cookie appreciation

last week we did staff evaluations at work and i realized that i have an amazing staff that i love working with! i wanted to show my appreciation and nothing says "i appreciate you" like homemade cookies. yummy yummy cookies.

these are my most favoritest cookies. i made them for thanksgiving and husband's birthday. 

{you can get the recipe here}

a little red string, some doilies, and 80 cookies later the staff mailboxes were stuffed full of goodness! {and i made sure hubs got a handful, too}

a little wallowing. and a thanks too.

your recent comments have been so wonderful and put a smile on my little face.

{photo}

lately i've been dealing with severe allergies. severe severe allergies. i've had them since i was a kid, so i'm no stranger to pretty much every symptom that goes along with that- including eyes that swell shut. 

but living in kansas has made things even worse. my asthma is out of control and i've been sleeping at least 11 hours a day, and if i'm not at work i'm wallowing on the couch. 

and it's been miserable.

if i was a normal person i would have realized that being this miserable isn't normal for anyone, but i've just grown to expect it so my whole base frame-of-reference is off. but this week i reached my breaking point and made a doctors appointment.

so after a steroid shot, two new inhalers with increased potency, and an additional pill prescription, i am very hopeful that i will be feeling like a normal human being again. {although it might all just be too good to be true}

anyway, i'm taking the night off and basking in kansas football and my newest craft obsession {which i promise to reveal soon!}

so again, thank you all so much for all your wonderful kindess! i really needed it :)

mails! swap package and envelope project

i heart swaps. if nothing else, it's a wonderful reason to blog!

recently i participated in tillie's simply delightful package swap. this is what i sent:

{stickers, my favorite yellow nail polish, bright notecards, fine point sharpies, and 2 mini notebooks}

and the other thing i love about swaps? sending and receiving old-fashioned thank you cards. claire sent me a wonderful {handmade!} thx note in the mail. i just love how thoughtful something handwritten is.

i also joined the envelope project over at meet me at mikes {it's not too late to join in}

you can see my envelope and it's contents here {on my blog} and here {on pip's blog} or just go look at the flickr page and watch the whole project unfold- i wish i could go see the window display in person!

may day baskets!

i'm still reeling over all the wonderful comments you all left me yesterday! i feel very loved, indeed!i'll be visiting all my new followers soon- i'm so happy to make some new bloggy friends :)

so, since i was away i didn't get to post all my amazing may day baskets! and i literally can't wait any longer to share all the wonderfulness.
i got this little bundle of may day love from kellie over at the rice babies

i really love the fabric scraps, felt flowers, handmade earrings, and notecards.

plus this little fawn, which i hung up immediately. i love the handmade goodness <3

this package came from gabrielle at bee wise bags

oilcloth scraps, vintage hankies, pin cushion ring, notecards and grocery bag pattern {with all materials included}

i've already sent half of these cards out. i love them! and i'm loving the grocery bag {i'll have to show you that one later}

i also sent out my packages, too.

this one went to jess from the mundane adventures of miss jess
{i wrote the address wrong, so it got sent back to me, but hopefully it's there now!}

and this one went to kami at bellevue natural health

and of course, i couldn't leave out my bestie, so i sent her a few goodies, too

i had such a wonderful time with this swap and i hope you all did as well! thanks so much for joining the fun- let's do it again sometime, k?

the comeback kid!

today is a big day for me- besides returning from my little bloggy hiatus, i'm today's featured blogger on sits! so welcome and hello to all my new visiting friends! 

i feel so much pressure to show off my entire personality in this little post- but instead of trying too hard, how about i just link a couple of my favorite posts so you can get to know me on your own?

a little about my life: la boheme

one of my favorite crafty posts: christmas stockings

my thoughts about: girlfriends

and you can always click on any photos in the right column to read more.

i'm so excited to be back, and i'm so excited you're all here!  i can't wait to catch up with you all and say "hello!" {plus, i've got lots of things to show you. and did i mention i missed you?}

a little thanks

a few drawings i made for my etsy packages

{speaking of which, i put up some new items. wanna see?}