Summertime

Not much crafting going on here. I spent most of the weekend picking corn and making tomato sauce.

Cards cards and more cards

It's been brutally hot here in the Midwest. Since its been too hot to do anything outside (even the pool is hot) I thought I'd sit down and create a few things with my new card kit from simonsaysstamp.com. I have also been working on using up scraps from previous kits. I must say they are worth every penny when you consider the amount of stuff you get and the papers are always beautiful.

As always you can view these cards on my etsy page at www.etsy.com/shop/InkStampPaper

My free time ends now

The veggies from the garden and going full blast. We've rarest pulled a bunch of eggplant and green beans. The tomatoes are finally turning red. The sweet corn melts in your mouth. And the cucumbers? Well, they are on steroids. I picked all of them on Saturday. The hubs brought in another giant bag full of them today. Looks like my canning season starts now. It's a lot of hard work and LOTS of time in a hot kitchen. My fingers face constant threat of being maimed by the vegetable peeler or being burned by various hot objects.

So, why do I do it? The payoff of fresh and preservative free food during the winter months is worth every second.

InkStampPaper is now on Facebook

Did you know....InkStampPaper has a facebook page? Did you know that as soon as I post items for sale on etsy there is a notification on the facebook page? Did you know that I recently had a coupon to celebrate my etsy shop birthday and that coupon code was given on the facebook page?

If you want to be in the know then stop on over to facebook and click "like". I promise you won't be disappointed. :)

Hot stuff

I was planning on staying indoors today since the temp was already 90 degrees at 9:00 am. But instead we are going to spend the day at the pool.

Enjoy your weekend!

Happy 4th!!!

We will be getting our swim on at the pool today followed by a traditional cookout. Skipping the fireworks this year. If you haven't heard there is a heat wave in these parts and this girl doesn't do sitting in 100+ heat very well.

Hot girl = cranky girl

Have a great holiday and stay hydrated for goodness sakes!

There's a party in my tummy!

So yummy. So yummy.

Ahem. I may like Yo Gabba Gabba more than my kid.

Last night I decided to get my bake on and try some recipes from pinterest. The result? Totally awesome granola bars and chocolate chip muffins.

Now to be fair I have made the muffins a few times with variations such as fruit. I have also discovered that the batter tastes remarkably like cookie dough. Not that I did anything remotely like that...or scraping the bowl for every last bit of goodness.

Sorry for the bad picture. My kitchen is a horrible shade of bright yellow which is not ideal for picture taking. One of these days I will get around to painting it again. First I will have to convince the hubs because he likes it.