02.09.08
Posted in Main, sidenotes at 1:51 am by carrie
Although I’m, very sleepy…. here’s a bit o’ art I’ve been working on for an invitation…
Trees!
Burbank at Night
Mod ripples
Regal Meg-a-Moo
“What was your prize?”
us
Still finding ways to mix those elements… it’s taking a very long time to meld them all together into something that isn’t too busy, but is still full of interest. I’m so excited that I’ll have more time to do art (and blog). Silver lining… :)
I’m putting together a postcard series to mail to friends and family. 4 postcards all bright and cheerful, tied together with a bow. Oh, and in my spare time I’m going to hand-decorate, address and adorn each.
Or perhaps a phone call to each person would do the trick. When am I going to squeeze this all in???
In other news, Nathan’s Random Number Generator is being used a LOT by you blogging giveaway folks. Isn’t it a million times easier than printing 20 pages and cutting each name out? **nodding** yes. I wanted to participate in the One World, One Heart giveaway… but alas… I’m just too swamped this year. I’ve been promising to do a giveaway for MONTHS now. I’m a liar. I just lie all the time. Just when you blinked, I lied again.
I know people who have won things I’ve given away once upon a time. They exist. (Sandy, raise your hand!) hehehehe :) When you least expect it… I’ll give away stuff. Yep.
Now, really and truly… sleep.
I *heart* art.
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01.25.08
Posted in Main, sidenotes at 10:38 pm by carrie
can’t do a darn thing!
I feel sort of stupid… I accidentally kicked a wicker basket and thought to myself… hmmm… that hurts more than a stubbed toe…
by 3:30 am I went to urgent care and got this awesome x-ray taken:
I love x-rays… anywho… the right baby toe is broken and nobody ever told me that a broken baby toe would cause so much agonizing pain!! My foot is mostly black and blue… a lovely shade of cyan… and I can’t walk. And, I’m acting like quite the big baby. I was given pain killers but hate the things… so it’s Advil-city for me!
Enough about me… how are you all doing? :)
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01.22.08
Posted in Main, outings, sidenotes at 3:49 am by carrie
Curiously, these banquet halls and auto repair center are within 20 minutes of us…
To see them side-by-side for the full effect, click here :)
Ceasar’s Palace
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Ceasar’s Palace
Las Vegas, NV
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Ceasar Palace
Tujunga, CA
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The Bellagio
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The Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
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Bellaj
Burbank, CA
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The Flamingo Hilton
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The Flamingo Hilton
Las Vegas, NV
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The Flamingo Banquet Hall
Tujunga, CA
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Imperial Palace
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Imperial Palace
Las Vegas, NV
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Imperial Palace Hall
Pasadena, CA
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Luxor
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Luxor
Las Vegas, NV
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Luxor Auto Sales & Body
North Hollywood, CA
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MGM Grand
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MGM Grand
Las Vegas, NV
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MGM Banquet Hall
Glendale, CA
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The Mirage
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The Mirage
Las Vegas, NV
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Kaffe Mirage Banquet Hall
North Hollywood, CA
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Monte Carlo
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Monte Carlo
Las Vegas, NV
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Monte Carlo Restaurant & Banquet Hall
North Hollywood, CA
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Las Vegas images courtesy of various users on Flickr.
Click on those images to access the source material.
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12.21.07
Posted in Main, Mind Wanderings, sidenotes at 8:59 pm by carrie
Okay, this is a first… there is a lady wandering around the store having a full-on argument on her cell phone. I hear bits and pieces… and I’m currently trying to hide because I don’t want to be in the line of sight while she is upset, pacing and hissing. “You know WHAT!?!” and “Shame on you!”
eeek!!!!
This has been a very odd Season I must say… hard to explain, but it feels totally different than the other 4 years. When I can put my finger on it, I will blog about it. Perhaps it’s just me?
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03.29.07
Posted in Fun Stuff, Main, sidenotes at 6:01 pm by carrie
When I find a display I like, I obsess on it and keep adding to it until I think it’s perfect… then something sells and I start all over again. I’m a tad odd, nice to meet you :)
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Like many of you, I’m sure you purchase things you feel you can use “at another time”. I have several rooms full of these sorts of things. Including assorted paper lanterns. I had 4 in primary colors. While they were pretty alone, they needed something. So I dragged out my remnant box o’ ribbon and started embellishing the heck out of the lanterns.
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It’s a tad hard to see, but I hung the 4 lanterns in my candy/cupcake/garden party section. I glued stripey grosgrain ribbon around the middles of the lanterns then tied all sorts of fun ribbon, including curly ribbon, to the bottoms. It really gave it a fun look :) I also ran out last week and got tons more candy. A ten year old child made the comment… “those twirly rainbow lolli-pops are really good!” to which I replied… “I don’t care how they taste, really… I just love the way they make the display look!”
