Sara's Lounge

making cupcakes

smcmartin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:49:29 +0000

making cupcakes

Originally uploaded by piggy-tails

after seeing the cupcake birthday party package, the girls were inspired!
they thought they should have some real cupcakes – with chocolate icing! i let the girls do everything but the eggs… i’m a little untrusting still to let them do the eggs themselves.

MOVING BLOGS

smcmartin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:33:26 +0000

I’ve changed my blog over to blogger. You can find me here now

http://saraslounge.blogspot.com/

Hope to see you there!

From the garden

smcmartin — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:25:53 +0000

Here is a photo of my first jalapeno pepper from my garden. And it tasted mighty good in my Curried Lentil Burritos I made on Saturday.

Mojo Happened!

smcmartin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:51:02 +0000

Yay! I hadn’t been in the mood to scrapbook for months now and I’m so glad that last night I finally sat down and just did one!! It felt so good to do, and I had completely forgotten how much of a stress release it is for me. To help get the mojo started I decided to this week’s challenge at the How Much is To Much blog. My friend Cindy has been designing with that blog for awhile now! This weeks challenge was to use 25 stickers… well I did that and more!

These pictures were taken the other weekend at the North Bay Carousel. The layout reads…. It’s not a visit to the Bay in the summer time if it doesn’t include a trip to the Carousel.

Piggy-Tails has been busy for me lately.. it’s been great! I have a google ad word out there and I think that has helped to bring some traffic. I’ve added some new product to the shop as well. We now have Birthday Banners, Cupcake Toppers and also some new Tea Party invitations.

Tangerine Owl has opened and has some new items in the shop as well. Check it out!

Thai Yellow Chicken Curry Pizza

smcmartin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:37:17 +0000

What do you do when you are in the mood for Thai and pizza? Make Thai pizza of course! I didn’t really know what I was doing when I started out, but it turned out so good that I will definitely be making it again! I”m thinking next time I might try shrimp instead of chicken and see how that tastes!

What I did was cooked up the sauce first. A can of coconut milk ( i use the light kind) and about 2-3 tbsp of yellow curry paste ( or whatever paste you have;red,yellow, green.. I happened to have some yellow on hand). Simmer that over medium heat.

Cut up 2 chicken breasts into bite size pieces, add to the sauce. Add 2 tbsp of fish sauce and 2 tbsp of brown sugar. I like to add some lime juice as well. I used half a lime. Cook until the chicken is done.

Using a slotted spoon separate the chicken into a bowl and toss in the fresh basil. This was the first time I’ve used my basil from the garden and it smelled so nice!! (tasted great too)

Cook the remaining sauce and reduce by half or so. This is when I really wasn’t sure what to do and if you can think of something better please let me know! I poured some of the sauce onto my pizza crust, I used a premade flatbread. YOu don’t want to pour on to much that it soaks through the crust, but enough to get some flavour and that the pizza won’t be to dry. Add the chicken and basil on top, then sprinkle with mozzarella cheese, or whatever cheese you want! Cook away!

We had a nice baby spinach salad for a side dish. To make that all I use is some baby spinach leaves, some bean sprouts and some mushrooms. I used an olive oil balsamic vinegar dressing. Yum!

Enjoy and let me know how yours turns out!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3022/2674465896_433f327b2c.jpg

Tag I’m It!

smcmartin — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:36:17 +0000

Michelle tagged me the other day, so I thought I better get to posting it!

One person comes up with 5 questions and tags 5 people to answer these questions, who then tag 5 more people, and so on and so on. So here goes……

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?Mmm 10 years ago? Yikes I don’t really remember…. We were living in Vanier ( not such a nice area of Ottawa, but the rent was cheap) I think I was working at Sears Portrait Studio at the time. Rebekah would have been 5. Meghan and Emma didn’t exist yet…

2. 5 things on today’s To-Do list? I’m supposed to do 5 things today? Lets see… blog, get groceries, work on new designs, promote on Etsy, enjoy time while the kids are off camping with the Grandparents!

3. Snacks I enjoy? Um yeah… chocolate, chips and cookies!!!! I know .. so bad!

4. Things I would do if I were a millionaire? I’d have a kick ass all season cottage! Oh yeah!!!

5. Places I have lived? Hanmer, Ontario ; Sudbury, Ontario; North Bay, Ontario; Ottawa, Ontario; Richmond, Virginia,USA; Dresden, Germany and now Kanata, Ontario

Now it’s my turn to tag 5 other people to play along. How about to the first 5 people who comment get tagged!

WINNER OF THE TCET TREASURE HUNT!

smcmartin — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:47:07 +0000

We have a winner!!! We had a great turn out for the Team Canada Etsy Team treasure hunt! Thanks to all who participated and played along!

