Changing the Look Around Here

I’ve been wanting to customize the header on this blog – part of the sketches of tools I’ve done has been part of that (along with the font-browsing). Here’s the latest drawing: And you might notice I’ve changed the blog header as well (look…

Bedroom Gallery Wall – Framing the Irregular Sizes

After I framed all the photos I wanted to use that were standard sizes, I was left with photos (mostly old) that were not standard sizes. Tonight I got to work framing those for our bedroom gallery wall.

Playing Around With Graphics

Here’s some of the things I’ve been working on today: This is the still-life from the other day – I’ve played around with the color and added some filters to it. paintbrush, needle, whisk, pencil – ink on paper hammer, knives, tongs, pins –…

Magazine Solution

I had a brainstorm today for our bedroom redo (still underway! Before and after pictures yet to come!). I propped the side rail of my daughter’s old (recalled) crib up against the wall to use for magazine and blanket storage. This picture doesn’t really…

Lost in Font Land

I’ve been playing on the computer tonight – my goal was to design a new header for this site but I got a bit lost in the land of free fonts. Here are some of the beauties I downloaded:  1, 2, 3, 4 I…

Tilapia with Lemon Caper Sauce and Greek Salad

Oooh-eee I was inspired tonight! I didn’t set out to make this dinner but as I got ready to cook it all came together, which is my favorite kind of cooking. We had tilapia filets pan fried in olive oil, seasoned with garlic salt,…

Happy Pi Day!

In honor of Pi Day (3.14) I made a savory Onion Tart. I used a recipe from the cookbook 1080 Recipes, with a few modifications – mostly that I ended up with twice as much filling as space in my pie shell so I…

Cookbook Still-life

I’ve got an idea percolating for another web project (I think I might be crazy!). It involves cookbooks, so today I set up a little still-life with some books and did a bit of photography. Then Viv set up her version and we photographed…

Adding Wall Art to the Master Bedroom

We finished painting our bedroom yesterday, and we’re starting to “dress it up” by adding in the different components of the redesign. The first new items to go in are a trio of maps over the bed that reflect where I’m from, where my…

Two Kids in One Bedroom – All Done!

My mother-in-law is coming to stay with us in a few weeks and since she’s staying for five months she needs her own room; thus the challenge of merging both kids’ things into one bedroom. Here are some before pictures of my daughter’s room…