Question: “I’ve spent countless hours playing about in photoshop to no avail. I just can’t come up with something that matches my blog’s personality/my design ‘skills’. How do I find my designer identity now that I’ve found my blogger identity? Any ideas or suggestions?” ~ Nicole Answer: Disclaimer: My explorations with Photoshop and graphic design [...]
Back in December 2010, my first font purchase was Adam Gorry Lights. Although there’s a free version available, it’s restricted to personal use and since I intended to use it for Powered by Pastries, I needed a license. Since buying Adam Gorry Lights, I’ve purchased some others: two typewriter-inspired fonts, four handwriting-inspired fonts, and …
I sit by and watch the river flow I sit by and watch the traffic go Imagine something of your very own Something you can have and hold I’d build a road in gold just to have some dreaming Dreaming is free~ Dreaming by Blondie Cranberry Scone, Major Dickason’s Blend, and Blondie at Peet’s
La dolce far niente. In English: The Sweetness of Doing Nothing. ~ Eat Pray Love when: saturday afternoon temperature: comfortable mood: lazy listening to: The Last of the Famous International Playboys craving: buttermilk pastry munching on: toasted whole wheat slathered with peanut butter thinking about: the joy of reading personal blogs with no ads (* [...]
“And yes, no doubt, to others our ways seem quaint. But today of all days… it is brought home to me: It is not bad thing to celebrate a simple life.” ~ Bilbo Baggins in LOTR (Concerning Hobbits) Welcome to my humble home! I really like it here. Yes, it’s tiny (all these photos were [...]
Aaah, the City. I had every intention of taking photos with my Nikon when I visited last week and everything would have gone according to plan if I hadn’t left my batteries at home in the charger. Fortunately, I had my reliable iPhone and here are some shots taken around the City with …
Have you guys seen the movie Waitress with Keri Russell? I saw it on the Lifetime Channel the other night. It looked a bit low budget, seemed a little cheesy, but the pie-baking opening credits got to me and I ended up watching the whole movie from start to finish. It was …
