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I’ve been feeling like I’m in the process of fighting something potentially awful off for the last week or so.  This potentially awfulness has not manifested itself into anything particularly awful and since I no longer have the excuse of not feeling well to use as a reason to not post, I am posting.

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These giant pig snout piggy banks are so awesome.  I want!  They’d be great for a kid’s room, but seriously I just want one, kids or no kids.

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Lately I’ve been all about bathrooms and kitchens on my Pinterest board and these adorable little guys called Efeet really need to be on my kitchen table… When I have a kitchen table, that is.

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With the acquisition of my food processor I’ve been collecting recipes again and this Maple Buttermilk Pie looks like it’s going to be in the whole grain pie crust I have left over from when I made quiche.  The pie crusts came two to a package and I’ ve been waiting for a chance to put something delicious in there.

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Last night I ordered Thai food and the delivery guy showed up in a Corvette!  “Nice car!” I said.  He told me that it was his nephew’s car and that they had traded cars that day, leaving him with the Corvette.  “If I could afford this car, I wouldn’t be doing this for a living!” he said in a very thick Asian accent.  LOL!  As far as the “plans” go; I waited too long to get into the Holiday Handmade show.  I wanted to wait until I had enough stuff made to actually have something to sell and the deadline passed me by.  I think I actually just chickened out, but I’m not entirely convinced since I was really looking forward to the show.  In the meantime, I’m keeping myself busy with these little handbags made from plastic canvas; I’m making one this weekend and will post pics!

I took some photos of the stuff in my windows this morning.  I used to have more plants, but a lot of them have gone to the Great Garden In The Sky; I guess even plants get stressed out over too much moving.

I bought a bunch of these Moroccan glass tea light star things at Pier One and I love them.  You can see one of my little tin stars in the upper right of this pic; I have those hanging all over my big bay window.  I’m planning to put up a string of Christmas lights eventually.

This is my not so organized organization tactic for my super tiny kitchen; line everything up along the windowsill.  In the big clay jar there is where I keep my rice.  One day I’ll have a big kitchen filled with light and counter space haha!

This is a pic of one of the trees in our parking lot at the Sports Authority Corporate office.  There’s a bit of the light rail train in the background (^_^).  Most of our trees are still all green, but this one is sporting a lovely swatch of buttercup yellow.

The fountain down the street from my office has been spewing Pepto Bismol pink water for the last couple of weeks and since the park doesn’t seem capable of having digestive issues I think this is in honor of breast cancer awareness month.  I hear that consuming too much artificial dye causes cancer (­¬_¬)…

In every relationship there is a pivotal moment where we go from guessing and hoping that the sweet little things our significant other does for us might just mean that they like us, to knowing full well that not only do they like us, they super duper dig us, think that we’re cooler than Spiderman and it becomes clear that they’re under the impression that the sun shines out our ass Care Bear stare style.  Last night, my sweet baby showed up at my apartment with not only the soy milk I needed to make our dinner, but a glorious and shining Black And Decker 8 Cup food processor.

It has several different slicing and dicing options with a spinning blade or a spinning wheel of doom for any and all vegetables or fruits that cross my path.  I envisioned myself standing in my kitchen dressed in a white lab coat and dark goggles, hair strait up in the air mad scientist fashion, laughing maniacally into the room filled with unsuspecting vegetables shouting “THE STREETS WILL RUN BEIGE WITH RIVERS OF HUMMUS! <insert evil laughter here>.”  As soon as the box was handed to me I was jumping up and down squealing like a fourteen year old girl at a Justin Bieber concert, but besides that, I was thinking of all the hummus, pumpkin soup, mint and cilantro chutney, sweet potato dip for the spicy kale chips I love so much, the list goes on!  I still can’t decide what to make first!  I’ve never been so happy (^_^)

Sorry it’s been a few days since my last post, I’ve been crocheting beaded headbands for the Holiday Handmade craft show in December so I haven’t had a lot of free time and I’m blogging this during a 15 minute break at the office; don’t tell on me!  Pics to come when I have time to take them haha.  In the meantime, here are some updates on trends and, as always, cool stuff I wanted to share.

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In regards to my up and coming Holiday Handmade  craft show stock it would appear that in addition to chevrons, color blocks are coming back in style.  This is actually great because color blocks are ridiculously easy to make and the creative process is a simple matter of picking colors, making squares and sewing them together.  Guess I’ll be making a ton of granny squares this fall!

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First up, a textile installation at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, England.  This installation is intended to allow museum patrons to lay back and enjoy the scenery in the Raphael Cartoons gallery.  So cool!

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Next up a plantable table by JAILmake.  I think that the table top should be glass so you can enjoy the plants from the vantage point you’ll be seeing the table from the most, but other than that this is just the coolest thing I’ve seen in a while.

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And last on my cool stuff around the web, these switch notes.  I actually don’t have any light switches that I use often enough to use these awesome little post-it adaptations, but I really like the concept.  I love when someone designs something so obvious you find yourself saying “why didn’t I think of that?!”

