Shine.

A little bit of DIY sparkle for my New Year's Eve.


Also on the heels, so I can shine coming and going.


I hope your New Year is sparkling and happy!

What are you doing New Year's Eve?

I'm not someone who's totally in love with everything Zooey D. does, but this little diddy with Joseph Gordon Levitt is both sweet and holiday-appropriate. I've always loved this song, anyway. Also, her voice sounds really good here. And JGL isn't that bad of a crooner, either.

Joy.

I wish all of you, wherever you are in this great big world and whatever you may celebrate, the very happiest of holidays. Time with family, good friends, good food and drink, laughter and smiles. Peace and happiness in the New Year. Thank you all for visiting my little blog and leaving comments... I hope you will continue to stop by throughout the year to come; I promise to make it worth your while!

Photo: Jennifer Zinn

Crafty Holidays.

I love this sweet video holiday card from Chronicle Books!



I've been very neglectful of my little blog lately... No excuses other than sheer laziness when I'm home from work. With the promise of a full week off (with pay!) between Christmas and New Year's, I've been making a "to do" list that includes not only some housecleaning/de-cluttering, major laundry doing, and a visit to the local DMV to renew my little Civic's registration, but also catching up with friends I haven't seen in ages, finally seeing the Muppet movie, finishing up some of the many craft projects I've begun but never yet completed, actually listing new items in my Etsy shop (instead of only continually writing here that I'm going to do it), and doing a bunch of new posts here that I've had in mind for months or longer. Whew! That's quite a list, considering when I first learned about this little break I imagined myself doing absolutely nothing except lying around watching DVDs and reading magazines.