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1. not exorbitant or extravagent by city standards, however in a rural setting (like upstate new york) it is in fact, quite fancy.

2. a wonderful blog dedicated to art, design and other things that are indeed upstate fancy.

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Dec
31
life stories
A look back at 2012

2012 has been one heck of a year for me. I had a few health scares. The company where I worked as the catalog designer was sold. I got married. I began working for myself. I decided to look back through my instragram feed and pick out two photos from each month to create a mini visual record of my last year.


January 2012: It snowed a few times & I took a class in Literary Theory which I earned an “A” in.

February 2012: Drove myself to the emergency room because i had a super high heart rate for no reason & my cheese markers were featured in Redbook.

March 2012: Took a weekend trip to Boston to celebrate Matt and my own birthday & it snowed again.

April 2012: Celebrated Easter by creating vessels to keep eggs from breaking while being dropped off a roof (mine did not survive) & enjoyed some local ice cream when they opened in the spring.

May 2012: Enjoyed some time paddling around on the kayaks & planted our mini garden.

June 2012: Matt and I got married on a sailboat & celebrated with Harry Potter.

July 2012: Matt and I got almost matching bikes & my family threw a party for us in Delaware where I helped my sister with her Criminal Justice homework underneath the stars (thanks WIFI).

August 2012: I redesigned packaging for my Peppersprouts coasters & went to my first drive-in movie.

September 2012: Traded in the first new car I ever bought (2004 Ford Focus) for a very fun Fit & cut down a christmas tree to photograph Peppersprouts’ ornaments.

October 2012: Spent a weekend with the in-laws here in Maine where we visited the farmers market & enrolled in a creative writing class (which I also earned an “A”)

November 2012: Cut down our real christmas tree & it snowed again.

December 2012: Was part of some amazing markets and craft shows & visited the families in Delaware and Central NY, where it snowed a lot.

I hope you have all had a wonderful 2012! Here’s to a fabulous 2013! Cheers!!!!

Dec
25
holidays
COUNTING DOWN MY HOLIDAY FAVORITES: #1


Merry Christmas to you all! I Hope your day is filled with love and happiness. This song makes me so happy and of course it just plain rocks! Without further ado – Christmas Wrapping by The Waitresses.

Dec
19
holidays
Counting down my holiday favorites #6

What Christmas would be complete without a little Rockabilly? I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Brian Setzers’ Holiday Spectacular a few years ago and it was the most rocking holiday experience ever. Love, love, love all his holiday songs. Coming in at #6 is Brian Setzer performing the Nutcracker Suite.

Dec
19
holidays
COUNTING DOWN MY HOLIDAY FAVORITES: #7

The holidays sure have been busy! Tonight I’m going to find some time to get a little wrapping done before Matt and I jump in the car to head on our East Coast Holiday tour (visiting the family).Coming in at #7 is Come on Lets Boogey to the Elf Dance by Sufjan Stevens