Pink ribbons tied to all the trees on my walk to the bus station!  Yay breast cancer awareness!

Pretty in pink at the bus stop.

Beads, ribbon, crochet thread and so many plans!  Getting ready for the Holiday Handmade craft show this December!

I love these little juice boxes filled with dairy free milk options!  Perfect for me morning granola at the office.

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Hopefully my first craft show all by myself!  Get details on this Denver Metro Area craft show in December here.

An Auspicious beginning to our drive to Estes Park for the Highland Games Festival!  Looks like Xena (my buddy Brit’s white jeep is named Xena) has a bum alternator!  We drove to her house and her roommate ended up driving me all the way; what a nice guy!

Our lovely booth featuring our Marti Gras boa masks and parasols.

Hi, Sara!

Hi, Courtney!

Hi, Cathy!

Bagpipes and drums all day every day at the Highland Games; I will have Scotland The Brave in my head for at least a week…

More pipers piping and the craft tent in the background there.  That window there is right where our booth was so we couldn’t miss the pipers and drummers if we wanted to.

Me in my Irish dress taking a picture of my parasol display; I got to take home a green parasol, but I left it in Sara’s car (>_<).

Turkey legs and tartan!

What a mess!  Snoods, gloves, bun covers and juliets get scattered all over our table at every show lol.

Our boss McNabb, her Matron Mobile, and her fabulous parking job haha.

I love the button down dress shirt, kilt, sneakers and sword combo!

Some friendly patrons who let me take their picture for me blog (^_^).

Home in the Denver Metro Area at Cheeseman Park for a walk yesterday with my sweetie.

Drawing in the park while I crocheted more lace to replace what we sold at the Highland Games festival.

Getting those last few warm days at the park in before Old Man Winter arrives.

Make a wish!

Scary skies on the way home from acquiring the ingredients for me and sweetie’s grilled cheese and tomato sandwich with lentil soup dinner.

There are some things in the design world that I will never understand.  Fashion shows that feature very artistic, but useless clothing that no one would ever wear, furniture items that are so expensive to make no one will ever buy them, and shoes that are nearly impossible to walk in, to name only a few.  The latest item to come across the Design Milk web page were these hardened fiber dress things that, aside from being constructed from what looks like silly string, are completely see-through.  I do like the shoes, however, and am under the impression that the materials involved are not too terribly expensive to obtain.  I want to have something profound and interesting to say about the items or the designer, but I just keep thinking ‘what if I were wearing one of those dresses and had a wicked bad wedgie?  Everyone would know!!!!’

Fall is my favorite season.  I love spring too, but not as much as fall.  Fall is the year’s last hurrah where we all try to get those last cookouts in, those last camping trips, and those last few days by the pool.  Fall is when all my favorite fashion styles come out to play.  It’s the time of bonfires, delicious food and drinks at favorite restaurants and homemade soup.  So in anticipation of my favorite season, I am posting some items that I think are necessary for the awesomeness of fall.

There is a special place in my heart for socks and leggings.   Any outfit be morphed into something amazing with the addition of funky tights, leggings or knee-high socks.  Something needing dressing up or dressing down?  Add a pair of funky tights underneath!  To join the world of funky socks, or rekindle an old love of funky socks, visit one of my all-time favorite sites  Sock Dreams.  Not only do they have the one of the most eclectic selections of socks, tights, leggings and accessories I’ve ever seen, but they even have a sock journal where one of the wonderful blog-alicious ladies at Sock Dreams posts about different types of socks and what shoes they’re worn with or about the different types of fiber that socks are made of or post about why socks are so great.  This site makes me feel better about my rather ferocious love of socks and leggings just reading about how other people love them just as much as I do if not more!

Every now and then I google things just to see what I can find.  The other day I was Gooleing “Women’s Fashion+Clothes” and I found a pretty rad site for inexpensive clothes, shoes and accessories at Make Me Chic.  They carry a lot of the same brands as DSW only for about $10 less.  The shipping is where they get you, but even after shipping, the shoes are still pretty cheap.  For the heels you have to really love platforms, but they have a great selection of flats and boots just in time for the fall season.  My favorite part about this site, aside from the prices is the way you can narrow down your search criteria.  Looking for a silk pair of peep-toe pumps in chartreuse?  Well, if they have them, you can find them without clicking through every page in the “heels” tab.  Each time you click on an item in the left-hand side navigation bar, more options for narrowing down your search appear.  From color, to material, to heel height and size, you can find exactly what you’re looking for.

And last, but not least, my most favorite of favorite restaurants, Steuben’s.  They’re food menu is unparalleled and their drink menu is inventive and long enough to have you trying new things years after your first visit; although I suppose that would depend a great deal upon how much you drink.  Its warm and inviting atmosphere alongside its phenomenal menu have kept me coming back since my very first visit over four years ago when I first moved here.  If you live in Denver or have a visit coming up, make sure to stop by and try their vegetarian chili rellano or their spicy linguine!

What are some of your favorite things about fall?  Any favorite places to go or things to do that are special to you or your family?