Sesame Seed Designs

DSC04491In the last week we’ve had snow and ice and lots of overreacting byt weather forcasters but this weekend the storm really came! We have about a foot of snow and it’s still coming down. This is Portland, people! We usually get a little snow and some ice but this is nuts. The first …

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DSC03979Last I updated, I was on my way to L.A. for a sunny Thanksgiving. It rained a tiny bit but we still had more sun than if we’d stayed home. We came back and made the trek to Mt. Hood to pluck our tree out of the wilderness. It was a gorgeous day and …

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Here's my bunny!

DSC03961Isn’t she cute?’ Mom is a French Angora and dad is 75% French and 25% Giant. I’m getting this little black one and I can’t wait to bring her home! We’re leaving today to go to L.A. for Thanksgiving so I have to wait to get my sweet little bunny until we get back home. [...]

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Baby Bunnies

DSC03849Are so cute and I want one! I might get a baby French angora on Saturday! Some details need to be worked out, like where to put him/her since right now Oliver is on our back porch and there’s no room for another bunny cage there. Mike says he can figure something out so I [...]

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Birdies, Fly Away Home

DSC03752I made all these cute bird and leaf pins for this month’s Little Black Box. Like all of my other etsy creations, they’re made of recycled wool sweaters and hand embroidered by me. They have 2 layers so they’re soft and squishy and just adorable, if I may say so myself. I loved holding a [...]

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My newest favorite thing

DSC03699Is Twitter! Oh, Twitter, how much do I love thee. Here’s the thing readers. I’m on Facebook but I just don’t really get it. There are too many things going on -groups and games and I’m supposed to write on someone’s wall?!- and all I ever really logged on for was to see if anyone [...]

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DSC03757Mike and I didn’t really get into Halloween this year. Oh sure, we dressed sesame up as a batbaby and went to the Kennedy School where she got some candy and we got beer and then ate her candy.’ We didn’t put up decorations or even carve pumpkins and I usually love pumpkin carving! If [...]

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DSC03625We had a great time at The Pumpkin Patch last weekend and partied with some parent friends. Square dancing, all-you-can-eat barbecued corn and toddlers in face paint. It was a really good time and after much deliberation, we even came home with some pumpkins. Back at home, the evidence that seseme is now a toddler [...]

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DSC03562We went to the Apple Celebration at the Portland Nursery last weekend and and tasted over 60 kinds of apples and pears! Luckily we got a paper to write notes on and we learned a lot about apples. We bought a bunch of apples too so next up- applesauce! Even sesame got into the harvest [...]

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Crafty Wonderland

Crafty Wonderland Flyer FrontHey readers, If you’re in the Portland area, stop by Crafty Wonderland on Sunday the 12th and say hi! I’ll be selling things from my shop along with 39 other fabulous crafty people and there’ll be a DIY table and other fun things happening. I’d also like to give a shout out to Katie of [...]

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