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Daydream In Honeycomb Balls

February 21, 2013 – 6:30 am

I’m so in love with all things honeycomb ball! Seriously, how can you not smile at the sight of them? Besides, a bunch of my friends & my birthday are coming up starting today. My college friend A’s is today, mine is the 23rd, my other good college friend E is 25th, and my high school friend M’s is the 27th. I’m drawn to fellow pisces, I suppose. Lots of reason to celebrate!

Have you used honeycomb balls for celebrations before?

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Food Party

{Color Palette} Blue Ombre Cake

November 13, 2012 – 6:30 am

Photo by Sweetapolia

A blue ombre cake seemed perfect for celebrating my brother’s birthday. I hope you have a fun day with A and little V & E today!

What’s your favorite kind of cake?

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{Smell The Roses} Picking Wildflower Bouquets

August 20, 2012 – 6:30 am

It was two of my coworkers’ birthdays last month and my favorite thing to do is surprise them with a desk full of happiness. I garland bombed one of them with twisted crepe tassels, bought yummy things from Olympic Provisions and Pix Patisserie, and I picked giant bouquets of wildflowers that looked like they sprouted from the vase and overtook their tabletops. Seeing their faces is always my favorite, but in this case picking the wildflowers covertly in the night with A was part of the fun. A hillside near my place was completely full of sweet peas, clovers, lupine, thistle, asters, wheat, queen’s anne lace, and more. All the mixing and matching was already done for me! (Photos by A.)

Have you ever picked wildflower bouquets?

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{Wish I Was Wednesday} Elena Kalis’ Alice In Waterland

July 4, 2012 – 6:30 am

Happy 4th of July! The weather is finally cooperating with us today for summer, so I’m dreaming of the water…

I have a soft spot for Alice In Wonderland. I love how magical and possible everything is there. I also grew up on the Disney version. Elena Kalis’ photo series Alice In Waterland take me there. They evoke curiousity and innocence. I absolutely love them!

{Elena Kalis} Website | Alice In Waterland | Blog | Shop

Do you like Alice In Wonderland?

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{Freebie Friday} Message Flip Books

May 11, 2012 – 6:30 am

I remember making flips books in art class when I was young. I made one of a bursting star and I thought they were just about the coolest things ever. I wanted to incorporate this fun in a little message flip book. These would be so cute as a card substitute, the thank you’s as part of the favors for a kid’s party, or just to brighten someone’s day. You can’t go wrong. Everyone reverts back to a smiling kid when a flip book is involved!

Supplies:

Template
Cardstock and/or copy paper
Scissors or paper cutter
Stapler
Decorative tape
Optional: Pliers

Directions:

Click on template to open.
Print onto card stock.

If you are making a bunch, you can just print the cover on card stock & the pages on copy paper.

Cut along solid lines.

This is the perfect job for a paper cutter because all the liens are straight. You can also cut through several papers at once.

Place a cover set around each set of pages and straighten.
Staple the edge of the pages together.
Flatten the staple with pliers, if desired, and cover with decorative tape.
Flip through & smile!

Flip-Books-Covers

Flip-Books-Happy-Birthday

Flip-Books-Thank-You

Flip-Books-You-Are-Awesome

This week we’ve:

Have you ever made a flip book? Do you like them?

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Food Portland

{Taste} Portland: Little Bird

March 12, 2012 – 8:20 am

Almost a month ago I experienced one of my favorite meals in Portland to date for my birthday. For some reason, my birthdays are always French themed and we head to a French inspired restaurant. Maybe it’s the decadence. We’ve gone to Le Pigeon in the past, but something about Little Bird was just amazing.

A quick run through of what we had. Almond soda was like a sophisticated cream soda. Chacuterie plate was so delish with the foie gras creme brulee being my fave (the one with the brioche stick in the picture). I had a potato crusted fish with escargot and hollandaise and A got the steak frites. The steak had a wonderful savory crunchy crust. The creme caramel. Wow! I had no idea that creme caramel could even be this good! Then there was a little treat of mini oatmeal raisin macarons. Arent’t they adorable? It was a very yummy night indeed!

Little Bird | 219 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97205 | (503) 688-5952

Do you like French food?

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Food Sweets

Happy Birthday To Me!

February 23, 2012 – 6:30 am

Another year older and another year wiser (I hope!). I’m excited for what this year will bring!

Photo by Raspberri Cupcakes

Any other February birthdays out there?

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{Freebie Friday} A Stripey Birthday Card

February 17, 2012 – 5:20 am

A lot of people I know have February birthdays (me included). I love my fellow Pisces and I thought it was the perfect opportunity to make some birthday card printables to give the other birthday kids in the world that also have a similar birthday! I’m totally loving all things stripe and monotoney colors, so they inspired this simple card.

Supplies:

Color printer
Cardstock
Scissors
A7 envelope
Pen to address & write your message

Directions:

Click desired card to open.
Print onto cardstock.
Cut along solid lines and fold along dotted lines.
Write your message and place into an envelope to be sent to your favorite birthday girl or boy!

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Daydream-In-Color-Freebie-Friday-Dark-And-Light-Blue-Stripe-Happy-Birthday-Card

This week we’ve:

Do you have friends with February birthdays?

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{Weekend Recap} New Years, A’s Birthday, and A Trainyard Picnic

January 9, 2012 – 6:18 am

My best friend and her boyfriend visited for New Years and we had so many fun adventures. But, of course, since we were having such a great time, I completely forgot to capture them on my camera. All I have to show for it is this:

Plastic bubbles we made. Did you every play with those little plastic bubble paste that comes in a metal tube and you wrap around a straw to blow unpoppable bubbles? Yea, we realized we kind of sucked at it. It was fun trying though! PS: Carcassonne (in the background) is seriously my new addiction.

We also tried to do some block printing, so I got one of these from Ink & Peat:

We ended up carving our own lino and using those instead.

Then we went to a local store to get ingredients to make popsicles on N’s new zoku pop and I decided to snap a pic of the pretty carrots:

Last week was also A’s birthday so I dragged him to get a sombrero:

We celebrated a few times this week and I’m hoping he had a good on this year.

This weekend we also decided to get some food from here:

And then picnic & take film pictures here:

People driving by thought we were crazy because it was super cold. It was so nice though and the food was delicious! You must try their savory green onion shrimp coconut pancakes.

How was your New Years? How was your first 2012 weekend?

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Daydream In Horses

November 24, 2011 – 6:30 am

Today’s post is an early birthday dedication to my dearest cousin D. We are the only two girl cousins on my mom’s side and so we’ve been really close since we were teeny tiny.

I remember beign in Kindergarten and we built every puzzle in their game closet ver a few days to fill a room and making tickets for our relatives to come to our puzzle museum.

If I were to have a sister, she would be her.

Although our family moved away when we were young, we’ve remained close while growing up. She was my very original pen pal. We’d mail each other long letters with little finds from our lives tucked inside. Somehow we’ve found love in food, arts, and crafts on our own, but we share our love for it together. I can always count on her for advice or to have a heart to heart and we both feel a bit lost without knowing the latest about the other.

She always had a thing for horses. I remember her horse painting hanging on the wall. I think her friends and I have really blown her love of them out of proportion because we always think of her when we come across them. I’ve always made it my goal to give her at least one horse related thing with her birthday gift each year, so it only seemed fitting to have a whole Daydream post devoted to these beautiful creatures.

After looking through this collection of things and pictures, I think I might be falling for them too…