After seeing the pattern weights that Martha of Buried Diamond makes and uses, I haven’t been able to shake the idea of making some of my own. Hers are so colorful and gorgeous, and just looking at the photos I can tell that they’re objects of love and joy (does that sound cheesy?). They just…
Author: szmoon
computer wizard at work
This is the first adult cross stitch kit I’ve ever done, and also the last adult cross stitch kit I’ll ever do. I got this kit in February 2016, and probably started it not too long after that. And I only just completed it a couple weeks ago (so it took just about 8 years)….
lunar new year dinner
Here’s our Lunar New Year feast from last night (and probably for the rest of the week – not everything is pictured because it didn’t all fit on the serving dishes 😂)! 🥟🍊🧧 I’m sad we weren’t able to celebrate with friends or family again this year, but hoping it will be safe again soon….
lunar new year qipao
I bought this qipao when we went to LA’s Chinatown over the summer, and after I got these sparkly hair buns for christmas, I knew I had the perfect outfit for Lunar New Year. Cats enjoyed the photoshoot, as always. 🐯💖✨ (I took these photos over the weekend because I knew I’d be spending most…
lasercut bookends
For christmas I got Mike a bookshelf to go by his desk, and it soon became clear that he needed bookends to go with it. So for his birthday this month I made him some matching ones out of wood. I ordered some plain, sturdy metal bookends with the plan to lasercut a panel to…
mahjong nullbits scramble board
Super excited to show off my first ever keyboard case!🎉I’ve been really intimidated by the idea of building a custom case, so I’m glad I found this open source scramble-case by dayofdoom to help me get familiar with the layers and hardware involved. Many thanks to Hugh for recommending the nullbits scramble as a great…
chocolate banana marshmallows
For christmas Mike got me a bunch of different fruit powders from Chef Rubber so that I could experiment with natural flavors and colors in my baking. 🙂 They accidentally sent an extra large container of the banana, so that’s the first I chose to play with haha. I’ve been wanting to make marshmallows again…
marlin hangers
Marlin tends to get very awake at night after sleeping all day long. A few years ago we figured out that if we put a shirt on him at night, he’s less antsy, and since then we’ve built up a small collection of (mostly handmade) Marlin-sized shirts. 😂 I’ve included the file below if anyone…
fairy wings and palm springs
This weekend we visited Palm Springs for the first time, so I took the opportunity to use the hotel room as a photo background – we stayed at Azure Palm Hot Springs and they had the biggest bath tub I’ve ever seen. I was so excited to try out my floating butterfly wings by Stonehart,…
sailorhg while(fruit) show
Yesterday I went to my first art show in a really long time. It was Amy of sailorhg‘s first solo art show, titled while(fruit) and hosted at Capsule Corner! I really loved the sentiment behind making computers personal again, and the pun of the “fruit loop” videos playing on each computer was amazing haha. All…









