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I will readily admit this was one of my least favorite DIYs I have ever done for multiple reasons. One, the instructions were not the best (I'm being nice when I say that). They were so off, that I redid this twice before ending up with something I was satisfied with. Which is saying a lot, because this project is essentially sewing a tube, stuffing it, and folding it into a pretzel shape. Two, related to the poor instructions, the pretzel turned out to be much smaller than I was anticipating. Three, I can hardly call this a pillow. And four, I couldn't find the correct brown shade at the fabric store, and now the final piece is vaguely reminiscent of the poop emoji.

Nonethess, I found the idea for this pretzel pillow here. The part of the instructions I found to be completely off was the measurement for the piece of fabric you start out with- 10" x 60" of the brown fabric resulted in a fat, untwistable (is that a word?) pillow that I could not form into a pretzel. After trimming and then trimming again, I found the measurements of 4-5" x 50" were more realistic. If you still decide to go ahead with this project, you've been warned.


Instead of gluing on felt "salt" as the original instructions said to, I sewed them on to ensure they would stay in place

PS- check out my other food pillows here and here

what a twist

Saturday, December 19, 2015


One of my favorite flavor combinations is a classic cranberry orange. The tartness of the cranberry mixed with the sweetness of orange makes for delicious muffins, scones, cakes, or pretty much anything. I had half of a bag of fresh cranberries from Thanksgiving that I wanted to use, and these muffins fit the bill. If you're not a fan of the tartness of cranberries but still enjoy the flavor, I would suggest chopping the cranberries up coarsely before adding them to the mix. I added mine whole and felt like it was too tart. Another alternative would be to use dried cranberries instead of fresh. 

These muffins with Chilean apple cinnamon tea my neighbor brought back from her trip and a good book made for a most enjoyable breakfast! Find the recipe here.

cranberry orange muffins

Saturday, December 12, 2015


This is a piece I did using Prismacolor watercolor pencils (which I previously gushed about here). It started out as a still life which quickly turned into... whatever this ended up being when I realized how difficult it was to replicate a saxophone. Nonetheless, I think the watercolor pencils helped capture the reflections and shine of the brass.The background is acrylic paint haphazardly rolled on. The most difficult part of the piece was using the xacto knife to cut out all the small pieces that went along with the saxophone. 



If you look closely, you can see a bit of a flute in the upper right corner

jazzy

Sunday, December 6, 2015

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