This year, Eli and I hosted our first Thanksgiving and I cooked my first turkey!  The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, there was a lot of research, looking at cookbooks, browsing Pinterest and making lists.  Not only did I want my first Thanksgiving to be special, but I wanted it to be perfect!   I […]

I can’t remember the first thing I ever baked, but I do have memories of baking at my parents home in San Jose which we moved from when I was 7 1/2 years old.  I probably should mention that I was most likely helping my mom bake by licking the beaters and the bottom of […]

Pumpkins, costumes, and candy, oh my!  Every year, I get excited about Halloween and all the fun that goes along with it!  Eli and I always carve pumpkins together and try to come up with fun costumes to dress up as. This year, we went to my brother’s Halloween party as Janet Snakehole and Burt […]

I was sitting in my living room, watching the rain fall from the sky.  I longed for a window seat in the bay window so I could be closer to the sound of it as it drizzled down.  Instead, I sat on the couch with a cozy blanket that I had bought my parents earlier […]

This week, Eli and I celebrated 7 years of marriage.  Part of me feels like it was just yesterday that we were dreaming about our futures and the other part of me feels as if life without him was forever and a day ago. We reminisced over our wedding photos and looked through the annual […]

This week, something happened.  It wasn’t a monumental change like in the opening scene of Mary Poppins where the wind changes and Bert sings of something a ‘brewing.  This thing that happened happens every year and even though the feeling doesn’t quite change, I too, know something special is about to begin.  We just need […]

It’s hard to believe that its been 1 year since I launched this blog but it has been so nice to have a place where I can share my work and my heart!  I wanted to spend a little time today reflecting over the last year, and share some highlights with you!  So grab a […]

Sometimes life gets in the way of our plans and I know for me, when that happens, I sometimes wish that I wasn’t an artist pursuing a creative life.  Sometimes, I look at my kitty and think “man, you’ve got the life,”  right?   It may sound silly, but getting Nessarose for my husband has […]

When I was a little girl, I dreamed of growing up and being an actress!  I wanted to star in movies and bring characters to life.  I joined an acting group when I was 12 and on account of my pre-teen figured, played both female and male roles.  We did adaptations of fairy tales and […]