List of awesome

Just wanted to share a small list of things that have come into my life recently that I think are pretty awesome:

Will be switching to Virgin Mobile's Awesome $25/mo prepaid plan. The crazy thing is, I'll get more features and pay less than I already am! Awesome.

This movie was so awesome. I don't even have words for it.

saw this gum at the store tonight, will be chewing it next time I run out of gum. Two flavors in one! How awesome.

I hope everyone is finding some awesomness whatever you are up to! 

Harvest #2

Harvested the carrots today! I won't say that they were perfect by any means, but for a first try I think they came out alright ( if not a bit misshapen ). I'll be using them in two days in a yummy  curry dish. As for other garden news, I uprooted the spinach which had gone to seed while I was away this last week and in it's place I planted broccoli and a fresh batch of carrots and spinach. Gardening has been a great adventure so far!

This is a photo of a new pendant I've been thinking of making for a while. It's like my large white flower pin but in necklace form! 

xoxox -Amy

Update in Photos

It's been a while again! Was vacationing this last week  thus the lack of posts. To make it quick as always here is my update in photos! 

New Post style earrings, will be selling these in the Fall

New glossy charm bracelet as well

Creative tractor processional at a recent wedding we attended in PA

Great garden at the wedding with watermelons!

Skateboard on fire at Artscape

Traditional dances at the Native American Festival.

The rain cancelled the Whitemarsh Perry Hall show but it has been rescheduled for August 14th so feel free to come check it out! Their website is here.

I'll hopefully be posting more now that I'm back! Also look for a whole range of new earrings that I'll be listing for sale in both my Etsy and 1000 Markets Shops in the coming days.

-Amy

Update in Photos/ upcoming show

Getting busy again! So here is another update in photos:

New Birds!

New Glossy Lookbook tiles

Restocked on Silver Chains

Hundreds of recycled tags for upcoming shows

Currently reading Guides to Japan for our trip in November!

Also I'll be showing my wares at the Perry Hall/ White Marsh Town Fair  this Saturday the 10th of July from  10am - 5pm! It should be a lot of fun despite the hot weather :)

4th of July sweets

Hi everyone! I stumbled on this amazing little shop on 1000 markets today and just wanted to share! The shop is called Have It Sweet and they make the most beautiful sweets! This is a photo of their Neopolitan Marshmallows, yum! I did some poking around and found a great recipe on Smitten Kitchen for homemade marshmallows that I thought would be perfect for 4th of July roasting. I'm not sure if I'll get around to it by then but you all are welcome to try it!

Here is the link to the recipe page or here is just the recipe:

Springy, Fluffy Marshmallows 
Adapted from Gourmet, December 1998
These homemade marshmallows are not only easy to make, they set as perfectly as promised: puffed and lightweight, bouncing off one another as I tossed them in the container. Even better, they toasted like a campfire charm speared on the end of a skewer, and s’mooshed between two graham crackers with a square of chocolate.
Makes about 96 1-inch cubed marshmallows
About 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
3 1/2 envelopes (2 tablespoons plus 2 1/2 teaspoons) unflavored gelatin
1 cup cold water, divided
2 cups granulated sugar (cane sugar worked just fine)
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large egg whites or reconstituted powdered egg whites
1 tablespoon vanilla (alternately: 1/2 of a scraped vanilla bean, 2 teaspoons almond or mint extract or maybe even some food coloring for tinting)
Oil bottom and sides of a 13- by 9- by 2-inch rectangular metal baking pan and dust bottom and sides with some confectioners’ sugar.
In bowl of a standing electric mixer or in a large bowl sprinkle gelatin over 1/2 cup cold cold water, and let stand to soften.
In a 3-quart heavy saucepan cook granulated sugar, corn syrup, second 1/2 cup of cold water, and salt over low heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, until sugar is dissolved. Increase heat to moderate and boil mixture, without stirring, until a candy or digital thermometer registers 240°F, about 12 minutes. Remove pan from heat and pour sugar mixture over gelatin mixture, stirring until gelatin is dissolved.
With standing or a hand-held electric mixer beat mixture on high speed until white, thick, and nearly tripled in volume, about six minutes if using standing mixer or about 10 minutes if using hand-held mixer. (Some reviewers felt this took even longer with a hand mixer, but still eventually whipped up nicely.)
In separate medium bowl with cleaned beaters beat egg whites (or reconstituted powdered whites) until they just hold stiff peaks. Beat whites and vanilla (or your choice of flavoring) into sugar mixture until just combined. Pour mixture into baking pan and don’t fret if you don’t get it all out (learning from my mess of a first round). Sift 1/4 cup confectioners sugar evenly over top. Chill marshmallow, uncovered, until firm, at least three hours, and up to one day.
Run a thin knife around edges of pan and invert pan onto a large cutting board. Lifting up one corner of inverted pan, with fingers loosen marshmallow and ease onto cutting board. With a large knife trim edges of marshmallow and cut marshmallow into roughly one-inch cubes. (An oiled pizza cutter works well here too.) Sift remaining confectioners’ sugar back into your now-empty baking pan, and roll the marshmallows through it, on all six sides, before shaking off the excess and packing them away.
Do ahead: Marshmallows keep in an airtight container at cool room temperature 1 week.