The Good Friday tornado in the suburbs of St. Louis, MO, leveled homes, blew off roofs and walls, flipped cars and uprooted trees. Thankfully my family, friends and the rest of the community survived. My hometown is putting the pieces back together and, even though I’m in LA, I want to help. All proceeds from …
I love decorating Easter eggs, but I really don’t care for the hard-boiled eggs eggs themselves […]
Let me just start by saying that I didn’t make those lovely cookies. My mom sent them to us — isn’t she sweet!? In fact, my mom sends her time-consuming, made-with-love sugar cookies two or three times per year. She makes shamrocks, hearts, Easter eggs, leaves and everything Christmas. In December, I watched my mom …
Happy Birthday to my little blog, and thanks everyone for reading! I know everyone always says this about first birthdays, but I can’t believe how fast it went. This is our 100th blog post! And what better time and place to make an announcement? Seakettle’s shop is finally open for business! We only have a …
Cheese bread (or biscuits) always sounds like such a good idea, but is so often disappointing. […]
It’s the season of egg decorations, so why not make one you can display all year long? An old cigar box is the perfect frame for an illustration and a few bits of nature. I left room to expand our collection, and we’ve since enjoyed adding another shell and several interesting feathers from our trips! …
I just realized that there are far too few before & afters on Seakettle! Here’s a quick bench flip we did for my brother-in-law’s entryway: just a fresh coat of paint and some IKEA fabric! SO much better! And I still dream about this fabric — it’s one of my all-time favorites from IKEA.
My mom in front of her childhood home. I love old photos! I love the white borders; I love the tinge of pink or yellow; I love the vintage outfits and hairstyles. They’re an amazing glimpse into the past! On a recent visit to Chicago, I brought a stack of my parents’ old photos along. …
I made these SCII Protoss cupcakes for my brother-in-law’s birthday (see previous mention in our gifts post), and they’re surprisingly easy to recreate! You can also use the same basic steps to make other 2D shapes from chocolate or candy melts. I didn’t think that such a specific project — cupcakes for a certain race …
It’s so obvious that I can’t believe I’ve never tried it! Or maybe I did, once, when I was little. I’ve […]