This year, my unofficial New Year’s resolution was to work on being more regular in the release of my blog posts. I’ve been doing a fairly good job of this, but I am being thwarted by the interface between Word Press and Yahoo! (who hosts my web page) They apparently don’t work well together. Couple […]
Read more "Hosting Trouble"So I’ve been working with the render engine in Carrara, one of the programs I use for 3D design. This is just a little clip that I rendered to test the caustics rendering. (That’s the way the light is shining through the glass).
Read more "Self Promotion"I love Alton Brown. He is my favorite food celebrity. His mix of science and food is irresistible to me, and his quirky humor makes it fun to watch. He also has some very good advice, which my husband usually insists that I follow. No one trick ponies in the kitchen (other than the fire […]
Read more "No One Trick Ponies in My Kitchen"I’ve been seeing a lot of really nice paper roses around on the net lately. Since I recently bought a whole bunch of tissue paper to make fiesta flowers with my daughter, I thought I would try out one of the patterns on ellinée. I’m still experimenting with good backgrounds and my photography techniques. Last […]
Read more "Flowers for Valentine’s Day"My son turned four this last week, and when asked what kind of cake he would like, he responded immediately and definitely, “A taco cake!” I have no idea what he thought he meant by this, but this is my interpretation. The “tortilla” is sponge cake; the “beans”, chocolate mousse; the “cheese” and “lettuce” (or […]
Read more "Taco…Cake?"I am always a little bit distressed when it comes time to take down the tree. Here is this beautiful tree that we picked out with loving care, (Actually, I usually leave it to my daughter who has a wonderful eye for symmetry and the correct size for our house), and we’re just going to […]
Read more "Repurposed Christmas Tree"It’s two days before Christmas, and I have officially brought in my last handful of tomatoes from my garden. I’ve been waiting to post that for almost two months, but mild weather and a crop of strong producers has kept me in tomatoes. Many of the ones I brought in today will have to be […]
Read more "“Isn’t borage an annual?” and other lessons from a first year garden"In doing the research for yesterday’s post. I ran across a really awesome tutorial at Layers Magazine (a Photoshop magazine). I just had to try it. It’s pretty easy for someone with basic Photoshop (not Elements) knowledge. I’m having a lot of fun with it. For the one below, I had my daughter choose 5 […]
Read more "This squirrel is running fast!"I was making my weekly bread this morning, and getting irritated because even though I make it every week, and I created the recipe myself, I still have to look it up every week. I got to thinking that it would be nice to have a decorative way of displaying my favorite recipes in the […]
Read more "Squirreled again!"I was clicking around the other day on Craft Gawker when I found a beautiful and beautifully simple pearl and ribbon necklace posted by Anne Weil over at flax & twine. I hadn’t seen anything like this before, and it struck me as very elegant, and something my little Girly Girl would love, especially if […]
Read more "Pearly Girl"