Homemade Holiday

Because Christmas is on a weekend this year, I have extra days off from work which means that I was able to put a little more homemade love into things this time around. 

Stockings:

Since we're staying in San Francisco this year, my in-laws mailed us our gifts. We each got a lot of stocking stuffers...but no stockings. For our wedding I was gifted a sewing machine but, being extremely accident prone, I have been afraid to use it. The need for stockings made me overcome my fears. I found a free pattern online, figured out how to thread the machine (thank goodness for the automatic threader) and set to work.

Charlie's stocking

my stocking

Wrapping paper:

Every year Charlie goes all out on some crazy and creative gift wrapping. I was having trouble coming up with creative ways to wrap but, since we have to much paper around the house, it seemed silly to buy wrapping paper; so I busted out the rubber stamps and some plain drawing paper and set to work making patterns and then wrapping gifts.

Charlie loves cooking so most of his gifts are for the kitchen; this stamp seemed like the perfect thing to use

Pizza and French Fries for Dinner

Last night, after spending a wonderful but tiring day vending at the San Francisco Center for the Book's annual Holiday Fair, I was in the mood to go to a restaurant and let someone serve me. So, my husband and I headed to The Pizza Place on Noriega for some crispy French fries and Margherita pizza. It was tasty and photographic.

It's so true. Healthy or not, I LOVE pizza!

Ashland Forests

When I was a child one of my favorite things was to grab a book, run into the backyard, climb a tree and read. Ever since I have been in love with trees and forests. I love the old-ness of trees, I love the mystery of the forest and I love the feeling of insignificance I get when I stare up into the treetops. 


I think the thing I liked most about last week's trip to Ashland, Oregon, was being surrounded by trees for 5 days. Here's a small sampling of the over 500 hundred pictures I took in the woods while I was there.

Holiday Fair Preparations

Card scoring station

On Saturday, December 10, I will be vending at the Holiday Fair at the San Francisco Center for the Book as neon sprinkles studio. So, for the past few days, I've been doing some prep: making new cards, scoring, sleeving, and labeling items. 

Pre-press

My little play on words/geometry

First color

I thought some cheerful cards were in order this holiday season

Happy Christmas

I'm really not a big Christmas person but my husband and roommate love to get in the holiday spirit. Today we made a trip to get a small potted pine tree, some lights and a few ornaments to spruce up the apartment.