- Amy Butler's new fabric. I especially love it in the orange dahlia colorway.
- My Lisa Leonard 'listen' necklace. I had to have one after seeing Ali Edwards' post about hers for her word for the year. My word is 'listen' and I've worn this necklace at least 3 or 4 days a week since I got it. I don't have a picture of it, but if you look here, mine is like the one that says 'sparkle.' You must check out her amazingly simple and beautiful work.
- Making bags. I have never made a bag before, and I'm really loving creating these camera bags from scratch. I can improve them each time and add whatever I want. Love that.
- Photography without flash. Several months back, I pretty much stopped using the flash on my camera. It takes a little more patience, but what amazing results. If you mess around with the settings a bit, you can capture the moments so much more organically than with a flash. (Photo below is from our imaginary cat Miko's birthday party.)
- Cream cheese frosting. I really try hard not to have sweets in the house, and now we know why. There's the tiniest little tupperware of leftover frosting from a cake I made for the occasion above, and I just can't resist dipping my finger into it a few times a day. Self control: I don't have it.
- Used books. Spent $10 today on two adult hardbacks for my trip and about 8 kids books just because. Yes, we can buy books just because when they cost $0.50 a piece! I love this.
- Nonfat Plain Yogurt, topped with honey and blueberries. This is my current favorite food. I don't even feel guilty when I eat it, and it's just sweet enough to seem like a treat.
- My Carpet Pro backpack vacuum. No, I'm not kidding. Read about it here.
- Fresh bread from the breadmaker! Yes, do you recall that I had 'making bread' as one of the things I really wanted to start doing? And I love it! More importantly, all three 'boys' love it, too. Today I am trying cinnamon raisin bread, because it just seems like that kind of slow Saturday.
- Thinking. I really do love thinking. Since becoming a mama, it seems like my brain has been put in slow motion. I often can't find the word I'm looking for, and I rarely have a chance to read up on current events in order to have a relevant conversation with a non-mama type. But lately I've spent a lot of time thinking...about priorities, goals, habits, food, quilts, fabric, oh-so-many things to think about. Is it sad that with the boys being 2 and 4, I am just now beginning to think again? No, I am not focusing on that, but on how happy I am to get a moment to think these days!
There's my top ten for now. What are your top ten today?
