musings from michelle

I just finished reading China Road by Rob Gifford and highly highly recommend it. I started the book quite a few months ago, but took my ti...

This one's for my brother. His birthday is coming up in January (I cannot even begin to understand how he's almost 22...), but he...

I realized recently that I never posted photos of my apartment. Here are a few of the living/dining room/kitchen area decorated for the holi...

Two of my favorite things finally meet: This is a Templeton-inspired cozy for my mom for her birthday. My mom doesn't go out for coffee ...

I was inspired by Sal, and made a couple stockings this year. Here they are. For my roommate, Rebekah. For my friend, colleague and crafting...

Gifts for my nieces and nephews. Monogrammed coloring cases for the older kids, and a bib for the smallest. And here's my labor of lov...

I saw these oragami stars on the Zen Crafting site (via Craftzine ), and was immediately set on adding them to my oragami Christmas decorati...

I saw this tutorial (via Craftzine ), and made a few of these wreaths this evening. They're cute and very easy. I'm glad I had some ...

A few crafty updates: I bought a sewing machine about a month ago. A nice one. I got a good deal on it, but it was still quite pricey. I wil...

My sister and her family came down for Thanksgiving. I finally got to meet my newest niece, Sophie. She's a cutie. Here are a couple pho...

We had a couple days off for Chinese National Day and Cheung Yeung Festival this past week, which made for a happy 4-day weekend. I took a t...

It's been a while since I blogged. The main reason for that is that I moved to a new apartment and spent about a month and a half witho...

Well, it happened again... at Back-to-school night, no less. Here 's an earlier post about another time this happened to us... I have a...

... but surprise! It's not around a coffee cup! Or even a tea pot. Instead, it's around... a gas station. Pretty weird. And am...

Please check out this blog that I found today, via this post on the Craftzine blog. It's called Cake Wrecks, and is absolutely hilari...

I've posted a bunch of photos on Facebook, but would like to share them with others who are not [yet] on Facebook. I've noticed tha...

I'll admit that this is an odd first post to be writing after getting back from my trip. I have lots of stories and photos to share, bu...

Sorry for my silence!  I've been busy seeing things and a bit under the weather.  I caught a cold in Edinburgh -- fancy that!  I think I...

I've made it to Edinburgh! I flew in to London early this morning, dropped my pack off at King's Cross and spent the whole day walk...

I 'll be leaving in a couple hours for the airport, so am feeling extra giddy at the moment. So what to do with all this nervous energ...