Wednesday, December 23, 2009

No White Christmas Yet Again

And it looked so promising yesterday morning. The snow was falling in large clumps and gathering in billowy mounds on the ground, roofs, and tree branches. But as the day went on the snow turned to rain and everything got murky again. It looks like this will be the 4th year in a row that we are going to be stuck with a gray Christmas. Once more I won't be able to take pictures of the beautiful lights that people have put up and the world will stay in black and white.

Snowy Trees

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

I miss fall

Golden Tree

This afternoon the weather report said that tomorrow we'll have the first "snow shower" which means that while late, winter is finally here. All I can think is how little I've taken advantage of everything fall had to offer. Work got crazy, I had lots of side jobs, projects, and life keeping me so busy that I didn't get a chance to take a nice walk at a forest preserve to marvel at the beautiful colors of the turning leaves. I didn't get a chance to go apple picking (though I did come very close once). I didn't bake half the fall themed items I wanted to or take pictures of half the things I rushed by in a hurry to get somewhere, promising myself that I'll be back. And now it's winter. This is the only shot I got of the golden leaves and it was only because I couldn't help myself. I was on the way somewhere, I don't even remember where, and I passed this at the far end of a deserted parking lot. I just had to turn around. The lights gave the falling leaves an ethereal feel that begged for me to capture it. I took a few shots and left content that at least a small part of this year's fall will stay with me, at least until next year.

Parking Lot Gold

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Gin and Titonic! Genius!


Now this is not really a craft, per se, but I think it would make a genius party theme idea! Just pop "Titanic" into the DVD player, make everyone dress up in evening wear, decorate with boat themed and Victorian props and serve these fabulous Gin & Titonics (found on WishingFish):



They even come with iceberg ice cubes!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Amazing Eggs



I've actually had this page dogmarked for a while, but seeing as how Easter is soon upon us, I thought I'd share this since I think it's absolutely amazing. Franc Grom painstakingly drains and carves actual eggs making tens of thousands of incisions to create even more delicate and stunning designs. I know that I for one would never have that much patience.


Thursday, March 12, 2009

Inspiration

I have another blog that I keep for baking experiments, but I wanted to keep track of my crafts, crafty finds and inspirations as well, and therefore this is the brand-spankin'-new blog just for crafts! Now I don't have too much to talk about just yet, but I wanted to share my very first find: Peter Callesen:




Simply amazing work!