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Home / 2014 / January

Month: January 2014

Posted on January 31, 2014January 30, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Is it spring yet? Get used to this question. I intend to ask it for the next two months at least. P.S. There be links and photos here.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 28, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

Good mail day

Guess who is in the latest issue of Artful Blogging 🙂

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Category: blogging
Tags: artful blogging, magazines
Posted on January 27, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 8 Comments

Let’s talk about meat substitutes

What’s your favorite meatless hot dog alternative?

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Categories: food, health beauty and fashion
Tags: hot dogs, meat substitutes, vegetarian
Posted on January 26, 2014January 26, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

Picture this

This weekend I busted my laptop and did a lot of knitting. Here’s a little update on both.

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Categories: knitting, photography
Posted on January 24, 2014January 24, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 6 Comments

Weekend Favorites

Some weeks, the only things you manage to accomplish (other than dishes, laundry, and keeping everyone alive) are the collecting of links and pretty pictures. This was one of those weeks, and these are those links and pictures.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 20, 2014January 20, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 12 Comments

Let’s knit a cardigan!

Would you like to knit your own cardigan? Need a little hand-holding? Join me over the next month or two, and we’ll work on knitting my Everyday Cardigan pattern together!

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Category: knitting
Tags: cardigans, everyday cardigan, knit along, sweaters
Posted on January 17, 2014January 16, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Weekend Favorites

More winter imagery in this week’s favorites, a bunch of crafty links, and a little chat about changing plans.

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on January 15, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

The first half of January, and following me on Facebook

Want to see my 365 photos for the first half of January? Also, want to know why you never see Polka Dot Cottage posts in your Facebook feed (and how to solve the problem)? Read on!

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Category: photography
Tag: facebook
Posted on January 13, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Beach planets

I turned last year’s vacation photos into my own personal funky beach planets. Check them out!

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Category: photography
Tags: beautiful jersey, photoshop
Posted on January 10, 2014January 9, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

This week, the news was all about the weather. Winter links and cozy images abound.

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Today's Good Things:- Peonies beginning to pop! Today's Good Things:- Peonies beginning to pop! 💗
- A lovely morning spent remembering my dear friend
- My favorite me-made quilt back on the bed#peonies #peonyseason #pdcskinnerblendquilt
Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an Our 15th long weekend in Ocean City has come to an end. As usual, Neil and I easily could have talked ourselves into staying for the rest of the week. One of these years, we are going to have to do it. Maybe 16th time will be the charm 😁. Today was the first non-foggy morning we had. I could even see my shadow on my morning walk! We played some games at @jillysocnj Arcade (as has become our last day tradition), and I stopped in at @mancoandmanco for a slice of pizza before we hit the road. Wow, was it ever delicious! Why did it take me so long to stop in there? 🍕We're home now, and it's back to work tomorrow. *Sigh*#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #jerseyshore
Our last full day here started off even foggier th Our last full day here started off even foggier than the previous two, if you can believe it. But then the sun pushed through, and I rented a bike from @bobsgrilloceancity and broke my own mileage record (it was awesome and I am pooped). I finished a pack of instant film and added to my collection of sub par snapshots 😜. There were falcons on the boardwalk again this year, sitting nicely still for pictures when they weren't working to deter seagull aggression. And I had a delicious ice cream sandwich (coffee ice cream between two peanut butter cookies) - it was huge and a bit much for me to finish (though I did 🙊). Maybe @famouscookiecreamery will consider selling half sandwiches sometime, lol.P.S. pictures of me by @clarkesworld 📷#iloveocnj #oceancitynj #oceancityboardwalk #jerseyshore #lisadoesinstant
So much walking today. I've broken a personal reco So much walking today. I've broken a personal record for number of steps, which is really impressive when you consider it rained all afternoon and I spent a few hours inside reading back issues of #taprootmagazine and watching #annikapbs 😁. My day has been bookended by trips down the boardwalk: alone in the morning for coffee @oceancitycoffee and with Neil in the evening for soft serve @kohrbrosocnj ☕🍦💗#iloveocnj #ocnj #oceancitynj #ocnjboardwalk #jerseyshore #oceancitycoffeecompany #kohrsbros
It's been foggy here all day long. This is the liv It's been foggy here all day long. This is the living room of the condo where we are staying. It's a nice little place, with more space than hotel room the four of us usually share when we're here 😁The next two pictures are from this morning on my walk to get coffee, and the rest are from a walk tonight with Neil. So much fog! 🌫️
We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008 We've stayed at the same hotel in #ocnj since 2008, but this year there is just this empty space where the hotel used to be.@oceanfrontmotel #oceanfrontmotelnj #oceancitynj
I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I I usually start the day on my laptop, but today I feel like going analog 🙂Edited to add: I forgot #memademay starts today, but I am coincidentally wearing my #pdcfancypants PJ bottoms, which I sewed two years ago in some lovely @theshopcabin fabric I picked up from @hawthornesupplyco 💗#morningcoffee #noromagazine #memademay2022
Wanna see something cool?These little polymer cl Wanna see something cool?These little polymer clay doodads are NFC-enabled. Each of them can be programmed to do a specific task when held up to an unlocked phone. They can do stuff like this:- open a website address
- open an app
- sign you into a wifi networkI have one on my keychain that is programmed to open Polka Dot Cottage, so if somebody asks me where they can buy one of those colorful rings I'm wearing, I can tap the polymer tile to their unlocked phone and it will open lisaclarke.net in their browser.I have one in the car that I use to quickly open Spotify on my phone.I have one in the family room that friends and family can use to connect to my wifi network without typing in the long password.I'm still exploring this technology, as well as playing with ways to encase it in polymer and make it pretty. These prototypes make me happy. Even the pink one where the tip of the teardrop broke off. I just sanded it down and drilled a new hole. Weird shape, but good as new.I'm thinking about making tiles like these available in my shop. What do you think? Can you see yourself using a custom polymer clay bauble that lets you easily share your website to a friend's phone? Or share your Instagram profile with that kindred spirit who noticed you snapping photos in the park? So many possibilities!What would you like to be able to do with a tap?
Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that Tfw three minor/routine health/medical things that by themselves are nbd, converge in a single week, making you spend more lazy days feeling meh and watching TV than you really want, but then the week is over, and everything is back to normal, and you take a shower and go outside and spring has sprung spectacularly 💗💚💗
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