Friday Night Fab Five

Hi everyone and welcome to another Friday Night Fab Five where I list 5 things I'm digging this week!

1. Small Potatoes Do Art



Small Potatoes is a short that's on the Disney Channel. They did one about art that I thought was really cute.

2. Philadelphia Indulgence Cream Cheese

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So, apparently Philadelphia is now making chocolate cream cheese in milk chocolate (yay!), dark chocolate (YAY!) and white chocolate (BOO!*) varieties.  After trying it on toast...it's pretty good.  It's creamier than cream cheese, doesn't have a strong cream cheese flavor...It's almost like a really thick pudding type texture.  It's chocolate so I'm cool. :D

*White chocolate is NOT chocolate. There, I said it.

3. Blythe Dolls



Blythe, a toy that lasted *maybe* a year in the 1970s is back with a bang as these (now way expensive) dolls are getting customized by artists (just take a gander on Flickr.)

4. Kitschy Crafts

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Kitschy Crafts takes a look back at all of those kitschy craft items that were (and still are) AWESOME. It also includes some how to's. Love this book!


5. Water For Elephants

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I finally got a chance to see this movie and it was darling! I like Reese Witherspoon anyway and it was a very sweet love story. Now I need to snag the book...

And there you have it! What are your favorites this week?

It Might As Well Be Spring

Hi everyone!

So, am I the only one experiencing nutso weather this *quote* Winter *unquote*? I often complain around this time of year that I'm ready for Spring and it looks as though someone is listening because the weather has been crazy this "Winter". It's been sunny and warm, cold and rainy, hot cold hot cold, I feel like it's a total Katy Perry song this year. The trees in my yard are already starting to bud and like I said on Twitter yesterday, I'm afraid my kids will learn about seasons in History class.

Anyhoo, I decided to Spring it up and crocheted the Crocheted Stash Basket pattern from Purl Bee. I've made this bag a couple of times before and love it.

So I tried to get all creative and mimic grass, sky and clouds with the body of the bag and then crocheted some simple flowers and put them all over it. SPRING!

I also finished Jocelyn's cloche (I love hooking this pattern too!) that she won during my Three Not Four Year Blogoversary giveaway.

So in honor of this fake Winter-sort of Spring, here's "It Might As Well Be Spring" from 1945's "State Fair"



Have a great day!

Jane Gets A Life

Hi everyone!

I was lucky enough to be one of 1,000 artists who snagged a spot in the Art House Co-op's 4x6 Exchange where you create a flat 4x6 card and send it to them. Yours goes off to a participant and you get one in return from someone else. Very cool little exchange and for whatever reason, inspiration smiled upon me and I'm already finished with mine. (I so love when that happens!)

You couldn't used anything three dimensional which is tough for me, I love my little bits and bobs that stick out a mile wide on my projects but I've decided that 2012 is all about trying new things - creatively speaking. So I jumped on signing up for this swap before thinking it through and for once was rewarded for leaping before looking. lol

I have no process pictures to show you but here's the short version:

-Cut cardboard to 4x6
-Mod Podged on a book page
-Added mists and inks
-Covered in a layer of beeswax
-Added inks to lady, words and lace trim
-Used toilet paper roll, wine cork and Distress Crackle Paints for embellishment

(I got the woman from a vintage ad and the words from a children's book page from our ACME Kit.)

Done and done! I hope whoever receives this likes it! I can't wait to see what comes to my mailbox in return. :D

Friday Night Fab Five

Hi everyone and welcome to another Friday Night Fab Five where I list 5 things I adore for the week. Let's jump right in:

1. Bein' Quirky With Zooey Deschanel



Zooey Deschanel hosted this past Saturday Night Live and "Bein' Quirky With Zooey Deschanel" was my favorite skit. Unfortunately I don't think this video can be viewed by those outside of the US. Boooo NBC! Still a great skit though. :D

2. Doodle Jump

Doodle Jump is an addictive game that I play on my phone...constantly. Jump as high as you can while avoiding monsters, black holes and alien abductions. Bigger time spender than Pinterest.

Speaking of Pinterest...

3. This Sign

I originally found this on Pinterest and followed it around till I found out it is for sale here. This sign was meant for me. Finishing things is a big character flaw of mine. I remember this one time when I

4. Music from Strawberry Shortcake



Okay, so having two daughters means that we get pretty girly around here. Toot is currently obsessed with Strawberry Shortcake and the new SSC Bitty Berry Adventures is a cute show with surprisingly addictive music that, although it gets lodged in your head like music from most kids shows, it doesn't make you want to rip your ears off.

5. Parks and Recreation

Parks and Recreation is a brilliant NBC comedy starring Amy Poehler and an excellent supporting cast. If you aren't watching it, just do it. Episodes are available on Netflix. Might I suggest Season 3's "The Fight"?

And there you have it, another Friday Night Fab Five for the ages! What are your favorites this week?

No, You Prove YOU'RE Not A Robot, Captcha

Hi everyone!

I don't usually post on Thursday and chances are this post will get buried between yesterday's post and tomorrow's Fab Five but I just couldn't take it anymore!

You know, I'm all for letting a blogger, on any platform, do what they need to do to get their blog the way they want it. You want to blare music? Fine. You want to add 1,000,000 blinkies and buttons in your sidebars? Fine. You want to talk about something cool without linking to it and force me to spend three hours on Google looking for what you were talking about? Fine. You want to moderate your comments? Fine. You want to make me enter a captcha when I leave a comment?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Actually, in reference to Blogger specifically, it hasn't been that bad. Enter some word and I can get on with my blog visits, okay sure. BUT something has happened recently to make me lose the few marbles I had left in my quest to visit and comment on as many blogs as I could.

Blogger has made their captcha harder and I don't mean in the fun "That's what she said" sort of way. I mean they saw how painful it was for me to enter in a simple word multiple times before getting it right and decided it was so hilarious to see me cry that they made it TWO words you have to enter and most of the time they're beyond comprehension. Are robots really that much of a threat? Even Cylons turned out okay in the end.

Maybe it's just me? Maybe I just need to put on my big blogger panties and quit my whining. Which I will but before I do that: When I get way too tired (or frustrated in this case) I tend to get a little silly and I decided to have some fun with captcha after attempting to comment on one blog FOUR times and getting it wrong every single time.

The best part was, after I got bored playing I misspelled the captcha on the blog I was visiting and had to write my comment over...