Thankfulness Episode 20

I am thankful for all of my friends, near and far!

There is something to be said about a good friend!  I have been blessed to have so many good people in my life over the years! I hope you all know what you mean to me!

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Thankfulness Episode 19

I am thankful for craft shows!

I learn so many new things after each one I attend! I love to see so much creativity!!!

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Thankfulness Episode 18

I am thankful for Olive Garden's soup, salad & breadsticks!!! 

YUM!

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Thankfulness Episode 17

I am thankful for warm mittens!

Nothing beats a super warm pair of unique mittens!!!

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Holiday Craft Show

Come out and see The Curious Coffee Shop in person at the Holiday Craft Show!!!

Masonic Temple
152 N Bird St
Sun Prairie, WI

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Thankfulness Episode 16

I am thankful for my new toy, a cricket expression!

I look forward to the many new projects ahead!!!

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Thankfulness Episode 15

I am thankful for Paciugo's Affogato!

Gelato soaked in espresso!!!  Need I say more?!

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Thankfulness Episode 14

I am thankful for a blue sky!

Definitely makes you feel better about the day as long as the sky is bright and open!!!

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Thankfulness Episode 13

I am totally thankful for my Mum's fried chicken, corn, mashed potatoes and gravy! 

Nothing says comfort food like this dish! No one objects when this is on the menu! Instead the table is silent with everyone stuffing their faces!!! Mum, keep up the good work!!!

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Thankfulness Episode 12

I am thankful for John Hardy's BBQ!  

This is one place I seriously crave from MN when we're in Madison.  They have super fantastic pulled pork and jo-jo's (potato-y chips)!  I always have at least one jar of their BBQ sauce in my house at any given time!

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Thankfulness Episode 11

I am thankful for coffee!!!

Whether it's straight black drip coffee or a venti nonfat triple shot peppermint mocha; I love coffee!  The taste is soothing and familiar to me.  Definitely my favorite way to start the morning!

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Thankfulness Episode 10

I am thankful for a beautiful dusk!

I love all the colors the sky turns!  The clear view, the open land and majestic landscape!  Welcome home to MN!!!

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Thankfulness Episode 8

I'm thankful for dry, warm feet!

There is something to be said about being warm and dry!  It's so soothing and comforting!!!

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Thankfulness Episode 9

I am thankful for creativity!

Without it I don't know where I would be...

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Thankfulness Episode 7

I am thankful for comfortable footwear! 

I've been lucky in the fact that my feet don't require tremendous arch support. Thus, my vast collection of Converse All-Stars, and now Crocs!

These, by the way, are my brand new plum Crocs!!! 

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Before & After

We did some yard work this morning.  We started with a yellow yard (leaves) and ended with a green yard!  Crazy the amount of leaves we piled up!!!  Took five trips to the curb!  At least it's done now!  Desi even jumped in to help, literally!

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Thankfulness Episode 6

I am thankful for our(my) new car!

First time I've ever gotten a new car, and I love it!!!

Thankfulness Episode 5

I am super thankful for Pho!

Need I say more?!

Thankfulness Episode 4

I am very thankful for the studio we built!

I am so glad to know there is a place where I can go to work on projects, leave an utter mess, watch movies, listen to music and create chaos!!!

Thankfulness Episode 3

I am thankful for our home!

It has been quite the adventure owning our own house. I wouldn't trade any of those memories!

And I look forward to making many more!!!

Thankfulness Episode 2

I am thankful for my husband, Otto!

Never has anyone been so supportive, loving, patient, kind and selfless!

I am extremely lucky to have found someone so wonderful to spend the rest of my life with!

Working...

Been working on a special order these days.  Drop me line if you're in need of something special for the Holidays!  Times running out!  A mere 7 weeks before Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa!!!  Get your orders in!

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Thankfulness Episode 1

I am so thankful for my puppy Desianna! 

She is such a handful, but oh so sweet! She definitely makes each day interesting! She's always full of love and affection for everyone! We got lucky, we were blessed with a good-natured, social puppy!

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Thankfulness 2011

Already behind, but hey, that's me for you!

I'm going to push myself for the entire month of November to post at least one thing a day that I'm thankful for!  That's a minimum of 30 things within my life that make me smile, laugh, sigh, appreciate, love and give me reason to open my eyes each day!  Things that I never want to forget, the silver lining we sometimes have a hard time finding, the special moments created within a second, and things that make my day!  30 is not a lot...  but we'll see where it goes before the end of the month!

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New Item

Created and added a new item to the shop! 

