Decision

I have an older entry here that was for stores I wanted to remember, and I said at the time I would just add on to it when I found new ones, but then I realized if I actually want anybody else to find out about new stores I discover, I better just write new entries about them, because nobody's going to go back to an old entry just to check.

So here's one I just got an email about:

http://www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com/

The item I am currently most interested in remembering is this:

It's their Washing-Up Bowl. It's soft, for fancy dishes, apparently. I guess it can be dangerous for them to hit against a regular sink. So someday, when I have fancy dishes and silver and stuff, I'll wash them in this. :)

Promotion

As maybe some of you know, my lovely boyfriend creates some super cool vinyl toys. He is relatively new to the scene and is finally trying to sell some stuff. He also makes other art, like canvases and picture frames. We were at his first vending event during the first weekend of February, and that particular event doesn't get a ton of traffic, so he has some leftovers. Therefore, he started a couple of online shops! I told him I would help promote them, so I'm telling all nine of my followers about them :) Here's the first one:


http://www.etsy.com/shop/BOOMTROOPER1?ref=seller_info

So if you're on Etsy, put him in your circle! Show him some love! And here's his second one:


http://boomarts.bigcartel.com/

As you can see, the stuff he has up right now are sort of Valentine's themed (that was the theme of the event we were at) but they're cute any time of the year, I think. 
If you know someone who might like this stuff, be sure to tell them! And he'll be adding more later, and usually his style is very different than this, so check back. He is a talented guy. :)

Pop pop!

No, that is not a reference to Community...;)


I made scones last night! I was a little creative with them, and I just love it when I can do that. I'm usually too nervous to make up dishes on my own, so even just fudging things a little makes me excited. I started with this:

I wish I could take credit for the fluffy nature of these scones, but I'm sure it was all the mix. One of my goals is to learn how to work with dough so as to create light and fluffy things - cookies, scones, brownies, etc.

Then I looked at this:

I've never made anything out of this cookbook but that is another goal. Looking at this recipe, I discovered I had both lemons and blueberries. Yay!  So I mostly followed the recipe on the back of the mix box and just added the lemon zest and blueberries from this recipe, as well as the sugar I sprinkled on top. It's from this cookbook, if you're curious:

If you're interested, let me know and I can send you the full recipe, I know you can't see it in that first picture. And here is the finished result! (I know it's not the prettiest picture)

And the best part is that since the blueberries were fresh, they just pop in your mouth. :)

Blender Contest

Hi! So, Mark and I are planning on moving sometime soon. Therefore, we are starting to purge. Consequently, I finally completed the Great Blender Showdown.

An Osterizer that's probably at least 20 years old, and a Cuisinart SmartPower Duet Blender/Food Processor.

Cue music:

I took a picture of the ingredients but it came out too blurry to post, so I will just list them:

Vodka (it was actually my dad's idea to add rum, but we didn't have any.  it is now on the shopping list.)

Strawberries

Bananas

Blueberries

Raspberries

Apple juice

Club soda

Ice (key!  according to my dad)

So, after combining and blending...(there was not much science involved - they have different settings so I just tried to use the highest ones on each, to crush the ice)

the winner is...

The Osterizer!!!

Who'da thunk it?  The Cuisinart was fairly expensive and I was excited about buying it.  Turns out Mark's good ol' Osterizer takes care of chunks better than the Cuisinart.  I've always had problems with the Cuisinart not being that good at crushing ice and things like that.  This time it managed the ice, but missed a couple of chunks of banana. What good is that??  There were no chunks left in the Osterizer.  Plus the Cuisinart has this weird leak...yeah, it's time to go.  I'm glad I tested before assuming the newer one was the better one.

Mission accomplished!

Update on Bowie

Hi!  So remember that dog I rescued?  Mark named her Bowie because she has one brown eye and one blue eye.  Well, I just wanted to post an update about her since she is in a wonderful place now.  Some people visited the group that's taking care of her and included her in a blog entry.  This is from back just a few days after they got her, so about a month ago, and I hear from Donna, one of the directors, that she looks much better now.  Mark and I are going to go visit her this Saturday.  I'm excited!


Here's the blog entry:
http://networkedblogs.com/q8kKU

I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.  :)

To remember

So there's this great website called Fab that y'all should go to, in first place - in the second place, I'm seeing online stores on there right now that I need to save!  So this entry is going to be my list of stores and products that I want to remember for future needs.  They aren't things I need right now but they just seem wonderful, so I want to save them just in case.


First:
http://www.ecolutionhome.com/

Second:
http://www.knockknock.biz/

Third:

http://www.whiteyboard.com/



So cool!!!

So Mark went to DesignerCon yesterday, and he met someone who's a bit famous.  Especially in that world, but also in the wider world, lately!  He is the Sucklord, featured on the second season of Work of Art.  Look what he made for me!

I was so excited to see it!!  What a cool thing!  I love you, sugar pie!  (Mark, not the Sucklord.  Although he's cool too.)

Also, I'm watching a Foxy Brown movie right now (isn't there more than one?  if not, I'm just watching the one) on TV and it's AWESOME.  70s cheese at its finest.  She is currently driving a two-seater prop plane around a field running guys over.  Go Foxy!!!