All Souls Day (today) coincides with the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. In honor of Greg’s Mexican heritage (Did you know my blond husband is 1/4 Mexican!?), he carved a pumpkin skull to match the fantastic graphic style associated with Day of the Dead celebrations. The skeleton depictions associated …
Greg and I had a bit of red felt and enthusiasm left after our Aladdin costumes, so we put together a quick costume for Pixel. Even though Pix isn’t actually from St. Louis, he’s still proud (can’t ya tell?) of the World Series Champs. Go Cardinals! To make his Cardinal costume, we just used felt, …
We went to our Mexican grocery store to buy giant, inexpensive pumpkins. We walked out […]
Greg’s company had a Halloween party yesterday, and we needed an easy dessert to compensate for all the time recently spent on our Halloween costumes (coming soon!). It also needed to be particularly delicious because after winning a few prizes in his company’s summer bake-off, Greg has a reputation to maintain! We turned to our …
I spotted these on Pillsbury and, as with many of their recipes, they’re super easy to make […]
One of the many fantastic things I brought home from this month’s Printer’s Fair (at the International Printing Museum) was a type tray. It’s a drawer that held letterpress letters for a printing press within a larger cabinet. I love all things letterpress — and I came home with a ton of cute cards and …
My new multi-colored set of chevron cards is now available in the shop!
I think that having a birthday on the last day of September means I’m usually a little late to […]
I’ve only been gardening for about two years. My lack of gardening experience is complicated by living in a completely different climate than the one I grew up in (California vs. Missouri). I can’t believe how different gardens are here from what I observed in my mom’s garden for years. Annuals don’t actually die, tulips …
Hi, my name is Jennifer, and I’m not addicted to coffee. But I’m sure that at least 50% of my dear readers are! And even though coffee isn’t really my thing (rather than waking me up, it gives me flashbacks to all-nighters in college), I decorated with coffee at my wedding reception. What’s more exciting, …