the BEST coffee in the world!

I am so impressed with myself at this second that it's pretty unbelievable...well maybe not, since I am VERY impressive.  However, this coffee is SO good.  I would drink the entire jar if I didn't have plans to put on sweats, crawl into bed, and finish reading a book about Autism. Anywho... this is what you need:
2/3 cup coffee ground for french press (aka, coarse)
1 Tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp  cinnamon (I can't help but think of Sleeping Beauty when I write that... one "tisp")
3 cups cold water
A jar
a French Press
(I still have no idea why my camera likes to do this awesome two-tone thing)

So, measure out all of your ingredients, throw them into a mason jar, and shove it into your fridge.  Go out to a wine bar with your friend, wake up in the morning and watch the Packers win. Then, come home and think to yourself...I was going to write a blog about something, but the tall cans of PBR are making my memory foggy.  Go to sleep, then come home from work on Monday and say out loud to yourself in in your studio "oh yeah you idiot, that coffee is still in the fridge."

Take the coffee out of the fridge and dump it into your french press.  Inhale as you do this because it smells delicious!

Rinse out the jar, and pour the coffee back in (after pouring a glass for yourself).  Store it in the fridge.
You can add a little cream if you want, but honest, it doesn't need it!
...YOU'RE WELCOME!

Banner Birthday Card!

Oh man, oh man. I’ve spent my week laminating PCS (pronounced pecks, Picture Communication Symbols…more on these later) and using boardmaker to “craft”. Entertaining, but not enough for me. And, btw….I am now the proud owner of a laminator, I’ll let you look at it. Anyway, I woke up Saturday morning feeling grumpy because it was cloudy, and tired because I’ve been drained of my life force this last week. So, I decided to start my day with crafting! I have been a little obsessed with banners lately, so I decided to make a birthday card using the same concept…only cooler. (Please note that I have already used ellipses 3 times.) So here we go: Banner Birthday Card Tutorial!
You’re gonna need:
Cardstock
Construction paper
A sharpie
String (I used darning yarn)
Scissors
Glue Stick
First, put on your favorite Pandora station. Today I picked The Rolling Stones. Now, get out your “antique” tv dinner tray to craft on.
Take your construction paper and fold it in half. For this I used 3 inch square pieces of construction paper. Draw a little triangle on them with the base of the triangle on your fold. Cut them out!

Aren’t they cute??

Write “Happy Birthday” in sharpie….Can you spot my mistake yet?

Now, take your string and your Elmer’s Glue stick (that you already own from making your “So Fast, So Furious recycle strip card”. Glue the triangle together and sandwich the string in the middle.

Once you have “Happy” and “Birthday” on two different strings tape them into place. Do you see the mistake?

Take a sharpie and note how awesome your gold nail polish is as you poke a hole in the card stock.

Tie the string in a small knot. Repeat 3 times (duh). And now, I will reveal the mistake, I mixed up the “y”. whoops. The pattern is RUINED. Now, look how crafty you are!

But wait! Are you now obsessed with banners too? They are damn cute. So, take some shit from around your house and make more. I took a map and cut it up, then used ric rack and super glue to make a banner for underneath my Saucer Picture Frames!

Also, I never thought I would say anything like this, but I love the new Blogger interface.