Cotton Cupcakes

So I spray painted my new TV tray and it looks great! I love it. It is incredible how quickly spray paint can transform something. I think I might go back tomorrow and get the other one. You know for guests. Ha. So I have been browsing around the internet as usual and have found so many new things I wish I could get.

I never wear necklaces much but I think its just because I don’t really have many. I love this one though.

I really like this one with the blue glass. So pretty…

I also have been obsessed with this beautiful website. This is my favorite.

I also have had my eye on these adorable Camper shoes. I tried them on the other day. Most comfortable shoes but so pricey. I need a money tree.

Today went by super fast. I’ve been thinking about having a little dinner party sometime soon. I don’t have a kitchen table which proves to be a small problem but I thought perhaps I would serve homemade pizza, smores, and champagne. All foods that can be consumed around while sitting on a floor. Like an indoor picnic. Classy.

Tomorrow my plans are a trip to Target, the used bookstore, and job patrol as usual.

+ spray paint.
+ Syroco birds.
+ Amy Sedaris.

I bought a folding table today. I am going to use it as my cutting table most days and as a show table when needed. I don’t have many shows coming up and would really like to plan more for the future. I really want to go down to Texas in November and sell at Stitch just because it looks like so much fun. I also want to go down to Portland on the train and sell at Crafty Wonderland, maybe in September. I was looking for hotels and found this one right by the show, its called Jupiter. It looks really neat and the price isn’t bad either.

I saw Ryan Adams last night at the Moore Theater , it was an enjoyable show. We went out afterwards to get cocktails, I got a delicious mango mojito. I was lazy today and spent the morning trying to learn some CSS and messing around with my website. I hope to redesign it a bit in the next month.

+ guinea pig chirps
+ smell of basil
+ piggy banks

Today was another day of job searching and such. I just wish I could find something that I might actually enjoy doing on a daily basis.

I made the simplest craft ever today, cloth napkins. I’ve been trying to cut down on using paper towels and have started using rags to clean and cloth napkins. I used some 1950′s fabric that I had around. I also wanted to show off some of my awesome birthday presents including a set of Lotta Jansdotter cards, green candy dish, and cupcake making supplies.

I also spent an hour on the martha stewart website which embarrassing as it is to admit I absolutely love. I especially love the projects aimed at children. I want to make that rice krispie cake and some butter soft pretzels in the near future. I love homemade soft pretzels. Perhaps when I get a job I can buy a bread machine.

+ Baking

+ cheese and wine

+ everything 1950′s

This week has gone by so fast. Monday was my birthday and I am now 25. It was a fun day that started with a delivery of a dozen cupcakes from Trophy Cupcakes. My mom sent them to me. I spent the rest of the morning opening presents and reading and went out in the evening with friends. I can’t think of a better way to spend a birthday. Tuesday was the first beautiful day in a while and Katie and I took the ferry over to Bainbridge Island. We went to the fabric shops and out to lunch. We walked around all afternoon and had a great time.

Today wasn’t such a great day because my bathroom flooded with icky brown water. The person who lives above me fell asleep while they were filling their bathtub! Nothing was really damaged so that is good but it was still a mess and my bathroom light is now broken.

Tomorrow I am going to sew all morning and do a little job searching in the afternoon then it is off to an art opening in a bar only a block away. I love when things are in my neighborhood.

+ new postcards
+ peanut butter icing
+ board games

It was a dreary day and I really wasn’t motivated to leave my apartment all afternoon. Which wasn’t bad because the new Harry Potter book was delivered this morning and I started to read it right away. It was a wonderful day to curl up on the couch with tea and read the day away. I also spent some time at the sewing table and made this little bag.

Later that night I went out to get dinner with my friend Kim. We ate crepes which were really delicious. Afterwards we went out for cake and coffee at a nearby cafe. It was a nice time because we had a lot of catching up to do since we last got together and nothing beats chocolate raspberry torte.

+ tiny espresso cups
+ rainy afternoons
+ raspberry