Pig of the Month

This little fellow is my pig cutting board. I got him at an antique fair over at Candlestick Park here in SF about 2 years ago.  It was my first antique fair, and I had the time of my life, I mean a pig shaped cutting board, how could I resist? I generally use him as a charcuterie board when I have guests.  Its only right to be serving delicious salty pig parts on top of pig :)

Ari Fest 2013

This weekend was a fun-filled, lady-filled, silly fest with some of the best gals ever, to send the lady of honor off to a new adventure out in upstate New York.  

It started off with the most delicious brunch at the Dome. We decorated it with paper whales and twinkle lights. Starting with Bloody Mary's, baked french toast and lots of fruit.

We really lucked out with the weather, 70 degrees and sunny in SF is a rare occurrence, so we walked over to Delores Park and enjoyed mimosas and life. 

Our third stop on this train was my house, where we had some snacks and of course more drinks. I provided us with Tito's Vodka, because,  in case you didn't know, I am originally from Texas, as is Titos. I felt it only natural to have a little southern flavor. I was so pleased we got to use my backyard, I rarely spend time out there.

At my house, things started getting pretty silly, so of course at that time we played the best game ever. No really, that's the name of the game. It starts with a sentence, then the next person draws a picture depicting that sentence, and folds the sentence back. Then the next person writes a sentence describing the picture and so forth. The best part is at the end when you unfold the paper and get see how the original has changed into something completely different.

We finished our night with Dark and Stormy's and Chinese food at Bonview, my home away from home. We painted our nails (which had to be redone the next morning) and watched Easy A and Newsies, before passing out.  But the night did not end our fest, because the next morning consisted of more champagne and a bagel brunch!

And brunch was followed by the second best game ever called Cards Against Humanity.  If you haven't played it I highly suggest you check it out. A must play by everyone! This was definitely one of the best weekends I've had in SF. I'm so sad to see Ari go, but am looking forward to future visits to see her and for her to see us. 

Ice Cream

Well I gave in today and had my first scoop of Bi-Rite ice cream.  It's a beautiful sunny day and there was no line outside. It was fate, I had to walk in. After tasting a multitude of flavors (salted caramel, earl grey, cookies 'n cream, and one with snickerdoodles in it) I settled on honey lavender. Lightly whipped with hints of both flavors, it was the perfect afternoon treat.  Now I guess I understand why people are waiting in line around the block for hours to get a little scoop.

Bidnes Cards

I stayed in last night and went on a stamping rampage! Now I have some new  business cards to match all the rest of my branding. I made about 60 last night, it didn't take too long and I had a pretty good time while doing it. Let me know what you think of the new design.

Home Accessories

I had made some napkins for Christmas presents this past year and got a lot of positive feedback about them. So this past week I've been working on these. I plan to bundle them in sets of four and sell them on Etsy. They are all double sided and are 12.5 in x 12.5 in. They make great house-warming gifts and are much better for the environment then paper napkins! Stop by Needle in the Fog to check them out.

Spring has Sprung

Yesterday I met up with my boyfriend for lunch at the ever so delicious Pizzeria Delfina. While I was waiting for him I got to witness this man and his dog sharing a plate of meatballs. I thought it was the cutest thing, and as soon as I get a puppy, we will be doing this daily.

After lunch I went on a walk with the adorable dog Cody and we spotted spring! Flowers are starting to bloom and hopefully things will start warming up. At least we can look forward to peonies coming back in season (my favorite flower). 

Superbowl Weekend

Well the weekend started out celebrating this lovely lady, Alexandra, for her birthday. A great way for us to get pumped up for our niners playing on Sunday. We went to Dear Mom. It's a great bar in the mission, does an awesome $8 special of a tall boy PBR and a shot of Four Roses Bourbon. It also has delicious food. I ended up having a siracha buffalo chicken sandwich.  It just started off my weekend of healthy eating. It's a great bar for big groups, lots of open space!

Then Saturday I headed on over to east bay to hang out with my friends Megan and Kile. They've got an awesome little spot over in Berkeley. We ended up making some home made caramel sauce, surprisingly easy, and then dipping apples into it and pouring it on ice cream. Oh, and this was after eating a giant burrito.

Then came Sunday. An epic day of eating and drinking. Starting at 9:30 am, I met up with a couple of friends and started cooking these delicious critters.

We had forty pounds of craw fish! Along with three homemade pizzas, hush puppies, twice baked potato skins, spare ribs, buffalo dip, guacamole, multiple flavors of chips, cupcakes and I'm sure I am leaving out some things. And that was just food.

We also had multiple coolers of beer. and "niners punch" (that was deadly) and plenty of props to go around. 

For those of you who watched the game, you know we had a rough first half. So of course during halftime (after Beyonce) shotgunning beers was the only way to lift our spirits and get ready for the rest of the game.

Then the first play of the second half had the ravens scoring again, so we had to rally and wear turbans on our heads. Anything we could do to help. It seemed like it was working, we started making a comeback, but unfortunately it just wasn't enough.

So we drowned our sorrows. And this was the aftermath. Monday was a day of recovery.  I'm pretty sure the whole city was hungover. But we are picking ourselves back up and getting pumped for baseball season to start again! Go Giants!

Hats off to more Hats

After last weeks sale I was down to only one hat in my stock, so I spent a few nights this week re-stocking. The top two are some new yarns that I picked up. It is 50% cotton and 50% wool. I think it will be great for a more light weight hat. The bottom two are my favorite hat yarns which are mostly baby alpaca with some wool. Of course these are up for sale on Etsy, so don't forget to keep those heads warm! Don't worry the hats do fit normal heads, I just only have this child sized head at my studio at the moment for photos.  I'll get some a actual human beings wearing my hats soon!