Fab Sale!

Hello! My Fab sale went live last night, and I wanted to share the link with you (It's a little hard to navigate from the front page, but it is in the Kids section.) I'm super-excited about it! Check it out if you are a member (and if not, here is an invite link!) Fab is awesome and I've bought some great things off of there recently (like this cup!)  The sale lasts until next Wednesday at 7pm EST.

xo,

Michelle

Field Trip to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens

It was a beautiful day on Friday, and I was feeling a bit cooped up in my apartment, so I decide to take the afternoon off and head down to the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Sometimes you don't realize you needed a break and a change of scenery until you force yourself. So glad I went! Admission is free during the winter months, yet I seemed to be the only one there, left to roam in the greenhouses all by my lonesome. Much different than the summer months where it is usually brimming over with people! It's been unseasonably warm all winter, but it was still nice to walk around in a warm greenhouse with the sun shining through and see pretty flowers and greenery in bloom. It was fun to play around with my camera, taking lots of photos. I can't wait for real spring!

After walking around inside the greenhouses, I went out to the Japanese gardens where they have the huge pond with all the Koi fish swimming around. This little guy was staring at me!

Lately

Sorry for the blog silence! Working on lots of secret project stuff, that I can't talk about quite yet, and just been busy in general. Not complaining! It's definitely good to be busy with lots of work projects and I'm feeling rather grateful lately. It's been almost two years since I quit my day job to freelance full-time, and I finally feel like I have hit my stride and know what the heck I'm doing and feel good about things business-wise (not that I'm not still learning!)  So, there's that, yay!

Other things:

+ I've been enjoying the mild weather here in NYC. 50 degrees F and sunny in February? Thank you!

+ I've been cooking lots of yummy things out of Vegan Diner (which I received for Christmas). The homemade tomato soup, the hamburger buns, Brown Rice Hazelnut burgers and Mushroom Burgers have all been hits!  The chili pictured above was my own concoction in the crockpot, but it contains TVP, Chili beans, corn, diced tomatoes, a dash of cinnamon, and a bunch of Sriracha. Daiya Cheddar on top.

+ I'm finally getting treatment on my jaw/teeth for TMJ. I'm being fitted for a mouthpiece-thingy to wear to start moving my jaw slowly, so hopefully I can have some relief on my ears and jaw soon (um, my ear has been "plugged-feeling" for two months from my jaw pushing on my eardrum!)

+ I'm going to be having a sale on Fab.com starting on February 29th, that I'm SUPER excited about (and slightly terrified since I know a few people that have done it and they were completely over-whelmed with orders...) I'll have more info closer to the date, but if you aren't a member (it's a members-only site that is similar to a Living Social or Groupon kind of thing, but with artists and designer goods), the link provided should be an invite link if you were interested.

+ I broke 1,000 sales in my Etsy shop last week! So exciting! I'm shooting for 2,000 by next year...

Valentine's Day Cards!

Kitties in Love

Lotsa new cards this year for Valentine's Day! I tried to keep most of them non-specifically V-day, because I think you should tell your loved ones that you love them all year round, not just on Feb. 14th! But you know, you can do it then too. :)

You're My Favorite

Bunny Banjo

Hedgehog Valentine

Hot Air Balloon Foxes

Peacock Love

Custom Poloroid Portraits!

I have a fun little Valentine project I have been working on; custom portraits! I made these four different ones to choose from, and they can all be customized with your names, adding/subtracting glasses, making them girl/boy, girl/girl, or boy/boy, and changing colors. They come in a 5"x5" print format and are available in my shop.   I'm SUPER excited about them! 

More Valentines goodies coming soon. xoxo

Bear Portrait

Fox Portrait

Kitty Portrait

Penguin Portrait

Big 'ol pile of yarn

My little sister visited me last weekend, and we ventured up to Queens to PS1 for the afternoon. So glad we did! I've been a little under the weather lately and super-busy with work, so it was really nice to just go out and look at some art. And um, jump in a gigunda pile of yarn! This was a super-fun visit; lots of great exhibits that amazed us both, and ended with some frolicking in this yarn pile. People were just lounging about, with the occasional kid (okay maybe us too) falling backwards or forwards into the pile of fluff. We tried to dig to the bottom and found it was too tangled, but it's probably about 4 ft. tall! Also, the artist who created it hid a bunch of gold necklaces in there too, and if you find one you can keep it. It just brought a smile to everyone's face in there and was a perfect end to a great day. :)

Fridge Photos

During my cleaning spree on New Year's eve, I decided to clear off all the clutter on fridge (that has been there forever.) It felt good at the time, but later on, it just felt so EMPTY!  I decided to take some inspiration from this post at A Beautiful Mess, and print out a bunch of my instagram photos I have taken with my phone over the last year or so. SO glad I did! My fridge is instantly happier! Also, I learned that I take a whole lot of photos of my cat, my bf, and food. :)

I like this idea of changing it every year, and displaying different memories and good times. Brings a smile to my face every time I open the fridge!

Happy 2012!

Pumpkin-Cinnamon Rolls, recipe from Don't Eat Off the Sidewalk

 Happy New Year!! Here's to a super-fantastic 2012, filled to the brim with greatness and happiness!

(Umm, and yumminess! These Pumpkin-Cinnamon Rolls are my favorite, and the perfect way to kick off the new year!)

Goofs

Sisters!