A Sassy Conspiracy

Chamberlain family pumpkin carving lessons: 1) power tools make for awesome carved pumpkins; 2) wine makes for awesome carved pumpkins; and 3) toothpicks – who knew? Mine is the pumpkin eater, and boy did the jack skellington and the big guy bearing his teeth up near the top  :)

Just wanted to share my Halloween manicure. Nail art is art, right? Deborah Lippmann Naked with OPI Vodka and Caviar (plus Seche Clear and Seche Vite).  

Happy Halloween!!!

This is the birthday card I designed for the boy’s 30th birthday. There was a coupon for each day of the week of his birthday, for things such as “exotic treasures” and “gastronomical miracles”. There are a few things I’d change in the layout, but so far my typography experiments have been a lot of [...]

I’m still here, still doing stuff. It seems the easier it is to update this blog, the less I actually do it, lol. I mean, I have an iPhone, with a built in camera… what is my excuse, really. Recently I find myself spending my time painting my nails and taking on large projects around [...]

Look! I still make stuff! Honest and for true! The 8-layer chocolate chip cookie cake, from the Martha Stewart Living July 2011 issue. Yes, it was as good as it looks. Perhaps even better. Happy Birthday Floorshow!!  

I was inspired to make this necklace by a line of jewelry from Birks called Biker Chic. I had almost the same chain in my supplies, so i figured i could do something pretty similar. In the original, the pearl segments are strung, not wired, so i’ve used 3 pearls per segment instead of 5, [...]

I made two psanky style eggs for Easter this year (the other one turned out ok but i haven’t gotten photos of it). I say psanky-style since its a non-traditional motif, but it still uses the same batik-like technique. Its not an original design (i spotted the design online somewhere) but i really loved it [...]

I keep forgetting to upload the rest of my christmas projects :P These are sterling silver with onyx and labradorite – hoops, ear wires and headpins are all handmade. I’ve run out of headpins so i got creative and made these little spiral numbers – i think they turned out better than the regular headpins [...]

Another product of my stash-only/one-evening Christmas challenge! Acrylic paints and ink on illustration board (~11×17″). I picked up a 3-pack of illustration boards for my Zombie valentine last year, and i keep forgetting how awesome this stuff is to work on (other than it warps quite a bit, but framing solves that nicely). The colours [...]