Sesame mill!

I've been wanting buy a sesame mill I saw at Chocolate & Zucchini. I surfed the web to see if I could order one. The online shops with the sesame mills were mainly for restaurants; you have buy 12-16 at a time. I only needed one. I was at Super Q Mart in Maryland and found it there. Indeed, simple things and finds make me quite happy.

I am back... with homemade ice cream!

It has been really busy [work + home + travel] in the last couple of months. I am hoping I'd have more time to create fun things, to paint some [picked up some acrylic paint awhile ago], and to organize!

To celebrate summer, we made some homemade ice cream today. I have gifted my young chef, Gem, with Cuisinart Automatic Frozen Yogurt-Ice Cream & Sorbet Maker in red for her birthday. She opted for strawberry ice cream and it turned out so delicious! Even though we used slightly less sugar than the manufacturer's mini recipe book recommendation, we could have used lot less. Still yummy!

Goody bags for the last day of school...

I didn't want to use regular plastic goody bags...

A walk around the house...

Azalea by the dining room window...


An oak tree on the front lawn...


An Asian pear tree in the back yard...


Next to a persimmon tree... harvested 7 two
autumns ago and 5 last autumn.

Spring onion flowers... reminds me of Korean

vegetable gardens.

A pine tree from a sapling Gem received from school

when she was in 3rd grade...

Happy Mother's Day!

Finding happiness in small things...

A recycled glass bowl filled with salt water taffy...

Small Gift Packages

Before April is over, I thought I'd post a couple of gift packages I made for my nephew and niece last month. It seems like it's been so long... when did the months of March and April go by?

A chick and a pencil cup decorated with pretty cupcake cotton fabric...

A hedge hog and a pencil cup with denim cover plus button magnets...

Had a wonderful time selecting the fabrics and making them. If I just had some more time...

However, I cleaned out my closets [well, just the ones in my room] after moving the furniture around in my room for a more streamlined looked. I feel very accomplished considering how I run out of time for everything...