renegade craft fair !

The annual renegade craft fair passed thru austin this weekend ..

of course I had to go !

Here's the one crappy picture I took:
We walked through pretty fast , grabbing cards of vendors that interested me. Don't enjoy browsing through things amidst a million people. These were my faves:

f is for frank
had my favorite pieces
i absolutely love the creepy bunny / wolf necklaces.
& also the giant pewter coated horse teeth ! .. and the spearhead necklace : )

a close second was
theif & BANDIT
I love that she woodcarves & handprints all of her designs.
classic southwestern prints , mixing the desert pallette with pops of bright color.
printed on super soft cotton jersey fabric .. love it !


also loved
lerf ewe's prints

very awesome !

WHAT A LONG amazing WONDERFUL WEEKEND

Had a blast selling @ the Volstead. What a cute bar. Great cocktails and an old school , speakeasy feel. Sold a bunch .. my inventory is whittling down but I still have so much ! I might set up on South Congress to sell one of these Saturdays.

We will see.

Sunday morning , hungover we hogged on pizza .. napped .. & Charlie headed to work. Then I headed out to pick up some last minute goodies for my sweeeeetheart's birthday. Baked him the most delicious carrot cake & made the icing from scratch (of course) as well. Man it was SO good. Here's the recipe, I left out the raisins and coconut. Not fans of those in cake.
Monday morning I surprised him with his cake and preznts.
Then we got ready and headed to barton springs and rented a canoe.
2 hours deep it started getting 2hot so we brought it back and relaxed by the springs for a bit... and went for a swim ! Yes I braved the icy waters.

Then home for a nap & Mother's for dinner ! holy artichoke enchilada's. Mmm. So good.

So yeah, my weekend consisted of good people, moscow mules, pizza, enchiladas, AND cake.

Time to go to the gym.

: (

ALSO ! Sold my first painting , and shipped it out today !
Very excited about that. Maybe I'll paint more !
Thank you Vanessa & Audrey.
Enjoy this lil dude.
here's the bear

Vintage Vibe @ Volstead Lounge THIS SATURDAY !

I have lots of vintage goodies to sell , and I'll be doing so here ! Everything is still 50+% off .. I'm super excited to check out this venue also. Never been , it's new .. and in my hood ! Woo

Hope to see you there !

yum yum in my tum tum

i been cookin !!!

pre cheese

post cheese

GETTIN BAKED



TA * DA !
delicious homemade pizzas
Used this recipe for the dough.. I like it because you don't have to wait FUR ever (like 20 minutes) for the dough to rise. I doubled the salt - added italian seasonings , and before I put em in the oven .. brushed with olive oil , sprinkled garlic powder & more seasoning .. topped with pizza sauce , port0bello shrooms , roasted red peppers, kalamata olives, spinach, feta, red onions, and lotza mozza CHEEEZ. Came out super delicious. Hogged em with some brooklyn brews. Love cooking at home , need to do more of it.

Yesterday I made some falafel burgers that came out SO GOOD.
Def a new staple. Here's the recipe if you'd like to take a stab at it. Super easy. Alterations I made to the recipe - added 2 big cloves of pressed garlic, doubled the salt + added about 2 tsp of cayenne to the mix before I processed it. Little more flavor fer yer buds. And instead of making the tahini sauce I bought tzatziki at the store (and added lemon to it).

PHEW.
HAPPY COOKING !

every day is mama's day.

my mother is the strongest , hardest working person I've ever known.

LOVE YOU MOM !

you beautiful lady, you

manic.

Strange days.

Recent news .. due to a dull throbbing pain in the back of my head and blurry vision .. loss of energy .. overeating. I'm deciding to quit diet coke. I noticed the pain getting worse whenever I would drink it or use splenda in my coffee. Aspartame is linked to brain tumors .. and my symptoms seem to match others that are addicted to the stuff. Scary. I knew the stuff was bad for me .. but this is craziness. Anyways , I'm only on day 2 and having withdrawal headaches. Boo hoo.
All for the best , I know.

Here are some interesting sites I've found with more info:
ASPARTAME DETOX : DANGERS & SiDE EFFECTS

no mas

G - sale home - E

Had our garage sale this past weekend. So much fun setting up and sellin sturF ! Finally sold my kaput scooter to a mechanic.. poor lil guy died awhile ago. Was takin up space.. it was sad though ! That thing zoomed me around for 2 years.. got it on ebay for $1500 bones.

R.I.P. miss u scoots.

enough sad... sale pix !

twas a good time. another one will happen soon.