bake it pretty

at 3 a.m. on one clear autumn night, when i finally finished putting the finishing touches on my “baking bookcase”,  i felt very accomplished and only a little insane…

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ode to the ever mysterious (and tasty) bat girl

my dark chocolate bat girl cupcakes with blackberry filling and buttercream frosting, 10.31.09

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black no. 1.99

this weekend i found this ceramic apothecary jar for $1.99 at the salvation army. it is unmarked so i have no idea how old it may be (possibly, not very) but still perhaps one of my favorite $1.99 ever spent. pix carbonis (also called coal tar) is a brown or black liquid of high viscosity [...]

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hair and bone and little teeth

adventures in jewelry making…

necklace with old key, chandelier crystal, and badger toe bone (bone from necromance)

necklace made with 19th century “gem” tintype photograph (thank you samantha!)

(not real) tooth brooch

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saturday (somewhere between cupcake fest and dee j’s western corral) i picked up this neckace at a local shop. i bought a ring once from this etsy seller was surpsied that she lived locally. i love so many of her things!  see more of  schmutzerland’s amazingness here!
from dreammeaning.org:
“adornments like octopus medallions were worn by sailors to ward [...]

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rebecca and andy

yesterday afternoon, i took engagement photos for my recently engaged friends, rebecca and andy. they are one of my most favorite couples and belong together, hands down. i’m pretty happy with how the photographs came out. there is a definite “johnny and june” feel to them and i am very obsessed with that vintage world’s [...]

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tino waking up.

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cemetery polka (dots)

vintage dress bought at a stoop sale last saturday. $3.  happiness.

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death by chocolate and absinthe cupcakes

in the baking aisle, beneath the fluorescent grocery store lighting and between robust cans of cherry pie filling and birthday candles, i somehow thought up this recipe . “death by chocolate and absinthe” cupcakes are dark chocolate chunk cupcakes drizzled with absinthe green anise-flavored icing and sugar crystals. sam and i enjoyed eating these this afternoon [...]

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ex libris or “from the books”

a cold and rainy sunday night spent at barnes and noble produced the following discoveries and purchases…
a very edith piaf-inspired photo shoot in the current issue of zink magazine. swoon. and another surprise, much of the clothing was supplied by jersey city’s another man’s treasure.

this awesome illustration of coney island folk, found in abandoned cars by tim lane.
(click for fancy very high-res image)
i [...]

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