03.07.09

Spring Ahead…

Posted in Art Journal, Main, Mind Wanderings at 11:56 pm by carrie

I saw these two Top Pot lemon donuts sitting in a case at the local Borders bookstore’s coffee shop. They were so bright and cheerful. They had to come home with me. I told the barista I was going to take pictures of them and to please put them in a box. He seemed concerned.

After a brief photo shoot…

They were consumed with joy. Very lemony and fresh. We recommend them.

Ring in Spring with a donut ;)

Also, I would call this art journal #39 & #40 since the donuts were placed in front of my 2 recent art journal entries :)

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03.04.09

Art Journal #37 & #38

Posted in Art Journal, Main at 11:13 am by carrie

Vintage wallpaper inspired kick lately… :)

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02.14.09

Happy Valentine’s Day! & Art Journal #36

Posted in Art Journal, Main, Mind Wanderings, Sharing the Handmade Love at 11:35 pm by carrie

Ain’t that the truth :)

And a lovely “steamy” Valentine’s day story!

Cary Starbucks brews up ‘burning’ love
Starbucks wedding
Posted: Today at 2:30 p.m.
Wral news

Cary, N.C. — It was love at first scald when a woman spilled hot coffee on a man at a Starbucks restaurant in Cary. One Valentine’s Day later, the accident-prone customers tied the knot in the same store.

Laura Strain came to the Starbucks, at 1217 Kildaire Farm Road, in March 2008 to treat herself to her first cup of coffee from the chain. Instead, she ended up spilling the coffee on a stranger, Allan Tortorice.

“He’s wearing my coffee, and I’m having a fit, because I was very concerned that hurt somebody, first of all,” Strain said. “He was all dressed up, and it (coffee) was everywhere. His jacket was open on his shirt, and he was sort of holding it so it didn’t burn him.”

The accidental encounter, though, started a romance between the two.

Strain gave her phone number to Tortorice, so he could contact her about dry cleaning and medical bills. Instead, Tortorice asked her out to dinner, and the romance steamed up from there.

“It’s what they call burning love,” Strain said.

On Feb. 14, a pastor married Strain and Tortorice at the same Starbucks store.

The bride wore a knee-length, white and pink dress and a hot pink shawl – for Valentine’s Day.

About 25 guests attended. Meanwhile, the store stayed open, customers ordered double mocha lattes, and the scent of brewing Colombian coffee filled the air.

That was a lot of puns… we do the drive-thru at that Starbucks all the time. Love it! Sweet story, too. In order to completely exhaust all puns, they should have changed his name to Joe.

Happy Heart Day! We celebrated with ice cream sundaes :)

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