….if you ever read my blog, look at this: I can bake! I know you wouldn’t believe that I made a layered cake with fruit and homemade whipped cream frosting unless I posted some actual evidence, so here it is. Okay, so I did use a mix for the cake part, and my friend Jaci [...]

In case you were wondering how I get any jewelry making done with a baby in the house, well, most of the time I don’t. Remember my post about my traveling metal studio? I still do most of the metalwork at my parents’ house, and most of the beading and wirework during naptime or if [...]

I want to share some photos of the amazing beadwork my friends Linda and Marilyn did on Superbead Sunday a few weeks ago. Here is a beaded doll in progress that Linda is making: Linda has made quite a few beaded dolls since I’ve known her, and every single one is gorgeous. It’s really hard [...]

Although I’m actually a big football fan, I only care if Cal or the 49ers is playing. And while the 9ers weren’t a complete waste of time this year, [at least in the second half of the season] they have a ways to go to make it to another Superbowl. Hence, I celebrate SuperBEAD Sunday [...]

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I’m getting into the holiday spirit a little bit – making copper ornaments, and getting ready to decorate a very small Christmas tree, which will sit on top of our coffee table where it’s safe from curious babies who want to eat everything they find on the ground…. I’m lucky [...]

I didn’t dress up last year (although I thought of all kinds of funny costumes involving my pregnant belly) and it doesn’t look like I’ll dress up this year (unless wearing my gym clothes to a kid party counts as an aerobics instructor costume….) but here’s a photo from several years ago. See the spider [...]

I have a confession to make. I have a really hard time picking people to nominate for blog awards. So this post is LONG overdue. In the last month, a few people have been kind enough to nominate me for the Arte y Pico award and the Brillante award, so I really want to thank [...]

This is an actual dress form, custom made with duct tape to fit a friend of mine. We had a lot of fun making it! She found instructions online somewhere and enlisted me to help her out, since for obvious reasons it would be hard to make yourself one without help…. It involved an old [...]

It’s the Friday before a holiday weekend – Labor Day – here in the US, so have fun celebrating! The first Cal home football game is also this weekend, which is kind of a big deal around here. Last year was a disappointing season for the Bears, but hopefully this year will be better. I [...]