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).

rain, rain, rain and crochet

As the title would suggest, all it has been doing of late is rain. Here's a couple of things I've been working on and the last of the flowers that bloomed.

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!

day trip to yale

Yesterday I went on a day trip to Yale University to visit their British Art Museum. The campus was absolutely gorgeous and historic (the school was founded in 1701!). The exhibit, which sadly didn't let us take pictures, showcased the works of Thomas Lawrence, a painter during the regency period (Jane Austen's time).

This painting was beautiful in person!

After the tour, I took some pictures of the buildings around the campus.

A lot of the houses were probably preserved colonial ones, so it felt like I was in the John Adams mini-series.

This one looked so ancient in design, like from Rome or Greece.

I think Yale was trying to hit every era because this door looks positively medieval.

Postcards from the museum. Sadly, the gift shop didn't offer too many prints from the Thomas Lawrence exhibit.

An adorable little box  I couldn't say no to!

I know I didn't include any of my crafting in this post but that's because I actually worked a few days this week substitute teaching (yay!).  Next post will definitely include some crocheted things I've been working on :)

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!