A coffee cup tile necklace!  Took me long enough...  but go check it out!!!

I'm working on other colors too!  And still in the process of prepping flower clips for the shop too!

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Show Off

My puppy modeling the new hair flowers I've been working on! 

I'm hoping to have them in the shop within the month!!!

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Too Busy

About time I made another post on here! Life has been way too busy! It seems there was wedding after wedding this Summer!!!

Here are some of the things I've been working on.

A wedding gift for some friends. A 12x12 canvas with a huge letter M covered with photos of them!

A tray I decorated for Archiver's Wall Art Contest! I unfortunately lost, but now have new coffee art for my kitchen!!!

A name plaque for my third cousin! I finally had a chance to meet her at my sister's wedding!!!

And of course, I've been working on these flower clips for the shop! Haven't gotten a chance to post them, but hopefully soon!!!

What have you been up to that keeps you busy?!

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New Year's Resolution Revisited

So, it's true... this resolution to create new things each month, post about them and then add them to my Etsy shop has fallen by the wayside! But now is the time to turn it around! I can say that I've been very busy creating a new studio to work in, plus lots of projects that have taken my time! Thus, I decided to post pictures of some of these projects, and of course the new studio set up. Enjoy!

These are some delicious cupcakes I made for my co-teacher for her baby shower. She asked for Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with purple buttercream frosting and purple cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Just happened to find new baby decorations at the local baking store around here!

I participated in a Artist Trading Card Swap focusing on coffee! I love how these turned out!

Along with cupcakes my co-teacher asked if I could create some artwork for her nursery. I, of course, jumped on that! Here we decided on a theme of "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star". I thought a dimensional tray would look good on the nursery wall.

This turned into an epic piece of artwork for the nursery. My co-teacher had this idea for a huge swirly tree... I thought I can do that in paper! So, we got a 22in x 28in frame that matched the nursery furniture and went from there! I patchworked the background, and went on to patchwork the rest of the entire scene. I definitely will be making some copies of this in the future!!!

The last pieces created were decoupaged stars. My co-teacher and I had fun walking all over the store trying to decide on the papers that would work the best together with the other artwork. I ended up adding the bling in the middle of the stars for just a little pizazz!

We recently had a wedding, and I decided to play around with a shadow box frame. I love making things dimensional!

And last, but not least we have the studio revamping project!

Here is what the studio used to look like. I had a table piled with everything, dressers filled with everything else... not enough room to work... It was obvious I needed to do something!

The first step was to paint the room. It was in dire need of a fresh coat!

And I took the opportunity to create an accent wall!!!

Through this process I realized I would not just "find" the type of desk that I wanted in the studio. So, my husband helped me build the desks from scratch, which turned into an interesting project we were not expecting! But he did a fantastic job working through it all to help create one 6ft desk, and one 8ft desk; together they make up an 8ft L-shaped working area.

Here is what the studio looks like now!

Please don't mind the mess. I have been unbelievably busy lately... and you can tell cause I tend to create piles of things that need to get done, and then I don't get everything put away. But, from this shot you can see the two work areas made from the 6ft desk piece. Also, I put in some wall shelving which has helped with the storage situation I was facing before.

Here is the 8ft desk with one huge work space (which has become my favorite spot) in front of the window!

Against this far wall I, at the last minute, decided to put in more wall shelving, and boy am I glad I did!!! I absolutely love it!!! Now, if only my schedule would calm down a bit so I could get through all my projects and clean the place up a little... maybe someday! At least now I'm glad I got things to do!!!

So, tell me... What do you think?!

Vintage Valentine's

Sorry I've been terrible at posting about my January project, but it's been quite a month... I mean, look! It's already February!

So, I have been working on a project this month, and have added the final product to my shop!

They're Vintage Valentine's!

It was interesting trying to decided what to take on as a project for January, but then a remember a certain holiday lurking around the corner! Thus, I rummaged through my things and started working... And this is the final product!

Go check it out!!!

Vintage Valentine Love

Vintage Valentine Love Deuce

2011 Resolution

It's been too long! And I've been way too busy!!!

With that in mind, I did set aside some time to think about some resolutions for the upcoming year. In particular, I plan on working on a new project/idea each month and adding it to my Etsy! This will make for an interesting challenge, because it means I have to find 12 different projects/ideas to create within 365 days... well, not even that much time now... I really should stop typing at this point and start looking for something to start this resolution with in January!

Come back often to see the project/idea I chose, the process and finished product that will be added to the store!!!