Okay, there’s really no extravaganza here, it just sounded like a really cool post title.
So in case you couldn’t tell, this is the 200th post to my blog. Wow! 200 posts. It’s also been 3 years since I started blogging. That anniversary passed back in November, and I spent… Read the rest...
Author: Beth
Writer, artist, blogger, doll collector, and owner of Ithilear.com.
Ah, green tea. I’d really like to add green tea to every morning, both for the joy of drinking tea and for the health benefits green tea offers, but so far I haven’t found enough types of green tea I like to make me want to drink it every day.… Read the rest...
My house is one big perpetual home improvement project. I’m easily distracted, so I have a ton of projects that I’ve started and never finished. The latest project I tackled? The fireplace.
I don’t remember when exactly it happened. I just woke up one morning, walked into the living room,… Read the rest...
I sit here basking in the knowledge I’ve finished the toughest sewing project I’ve ever undertaken. Let me tell you, it’s a good feeling!It started on a whim, which means I didn’t photograph the making of the pants. But if you’ve watched me on Facebook and Instagram, you’ve seen the… Read the rest...
Like most humans, I enjoy food. And since I’m blessed to have a husband with a stable job, I get to be a stay at home mom and enjoy avoiding the “starving artist” stereotype.
But it isn’t all gourmet foods here, either. Food is expensive, and now that we’re not… Read the rest...
When I first decided to start collecting ball-jointed dolls, I made plans for three. I ended up with five, since Vahn decided to sneak into the collection on impulse, and my father gave Lillibelle to me as a gift. Though I often admire other dolls and occasionally purchase them as… Read the rest...
There’s something about autumn that brings out the desire to create. I don’t know what it is, but it seems to affect everyone I know. Leaves start changing, temperatures grow cooler, and everyone’s breaking out the hot glue guns.
Me, I’m always working on something or other. I was cleaning… Read the rest...