tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35169185796674071122024-03-13T06:10:30.330-04:00Short-Winded MuseErin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-17564231779235825002011-03-03T11:02:00.005-05:002011-03-03T11:07:35.158-05:00Favorite Food
We recently bought a restaurant size bag of spinach. Possibly my favorite food ever, and it's just about gone. Peter bought some stainless steel pans too; they are sooo good looking! Every meal looks amazing.
The best sunny side up eggs are made on this pan. Not just any stainless steel pan. This particular one. Too bad for you, how nice for us.Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-55290370237567580652011-03-03T10:38:00.003-05:002011-03-03T11:06:15.483-05:00Plaid!
I made plaid using this tutorial. It is a bit bronco themed, but maybe I'll send it to some family in Denver. I'm not the biggest fan of the orange I used.
And I think I want a smaller print plaid. And definitely some retro colors. 70s velvet couch colors.Mustard yellow, green-yellow, gold-yellow and browns. Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-54283500802333296452011-03-01T12:02:00.002-05:002011-03-01T12:05:40.317-05:00My favorite vase
Just some left over flowers. I put orange food dye in the water, but they have yet to change color. Boring.
Through my office, I had received some promotional chotchkies a few months ago, most of them useless, except two small planters with parsley and basil seeds. Just tiny things, but the very beginnings of an indoor herb garden!
Inspired, Peter and I bought some seeds and plant Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-25636872593901237022011-02-19T11:39:00.001-05:002011-03-03T11:06:28.098-05:00Matching up.
It was actually pretty hard trying to get all those matches to line up.Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-25978845199340201052011-02-18T12:38:00.003-05:002011-02-18T12:41:05.964-05:00Leftover Valentines
Seeing as how I've eaten all my Valentine's candy, all I have left to remember it by are my flowers.
Peter arranged the bouquet himself. I'm quite fond of it. Again, I cheated with Intsagram. Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-76001862356013988972011-02-17T19:49:00.003-05:002011-02-17T19:53:29.788-05:00Valentine
Daily Instagram picture.
Seeing as how I can't make a quilt every day, I'm going to try and at least take a picture everyday. And I will cheat. With Instagram. So even if it isn't the best composed picture, it will at least look pretty after I toss one of the filters on it.
I realize it's out of focus but this is the Valentine Peter made me. He twisted up a piece of aluminum and Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-36924081777821727682011-02-14T15:39:00.001-05:002011-02-17T19:55:32.423-05:00Valentine CandyAfter ignoring my sewing machine for a while and letting Peter take over in the kitchen, I spent Sunday trying to feel creative. I've gotten rather addicted to the couch, so I tried to not sit on it the entire day, which resulted in these little snacks.
The first are little dingleberry chocolates. Smashed graham cracker with a disgusting amount of butter rolled into Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-81517362706184254692010-05-18T08:52:00.000-04:002010-05-18T08:52:44.121-04:00Making earringsI've finally gotten on a roll and started making earrings! I only have pictures of two pairs, but I've got a few more that I need to get better pictures of. These are made of leather cord and wire, and are super easy to make. I can knock off a pair of the simple ones in less than 30 minutes, which is about the length of my attention span.
These ones are very Southwestern,Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-49171220484176840442010-05-12T15:46:00.001-04:002010-05-12T15:48:29.144-04:00Birthday NecklaceHere are pictures of the necklace we made for Pete's mom's birthday.
It's a little tough to see (iphone pictures, sorry) but the inside is filled with a super light blue bead, and the outside beads alternate between pink and black. The hoop is part of super retro, chunky necklace I thrifted a while ago. I also put two pink and two black beads along the chain so it didn't look like Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-34794267500670135112010-05-07T13:00:00.001-04:002010-05-07T13:01:27.037-04:00Honeygar, anyone?No not honey bear. Honeygar (or honegar, depending on who's writing), is a folk medicine advocated by D.C. Jarvis, a Vermont physician, in the first half of the 1900's that Pete and I are working into our daily routine. It's a cocktail of equal parts Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey. It can be taken a spoonful at a time, in a glass of hot or cold water (often called Witch's Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-87232562946621990332010-05-07T11:13:00.000-04:002010-05-07T11:13:54.069-04:00Getting HealthyWith bikini season knocking on my door, I'm trying to figure out how to balance being active and exercising with (what seems to me) my very limited personal time. So I've decided to..... ride my bike to work!! I'm giving up public transportation with the exception of bad weather days. We already ride our bikes around all weekend and do all our errands on our bikes so 10Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-62433958459987328892010-05-07T10:36:00.000-04:002010-05-07T10:36:36.832-04:00Hair UpdateI'm now a few weeks into this 'no-poo' business. To tell the truth, I hate strongly dislike that name. Its saving glory is that it actually does work. Marvelously. So far I've been using a little less that a tablespoon of baking soda, a cup of water, and a bitty squeeze of honey to control frizz. I keep a cup in the shower, grab it as the water warms, run to theErin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-9256884887386982392010-04-30T11:07:00.000-04:002010-04-30T11:07:40.447-04:00Official Craft List Part 2Second on my Official Craft list is
drafting a pattern for clutches and actually making them
I think purses are pointless. I carry one every day only so I can carry my clutch and a book with me. And without fail, I end up with a bag full of useless clutter. For example - I recieved an adorable elephant figurine for Christmas that has only ever seen the inside of my purse. My purse has become a Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-68386424726359228172010-04-30T11:06:00.000-04:002010-04-30T11:06:05.959-04:00Proud of the small thingsI'm working on being more productive, promise. I've actually been upcycling some thrifted spring skirts, but those are to come. (In the publishing world 'to come' is abreviated as 'TK.' I never understood that.)
