My body is all out of whack.
While I was in disneyland (July 27th-31), I developed a pretty bad ingrown toenail. I've gotten them over and over again in my big toes for the past year or so.
After seeing doctors and getting antibiotics to treat infection and blah blah blah, I finally saw a podiatrist, who performed a double matrixectomy (sliced off little bits of both sides of the toenail on both of my big toes) a little over 2 weeks ago.
After 2 weeks of soaking my feet 3 times a day, I went back for her to check on my recovery. She said there was a chance I would develop an infection, so she prescribed me Azithromycin (a generic for Zythromax), a 5-day antibiotic course. This was a just-in-case measure.
Anywho, yesterday, my body started feeling a little crazy. I was getting these spurts of numbness, tingling, and pins-and-needles feelings down my arms, shoulder to fingertip that lasted for 15 seconds or so each, and were recurring pretty often for many hours. Each time I got that sensation, I would also get really dizzy. When my arms weren't feeling asleep, I was feeling generally lightheaded.
After consulting my typical health sources (WebMD, and facebook chatting with friends who have moms who are nurses), I decided that I should go to the ER.
The doctor at the ER did all these weird neurological tests to make sure my brain was okay, which it is (you don't have to joke about this statement). When I told her about the antibiotic I have been taking, she said that many people have problems on that particular antibiotic with things like vertigo, out-of-body experiences, and numbness. The doctor felt confident that the antibiotic was responsible for all of my symptoms. And since I was on it as a "just-in-case" measure, it's no problem for me to just stop taking it.
The last time I took one was yesterday afternoon, and I'm just waiting for it all to be out of my system. I still have some twitchiness and little bouts of the tingling, though they're not as intense as they were yesterday. I really hope that it's all gone by tuesday, the next time I'm scheduled to work =/
On the bright side, my toes seem to be healing nicely!
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