See, obsessed.
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I got some fun new things from Cupcakes and Cartwheels (Two’s Company). Cupcake tealights…
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and an apron that says “gnome is where the heart is”. I got these because of Alicia. She wants to erect an army of little garden gnomes, facing out, on her front lawn. North Carolina, you have been warned.
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Oh, and I got two more art boards done… “party cakes” with glitter icing on the cake…
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And “Real Lemon Flavor” where the “Real” is red glitter… I think it’s sort of snazzy :)
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I got the boxes out for the giveaway… be on the lookout, winners! And YOU could be the next winner, you just have to keep checking back ;)
Last but certainly not least, Sue brought up some charm bracelets… aren’t they awesome???
“Paris” Bracelet
“Mother’s Day” Bracelet
“Easter” Bracelet
And I thought I would share my “power lunch” from the other day. The Star Cafe in Montrose has added Diane Salads to the menu… get one! They are awesome!!!
Yay! It’s almost Friday!!! And we are going on our adventure to Las Vegas soon!!!!
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03.27.07
Posted in Main, sidenotes at 12:10 pm by carrie
Well, the Bon Voyage party for Scott and Alicia went pretty well. There are still bowls of chips everywhere and assorted empty cups and cans dotting our yard and living room. It’s like the college party I never had, minus the debauchery ;) Parties are always so much work and all I do is worry that all the food I made is the temperature it was supposed to be. I think I have finally gotten the “hang” of chafing dishes. I have so many great pictures and a few videos (cah-lassic karaoke videos) to share later on, I just need to sift through them all. Here are two of my favorite thanks to Ping:
Scott is perplexed at the large bottle of booze Oscar brought to the party for him to drink by himself, which is a normal Oscar thing to do… he’s very picky about his guinness.
On Sunday we helped them load their two dogs into kennels and got them to the Delta terminal at LAX and onto a plane. Seeing their house empty then watching Scott leave made the fact that they are leaving a reality… So, Alicia and I had a good cry. She’s going to stay here another week or so then head over to her new home on the East Coast. I really wanted to join her in driving across the country, but with Easter upon us, I can’t miss any time at the shop.
People move all the time, friendships change… but these two are our best friends. The four of us could just hang out and bbq and have a great time, hit Disneyland for the evening, go to the beach… or in the case of the other night, go bar hopping in search of karaoke and laugh our heads off all night. They were the first ones over when I was having a crisis at the shop and no amount of late night unpacking or heavy lifting kept them away. I’m really going to miss their Sunday wake-up calls for breakfast… “Hello sunshine! We’re right outside your door, open up!” I would answer the door with an angry grunt, but deep down, I was happy to spend a lazy day with them.
“Hey muffin, I have this idea… will you log onto your computer so I can tell you?”
“But, you’re on the phone now“
“Just log onto your computer!”
*silence and typing*
I’m going to miss you guys!
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03.16.07
Posted in Main, outings, sidenotes at 4:09 am by carrie
I blame daylight saving’s time… our schedules have been so strange. We took a nap after work today… a nap! argh… so… here I sit at 3:48 am wandering the internet and listening to synthpop 80’s music. The spam from the East coast is hitting my in-box as I type… they get an early start!
I had fun with dinner tonight! I made Irish Tiramisu! Next year I’ll add some green food coloring, but it was tasty without it! ;)
This was easy to make… I made a one layer organic chocolate cake, let it cool and poked it with a fork. I then drizzled Kahlua Coffee and Irish Cream liqueurs, let that soak for about 30 minutes then “frosted” the top with Tiramisu mascarpone which they had at our new Ralph’s. Since it wasn’t very sweet, I dusted it with powdered sugar and cocoa powder and then added more chocolate shavings on top of that. I served it with fresh Strawberries and it was divine!
This is my second attempt at making spicy stuffed shells like the ones we get at Buca Di Beppo (snazzy website). Last time I used ricotta but had more goat cheese than I knew what to do with, so I used that this time for the stuffing, along with some fresh herbs, garlic and chicken sausage. I sprinkled it with a few kinds of cheese and baked it, it was tasty and we have a LOT left over. If you want the semi-exact recipe, let me know and I’ll try to figure it out ;)
Stick! Meg found a very large stick… but she couldn’t get the idea that you had to hold it up to keep it from dragging on the ground and tripping you. She’s cute… acts tough… but really… she’s a dainty little princess ;)
Getting a little tired… I’m going to try to count some sheep now :) Thanks again to everyone for entering the giveaway! I’m amazed at the response!!!! We’ll definately be doing that again!
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