Last weekend, Pete told me he needed to get started on a present for his mother's birthday this week - flash forward to yesterday and he was still empty handed. Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-37782415691678811892010-04-16T11:16:00.001-04:002010-04-16T14:48:53.648-04:00Going No-PooA couple of days ago I ran out of shampoo. “No big deal,” I thought, “I’ll pick some up on my way home today.” A few days later, I was still out of shampoo; “Whatever, I’ll just use my bar soap and pick some up tomorrow.” A while later, my shampoo supply was still nil… You get the idea. I usually can go up to three days without washing my hair with a minimal itchy factor (in fact, when I was Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-66479130959411984482010-03-15T16:18:00.002-04:002010-03-15T16:27:41.259-04:00If my life had lyrics it would go like this...Look at this stuffIsn't it neat?Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?Wouldn't you think I'm the girlThe girl who has everything?Look at this troveTreasures untoldHow many wonders can one cavern hold?Looking around here you thinkSure, she's got everythingI've got gadgets and gizmos a-plentyI've got whozits and whatzits galoreYou want thingamabobs?I've got twenty!But who cares?No big dealI Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-46978568022731512182010-03-15T11:54:00.002-04:002010-03-15T11:55:40.249-04:00My 4 Step Program to Summer ShortsAgain, I am plagued with a fabulous idea that I will never, ever complete. Despite the noreaster of biblical proportions flooding the northeast right now, I can't get enough of spring shorts. They are everywhere; sitting on perfectly tapered mannequins' waists, showing off sculpted fiberglass thighs, reminding me I haven't the sinewy legs to show off these shorts yet.&Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-79696142400261580792010-03-10T15:34:00.001-05:002010-03-10T15:36:14.600-05:00ChucklesI've been thinking more and more that one thing I would love to do is design/build my future, hypothetical home for my future/hypothetical family. (I'd hate to get halfway into building a house and drop it like I do everything else. So perhaps I'll just be cautious and not start at all. Better no house than half a house.) And I very much love modern architecture and design, Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-46911102054685162152010-03-05T09:28:00.003-05:002010-03-05T09:35:36.286-05:00Official Craft List Part 1Because I get so easily distracted, I've been thinking for a while about trying to make a list of crafts I want to focus on. I'm hoping that by putting it in writing I will force myself whittle down my list to the naked basics.
I am introducing my Official Craft List. The projects that will appear on this list will have gone through a rigorous screening process, multiple rounds ofErin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-69231692217180430432010-03-03T10:26:00.002-05:002010-03-03T12:02:08.943-05:00Saboteurs, all of themI will forever refuse to take the blame for any unfinished/never-started projects. I can't help it if I get distracted! I spend all day looking at sewing blogs and without fail I always find something that looks more entertaining and pretty than the project I currently have in mind.
So, without hesitation, I blame all the other women with ridiculously good looking projects and Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-76636919176189169452010-02-23T16:30:00.002-05:002010-02-23T16:38:32.819-05:00I FINISHED A PROJECT!Well not completely. I'm 99.4% done. But that's the closest I've come in a long while!
Denyse Schmidt Quilts has made available her Scottie Dog Pattern and, by this good earth, is it adorable.
P.S. I love that it's a man holding the puppies! How could you not want to make one of these. Denyse's tutorial is so easy, I read it once through on Friday and Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3516918579667407112.post-44760688311735407182010-02-17T14:32:00.011-05:002010-02-18T15:01:22.294-05:00I have to start sometime...In an effort to keep this blog from being yet another unrealized project, here is my first post! (yay)
For Christmas, the b/f's sister gave me Ruth Singer's The Sewing Bible, the U.S. edition of Sew It Up. And like any aspiring crafster I drank it up and thought "O holy cow, she makes it all sound so easy - can't wait to start." My bedside table was cleared off, my manicure kit and nail polish Erin Nicholehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02915715903871719565noreply@blogger.com0