...Well hi there, sweetheart.

Yea, yea, I know. It's been a while. And life's been full. But we can either dwell on the past or we can move forward towards a prosperous future together...yup, that's what I thought.

Unfortunately, I haven't had quite as much time to get my craft on recently (you have the fantastic Mr. Fox to thank for that). But the few bits I have done, I've enjoyed.

Moving into the apartment (oh, yea, about that...) means I lost access to the free gift wrappery that was available from my mother's stash. And given the 18,432 gallons of milk the mini-me's consume each month, wrapping paper isn't very high on my shopping list. With this in mind, I've devised a creative alternative...this went over very well tonight, with both recipients of these nifty little packages.




...I also found these super fabulous mahjong tile-like beads a few months back and knew I had to have them, but was temporarily lost on how to use them in a snazzy way. Then one night, with a Drumstick in one hand, a Newcastle on the table, and Superbad playing in the background, I put this little bracelet together.

I'm one of those people that wakes up some mornings and goes, "Gee, today would be a really neat day to wear something from Anthropologie." And by some, I mean most mornings.

And so, with this desire for something very pretty in mind - but without $48.00+ dollars to spend on it - I devised this Anthropologie-esque necklace. I love it, and I love that it was so much more budget-friendly.

All right, incredibly poor photo quality aside (I have a Blackberry, after all), this last project was one of the more fun ones I've undertaken in any kind of recent history.

...Yes, those are comic book coasters, mid-production. And yes, they're super awesome. But no, you can't have them. They've already been given away to someone =]