Homemade Pizza

It's not delivery...It's not d'frozen....It's 100% from scratch, and on the table in thirty minutes. I make homemade pizza at least once a week. I can get it on the table in less time than the delivery driver can get here, it is a quarter of the price, and ten times as tasty. I will post more about it soon and include the recipe that has literally changed my life.

busy as a bee

"Random Thoughts and Luck" by Lisaur


I have had a busy couple of days. Besides creating dandy goodness to list on etsy this week, I have been working on my never ending to do list.
*Getting ready for the Lollishops opening
*Finishing and sending my Hotness Bazaar promos
*Setting up my new etsy destash shop (more on that later)
*Preparing two giveaways to list here on the blog (stay tuned for that)
*Setting up my shop at shop handmade
*And trying to keep up with a little thing called everyday life. You know...full time job, hubster, doggies, cats, food, housework, my mom visiting, etc.

I think I need a vacation. Oh wait, this week I am on vacation from my "day" job, and I am working harder than ever. But I am having a ball!

Etsy finds. Beards!

Since my anniversary was yesterday, I thought I would do an etsy finds segment in honor of my super dooper hubster. Can you guess what facial fashion he sports?


Credit where credit is due
Left to right, top to bottom
emmajb
ohmycavalier
arthurhash
timberps
ClaireMojher
simplijessi

Happy Anniversary

A very happy eleventh anniversary to the best guy a gal could ever have.



card by farouche
print by ashleyg

dandyapple on lollishops

I found out this week that I was accepted to lollishops. What is lollishops? It is an upcoming juried online handmade marketplace for the sweet, cutesy, romantic, artists that appeal to those that love froufrou. I have never thought of my work as froufrou, but I do think it is romantic and nostalgic. Wish me luck.

purple nurple

I snagged a treasury on treasury west yesterday, completely by accident. For some reason I though PURPLE! Then the first phrase to come to mind was purple nurple. Silly I know.

hot off the presses

Just listed and I love it. I love the fall colors, the vintage feel, and the pure romance of it.

A peek at an etsy fave

So, I have decided that I need a chore board. You may be thinking "oh that's a great way to get kids involved in housekeeping." Yes it is, but we have no children. Hubster and I need one for ourselves. We are both so busy with "real" jobs, creating, building, and etsy that we sometimes forget some of the day to day household operations that must occur to live in a peaceful and well rounded environment. So I browsed etsy and found this fun set of chore cards by soapstarmom The basic set includes 32 chores such as load dishwasher, dust pictures,counter tops, and wash windows. She also has a supplemental pack with chores such as change sheets and sweep and mop, and for those of you with children, a child set reminding them to brush their teeth and do their homework. She also has a nifty personalized board on which to hang her lovely chore cards. I think with a fun set like this I would be a super organized wonder woman, with a house that ran so efficiently, that Martha would be asking for tips. Well, ok maybe I am stretching that a bit but it is a fun item that would remind me "hey get of the etsy forums and load the dishwasher!"

Recently listed on etsy

I just love this one, and I had fun putting it together. The vintage blue Irish stamp just pops.

mini food and food on a stick

So each month a department at work is responsible for hosting a potluck in honor of that months birthdays. Guess whose month August was. This gal! Hmmm what theme? Well a couple of weeks ago while browsing the craftzine blog I came across the cutest darn mini caramel apples you have ever seen. So, I of course became obsessed with mini food. So the theme was set mini food and/or food on a stick. Of course 95% of the folks at work thought I was plumb crazy. What kind of theme is that? Well the party was a success! Mini foods and foods on sticks galore!

Unfortunately my mini caramel apples did not work out. The caramel wouldn't stick. So I opted for traditional caramel apples. Still on a stick, right? I created centerpieces by creating makeshift topiaries using lollipops. We had mini bottles of water and those tiny cans of soda that they always have at hospitals. There were mini pizzas, spinach phyllo triangles, mini sandwiches, various bite sized goodies, kabobs, and the all around favorite mini burger cookies (made by me). Once again I was inspired by a post on craftzine via the justjennrecipes blog entry. Her version uses peppermint patties as the faux burger. But frankly that did not sound too tasty to me. Don't get me wrong, I love a peppermint patty, but not between to vanilla wafers. So I was luck in that retail establishments are already putting out Halloween candy. I picked up those crispy rice chocolate gold coins. Perfect size for my vanilla wafer buns!
I was even able to use the wrappers from the chocolate coins to serve as my burger wrappers. Yay! Like I said, the party was a smash hit. They were talking about it for days. I think I am going to have to challenge September's host to giant food and food in jars. I really just need a reason to make not marthas pie in a jar.