A couple weeks ago, I announced winners for two of the final Blogtoberfest prizes, an ARC of Shade and the grand mega-normous-zilla prize, a copy of every book in the Blogtoberfest (or more precisely, one book by each author, since one author gave away five books). Sadly, the winners did not respond, so in accordance ...

... my bloglines reader and one of the blogs I read (I have no idea who this person is, or why I even started reading in the first place...), The Princess and the Monkey, was doing a month-long blogtoberfest and putting up daily blogs (wow). Two of those blogs were food-related and they were food items that I really have to make myself if I want to have them. So when she posted about bagels, I had ...

... ;ll be trying to hide inside with all of the blinds closed, until I'm forced to go out for an appointment later in the day. Also sitting on my workbench today is this lovely suprise Blogtoberfest pressie from Becky over at Becky et al. Some beautiful fabrics and a sweet little pattern. I can't wait to use them on a project! Thanks so much Becky. More creative spaces abound over here: ...

Well, Blogtoberfest was a learning experience. I learned that trying to blog daily and finish a semester’s graphic design folio for uni are not necessarily goals that should run concurrently. It was also a learning experience where I let myself stop doing something I had committed to, without driving myself into the ground with guilt. Well done, me. I do have some interesting things I have ...