Both of my crocheted weiner dogs were adopted and shipped off to their new homes!

I really appreciate the support for Tiffany‘s real life weiner dog Pistol! She also just added some “Get Well Pistol” cotton tote bags to her Etsy shop. And speaking of Etsy, I just added the weiner dog crochet pattern to my Etsy shop.

Life: complete! A record about meat that looks like meat, with cover art that’s all about meat. A MUST HAVE!!!! From Archie McPhee.

SHOES WITH ICE CREAM. Karl Lagerfeld for Melissa. I know these are not the first ice cream heels ever, but these are probably the first that I would actually wear.

 This adorable lilac dress by Hell Bunny is available right now at Blue Banana for $19.80. So tempting…!

Have you ever checked out Knickerocker‘s amazing undies?! I met her at RenegadeSF one year that I wasn’t vending, and I bought some cute candy-themed ones from her! My rear isn’t in tip top shape, so you probs won’t be seeing those any time soon, but check out all her other adorable pieces like bears and rainbows and deers!

I know Wildfox is rill spendy, but, I have to admit, I’m into a lot of it…. Check out this Dreaming of Cake Jumper at Dolls Kill!

You know me and my profound love for I’m Your Present. Currently wanting to cuddle this Pastel Bears Bubble Dress! I’ve had a few versions of this comfy silhouette, and they are my favorite for traveling, because I can stick some leggings under there and feel like I’m in pajamas!

I am currently crazy about Hannah Max’s Cookie Chips! They are cookies that are thin like chips. I bought a bag of the Original flavor at Andronico’s, and I’m kinda fiending for more! They are crispitty and crunchitty and contain real ingredients.

Dear Bay Area,

Have you ever wanted to learn to crochet? Have you ever wanted to wear a scarf that looks like chocolate truffles? Have you ever wanted to hang out with me???

On Tuesday night, October 15, from 7pm-9:30pm,  Ruth Tillman of The Enchanted Square and I will be teaching a crochet class together at Urban Bazaar in the Sunset district of San Francisco. I have never really taught crochet before, so we’ll be leaning on Ruth  for the learny stuff, and I’ll be there to tell you how to put the thing around the thing and pull the stuff through the other thing. Our project will be my Chocolate Truffle Scarf. No, we probably won’t be able to complete an entire scarf in class, but you should be able to finish one truffle and go home and complete the scarf with confidence! Plus you’ll also be supporting a neat store that sells local and fair trade goodies!

Click here to purchase your spot for October 15!  The class is $35, plus a $10 materials fee if you don’t have hooks and yarn. If you already have hooks and yarn, I think you can bring your tools and some worsted weight yarn in your favorite truffle colors to work with. I’ll also bring some copies of “Crochet Goodies for Fashion Foodies” in case you want a signed copy! Come out and give me some pointers on teaching!

Let’s scratch “Learn how to crochet cool stuff” off your bucket list!

So, Tiffany’s weenie dog Pistol had to have a major back surgery recently, and I wanted to do something to help out with her giant vet bill a little. If you are interested in adopting one of these weenie dog plushes, follow the “Add to cart” buttons below! I’m also selling the pattern. All profit minus PayPal fees, from your purchases on my blog page, will go directly to them! (The pattern is now only available via my Etsy shop cuz Tiffany will yell at me if I keep sending her money. 😛 )

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Just a little reminder to take two minutes to run outside, or pull over and check out something new, or just be silly for a moment or two! I was driving Manda back home today, and we started to drive past a very strange and magical-looking sculpture made out of STICKS.

I was like, “What is that?! WHAT. IS. THAT?!”

This is a road that I have driven down more than a few times in the last year or so, but sometimes we just kind of follow our regular patterns on auto-pilot without noticing the details. This was in in Manda’s neighborhood, so she had seen it a lot already, but this was new to me. I swung the car around into a parking lot so we could get a closer look!

Put it on my Christmas List, guys! It’s a stick sculpture by Patrick Dougherty, and apparently there are a bunch of these, in different shapes and configurations, all over the country and all over the world. He studied ancient building techniques, and he uses tree saplings and no nails or glue. I really love when art is interactive and you can be all up in it. I also really love that we saw new leaves/vines/trees growing on the sculpture.

If you’ve seen the movie “Where the Wild Things Are,” you’ll definitely feel like these stick huts are the place to start the wild rumpus. I tried to research whether Dougherty designed the stick shelters from the movie. It looks like he didn’t, but everyone thinks it’s obvious that the set designer was influenced by him. Who knows!

Regardless, I’m so glad we had our two-minute adventure, and we’re so lucky to have this magic in Palo Alto!