The winner is IDYLL HANDS! She has a cute little etsy shop that you should check out!

Nature Autumn Designs

smcmartin — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:34:34 +0000

Check out this wonderful jewelry artist from Singapore! I came across Nature Autumns designs when the Etsy Greetings Team joined up with the Jewelry Etsy Team for a joint promotion program. Nature Autumns is my business buddy and I couldn’t be happier! She has some really cute items and these cute little buttons are my favourite!

These little owl earrings are irrisistably cute as well!

Check out Nature Autumns Etsy shop and let me know what your favourites are. In fact I’m going to do a random name draw from the comments and send a little S U R P R I S E !!

Also right now, purchase anything from her shop, convo me with the link, and receive a 2 free single cards from my shop with purchase!

CANADA SALE AND PROMO!!!

smcmartin — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:09:23 +0000

It’s almost Canada day, and this year it’s even more special for us because we’re finally back home in Canada after 7 years of being away!!!!!!! To celebrate I am having a 20% off SALE on all my Birthday Party packages and Stationery Sets!!!!!!

Also check out the great promo from our TRANS CANADA ETSY TEAM!

Canada is celebrating and we’re having a party!!
Join us in our team wide Treasure Hunt!
Below are the list of questions and the participating shops. Search the shops and answer at least 10 of the questions to be entered into a random draw to win our Team Canada Goodie Bag!
Check out our Team Shop for an example of the goodie bag!
www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=12649556

Once you have the questions answered please convo them to me!

Our team wide Promo will end on MONDAY JULY 7th!!!!!

Happy hunting and Happy Canada Day!!

Questions:

#1
Which Saskatchewan jewelry artist has over 350 sales?

#2
Which Winnipeg artis lives in a small rural community with her husband, 2 kids, cats and a dog?

#3
Who has poppies in her avatar?

#4
Which Ontario Etsian has 3 etsy shops?

#5
Who has a link to a supply shop with the number 28 in the shop name?

#6
Which BC artist grew up in South Africa?

#7
Which Edmonton artist makes dinner napkins?

#8
Who has a thing for Giraffe’s?

#9
Which jewelry artist gives a description on how to determine your ring size?

#10
Which Ontario Etsian is a stay at home Mom to 3 girls?

#11
Which artist has a love of books?

#12
Whose favourite saying is “Black is easy. Colour is hard”?

#13
Which artist is moonlighting as a Tree Nymph?

#14
Which Edmonton artist has a category for sock monkeys?

#15
Whose colourful shop features vintage fabrics and was an Etsy Featured Seller?

#16
Whose store is named after fruit?

#17
Which Eco conscious artist is generating good vibes?

#18
Who is a published knitwear designer and mom to 3 boys?

#19
Which jewelry shop is owned by 2 sisters? One in Canada and the other in Australia?

#20
Whose shop name was inspired by and named for her two daughters?

#21
Whose Etsy banner has hearts on it and a heart in her shop name?

#22
Which jewelry artist creates from refashioned vintage items and has an entirely blue banner?

#23
Who went to College in Nova Scotia but now lives in Vancouver?

PARTICIPATING SHOPS:

www.piggy-tails.etsy.com
www.starryeyedstudios.etsy.com
www.rikrak.etsy.com
www.mieldesigns.etsy.com
www.designedbyrj.etsy.com
www.minouette.etsy.com
www.tanisalexis.etsy.com
www.jenmerrit.etsy.com
www.iheartthatdance.etsy.com
www.Laura Bucci.etsy.com
www.enthral.etsy.com
www.willowcatstudio.etsy.com
www.pearandplum.etsy.com
www.woolthing.etsy.com
www.ocbaby.etsy.com
www.divalovessilver.etsy.com
www.puncezilla.etsy.com
www.needlequeen.etsy.com
www.pinkfiredesigns.etsy.com
www.siiso.etsy.com
www.Myhandboundbooks.etsy.com
www.elanknits.etsy.com
www.inkyspider.etsy.com

Monday Etsy Faves

smcmartin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:14:59 +0000

I would like to give a big shout out to my daughters Emma and Meghan for a great job in their dancing at the recital Friday and Saturday night. We are so very proud! And Meghan a big congratulations for winning an award for Most Improved Competitive 12 and Under Dancer. You worked so hard this year and it was very evident not only to us, but to your teachers and the studio as well. Big hugs girls!!!

In honour of the dancing girls I thought today’s faves would be dedicated to them.

1. Ballerina Dancer and Toe Shoes Vinyl Wall Decals – BadassCustomDecals

2. In Preparation print – The Haunted Hollow Tree

3. Little Ballerina print – Carla Sonheim