farmer's market at harvard

There's a farmer's market from 12:30 pm to 6:00 pm near Harvard Yard each Tuesday that I had yet to check out until today. It's going to be there until October 28th, so you guys should check it out. It's in front of the Science Center building and near Sanders Theatre where Kirkland and Oxford Street meet. There are some nice booths that sell a variety of fruits, vegetables, wild flowers, plants, herbs, lavender, bread, jams, fresh mozzarella, pastries, and more. I picked up a French baguette for dinner tonight, a little crate of freshly picked blueberries for Tony's breakfast tomorrow, and some yummy cookies from the Danish Pastry House's booth.

(I took this with my cell phone today ... sorry that it's not the best photo!)

may fair + more cards

After we had breakfast at the Bloc 11 Cafe in Union Square, Tony and I walked over to Harvard Square to check out the May Fair (thanks to Liz for suggesting it last weekend!). It was pretty neat how they had parts of Mass Ave, Church, and Brattle Streets blocked off for the various vendors and restaurants. We got to meet artist Bren Bataclan, I bought a really cute dress from LF Stores for only $28 (originally priced at $236 - no joke!), and we saw some great sidewalk chalk art. Crazy to think that this fair has been going on for 25 years and this is the first time we've ever been to it.

I managed to make a few cards lately too. And I've started something called my Track Back Project. Check it out here.

This one is just like the one I made for my mom and sister for Mother's Day.

I just love how blue and brown go together so nicely. I used my QuicKutz tool to punch out the flower petals, and my new "word window punch tool for the "congratulations" message from Stampin' Up.

I couldn't think of a way to incorporate a sentiment on the front of this card after I was done putting it together. It would be useful for just about any occasion, so I think I'm just going to leave it blank on the outside.

Ever since Liz's Stampin' Up party, I've wanted to try the scalloping technique that Amy Corr taught us. So I went to AC Moore last week and bought one of these corner rounder tools, took off the guard, and voila! LOVE how easy it is to make a scalloped edge now! And to think, I've been handcutting them all this time.

I had this sentiment stamp made through Impress Rubber Stamps because I like the quote so much. I used a lot of scrap pieces of paper on this card.

My mom has been able to sell a lot of cards at the salon lately so she needs me to send her more. Gotta go work on some Father's Day and graduation designs. But before I go, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all you moms out there! :)

a good, productive day

Doesn't it feel nice when you've had a productive day? Renee, Liz, and I went to visit my friend and jewelry artist extraordinaire, Rebecca Scott, at the Joy Street Studios during the Somerville Open Studios event this afternoon. (This was after I took them to Bloc 11 Cafe for some coffee though.) Anyway, we spent a while gawking at all of Rebecca's beautiful jewelry pieces and all three of us walked away with something pretty for ourselves. Liz got a beautiful hand wrapped pearl necklace; Renee got a silver ginko leaf (I think it was the new ginko leaf design?) necklace to wear to our wedding (now just to build the dress around that - lol - don't you love our priorities?); and I got this pair of cute ginko leaf and freshwater pearls earrings.


I tend not to really wear a lot of jewelry but when I do, it's usually when we go out. I like to bring her pieces with me on my trips out to see my mom, but I've learned that those pieces don't always necessarily make it back home with me after the trip. So to say that my mom LOVES Rebecca's work is an understatement. Needless to say (and I think I can post this because I don't think she or my stepdad read my blog), her Mother's Day gift was taken care of during this shopping excursion.

After that, we drove over to St. Ann's Parish where our friend, Teeru, was selling her beautiful line of jewelry. Then we drove over to Harvard Square to check out the May Fair, only to find out that it has been postponed until next Sunday due to the rainy weather. We decided to trek around anyway and visited a couple of shops including one of my favorites, Black Ink. They always have the quirkiest things in there. I found a spring whisk for only $3 and a handy little, fold-up-able, step stool. Then we stopped at Papyrus and I couldn't leave without getting this sushi wrapping paper. Isn't it funny? I have a couple of card ideas brewing in my head now.


Liz brought over the products I had ordered from a Stampin' Up party she held at her house a couple of weeks ago, so I had this lovely little box of new ink stamp pads to play with when I got home.

There are 12 of these little ink pads from their "Earth Elements" color family. Basically, I wanted all of them anyway and so it was cheaper to buy the set of 12 small ones rather than 12 of the big pads. Tonight, I used the "Chocolate Chip" (a really nice dark brown, ya'll) for the sentiment on this wedding card.


I don't know if it's the nicer weather (read: non-snowing and the occasional sunny day) or being away from Spark, but I've been in a card making groove these days. Well, in this case, these two were made for Mother's Day and for my friend Jeff. But still. It's kind of neat having my creative mojo back. :)


Lastly (wow, this is a rather long post), a shout out to my friend, Kate, who did the Walk for Hunger in Boston today. Hope you had fun despite the icky weather!

harvard square to porter square

I decided to walk from Harvard Square to Porter Square earlier this week instead of taking the T. I came across this small park area that I never really noticed existed before and took a couple of photos of the fallen leaves.