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October 14, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

Black Cat Halloween Wreath

Filed Under: Make Tagged With: Cats, Crafts, Halloween, Holidays

Scary story for all of you: I spent half of October with zero fall decorations. OK, that’s not so scary, but the best season of the year deserves more than the everyday.

Halloween Cat Wreath Craft

That’s why I decided that it was high time I whip up something for Halloween. And not just anything – a cat something, a sparkly cat something. That’s when I got the idea for this purrfect (sorry) wreath. Let’s get started.

Here’s what you’ll need:

Halloween wreath supplies

  • Styrofoam wreath – this one is 12″
  • Halloween garland – I found mine at Target
  • Foam-core board
  • Black paint
  • Black glitter
  • Orange cardstock
  • T-pins
  • Modge Podge
  • X-acto knife
  • Craft glue
  • Fishing line or very thin wire

To start, trace your wreath onto the foam-core board. You’ll use this as the template to draw your cat face. When you draw the face, try to keep it – with the exception of the ears – within this circle.

Halloween cat template

When you’re satisfied with the proportions of this kitty’s features, you’ll begin cutting out the nose, eyes and all the rest out of your cardstock.

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October 8, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

Lazy Saturday: Menomonee River Parkway

Filed Under: Adventure, Lazy Saturday Tagged With: Biking, Fall, MKE

I’m not a very good biker. I’m also not a very prepared blogger. Saturday I woke up early to bike to my local farmers market knowing perfectly well that the parkway was gorgeous this time of year, but I neglected to bring my camera. So humor me and my iPhone snaps.

Menomonee River ParkwayFor me, there’s no beating the Menomonee River Parkway for a lazy Saturday bike ride: it takes me exactly where I want to go and it looks great doing it. You’ve got almost five miles of pristine bike paths, the beautiful scenery of Hart Park, and the river weaving through the whole thing. And to make it better, you’ve got awesome architectural details like this drawbridge (not an actual drawbridge) that lead to the Hoyt Park beer garden.

Menomonee River

And for good measure, here’s one of my trusty Townie bike. I’ve never been big into biking (or any exercise for that matter), but this baby makes taking a ride oh so easy, meaning: it’s beautiful and, most importantly, it’s comfortable. Let me tell you that totally sold me.

Townie bikeThis is my favorite, but I could be swayed. What are you favorite Milwaukee trails?

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October 4, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

Milwaukee Film Festival: “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry”

Filed Under: Adventure Tagged With: Feminist Rants, MKE

It’s Milwaukee Film Festival season, you guys and gals! That’s right – the best two weeks of the year are upon us.

Milwaukee Film Fest

This is my fourth year I’ve attended, and it seriously keeps getting better and better. Last year I hit up a record (for me) three films in a day, and I thought I had the peak with Band of Sisters – a documentary about American nuns working for change and social justice – and Signpainters.

But this year, oh this year, I found a new favorite. A favorite for all time I’m sure: She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry. This documentary about the feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s was stellar. Beyond stellar. This film was packed with incredible photography and film footage from the era accompanied by interviews with a handful of important activists. Their stories and their opinions on feminism brought me to tears.

She's Beautiful When She's AngryWhat was even more incredible was that after the film, the director and two of the activists featured, Fran Beal and Mary Jean Collins, answered a few questions after the screening, and they were amazing! They were such a strong reminder that everyday people can have a huge impact on society – granted Beal and Collins said that no victory is permanent, which is why it’s imperative that women continue to fight for equal pay, access to birth control, the right to choose, and more.

I can’t do these women’s stories justice, which is why I recommend you watch the trailer here. And keep a lookout! She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry will be hitting theaters in New York and Los Angeles in December and hopefully more theaters nationwide after that.

Five stars!
Audience members are encouraged to rate the film after the screening. I’d give this a ten, but the scale only goes to five. Bummer.

Did anyone else have a chance to check the festival out? What were your favorites?

 

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September 27, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

Lazy Saturday: Dane County Farmers’ Market

Filed Under: Adventure, Lazy Saturday Tagged With: Farmers Market, Lazy Saturday, Madison

It took me all spring, summer and the first few days of fall, but I finally did it, you guys: I made it to the Dane County Farmers’ Market in Madison.

Market sunflowers

While I was in college, there was hardly a Saturday between April and November that I missed the market. Most mornings I’d wake up, ready or not, with one thing on my mind: cookies. So I’d be off getting a giant M&M cookie and back before my friends had even lurched from their beds.

Today my singleminded search has shifted to Stella’s blueberry scones and Summer Kitchen’s jams. This place has hands down the best jam I’ve ever had. If you’re new to the stand, I’m going to throw out that the Hedgerow (strawberry, blackberry, blueberry, and raspberry) is the best. Along with all the other varieties.

Summer Kitchen's jam

After a lap around the square and a short walk up State Street, I came home with this little haul: two new jams, some baby bellas from Palm’s Mushroom Cellar, mini sweet peppers, and a few Cortland apples. I admittedly also had two scones, some apple cider, and a few pieces of candy, but that’s all gone now – can you blame me?

Farmers Market Haul
My haul. Forgive the wrinkled tablecloth.

If you lucky Wisconsinites haven’t been yet this year, you have until November 8th!

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September 26, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

Stone Creek Factory

Filed Under: Adventure Tagged With: MKE

Is walking six blocks from your work considered an adventure? No, but I’ll file this in the adventure category because I was out and about.

Now I don’t normally take coffee shop pictures (not even a #nofilter Instagram of my cold brew because OMG I love it) but this was a very informal photo shoot for work. And by that I mean I was charged with blogging about National Coffee Day and I took that as permission to chill out at the Stone Creek Coffee factory while occasionally snapping pictures, and in this case being extremely conspicuous and standing on a bench to get an aerial shot because eye level wasn’t enough.

Stone Creek Coffee

Anyways, thank you, Stone Creek baristas, for not glaring at me too much and for not rolling your eyes when my friends and I asked for mugs so they’d look better in photos. You’re awesome. Also, if you’re in the area and have an afternoon to kill, I recommend kicking your feet up by the fire here. It’s pretty damn cozy.

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September 24, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

A Little Background

Filed Under: Cabin

Do you need context for a blog? No, but like my opinions on why Pete Campbell is the best Mad Men character, I’m going to give it to you anyway.

I just purchased my first home. It belonged to my amazing great-aunt who was swank, sassy and not fond of home improvements. This means that the slick 1960s ranch is as amazingly rustic and borderline tacky as the day she bought it. To give you an idea, wood paneling covers a solid 50% of the walls, there’s green shag as far as the eye can see, and there are some strange (but amazing) trademark features like forest wallpaper and a cone fireplace surrounded by a rock garden. So I’m here in this home now with my cranky cat, trying to make it mine while preserving the parts of this home that make it a family landmark.

Mary
See? Look how swanky this lady was.

What I’m saying that this is the perfect place for some very specific decorating posts (“How to Best Display Your Giant Tom Jones Poster” or “How Many Accordion Doors is Too Many?). I also anticipate it being a spot to share some of my crafting endeavors, cats cats cats, and some good ol’ Wisconsin charm.

And I’ll spare you my thoughts on Pete Campbell… for now.

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September 23, 2014 by Lisa Leave a Comment

Hello?

Filed Under: Life

Well, here I am world. Stepping into the world of personal/lifestyle/DIY/cat lady blogging unsteady as a baby fawn, but I’m here and that’s what counts. I’ve been daydreaming of blogging for a while now but really needed the kick in the pants of buying a house to make it a reality.

So here I am: in a cabin in the city.

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