Oh the Cuteness!

During A Fair to Remember I was going around looking at all the cute booths and checking out everyone's handmade goods and one booth in particular caught my eye: Colortree Clothing. Something about the booth just made me smile - the combination of the adorable animals, hand-stitched with care onto lovely little onesies for babies, the nice layout, the great colors and fabrics was awesome. And Haley, the woman behind the work, was stitching behind the table and putting forward a friendly and welcoming attitude. She is awesome, her products are awesome, so therefore anyone who supposrts her is awesome by association, right?  ^_~

I am happy to report that the craft fair I did this past weekend was a success! Not to mention a super fun time too. As always, the owls were the best seller, but the cake bunting sold well too which made me really really happy! I have a lot of work to do getting the stuff that is left up on my etsy shop , which I am committed to finishing as soon as possible. I will do little posts when I get a chunk of new products listed. So without further ado, here are some of my favorite pics I took at A Fair to Remember , and the rest, along with higher-res versions of these, can be found on my flickr set, here . Firstly, I made some "special edition" owl pincushions for this fair. Meet my little baker's-dozen-strong army of Hipster Owls. They're so underground, you've probably never heard of them. Lol. I don't quite know where this idea came from, but I have a profound love for the hipster style and some of the culture, so I decided to pay homage to the counter cultu...

For this How-Tuesday I want to showcase this one totally awesome recipe/video I found via www.honestlywtf.com: B eet cake from tiger in a jar on Vimeo . I. Seriously. Love. This.

One final reminder to all my friends in the area who want to come to the fair: A Fair to Remember, San Francisco Sunday, July 24th from 11:00 a.m. till 6 p.m. Jack Kerouac Alley, Next door to City Lights Booksellers With handmade lovelies from Chase Clark, Aubrey Hebert, and Heideh Farahmand-Thomason Mention you read this blog and receive 25% off all Oh the Cuteness! items! Also check out my Pinterest board with all the bits and bobs that inspired this particular fairs worth of items here.

Hi all! I almost forgot it was Tuesday, time for another great bunch of how-to ' s. But first, I would like to congratulate everythingbut , as she is the winner of my book giveaway form last week ' s post! She is one of the authors over at the Fabricworm blog, and they are always having fabric giveaways and posting tons of great stuff so be sure to check them out! And now on to the tutorials... This week I have an owl apple cozy, newspaper seedling pots, and maple sticky buns! Look at how freaking cute that is! Look at it! And bonus, there is a matching book bag pattern too! From Crochet Today, go get the pattern here. These are such a fantastic idea! Little seed starters made from folded newspaper - biodegradable, eco-friendly, and inexpensive, what ' s not to love? Find out how to fold them here. Oh man do I love sticky buns. This recipe sounds great, and her entire bog is stuffed with marvelous recipes. Check it out here.

Hi all! I have been invited to sell at a little local craft fair in San Francisco on July 24th: It is held in Jack Kerouac Alley, right next door to City Lights Booksellers, and it sounds like a really fun mix of vintage, craft, and food vendors. I will be sharing my table with the talented Miss Aubrey Hebert , and she will be selling little original watercolors starting at $10, and other little works of art too! Click on the picture above to check out the fair ' s website and get more information. If you happen to come by and tell me that you read my blog I will give you 25% off! I have been in the mood to do paper crafts lately, and I recently purchased the book Handmade Weddings from Chronicle Books , and it is so wonderful - great color palettes, projects, and tons of ideas that can be used for way more than just weddings. For the craft fair I am making owls (of course), but they will be special ones (you will get to see them soon), and possibly loop scarves an...

I recently got to visit my parents in my home town for Fathers Day weekend, and I had a lovely time. My family always makes me feel better about, well, everything. This particular trip was really great because I got a lot of encouragement when it comes to attaining my goals for the future. Oh, and some feather hair extensions, lol. My lovely  sister always does my hair when I go to visit, and she always makes me feel fabulous! If anyone down on the central coast is looking for a great hair stylist I suggest you look her up. Aura at Salon 544.  I mean, look at how cute she is! She is a genius when it comes to hair and a color specialist too. I would look like such a derp if it wasn't for her lol. Mom and dad were happy to see me, and I grabbed these pics of them being goofballs (Which is hard because mom never used to let me take her picture, but she is so pretty!): Anywho, mom and I went to downtown Paso for one of the days I was there and we went to our f...

Is it How-Tuesday again already? Time flies! This week I found chewy sugar cookies, a knit hat pattern, and clouds for the ceiling! Enjoy. These sugar cookies are my favorite yet. They use brown sugar so they are really moist and chewy, almost like a chocolate chip cookie without the chips. Here is the recipe. I love slouch beanies. It took me a while to come around, but I bought one and love it. I have been looking for a first cable pattern and this might be it. Check it out here. Look at how cute those are! Such a simple, sweet idea. But this tutorial has a rather ingenious way to attach the fishing line to the clouds. I have to make these!

I am in love with baby doll dresses. They make you look like you have an hour-glass figure no matter your body type, they hide your tummy, and are so feminine and sweet. You can wear them to a fancy brunch or just to work. And its a no-brainer in the morning when I am half asleep and cannot put together an outfit to save my life. Plus they are super trendy right now, though I can't think of a time when they would be out of style. The problem I find is that so many are so gosh darned expensive for such a simple dress. Even Anthropologie has a couple, namely here and here , and both are over $100. Granted I have found a couple at Target for about $25, but I knew I could make one on the cheap in no time at all. And here she is: Now, before you get all impressed I have to confess that I did not make this completely from scratch, but rather I made it out of one of my favorite old skirts and an old shirt: The skirt can be seen multiple times in my self portrait challenge over on fli...