With all the lists popping up lately on the 30 day blogging challenge here is one of my favorite sweets. In no particular order...1. s'mores 2. Lava cake (in the raw makes it best)3. Salt water taffy (whatever flavor I got from sea world)4. Frozen yogurt (orange leaf)5. Orange thin mints...no longer sold, lame6. No bake cookies (chocolate)7. Arrow cookies8. Chocolate covered peanut butter rice crispy balls (my grandmas)9. 5 cent cinnamon candy canes10.

30 day bloggers...we are officially 1/3rd of the way thru! As a reward to myself, I'm going to print and assemble my next calendar of the month. What? Haven't heard of the Calendar of the Month Club? Say hello to Curiosity Group. They are the brainchild behind the little foldable calendars of the month that I've had on my desk since January. Based in Portland, OR these guys put out little foldable crafts for everything from Megamind to college

This is my favorite makeup palette. My face is just another canvas on which I play. 1.  Tender Rose Mineral Powder SPF 15 by Laura Mercier2.  Black Full Action Extreme Effect Mascara by Sephora 3.  Zero 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil by Urban Decay 4.  Original Photo Finish Foundation Primer by Smashbox5.  Orgasm/Laguna Highlighting/Bronzing Blush Duo by NARS6.  Jitterbug Magic Marker Lip & Cheek Stain

Painting to me, is the most rewarding form of art. I may spend my days playing on the computer and putting out educational designs...but given the choice, I'd love to spend my days with a paint brush, some comfy clothes covered in paint, and my current playlist of choice. Admittedly apartments aren't the most accommodating for my favorite type of painting, murals. The last mural I did was actually years ago. Nowadays I do "smaller" pieces...maybe

Today I got out my giant cookie roll and started cutting out my Spiced Aztec Cookies. For me I found the edge of my cookie roll to be very very crumbly...but after trying a few knifes...steak, saw, I settled on whatever the kitchaid aid one is called below...I find just slowly pushing the knife thru rather than sawing made cookies instead of crumbs pile. just part of the crumbs pile...for a bit I wondered if I'd be making cookie crumble instead

Happy Saturday! I've loved all things Aztec since my first anthropology class...so when I saw a recipe called Spiced Aztec Cookies....I knew I had to try and make them. In Aztec stories chocolate, or xocolatl as they called it, was thought to be from their god Quetzalcoatl. Xocolatl was so important to the Aztec culture that the beans were even used as currency. Below is my attempt at a step by step photo journal of Spiced Aztec Cookies.

Happy Friday! Welcome to the 3rd week in the Etsy Love series where I show things on Etsy that I love. Who knows, maybe you'll find some Etsy loves as well. Today's Etsy Love is My Lavaliere, this shop specializes in handmade vintage inspired trinkets. She has necklaces, rings, headbands, etc. While I find a lot of shops try to make this style of art, for me hers stands out since the trinkets always feel balanced. The colors and scale of the coordinating

I absolutely love 1950s advertising. The cheesecake factor to me is just hilarious. The artistry involved...fabulous, no photoshop back then kids! 1949 Maidenform ad I found ran across searching for firefighter pics Not that these ads need help being hilarious...but, bluntcard.com has taken the 50s imagery and given them a new dark humored life. Below is one of my favorites. Happy Thursday!

After seeing Creature Comforts blog create an "imaginary closet" post, I decided to do my own. Mine differs slightly in that instead of being "wishful thinking price is no matter" mine is, "If I had an H&M near by....these things would be in my closet." H&M fans that don't live near a store (like me) you'll be happy to know that according to their twitter online shopping in the USA should be up and running either late 2011 or early 2012

Caffeine for the Creative Mind When I need something to get my creative juices flowing, this book is fabulous! Full of tons of little activities to get you going. I find a little doodling can go a long way to jump start my day. So far my favorite was my restaurant design. "Kiss the Lucky Egg Eatery" based on Cool Runnings. I think of it as an breakfast eatery with egg shaped chairs, and a quirky jamaican vibe brought thru in bright accent colors

The 30 day challenge is here! Lets see if I can break my record of one day last time around :) Do you tweet and like scavenger hunts? Then you should join me in a photo scavenger hunt hosted by playlookit. Playlookit's website shows everyones pics and you can vote on your favs! All you have to do is sign up, take a picture on your cell phone, and email it from your phone to their site. I've set it up so my photo then uploads automatically from

Happy Friday! I hope you guys had a great St. Patrick's Day, personally I watched Destination Truth live from Ireland :) Destination Truth is a show on the SyFy channel that goes hunting monsters like the banshee or yetis. I like how the show finds the humor in what they do, while still leading a serious investigation. You also learn great travel trips: like if all else fails you can always find Pringles to eat anywhere in the world. Watch

Ever heard of a 30 day blogging challenge? Well starting on March 21, I, along with some other blogging hooligans are going to blog for 30 days straight. Want to join in the fun? Leave a link to your blog and I'll add it to the list of people to follow. Lets see if I can beat my last attempt in 2009 where I didn't even make it 2 days straight :P Blogs to follow: There's Only Ever One Bonnie The Naked Wife MattieLynn Media So lets dust off the old