get to know me, please

i saw this post on another blog i was checking out. it seemed like a smart thing to do. you can tell this was not intended for AFTER sunday by question #4.... oh well.

1. How many piercing's do you have?

6. but i only use the standard 2, one in each ear. 

however i would love to get my tragus pierced.... my sister & bf is leaving for africa for 2 years. she has it pierced and i think it would be like our own secret way to still be connected.

2. I love the sound of.....?

billy's laugh. 

but for music- edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes & camera obscura.

3. Favorite city?

i loved vancover, nassua & camden, me.  

however i have a sweet spot for sellersville, pa that i can't seem to shake.

4. Colts, Saints, or could care less?

i'm obviously a few days behind. i really did hope the saints would win. better uniforms.

5. Frozen yogurt or ice cream?

i know i should say frozen yogurt but i can't. i adore coffee ice cream.

6. Favorite appetizer?

hmmm, this is tough. i would much rather eat a variety of appetizers then have a real dinner. billy has me addicted to hot pepper jelly over cream cheese. obviously with garden of eatin's sesame blues because no other chip can compare.

7. What item in your closet currently makes you the happiest?

 

these shoes.... $5 thrift store find. love love love em.

8.Favorite facial moisturizer?
green street luxuries 'whipped night face cream' its so thick i've been using it all winter long. i met the owners when they started selling at the local farmers market. sweetest people & amazing products!

9. What are most excited for this week? 

cameron's 1st birthday!!! he's so cute, he could've only been born on valentine's day!!

10. Describe the room you are in. 

our cozy lil bedroom... the safest place in the world. there is laundry out that needs to be put away, a white ikea chair that is threatening to capsize because someone has piled it high with their dirty clothes and a pair of boots that i have been debating for 3 weeks over whether to keep them or not. that must mean i shouldn't keep them, right?

 

*cupcakes for haiti*

 
 

i'm so excited to share with you all a way to.....

1. eat cupcakes

2. support haiti.

the house church that i am a part of, has come up with a way to raise money in an effort to get haitians clean water. we will be baking these yummy cupcakes to donate the procedes to deep springs international.

order your cupcakes at

www.cupcakesforhaiti.com

more raw

so i must admit, i'm struggling slighty with my mission to go raw. on a good day, i can do about 60% raw but a bad day is sometimes just 25%. it's hard to keep myself motivated when most recipes besides salad and protien shakes, can require hours of preparation (soaking seeds mostly) however i have gotten a few compliments on how clear my skin looks, which i am praying to attribute to all this raw food!

in an effort to try new recipes to keep me motivated, i did try some new recipes....

{onion bread}

this recipe was passed along to me by my good friend, dita. dita is also in the process of going raw and she has been so encouraging! my bread still needs a bit of tweeking, but i am sooo glad i tried it again! it's been really yummy with sliced avocado or on top of salads.

what's great about bread from the dehydrator is it still fits the raw bill. it is only made from raw seeds and vegtables. also dehydrators do not cook the ingridients so that they lose all their nutrional value!

onion purée and sunflower seeds

flax seeds

all mixed together....

in the dehydrator

yummy bread after 12 longgg hours!

{raw baklava}

this another great recipe that meets my sweet tooth's cravings!! i once saw a chef make something like this years ago on a morning show. i scoured raw websites to find the recipe, but never found anything. it's so simple that i just guessed at the exact ingridients.

thinly sliced apple inbetween the nutty filling. i pureed raw walnuts, honey, agave nectar and a dash of cinnamon. i would make this even if i wasn't worried about the nutrional value of my desserts!!

i feel like i should apologize for these raw posts, they may be putting you all to sleep! do any of you out there actually like the raw posts?!?

logan

my dear friends had a baby two days ago, logan. you may remember the hat a made for him long ago.

at just two days old, this beautiful baby is having surgery for part of his heart that is underdeveloped.

since he and his family are so far away, i feel lost on the best way to support them and show my love. so i made logan this mini tag blanket. it was the first one i made but my nephew gavin has a tag blanket that he seems to love, so i'm hoping logan likes his as well.






after cutting 4x4 inch fleece squares, then sewed them altogether. you can see that i didn't do the best job at matching them up. don't look too closely logan!






the solid brown side and a L stitched in.






i sewed the four corners with ribbons all around.

random acts of creativity

in no particular order.... ways i've been creative lately.

• headband •

i started with this plain headband.

 wrapped it with this fabric, hot gluing it along the way.

I didn't use any fray check, but i like that look.

using the same fabric, i twisted this long strip into a flower shape.

i cut a piece of circle felt and glued it to the inside of the headband.

then i glued the flower to the felt and headband.

and since one is good, isn't two better?

all done.

• necklace •

this is more than just a necklace i made. forever more this necklace will remind me of SEARCHING the floor of joann craft store for the my diamond in my engagement ring! i was just picking out some fabric and then headed to the bead aisle to make this very necklace. on my way home, i realized my diamond was gone. i started to cry, well sob is more like it. my husband came with me to retrace my steps and see if there was any possible way we could find my diamond.

have you ever looked on the floor of a craft store??? it has glitter and beads everywhere! we were almost done scouring the floor of each aisle i had been in, when we reached the bead aisle. my husband later told me he had just asked God to help us find the diamond when he looked down and spotted my diamond!

seriously, craziest story you've ever heard right????

• raw coconut brownies •

still going strong with my commitment to go raw, i was in dire need of something sweet! these are so yummy! i found this recipe at goneraw.com.

ingredients-

4 tbsp coconut oil, melted

3 c raw walnuts

½ c raw carob or cacao powder

¼ c agave nectar

¼ c raw honey

melt the coconut oil by nesting it in another container full of warm water. mix carob and coconut oil thoroughly. stir in agave nectar and blend well. process walnuts alone in a food processor until they become a buttery consistency. add oil/carob/agave/honey mixture and blend well. i choose to drop

them onto a greased plate instead of putting them in a square

baking dish, like traditional brownies.