Just a few things I've been working on: hair bows,

Valentine's decorations and a turban headband.

It was my birthday a few weeks ago so I went to Tea & Sympathy for the first time. Loved it!

Isn't that teapot gorgeous?

Their decor was wonderful. And this is my new bag for spring <3

Now that Laduree opened a store in NYC, holidays are even more special!
Pictured is their Halloween box with raspberry, pistachio, and vanilla macarons. 

My current project: a shawl to go with my Victorian themed Halloween costume.

Yesterday was one of those perfect autumn days so I went to the Cloisters museum
with my friend, Jessica. The museum is in a medieval castle that was created using
parts of castles from Europe. It's amazing!

The museum also has it's own medieval garden.

Last Sunday I went to the Sheep and Wool festival in Rhinebeck, New York.
I don't think I've ever seen so much yarn in my life!

With so many options, choosing yarn to buy was difficult.
In the end I went with these two gorgeous colors.

Pumpkins from the festival. Those are sheep on the center one!

It's been a while but I'm back and ready to post my crafting adventures! I guess I just needed the cool autumn weather to get my creative mojo back in gear. I'm still tweaking my new layout here and there but I thought I would post a hello. :) Above are some skulls I painted which were inspired by the Mexican holiday, Dia de los Muertos, (Day of the Dead).

easter eggs!

I know it's a little after the fact, but I hope everyone who celebrates it had a Happy Easter!
My sister and I decided to color some eggs and I took a few snapshots during the process. This first picture was taken right after I finished blowing the eggs out of the shell via two tiny holes. I'm pretty sure I lost a few brain cells doing this!

I downloaded the egg making app from Martha Stewart and she suggested making something like this to dry the eggs once they were dyed. Those are regular pins used for sewing.

It actually did a great job holding the eggs.

After we colored all of them...

The finished product! It was a lot of work but my sister and I both loved how it turned out.

Carrot cake made by my sister which was delicious!

Flowers I picked along the road on Easter afternoon.

Happy Easter :)

a very busy week

I decided to try making my own mini macaroons out of polymer clay.
It can definitely be difficult at times, but I really enjoyed the end result!

I'm definitely going to put them in my Etsy shop, but I'm not sure if I'll turn them into keychains,
stitch markers or just charms.

I started making these for my grandmother for Easter. One more to go!

On the left is a keychain for my friend which I still have to mail out :/
And on the right is a necklace I made for the Doctor Who party I went to. More on that below.

My friend volunteered to make treats for the screening party of Doctor Who. She enlisted myself and other friends to help her with the monumental task of making close to 250 cookies and cupcakes.
On the left, were the 130 bow-ties I made out of fondant and on the right are the little fez cupcakes we put them on
(since The Doctor loves his bow-tie and fez :)

The finished Tardis cookies!

museums and the flower district (which really isn't)

My friend Ellen and I went to the Brooklyn Museum.
It's a lot smaller than the Metropolitan Museum (my favorite)
so it's perfect if you only have a few hours to spare (we both woke up late haha).

I tried to look for a description for this piece but couldn't find one. However, it was beautiful in person!
It reminded me of Marie Antoinette's bed after an all night party. 

We went to the flower district which wasn't too far from Herald Square. Today it's only a block, but in the past it was much longer. It really looked as though a forest took over for a brief bit.

I tried out my new teacup!

I'm working on another afghan. I didn't finish the other (that one is going to take a while),
but I like to take on a few different projects at once so I don't get bored.

Originally it was supposed to be a baby blanket,
but I like the way it's coming out so much I just might keep it!

almost spring but not quite

It's definitely that time of year when you look outside your window and see it's sunny, your instinct is to dress light because it's spring. However, once you're outside, you realize it still feels like winter and that you probably should have put on that scarf after all. Such was the case yesterday but I didn't let it ruin what turned out to be a very nice day.

I went to The Homefront, a store that sells vintage items (both real and inspired).
They were having a sale and I couldn't resist buying a few things!

I love blue and white patterns.

This is such a great book! It constantly inspires me to try new things.
This time I wanted to try to crochet an afghan similar to the one shown:

Lastly, I painted these mini flowerpots. I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with them yet!