Film Rouge

Movie night is something special at my house because I don’t venture into the rental world very often. Dim the lights, make a big batch of healthy kettle corn (popcorn*+ Splenda + cinnamon + dash of cayenne), grab some sodas and a pack of Red Vines to use as...

Baked Love

Take one red velvet cake (For Arizona folk, mixes are on sale for $.88 at Fry’s this week.) Add a recycled-tin foil heart stencil Dust generously with powdered sugar And voila! Valentine’s cake that says I love you in a fabulously frugal way. This is the...

Frida Hearts Diego

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and while many of you may roll your eyes at yet another meaningless Halmark holiday, I’m in the other camp — Camp Love. Valentine’s Day provides yet another chance to make and send great cards, let those you...

Squeal!

So, pigs went flying by earlier*, and I ended up squealing. Seriously, America? You couldn’t have made me prouder today. The millions gathered peacefully? Incredible. The general sense of awe and patriotism? Fantastic. The honorable new family moving into that...

Handmade Christmas

I’ve been waiting for the last gifts to be gifted and received to post the projects I made for the holidays. Cigar Box turned Correspondence Kit for Colleen With much thanks to Kinchie for nudging me along to get this done and helping with the details! Tea Towel...

Stretchy Pants Means Christmas!

We ate so much food during our Christmas break, by the time the official meal rolled around, we weren’t that hungry. The main culprit? Carmines on Penn. So, so good. Like it makes me wish I lived in Denver so I could have dates take me there regularly kind of...