Author: strejde
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Zoot!
Last night, Justin and I dined at Zoot, a wonderful little restaurant not far from our home. Ohmyga. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute we spent there, and I’d go back in a heartbeat. It’s a small place, in a renovated old house, with grey and red tones and wall-to-wall wine racks. As soon as we…
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I cooked.
What can I say? I haven’t been cooking much. But this week, we got broccoli from our farmer, and I just couldn’t let it go to waste. I love broccoli! We didn’t have much else, though, so I kind of made do. It turned out really well, though, for a throw-it-together kind of thing. In…
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Swap!
Yesterday I received my swap goodies from Vidya, a web-pal that happens to live a few blocks from me. We decided to swap a few crafty things, and I got the cutest stuff! She made me a softie, (I named her Olivia), a velvet rabbit with lopsided legs and a flower in her hair. The…
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Mail!
Today I had the most wonderful mail day ever. I received my very first Japanese craft books! I ordered them a few weeks ago through YesAsia (ISBN4277311474, ISBN4579110439, and ISBN4579109724). These books are simply gorgeous. The ideas in them are just amazing, and the photography is beautiful. Here are a few images from the books…
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Birthday gift reveal!
I FINALLY gave my friend Lindsay her birthday gift, over two months after her birthday. It took a while to get everything together, and to get Justin to sit down and work on it with me. We created her own line of teas, which we named Lindstea. I gathered lots of ingredients, including dried fruits,…