Learning how to ride a bike/Poleroid Pictures/HUGE CARROTS and cookies

Hi Everyone!
    Here's a little life update. I've been busy lately: opened up two online shops, my mom visited me, my webcomic, art collaboration projects and I still have to clean the house and make dinner every night! haha. And if you're wondering, I'm still going to do fashion posts. 
    As the title says, it's true, I never learned how to ride a bike; until last week. As a child I had a traumatizing accident that included a very steep hill and an iron gate. I'm sure you are all aware about the laws of gravity. So ever since then I dreaded bicycles and thought I'd never learn to ride one. However, my husband was determined to teach me; I learned in less than two hours. Now I love my bicycle and I've even customized it with cute stickers.

Bicycle stickers

    I have this really cute mini Polaroid camera that I got in April, for my birthday, and I've been trying to take it with me everywhere. I finally took enough pics with it to make a photo "clothing-line" display. I set it up in our stairway, and now I'm really distracted when I go up and down the stairs.

My photo "clothing-line" and some favorite pics.

    

    Going to the Asian Market is one of my favorite activities. Nothing beats the produce section, especially the ginormous carrots! It's like buying two-three carrots in one. Cheap and delicious. I always buy some no matter what. I don't know why these carrots are so big. Maybe it's a different variety? If you know why please tell me. 

Huge carrots!

 

    I have lots of old cookbooks that I pick up from thrift stores. The older the better because they usually have really funky food. Recently I've been wanting to make more desserts from scratch instead of buying a box mix. So I picked out a recipe for chocolate chip cookies and they are seriously so yummy! It's a soft, cake-like cookie rather than a crunchy one. Maybe I'll make a separate post for the recipe.

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Cartoons of the Month/ June-July

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    I completely forgot that I was doing these posts about cartoons haha. Good thing I remembered, and I'm not embarrassed by the whole thing yet, here is my list for June through July! This time around I'm just going to put descriptions of why I like the show. This is sorta like a cartoon time capsule, huh?
    Last time I had quiet a few shows on my list but that was back in winter. I could hardly do anything except stay warm and keep from getting cabin fever. As a result of warmer weather, now my T.V. time has diminished drastically. And I'm very grateful. 

 1. Chi's Sweet Home

I love cats; I always have. This anime is simple and sweet and just so adorable. I love Chi and his cute, stupid little cat problems. The episodes are short, sometimes under 3mins, so I can watch a couple with out wasting valuable time. 

2. Samurai Jam Bakamatsu Rock

Traditional Japanese time setting but with rock&roll and some modern technology mixed in. Also, there is a pop idol duo who are the bad guys. And the main character loves to eat margarita pizza. Have I said enough to peak your interest? This is a crazy mishmash of a show but it's really cool. It's like Samurai Champloo but instead of hip-hop it's rock music.

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Artist Trading Cards

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    For two weeks, in my spare time, I was drawing up some cards for a fun little project on Tumblr called Artist Trading Cards. I pretty much just doodled what ever came to mind. it was really fun to do and I'll definitely be participating again in the future. All of my cards are traditional hand drawn on card stock paper and colored with Copic markers and color pencils; plus washi tape for added decoration. 

    If you're interest in participating, here's the link to the page with info about the project.

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Art Festival / Sunday Funday

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    Today I woke up to the sound of food trucks parking outside my front door! Not only is it Father's Day but it's also the Beekman Street Art Fair! As an artist myself, I was super excited. If you don't know, Beekman Street is Saratoga Springs art district. Vendors of different crafts came out to show and sell their creations. My husband had to work today, sadly, so it was just myself. But he did eat at the food trucks with me before he had to take off; I got him some more treats and put them in the fridge for later.
    I took some pictures and got to talk with many different artists. All artists shown are credited. 

Let's Start with the food! 

My neighbor Ralph owns this cute little vintage truck. That's his son in the truck.

    Grasso's Italian Ices has been around since the 1930's and was started by my neighbor's father Ralph Sr. The Ices served on the truck today is still the same recipe and it's served from the same little truck. It kinda takes you back in time. Today the truck is operated by Ralph Jr's son, Ralph 3rd, and his granddaughter Sophia. I got a lemon and a strawberry ice.

Original American burger slider

Chicken onion buffalo ranch slider

    I'm a sucker for a good burger and little burger sliders make me hungry just thinking about it. I don't eat cheese but today I lived a little; special occasions call for indulgence. Both of these burgers were ordered from the Slidin' Dirty food truck(link). We enjoyed these with smoothies.

Sticky Bun

     I had to get a toasted, sweet sticky bun from Eat Good Food; a new food truck that just recently started. It came with some extra butter on the side and walnuts on top.

Cronut and a classic cannoli 

    I've never heard of a Cronut until today. What it is, is a croissant and a donut in one; A donut shaped croissant. I got mine with raspberry jam and it was so delicious! Almost like a jelly donut. It has a little bit of saltiness from the croissant dough. 

Knitting Nellie. Plush toys.

   I saw this booth and immediately had to get one of these plush toys! Just look at them. They are super adorable and they are all unique; no two are the same. There are turtles, elephants, both lady and gentlemen gnomes, and owls. I took a long time to decide. It was between either the turtle or elephant. I choose an elephant. I really wish I could have bought another one. Maybe next time. Thanks again Knitting Nellie! I hope you see this post. If you want a cute plush of your own, here's a link to her Etsy Shop.

My sweet little elephant plush

    I also bought 3 of these really delicate wooden ornaments. One is for myself and the other two are gifts. These were made by Barbara Boughton, she doesn't have a website but has an email.

This beautiful handmade wooden snowflake/star 

This is how close I was to the food trucks! That's my front door!

    If I had anything to sell I could have set up shop on my front porch. 

    That was my Sunday Funday. I had a really great time and it was fun getting out of the house for a few hours. Seeing all the crafts inspired me and hopefully one day I'll sell some of my own creations at a fair. But for now I'm gonna snag some food from the trucks before they're gone!

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