I have always shied away from the salad kits they sell in the grocery store, figuring they weren’t as fresh and that I could easily do better. Last week while Jon was away I took a leap and tried a Spring Garden Kit from Dole with baby lettuce, almonds, and a raspberry balsamic vinaigrette. It [...]
This morning really got off to a rough start. Despite my best intentions and a very insistent alarm clock, I could not will myself out of bed at 6:30 for yoga. I snoozed, showered quickly, then crawled back into my warm bed for more snoozing. I wanted to be out of the door by 8, [...]
One last card for Linda’s bonus challenge. The only rule was the weekend theme. Since Jon and I went out driving on Saturday, it only seemed natural to put the golfer in the convertible with the scarfed lady.
Finally, a challenge I can get into: a card inspired by John Travolta’s suit in Saturday Night Fever. That means just black and white. No color. And ta da! I love the little birdcage, embossed with a little sparkle and tied off with a ribbon. Part of me wants to color the little bird, but [...]
The third challenge was really a challenge for me. It was a traditional sketch challenge, which means I have to follow someone else’s layout (to a certain extent). I’m not entirely satisfied with this little duck, but I only had half an hour to complete it, so at a certain point I just had to [...]
The next challenge was pretty fun: break out the old school glitter to glitz up a card like a disco ball. When i dug through my stash I only found three kinds of glitter: gold, extra fine iridescent, and this chunky holographic silver. When I saw the rock star I knew that a sparkly stage [...]
To start the night, the Fab Four asked us to just “let it be” when it came time to add embellishments. Easy peasy. I love embellishments, but I’m rarely satisfied with how they look on a card. Except maybe the A Muse twinkle stickers, which are so tiny that they shouldn’t count as embellishments. I [...]
Saturday night was the second Virtual Meeting of the A Muse Addicts, a series of half-hour stamping challenges. I got a bit of a late start because I was waiting for a chocolate cake to come out of the oven, and then between the fourth and fifth challenges, I took a break to frost and [...]
Being in the market for a new mobile phone has made me think about things I never really thought of in the context of phones before. First and foremost being my own motivations for purchasing a new phone. My current phone is two years old. I know that only because my wireless provider sent me [...]
Jon’s been out of town since Sunday morning and although I missed him almost immediately, I’m really starting to notice it now. I have tons of things I want to do after work, but I just end up feeling bored without him around. When he’s here I want to get up and do things, he’s [...]
Hello, I'm Sarah Jay: Wife. New Mom. Dreamer. Crafter. Web Developer and Designer. Technical Writer. Aspiring Photographer. Blogger. Baker. Procrastinator.
