it’s pumpkin time?!

october is my favorite month of the year.  not only is it my birthday month (scorpios unite!), but it is also the month of my favorite holiday- HALLOWEEN!!  i’m thinking of turning into tracy turnblad for that evening.  the thought of gluing giant roach silhouettes onto a pink ball gown and sporting a beehive tickles me. more on that at a later date.

for now, maybe we can try our hands at these pumpkin projects a la martha.

1.  owl pumpkin

2.  vulture’s cage pumpkin

3.   filigree pumpkin

right now, i’ve got food on the brain. here is one g o r g e o u s * v e g a n * b l o g*

i’m ready to get crackin’ in the kitchen now.

all images from vegan yum yum

i’m still coveting the right camera so that i can learn how to take delicious photos too! can i make jewelry look as scrumptious as these photos? lucky for me, like smitten kitchen, vegan yum yum has also provided some photo tips. first things first- tomorrow i will go through my very meager collection of photo props and see what i can do to improve. . .

the vintage bead boutique is going on a bit of a hiatus as i am up to my ears in jewelry work. this sunday at crafty bastards, i’ll be having a MAJOR MAJOR DESTASH SALE!!!

    The past weeks been a little hectic for me and it’s about to get more-so. Last night we had a beginning-of-semester party that included a lot of pie! My classmate, Sherri, made key lime pie and apple pie drinks which I thought was a cool take on the pie theme of the party.

And here’s me chowing down on some pie!

    Tomorrow I’m going on a field trip to New York! I believe our main stops are to MAD, MOMA, and SoHo. Exciting!

And then Sunday of course is Crafty Bastards! This will be my first time working a craft show AND my first time at Crafty Bastards. So whoa. Big weekend for me!

    And in case you couldn’t tell, I’m pretty pumped for everything. So next week for my blog post, I’ll report on how cool everything was this weekend. Bye!

what is the deal with etsy these days? today i can’t log on and for weeks now there has been some sort of problem with the search engine. i’m getting tired of it. i said it. it’s out. is anyone else having issues?

gosh, it is gray and cold today. kind of cozy, i think. perhaps tonight i’ll start working on that second fair isle glove i started ages ago (may!). today will be a productive day in the studio. it’s just going to be me, the jewelry bench and pandora radio. - half the week is already gone! have a good one!

and if i ever finish that second glove, i’d really like to make these pictured below!! pattern from seealso on etsy

done for the day.
i’ve been here seven hours and feel like i accomplished nothing but create a big mess on my bench. do you ever have days like that? i’m going to pack up and head home.

also, i think there are squirrels living under the studio now. the scratching and thumping sounds that they are making is just unnerving! any clues on how to get them to take their business elsewhere?

the 2008 MacArthur fellows were announced yesterday! you can find a list of fellows right here.

one of my favorites is walter kitundu.

listen to walter at work:

the MacArthur Foundation

after many years of vegetarianism, i’m going vegan. thanks to this book that i just finished, skinny bitch (i know, i know. don’t get me started on the title etc. - see this review here). this morning for breakfast i had a so delicious yogurt. (yes! that’s the name!) WOW. YUMMY!!! i tried the strawberry banana yogurt made with coconut milk. i’ll never go back to my greek yogurt again, no ma’am. but no matter what those skinny bitches say, i’m NEVER giving up my coffee. SO THERE!

so, do you have a shopping plan of attack? i’m working on mine tonight!

get your map right here to start plotting!

i just received this in my inbox. any thoughts? will you be applying? not applying?

thank you, rachel for sharing this video!

you can also find it here on etsy.