new projects

Like I have the time to take on a new project. I really must be insane. Follow it here!

http://hexaday365.blogspot.com/

I'll still be posting all the other crazy-pants things I do here, and maybe by posting on another blog all the time, I'll get better about posting in this one more often. Maybe!

jobs, cookies, and how to find the time.

So my "real job" has gotten into this habit of only scheduling me on the weekends. And by weekend, I mean Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday. This is a blessing and a curse. Advantage: I don't face the dreaded "Monday Morning"; Monday is more like my Saturday. Advantage: I can make all those pesky phone calls that you can never make because they're customer service hours are the same exact hours you work. I think they do it on purpose. Disadvantage: I can't hang out with anyone, because I have to work. Disadvantage: I have to take off for everything. I mean everything. Grandma's birthday? I gotta take off. Husband wants to take me out to the movies? I gotta take off. It totally harshes on my spontaneity. But despite all that, I do get some time to do some pretty cool stuff.

Like make these.

The cookies were really yummy, and they were make with cake mix. I want to try these with some other cake mixes, and see what happens.
 
And this.

And this was one of the easiest dinners I have ever made. I didn't follow the recipe exactly, mostly because I didn't have everything, and it still came out delicious. I also threw in some asparagus. If I did it again, I'd love to actually follow it, and throw in some other veggies. A one dish meal that doesn't take long at all. I will totally make this again. And there were plenty of left overs. :)

Today I'm going to knit something, so hopefully there will be some knit things up on this blog soon.

right, that blog thing....

...And I'm back, after another long hiatus, but at least this one was productive.

While I've been gone, I've been working on some things. Like having my husband help me with my "business". I'm calling it Stephanie Elizabeth Knits for now, until it actually becomes real. Then I have much bigger plans. ::insert evil laugh here::. Find me on facebook!

I've also been trying to get all my art supplies in the same place. I've started doodling again, and painting, and as soon as my dye gear comes back, I'll pick that up again too. Hopefully, if I can get my phone to cooperate with me, I will try to start blogging regularly again. We don't currently have the internet at home (which makes it really hard to do just about anything, actually...) We shall see.

pink apples

Last night, I put my foot down. Or maybe the knife. I'm not really sure.

I have been harboring 4 Pink Pearl Apples in a little white bag on the counter. (Yes, they really are pink.) I finally decided what I was going to do with them. I was going to make this most lovely Pink Apple Tart. I've also attached the link where you can get the recipe for yourself.

It. Is. Delicious!!!

So here's what mine looked like, and what I did differently.

 
Sorry, I couldn't wait.

I didn't have turbinado sugar. Regular sugar seemed to do just fine. And I couldn't find my plain honey, so I used mint honey. And it was just fine. Her pie crust is fabulously simple. And I sprinkled a little brown sugar both underneath and on top of the left over pie crust bit in the center, which is also not required, but looked pretty.

So there you have it!

Today, I'm going to try and clobber those tiny mitts I mentioned yesterday. *twitch* Tiny things...

toast and tiny things

I just finished this:


And I am so excited. It was a birthday present for a wonderful friend, and she loved it! :D YAY!

And now I'm working on Endpaper Mitts by Eunny Jang. Because she's amazing. You can find the pattern for yourself here. I'm doing mine in midnight blue and violet. Pictures soon. I hope. To tide you over, More Toast!!

picture time!

Finally!!

First, a long promised wedding picture.

And the cake, because everyone wants to see the cake.


And now on to more interesting things. Like this:

I finally found a clear umbrella! I knew it was destined for a goldfish. It has 2 goldfish, and a phantom fish. :) I think I'm in love.

stepping stones and stumbling blocks

Oh hey blog that I haven't updated in months! How have you been? I kinda dropped off the face of the earth, huh? Yeah, I'm sorry about that. Things have been changing for me, big time.

I'm going through a kind of metamorphosis, if you will. No I'm not going to wrap myself up in a cocoon and sprout wings, or at least not physically. But I am going under a complete change of myself. I want to be me, whoever that is, and it's probably going to take me a while to figure out exactly what that means. And though I never plan on coming to a finite resolution of what that means, I am also willing to accept that I will be constantly changing. But there needs to be some foundation on which these things can change. And maybe through the little things, and through my art, I can figure out what I am meant to be. Not dictated by what society says I should be or by what others say I should want, but what I was created to be and desire.

So I've started looking at my past, and reminding myself of things I liked, and questioning if I still liked them, and what I would do with them now. I remembered the blonde streak in my hair, and how much I loved it, despite it's desire to easily tangle. So back in it goes. I remembered how much I love writing, and blogging, so here I am. There is so much I loved doing that I don't do anymore, and there really isn't a reason (ok, maybe other than not having the time to do so) that I don't do it anymore. I think it's going to take a lot of planning to fit it all in, because now that I'm working a "real job" that takes huge chunks of my time, I have to work around that. I'm prepared for this to take a while, but I think that's kind of the point.

There will be pictures! And lots of other cool stuff, so stay tuned. It's only going to get better.