everyday chocolate cake

Chocolate Cake

Cake isn’t really my thing. I’ve always been more of a birthday pie or birthday cheesecake girl. Since don’t enjoy eating cake, I rarely bake cake or cupcakes. Every now and then I break my rule. This week was one of those weeks. I had a big time chocolate craving and needed to make a…

commuter gloves

fingerless gloves

Somehow, I always think I need a new pair of fingerless gloves. I had some yarn that seemed perfect and I didn’t feel like creating my own pattern, so I found a nice pattern from knitty.com. I like the way they turned out, but for some reason I’m not sure I’ll actually use them. Maybe it’s…

goals for 2012

New Year's Goals

I’m not much of a New Year’s Resolutions person. Instead of resolving to do better in the new year, I like to set more concrete goals for myself. I also have three words to describe my themes for the year in life and business. You can read more about my theme words (Create, Action, Consistency) here….

last minute holiday gifts: for foodies & bloggers

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Are you done with your Christmas shopping yet? I’m not…in fact, I’m headed out to buy a few last minute items today so I can watch football tomorrow (Go Broncos!) If you still need some last minute gifts, here are a few ideas for the foodies and bloggers in your life. Cookies Instead of heading…

last minute holiday gifts: the knitting edition

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Last week we started the “Last Minute Holiday Gift” series where I’ll be sharing some gift ideas that you can make, bake or buy for your friends and family. Don’t worry, I’m not going to suggest that you start knitting a sweater for each of your family members. These ideas will be fast and easy…and…