Recycled Jar Pencil Holder

 Remember when you were a kid and made art projects using scraps of paper wrapped around the end of a pencil and glued to the page? I made this pen holder a little while ago for my desk at work using that same technique - except with tissue paper wrapped around wire to make a delicate flower.

Awesome Animal Stationary part 1

I was browsing around Etsy and came across some really sweet stationary that I wanted to share. They just make you want to write a note to someone.

1. Man vs George Design 2. henri hopper 3. Pencil Shavings 4. Thompsondesigns 5. Cryptogamaelacrime 6. Bang bang youre thread

Knit Tie

Another project I finished over the holidays - a knit tie for P. He is wearing it a lot which I take as a good sign. It was good practice for this new knitter on increasing and decreasing.

Friday Photo Collage

My week (s) in photos

1. My new favorite wine Goats do Roam 2. Mortar and pestle to crush spices for these gingerbread cookies 3. guacamole and dukkah eaten at new years 4. Crazy art installation near our house. The red lights turn white when you walk by 5. Apple slices with lemon and cinnamon (my attempt to make lunches cuter) 6. Dinner last night

Coffee Cup Cozy

I just started knitting and I made these as x-mas gifts this year. They were simple to make but I think they are so cute.

Hand Made Christmas

P and I have a tradition of making collaborative gifts for family at Christmas. This year we did these really cool embroidered pictures of family members. P drew all the portraits then I hand stitched them. I think they were well received.

Roll Out Cookies

P and I are back home after spending the holidays in Calgary. I had some time and came across some cute cookie cutters so I thought I would make these sugar cookies from vegetariantimes.com and these gingerbread cookies from theppk.com.

Both turned out yummy but the dough for the sugar cookies was too crumbly for my liking and only baked up okay. The gingerbread dough however turned out perfect and was easy to work with. They were soft with crunchy little edges. So yummy! I did add 2 Tbsp of fresh ginger instead of dried and I also added some ground black pepper because I like my ginger cookies spicy.