OH YA I DID

First Off
I loved Michelle Obama's dresses for the inauguration. People are disgusting how they look to criticize every little thing. It was appropriate, it looked warm and she looked happy. More importantly, the content of Obama's speech was amazing, accurate and insightful.

On another totally separate note I made it on the customer gallery for sublime stitching! The founder only puts up her favorites so it is pretty cool that i made it up there!
GO look
http://www.sublimestitching.com/node/2593
Love ya!
the dame

New Crafts for a New Year!

So I have been waiting on posting pictures of some of my crafts because they were Christmas presents and I always have a bad feeling about someone accidentally discovering what they may be receiving for Christmas. Overall though, the Holidays went off without a hitch ( Read: No giant family fight). I made a TON of things, mostly due to my lack of money. So I will be posting and talking about them over the next couple of weeks.
To start, lets look at the Our Lady of Guadalupe embroidery that I did on some aprons.

Here, you can see the differences in the color palate. The one on the left is the first Mary that I made. You can tell, because I did it the hard way. It took forever to make her look so smooth and finished. I filled in all the parts, whereas on the second Mary I went for stitching that showed movement in the fabric and some more vibrant colors. I made a third Mary, but I must have forgotten to take pictures of it! Besides the time that this project took, it was very inexpensive. I think I paid $3.00 each for the white canvas aprons, from a chef supply company that I found online, and then my mom had the embroidery floss already. It was fun to choose the colors, and mix it up a little bit. Of course my Aunt's and Mom love the aprons. As good Catholics, we love to strong female figures such as Mary and we also love to make fun of our religion so this is a beautiful, crafty, and Dainty mixture of the two!

That's all for now!
xoxo
The Dame

Hilarity

this is worth a post for sure
I love this kid!

Happy Holidays!

It's a Circus!!!

Today Britney Spears' new CD Circus came out. I am pretty impressed. I was reading reviews which mention that it sounds like a 'recycled version of the last CD' and while I disagree she did reuse the song Radar. I think it sounds really good, albeit some parts are super synthesized. The song My Baby really demonstrates Britney's vocal talents, which I think is due to the content of the song, as it is obviously about her children. My favorite song of the album as of now is Unusual You which discusses the expectation that people will fail to follow through and the unreliability of relationships and love. I know that Britney did not write all the songs but the songs that I love most are the ones that I think she felt more emotionally connected to the lyrics.
Thanks

The Dame

The Best Summary of how I feel right now

So much to do and very little time to do it. The countdown begins... will the dainty dame make the grades or get cut?
But on the horizon, there is hope called "winter break", I can't see it yet, but i'm waiting.

xoxo
the dame

Recipes and such

A little synopsis about how my day went.
Yep this grad school thing is wreaking havoc on my life and my psyche.
I'm not a quitter- so they will have to kick me out.

On a lighter note- I made a delicious salad for dinner because I am a fatty and food makes me feel better almost always.

Salad:
1 Small head of romaine lettuce- WASH IT!
2 small pears- peel, quarter and slice
1/4 cup unsalted sunflower seeds
2 tablespoons of crumbled gorgonzola cheese
1 pound of mushrooms, WASH IT! then slice. Saute in a pan with a slice of butter and a teensie bit of garlic. Cook until some start to be crispy. Then take off of burner- there should not be liquid left in the pan and let cool.
Add all ingredients in a bowl and add Girard's Champagne dressing.
Dress lightly because this dressing is strong and the water from the lettuce and pears will carry the flavor.
The mushrooms are also delicious in a baked potato, the other thing I made myself for dinner.
DELICIOUS.
love,
The Dame

ADDICTED

So I haven't written in a while...
Here is what has happened in my life lately:

• Decision Making Midterm- yay for test anxiety because I FAILED.
• Accounting Midterm- after approximately 6 hours of 1 on 1 tutoring with my significant other I may have managed a B!!
• Communications Presentation- USELESS.
• Watched Hotrod with my friends in Santa Cruz after driving my sister back to school. This movie is hilarious. I think it is a blend of the awkwardness of Napolean Dynamite but with the hilarity of most Will Ferrell movies. I loved it. The second time is the best.

• Fixed my significant others car, props for me and brownie points with his mom!

Other than that I found a new website to addictively stalk their online sale rack. You will never guess. Well maybe... It is a shoe website. Bakers Shoes, they are cute and fashionable without raping your savings- not to say I have actually bought anything from them, I only stalk.

That's all for now folks!


The Dame