Somehow I was convinced to wear this most outrageous dress for New Years—but I ended up liking it! We silver-leafed some of my old shoes and even my fingernails to match the silver spikes.
Dress-up for New Years
Succulent lantern planter DIY
I bring you….a succulent lantern planter DIY! This Christmas, Chris and I made an unusual gift out of an Ikea… Read More
Golden Snitch Ornament DIY – Harry Potter craft
A fun, quick, cheap and easy DIY for a Golden Snitch ornament (a Harry Potter holiday craft) to hang on your Christmas tree. It’s a great craft for Harry Potter loving kids and adults this holiday.
Harvest Festival
Our 2nd Annual Harvest Festival (or Feast-ival) was a success. Pot-luck style, we had an early Thanksgiving-but-with-friends dinner that was absolutely delicious!
Dr Horrible Costume & DIY Death Ray
For Halloween this year, Chris decided to be a mad scientist. I was surprised at how quickly he pulled it all together (on the day of the party!), but was even more surprised at the amazing death ray he seemed to fashion out of nothing.
Tiki hut for dinner, fire pit for wine
We’ve recently updated our tiki hut to more of a tiki cabana, so here’s a last little look at some good times in the old tiki hut, along with some happy nights with wine around the fire pit.
Terrifying Halloween Photoshop
Chris has been putting his photoshopping skills to good use, and is creating portraits for our spooky Halloween wall at the house.
Venice Beach life
Just some awesome shots from around Venice Beach, CA
Bodega Bay
Chris and I recently took an adventure to Bodega Bay, which is about an hour north of San Francisco. We’d heard from locals in Sonoma that there was a “secret place” in Bodega….
Aquarium adventure
Lovely trip to the Long Beach aquarium with Chris. I’m not much for zoos (I end up feeling really badly for… Read More
Fashion show
I recently went to a fashion show called Audrey’s Night Out in a hangar at Santa Monica Airport. It was… Read More
Garden update : non-edibles
A quick overview of non-edible plants in The House garden at the moment, in photo-form. The third one is a… Read More
Gift wrap out of an old magazine
Don’t have any wrapping paper around the house? Never fear! Just grab your most photo-tastic magazine, rip out the most… Read More
Making pizza in a pizza oven
So I posted some details about the new pizza oven we built at The House few weeks ago, and it… Read More
DIY seed box
I love gardening, but up until now have been keeping my seed packets stuffed into a ratty paper lunch bag…. Read More
Building a pizza oven
The big excitement around The House has been the pizza oven that we’ve been building. And by we, I mean… Read More
Epic Fort 2012
So! Many of you may remember the epic fort my roommates and I built in 2011 (if not, here’s the… Read More
The Freemont Diner
I was just in Sonoma for a good 3 weeks, and there was one article in Sunset magazine (which I… Read More
My 2012 Easter Trophy
Here’s a fun DIY that I sorta fell into. One year we decided to host an “Easter Egg Hunt for… Read More
Flour fighting
Inspired by the Hindu holiday Holi, some friends and I decided it’d be fun to have a mini flour-fight. It turned… Read More
Rubber stamps
A great way to improve your product packaging—or make your personal gifts look more awesome, is to make or buy… Read More
Colorful garden rocks
You know, sometimes you just need to craft! Without much of a plan but with rocks and a ton of… Read More
Foraging for food
Last weekend was an epic adventure into the wilderness to forage for food (led by a professional nature guide guy)…. Read More
Succulent acquisition
One of my new favorite activities is succulent acquisition. In case you aren’t “in the know” about succulents, they’re wonderful… Read More
Explorin’ the lake {geocaching}
We are at it again—making and hiding another geocachefor people to hunt down! While we were up north in the… Read More