I was bored and decided I need a new necklace. I didn't have any cool pendants or anything so I made 2 I-cords and sewed on some fun buttons and yay I have a fun colorful necklace that is not heavy( hate heavy necklaces)

Action shots!!

Excuse the crazy face! Lily has had me up since 4 am..tired cindy

I had a hard time getting it out of the mold:) Other than that it went better than I expected!

This is made with olive oil base, boiled orange, ginger, lemongrass, and meyer lemons and voila! Yummy smelling soap! It's not as pretty in the photos as my lavender, but IRL it's super cool, you can see citrus zest and lemongrass bits..

I really love how this soap turned out! It's got shea butter, lavender, and a tiny amount of mint. I used fresh dried lavender (homegrown) and instead of buying any scent oils, I simmered lavender and a few mint leaves ( i don't buy airfreshener, I always have something simmering) So I decided to start keeping the scented water! Frugality is awesome!

And here it is!

I missed the last one and would love to have another maybe focusing on your fav Decemberists song or album. The Hazards of Love is so great! Such a great live show. Anywho..if there is any interest I'd be happy to organize maybe sign ups in april. I'd like to keep it to maybe 1 med 1 small if that's cool.

Come on..you know you want to!

I made this for dinner last night and I just kind of "cleaned" out the fridge.
Recipe..sort of
1 lb chicken thighs- fat trimmed
 about 1/4 cup fennel stalk diced
handfull of fresh (not dried) shitake mushrooms
1 tblspn lemongrass
1/2 cup nappa cabbage
some red bell pepper (it needed color)
and of course green curry paste..that you just do to tast..I used half the jar:)

I sauteed the chicken with some sesame oil and fish sauce, cooked until it was done and added everything else. Let it cook about 10 minutes or so and laid that yummy stuff on top of some Jasmine rice and it was one of the best quick meals!!

Action shot of my plate piled high

mmm num num!!

My avatar is only showing a blank square. what am i doing wrong? I am seriously computer retarded!

So, I couldn't sleep last night..so of course I started knitting And this is what happened..Lily got a new hat that she can't wiggle out of! Woot!

Action Shot!



She's done modeling


Hat front. I put a snap on and put a button on just for looks.


The back seam makes me want to high five myself!

For a middle of the night project and no planning I love how it came out. I'm gonna do some tweaking and make another.
So.whatcha think?

My husband wanted a super long orange scarf for his birthday. So I made him a Palindrome scarf..


Here is the pattern, I added 12 more stitches to make it a bit wider and manly:)
http://www.cometosilver.com/patterns/palindrome.htm

Thanks for looking, constructive criticism welcomed!

It's been so dreary out that I needed a bright, fun hat.
It was a really quick project and i was pretty happy with the result.




 
ETA: please ignore the mess on my craft table:)