Sweet Ninja

Renegade Crafts and Unruly Heat

I read a lot of blogs and lately I’ve been hearing much unhappiness with the new Typepad. I’ve been hitting a lot of glitches (especially when it comes to uploading photos) but I’ve been keeping the faith that they will be worked out shortly. Last night though takes the cake. i wrote a long post about the Renegade Craft Fair with picts and a whole bunch of links. When I hit save to post it the little timer wheel spun for way longer than usual then my post disappeared! Super annoying and it has me thinking that when my Typepad plan is up in August I’ll be moving to Blogger.

Any way, I’ll try and re-create last nights post......

Saturday I took a trip out to Brooklyn to attend the Renegade Craft Fair and I was delighted by the amount of creative folks/ goods there. I was also surprised at how friggin’ hot it was! I think I got heat exhaustion because that’s the only explanation for me pulling of at a Wendy’s (really out of character for me) to get some fries that I completely covered in salt before eating. Then I went home, showered and passed out. The fact that I also got a chocolate milkshake while at Wendy’s isn’t that unusual though..

So here’s a snippet of the treasures I scored at Renegade.

This may be my favorite find from Dead Bird. In case you can’t tell from the photo it’s a shadow box with cut paper inside. Cat from Dead Bird said the piece was inspired by her own kitty who tends to be chipmunks inside.

Here’s a little needle holder that I’ve been coveting from The Small Object. It’s so tiny and cute! My needles are very happy about their new home!

And I’m really enjoying this perfectly proportion horse bag from 31 Corn Lane. I’m doubting it’s hand-madeness though since it was only $10.  The bag was lined with a horse print that matches the silk screen on the front of the bag and the zipper pull also features the same horse.

Also seen in the top photo are a couple treats from Something’s Hiding In Here who has a great booth and beautiful hand screened note cards. Unfortunately I can’t remember who I got the cards from. And she was so sweet because I told her I wanted to frame them and she actually obliged my request for her to sign them. Sorry talented artist/crafter whose name escapes me.

Some other folks worth checking out are elloh, sprout studio and fernworks.

Walking in a Field of Flowers

OK, that may be a bit of an exaggeration but anyway here is a glimpse...or a tease rather, from my potted garden. When it's fully planted and has had a little time to set it's roots I'll give you a full tour. But for now:

Pretty Dahlias, sigh. And almost as pretty some new Campers. I'm leaving for Vegas tomorrow and these should be stylish and comfy, just like there are known for!

I'll talk to you when I return and hopefully I'll have some nice gaudy picts to share!

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Here's another event I'm a little late in posting, but better late than never. I cut my hair and donated it to women who lost their hair due to chemo. I donated it through Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. The minimum requirement is eight inches through them, where most other groups require 10.

It feels good and I don't miss the hair AT ALL. I am struggling however, with actually having to do my hair, and everyday it looks different. Here's a before and after.


PS- note the three beautiful model horse prints in the background. They're from Raydel Shanks. She is an Etsy seller with a great eye  and really distinct style  that I'm a big fan of!

Happy Birthday to Me

This post is a little late as my B-day is April 27th but I actually just finished celebrating yesterday with my family. My Mom made me a cake (my favorite chocolate with white icing) but I brought a long the decorations that Bake and Destroy so generously sent me.

And I got this sweet lucha mask from my sister and her husband.

I'll probably wear it while cleaning the house...riding my bike....drinking coffee.That kind of thing. I just need to come up with a good wrestling name to go with it! Mary and Jamie suggested --------something---- con queso. I'm open to suggestions.

All-in-all my birthday "week," as it turned out to be was pretty darn good!

If you're gonna do it, do it right!

A good friend at work is leaving and another friend/ music master, Cindy, created an ultimate 10 volume 80’s mix for him. The most genius part about it was that she had the idea to use fan art for the covers, which I was helping with. Now’s there’s some pretty sweet fan art out there but something was lacking. WHAM! What’s the 80’s without Wham? Pressed for time, but determined I was going to come up with my own….here it is

Lovely Rita

It’s my favorite time of year…when Rita’s Italian Ice opens back up. I asked the hubby to pick some up on his way home from softball last night. Of course I requested my favorite, mint chocolate chip cream ice. The flavors change everyday but that one is pretty much a given…until yesterday. I was extremely disappointed to find out they didn’t have it. However I learned an important lesson. Try new things. I had the new flavor pistachio and it was awesome.


I was even happier to find out Bill picked up a quart sooooo guess what I’m having tonight!

Rita's is a franchise so hopefully you have one near you. If not I am very sorry.

Happy Birthday Mom

We celebrated my Mom's Birthday today (a little belated- but better late than never).  We had a great that everyone participated in making including my almond- apricot cake shown above.

Mom even played a little "Rock Band!" She sang Garbage's "Paranoid," which wasn't bad for not knowing the song. (You thought she was an ultra hip 60-something for a minute didn't you!

Festive table setting...

and super cheerful flowers.

Rock Band!

Let me preface this by saying I'm not that into video games....but this one I LOVE!

We discovered it just over a week ago while in RI. We were visiting friends and someone brought this over and an impromptu battle of the bands started. Rock Band is such a good time! A complete band is made up of a singer, drummer, guitarist and bassist. Everything comes with the game except the second guitar.

Here's what nerds we are...Bill has a Wii. Rock Band is not out yet for Wii. Only Play station and Xbox. Bill has his Dad's PS2. On our way home from RI we went to three stores before finding the game for PS2. Sure we'd just driven three hours and had to pee but we weren't going home without the game.

Anyway we are now proud owners and decided to host our own "Battle of the Bands," Saturday nights. Rock Star attire was not mandatory but highly recommended. Here's how it went down.

Born to Rock!

Mary said, "No, no,no."

Tim ripping on the bass

Meg's got the beat

Well done rock Stars!