I found this recipe for White Chocolate Lemon Truffles a few months ago, and I was waiting for a special occasion to try them. Today I decided that a Thursday afternoon was occasion enough. I mostly wanted to make them because they’re so stinking pretty, but it turns out they’re delicious too. Lately I’ve been on [...]
Here are some sketchbook pages from when I was working on this year’s Father’s Day cards. I love hand lettering, but it doesn’t come naturally to me. I really have to work for each letter, and I usually mess up a bazillion times before I get something that looks decent. In early elementary school I remember getting [...]
Number 11 on my 28 by 29 list is to find a new hobby that Daniel and I both enjoy. To accomplish this I made a list of all the hobbies I could think of/find on the internet. I printed them out and asked Daniel to mark all the hobbies he enjoys or would be [...]
Yesterday I made cupcakes with lemon cream cheese frosting for my mom’s birthday. I even got out my unused cupcake decorating kit and gave it a try. My icing wasn’t stiff enough to hold its shape very well, but I had fun piping it on anyway. Are you a cake decorating pro? Is it normal [...]
Wit & Whistle Father’s Day cards are ready to go! I designed a few new ones and all the favorites from last year are back. Here’s the full lineup. I hope all the dads love them!
I’m wrapping up a few tea towel designs this week! I really like how they’re turning out (I’ve done my happy dance several times), and it’s so much fun to design for fabric for a change. Here are some of the original sketches I’m working from. I love drawing on graph paper. It’s reassuring to [...]
I love s’mores, but they are awfully messy. No matter how I eat them, I always end up with strands of melted marshmallow all over my chin and caked in my hair. These bars are the perfect solution. I do miss the campfire a little bit, but my marshmallow-free hair is totally making up for [...]
I’ve always liked having plants around the house. Mine usually live for a few months to a year, and then they die and I replace them. Well, lately I’ve noticed that my houseplants aren’t dying. Right now I have 17 plants around the house, because I keep buying replacements expecting some to die like usual, [...]
I found my perfect shade of red lipstick—NARS’ Cruella. It’s not too bright, and it’s a bluish red so it compliments the cool undertones in my pale pink skin. When I showed Daniel he said, “Whoa, you look like someone out of a fairy tale!” Best lipstick compliment ever. Now I wear it when I [...]
After turning off my alarm in the morning the first thing I do is check Pinterest on my phone…while still laying in bed. I’m a total pin-head. Is anyone else suffering from this affliction? If so, the North Carolina Museum of Art is hosting a Pinterest-themed meetup next Thursday evening! Basically it will be a [...]