Beef... It's what's for dinner.

So here's what's happening in the photo above: Loaf of bread with the center dug out, a steak, a mushroom/garlic/onion sautee, another steak, pesto, and the top of the bread.


I know. It's amazing.

Peanut butter cup brownies

Confession.. I made these at the beginning of April. It's now the middle of May and I'm only now getting around to posting. Oops.

They are brownies baked in mini muffin tins with peanut butter and chocolate chips spooned into the middle. They are the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. They are bite size. They are adorable.

Laptop bag

Whew! This one was a long time in the making. I got the materials for the laptop bag probably a year ago (around the same time I got the materials for a still-unfinished dress. Heh.). In that time I've switched both my work laptop and personal laptop. Luckily I bought extra fabric so it was all good.

Map envelope

Ready to go :)

Cute idea I got from here

Sadly, there's no actual envelope generator--just the concept (as far as I know--someone correct me if I'm wrong!). My sister made one to welcome her boyfriend home, which was cute and inspired me to make one of my own.

I MADE A DRESS

Yes, this post deserves an all-caps headline.

I actually made two dresses from the same pattern. The second dress went much quicker since I had all the measurements from the first dress so I didn't have to keep trying it on and pinning.

Jewelry organization (pt 2)

Boards!

Taking the advice of my sister, I used nails and hooks for the necklace board instead of pushpins.

I didn't have a drill for to make pilot holes for the hooks, so I found the widest nail I could, hammered it in, and twisted the hook into the hole. Worked just perfectly :) I don't have enough necklaces for both the top and bottom hangers, but I figured I should just get the whole board ready in anticipation for more necklaces.