Luau Bags

Tomorrow is my son's last day of school, so at the last minute we decided to throw together some party favor bags for his classmates using materials we had alround the house... brown paper lunch bags filled with a lei, a whistle, a friendship ring and a couple of other little goodies. The bags were hole punched and a metal paper fastener was used to keep them closed, then decorated with neon circle stickers.

Brownie cupcakes

I made a batch of brownie cupcakes for the first time, a couple of evenings ago. They didn't last long enough to snag a photo of them, but I was very pleased with the density as opposed to making a typical cupcake from a cake recipe. I baked them just as I would a cupcake.

Back from Singapore

Well, I survived the grueling flight from LA to Singapore, including a brief stop in Tokyo. Sad to report that I didn't really see much craft inspiration while I was there. I did eye spy a cute wine bottle cover made out of silk and trim to look like a kimono robe. I didn't get a picture of them since they were on display inside a store, but they looked exactly like the robes, only miniature size to fit around a wine bottle.

I know it's not craft related, but I also got to go out to sea and pet a rare pink dolphin! Here are a few pictures from my trip.

Singapore!

I'm heading to Singapore this weekend and will be there for a few days. Anyone know of a crafty type store I should check out while I'm there? Or any points of interest for a crafter?

A day with the ultra cool Jackie Guerra?

Like any other day, I logged into my e-mail account and weeded through all those unwanted, pesky spam messages - all 67 of them. In the middle of all of those was an e-mail gleaming back at me from a national women's magazine. Being a devout subscriber to this periodical for many years, I open it up, thinking it may just be a reminder to renew my subscription. Surprise, surprise! It's actually a request for submissions from fans of the uber chic Jackie Guerra! This national magazine sent me an e-mail because they are looking for a fan of Jackie's to spend the day with her in her design studio, learning nifty jewelry making techniques taught by Jackie herself! Well, they didn't have to ask me twice! I sent off my submission to be considered by them, pronto! In the meantime, I'll be sending off little requests to my fairy godmother that I am the one fan chosen for this unique, exciting opportunity. I'm not sure how soon the person chosen will know, but they did say in the e-mail that I'd have to be available one day at the end of June. As if spending a day with Jackie isn't reward enough, the magazine also said that they may do a write-up on the day too! How cool is that? All of my appendages are crossed in the hopes of being the lucky crafter and magazine subscriber chosen for this!