Seakettle

Bird Seed Snowman [...]

Merry Christmas everyone! We hope you've had a wonderful day of celebration with family and friends (and maybe some of the snow that we don't have)! [...]

Greg turned 30 this month! I wasn't in the same city as him on his birthday, so I turned it into a ten day celebration. Ten days, three gifts per day, starting five days before his birthday. [...]

One of my favorite people in the world is getting married in September! I'm extremely honored to be one of Angela's bridesmaids and bridal shower hostesses. Angela was a bridesmaid in my wedding, as well, and though she wasn't a confident paper-cutter (my invitations were admittedly intense), she was a great cupcake-decorator and source of comic relief! [...]

A huge congratulations to all of this spring's graduates, especially the doctors! I'm so proud of my friend Rebecca, who graduated from medical school, and my sister-in-law Michela, who graduated from optometry school! [...]

Wishing you a Merry Christmas, wherever you are! [...]

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Our goddaughter Emmerson was baptized this weekend! The baptism service was followed by a party at a nearby park — the perfect occasion to put several previous Seakettle projects to use! [...]

Poor St. Patrick's Day. While the other holidays are having crafty fun with egg dying, jack-o-lantern carving and cookie decorating, St. Pat's signature activities involve drinking and pinching. Searching for something a little more creative, I checked my favorite sites and the wider web. The results were extremely lacking in inedible Irish fun; a certain craft goddess's mega-site lists exactly 11 St. Patrick's Day crafts, and two of them are food. So after considering the many holiday icons (pin the pot of gold on the rainbow, anyone?), I turned to the potato. [...]

Blood and guts are SO not my thing. In fact, my friend in med school just calls blood the "b word" when talking to me about her current rotation in surgery. Queasiness aside, I love this heart card template from Cheeky Magpie. We sent a few of these cards out last year — they're perfect for the science-minded and Valentine's-haters, and they're funny for everyone else. [...]