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Prickly Pear Bloom is Moving! 3 Mar 2011 | 05:23 am
And it’s about time, right? I’ve had this here blog for four and a half years, and I’ve finally gotten the gumption to move it to a dedicated server, pricklypearbloom.com! It’s a scary transition, but...
I was gonna 23 Feb 2011 | 06:09 am
Hi there. I was gonna tell you today that the blog is moving. Or I could have told you about the sweater that is Almost! Finished! Will be shortly, now that I’ve received the additional skein of yarn ...
Chicken Cacciatore & Polenta 17 Feb 2011 | 06:41 am
It’s been crazy warm here—warm, but still gray and winter—and I think my brain is on some kind of hiatus, and not really in the place to be talking much, or taking pictures. I need to somehow get back...
Pointy Ears and Pom Poms 9 Feb 2011 | 11:14 am
So I still had a bit more than a skein of that huge pink yarn laying around after I made that sweater, and I was thinking maybe a bulky earflap hat with pointy ears and pom poms would be fun. I did a ...
Snow Day (Or, The Great Blizzard of 2011, assuming we don’t have any more) 3 Feb 2011 | 09:37 am
It’s a snow day! Well, I don’t have a job right now, so I stay home every day anyway, but my husband’s company notified the employees of their closure last night due to the impending blizzard, so he h...
Place 1 Feb 2011 | 10:24 am
I’ve got quite a few film images sitting around, waiting to be uploaded to flickr. These are from our trip to Seattle last summer. From the archive, sort of, but still new if you’ve never seen them. A...
About those macarons… 29 Jan 2011 | 10:00 am
When I was young, I made meringues. I remember my mom teaching me how, and then it was something cheap and easy and without a ton of butter that I could make for a sugar fix. Not a quick one, necessar...
Crunch Time 27 Jan 2011 | 12:40 pm
It’s been crunch time around here, design-wise, which means everything else has been taking a backseat. The KC spring issue is scheduled to go live next week, and I’ve been frantically adjusting layou...
Instant Gratification 18 Jan 2011 | 04:38 am
Sometimes you just need a project that will go quickly, and give you what you need without too much fuss. And that was just what I needed after the baking and wrapping and traveling and partying of th...
Listing to the left 14 Jan 2011 | 11:00 am
two logos designed addy entries printed one sweater finished migrating the blog pretty soon but not 100% happy with the way it looks yet hardly any photos taken buckling down on designing a webs...