Fresh arugula pizza

Arugula from my Grandma's garden, prosciutto, feta, fresh mozzarella, olive oil, grated asiago cheese, and a spritz of orange juice (tossed with the arugula, didn't have any lemon).

Warning: Possible link to Pampers Stay Dry and allergic reaction?

After 2-3 uses my little one developed this rash all over his back. As soon as we noticed we switched to another diaper we had on hand (swaddlers?) and a couple of cloth diapers and the rash started clearing up within a few hours. I suspect the blue dye. I'm posting this in case someone else runs into the same issue.  We were using Honest Co. and Babyganics before this without any problems and are now trying Earth's Best, so far so good.

First baby food! Sweet potato.

What other first veggies should I try?

Deep dish chocolate chip and peanut butter cookies

So decadent and yums! No mixer needed and really easy clean up when using baking cup liners.

Recipe from HERE. 

Nini's shoe collection so far.

2 purchased, 2 handmade, and 2 gifts

Around the kitchen

french vanilla coffee with caramel on the bottom

Parmesan potato pizza with rosemary infused olive oil

Lounging with my honey.

Baby Godzilla is keeping me busy!

As soon as I get back to the sewing machine I want to try making this baby carrier with custom fabrics. I just need a good 12 hour stretch of naptime, right now he only naps for 2 hours at a time, so this might take a while. :)

Wooden Spoon Clip

Love the idea and look but unfortunately after one wash the varnish came off in some areas, ugh.

Day 15 - Holdin' On.

Day 8 Feeties

My new best friend.

Nico C. born March 7, 2014.

Cartoon feet! New slippers from uniqlo.

Cartoon feet! New slippers from uniqlo., originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Testing out the mini strawberry jam in my oatmeal. Pretty good!

Testing out the mini strawberry jam in my oatmeal. Pretty good!, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Starry ceiling complete!

Starry ceiling complete!, originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Macarons and organic chocolate from my honey

definitely more desirable than a duane reade teddy bear and heart shaped chocolate box!

Testing out a flokati rug. I think we are allergic!

Italian Godzilla never goes to someone's house empty handed.

Italian Godzilla never goes to someone's house empty handed., originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Latest addition to my shoe collection

Size 11(!) baby doll style flats.

Trying to perfect a Blythe doll bonnet and a new bookshelf

First one came out too large, maybe for a baby human?  All the other attempts fit fairly well, I just need to add some button closures.

Here is the latest addition to my home office. I actually ordered a white lacquered bookshelf, but I was sent this "espresso" one. I decided to keep it because it sort of matched my desk/computer/printer. I think the white would have been nice though, it would have disappeared into the background more.  : /

Thanks hun, how can I possibly eat all this cake in one sitting!

This is what happens when you don't get up to get your own dessert.

Hot barley from Sal's mom with milk, sugar, and cinnamon.

Perfect snow day breakfast!

Toasty new socks (made in the usa!)

Toasty new socks (made in the usa!), originally uploaded by m patrizio.

Holiday Sale!

30% off in stock items at SoSofties.etsy.com through December 2nd.

News from the craft cave

24 Monster Timmie Beer coin pouches headed to Art Star Philly!

Week in review

Brooklyn Bounty

My mom brought over some pretty Persimmons from my Grandparents Brooklyn backyard. Check out the mutated one in the front.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot Rods

After an internet search looking for metal rods for a possible wall clothing rack project, I came across this idea to use tension rods for temporary storage and organization.  Now I'm tempted to purchase a shower curtain rod or a regular curtain tension rod like this to see if it can hold heavy weight items.  This junky $3 one (pictured) I had in my closet could only hold the weight of a few fabric samples.  I love the idea of not having to drill any holes in the wall for this and the adaptability

 

 

 

 

Paint by Size 

I'm in the process of clearing out my studio in my apartment and creating a craft cave in a basement. I've been spending the week photographing and sorting my paintings by size.  It it stressful finding a safe place to store all my work. I want to make sure to protect them from light and moisture damage. Right now I have them stored high on wire racks but I'm running out of space, eek!

Out with a Bang!

A van smashed into our home. The driver was okay. The bricks survived with minimal damage. The shrubs shrugged it off.  Here the fire department is making sure that the van doesn't explode. Thank you FDNY!

It is still early on Friday so let's see what is in store for today!

Pretty zips in the mailbox today

The muted cloud fabric arrived!

It is now available in my Spoonflower shop

I just ordered a zipper so I can turn it into a pillow case soon.

Mini marshmallows in bulk!

Organic hot cocoa with not-so-natural dehydrated mini marshmallows! (kraft mallow bits) Never be mini marshmallowless again!

New Pattern - Muted Clouds

New pattern coming soon to my Spoonflower shop. I think this would look cute as nursery wallpaper. I ordered a fat quarter today to test out as a pillow.