Oh the Cuteness!

Well, progress has been rather slow for me lately on knocking out my unfinished projects. I have been getting distracted by a myriad of things from every angle and it seems like the only crafting time I have found has been at my S&B group on Tuesdays. I have finished quilting the baby quilt from this post and I am about halfway done with the binding, and I have finished my first sock and have started the second one. Distraction number one is that I started a sugar cleanse at the beginning of the month. Yup. No cane sugar or corn syrup whatsoever until the end of the month. Sweets have always been my vice and before I started this thing I would eat them at least once a day. It was hard for the first week, because there are so many things that have unnecessary sugar in them, like salad dressings and other condiments, but now it is very easy for me. My goal was to get the incessant need for sweets out of my system and develop a healthier eating style. When I want something sweet ...

Alrighty, it's time to see who wins a custom owl pincushion in celebration of my 5th Blogiversary! The random number generator has selected number 2 , which means that nadiwoo is the winner! I'll send you an e-mail and we will get the ball rolling for your little owl. In other news, I got to visit Renegade Craft Fair this past Sunday out at Fort Mason in San Francisco. In all the years that I have lived up here I have consistently missed every Renegade and Bizarre Bazaar, but this year I finally got to go out to one with a few friends from the S&B group. We all had a great time shopping around and I picked up about a bazillion business cards along with a few choice goodies. I recently purchased a new camera (yes, besides the Diana Mini), a Canon Rebel XS, which is awesome beyond words. My old Olympus FE-300 has not been doing so well lately, and I have noticed a decline in the sharpness and color of the photos it takes, so I thought it was time. I took it with me to the fa...