August 2008

Why Delay Happiness?

by Andi on August 31, 2008

in life

Last night, I met up with my friends to see their sister-in-law sing in a band. Although it is four month’s before my friend’s birthday, I gave him his birthday gift. I have fallen into a bad habit of wrapping gifts, sticking them in the closet and forgetting to bring them along at the appropriate [...]

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Crafts: Link Dump

by Andi on August 30, 2008

in link dump, projects

Burger cookiesTater Tot vest (a vest made from tater tot bags, not tater tots) R2-D2 cake I love an awesome cake and this one is uh-mazing – red velvet cake body and rice krispie treat legs! Romantic reconstructed tee – my reconstructed tees always look gritty, this one is so pretty! How to make fabric [...]

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According to the ALA’s 2008 State of America’s Libraries Report, Americans visited their libraries nearly 1.3 billion times and checked out more than 2 billion items in the past year, an increase of more than 10 percent in both checked out items and library visits, compared to data from the last economic downturn in 2001. [...]

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Pyrex Love!

by Andi on August 26, 2008

in shopping

pyrex love Originally uploaded by udandi My coworker had a surprise for me yesterday: more Pyrex dishes! She already gave me one dish with a taco dip in it and now she’s given me two more! These are turquoise and white butterprint cinderella, bake serve and store dishes. I will be posting the photo to [...]

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Altered Books program @ your library

by Andi on August 25, 2008

in library, projects

This Thursday, my coworker and I will be presenting a hands-on altered books program for our library. Back in June, we got together and lost track of time working on our books and if I may toot our horns, they look great! Since then, we have been collecting interesting books, magazines, trinkets, papers and embellishments [...]

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For the August meeting, the Cincinnati Women Bloggers met at the Bean Haus in Covington, KY. Michelle of Wine Girl spoke about Twitter and useful applications. The Cincinnati Women Bloggers site will be getting its own domain and will have some new features in the future. Knowing that I was one of the few in [...]

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