Cork Coasters

Pretty much the only type of craft project I like is one that can be finished in a few hours. On New Year's Eve we went to a wine tasting party. I made these coasters by stamping and embossing small cork pieces.

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The only difficult thing about this project was finding the cork circles. It felt like people around the country were making cork coasters. I went to two Home Depots and two Michaels before finding them. I highly recommend finding the pre-cut circles though as it makes the project much simpler.

Another thing I discovered during this project is that only certain shades of ink show up well on the coasters. I had good luck with black, red, and purple. Lighter colors (I tried pink, blue and silver) did not work as well as they blended into the cork and made it hard to read.

The wine stamp I found on etsy and the circle stamps I found when I was home at Maryland at a store called AC More (seemed to be very similar to Michaels).

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Wedding Pictures

Just before Christmas, I received our wedding pictures. This is one of my favorites.

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Sequins

It seems there are few occassions to wear sequins. New Year's celebrations and Vegas come to mind. I took full advantage this year. Perhaps it was the end of the decade.

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The last time I can remember wearing sequins was for a American Diabetes Association benefit at Cipriani in New York. Our brain seems to have an independent way of categorizing what is significant. I cannot tell what will be seared in my memory at the time, but when years later I remember odd tidbits it suggests to me that for some reason the tidbit was significant in the grand scheme of things. I find it odd that I distinctly remember a coworker telling me that Cipriani was pronounced with a "Ch" sound. Yet things like high school graduation are nearly impossible to dredge up from my brain. I would like to think that high school graduation was more memorable than learning that Cipriani's sounded like a fancy Chip and Dale's but apprentaly my brain feels otherwise.

Amazing

I love vegan cookies. I feel like a smoker or something when I console myself that its just one bag a week. I had tried the cookies from Trader Joes and Whole Foods (TJs are better) but never had I tried homemade vegan cookies until last Sunday.

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I wish I had a picture of these cookies but they were gone by Monday night. They were simply amazing. Jessica - I need the recipe! and Thank you!

Mi esposo quieres saber que quiero para Navidad

UPDATE:

Despite its unfortunate title, I think I would enjoy this.





This little bowl reminds me of our wedding.

I saw this posted on designsponge's Living In series. I noted its entirely reasonable price for something so fabulous and filed it away on my internal Christmas wish list.



Unfortunately, it is now sold out. But mi esposo, I can assure you it wasn't a few weeks ago so maybe there are more out there somewhere. Hey, at least I don't want that hamster.

Fortunately, another item on my list is still available. When it comes to jewelery and shoes, I am always on the look out for that perfect item you can wear with everything. I think this is it.

Duets

For some reasons duets have been popping to my attention. From Estelle and Kayne West singing American Boy. To my latest Pandora radio station featuring She & Him. What are your favorite duets?

Back to Work

Are you ready? The weekend was lovely and relaxing at least.


Art work by Flick Yoli