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Month: July 2014

Posted on July 26, 2014December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 7 Comments

TWiP: Whoosh!

This Week in Pictures, Week 30, 2014

Thank goodness I take pictures everyday so I have some proof that there was more to my life than nerding out on the laptop next to an open window for the last seven days.

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Category: this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365
Posted on July 25, 2014July 25, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Weekend Favorites

Some weeks you just don’t spend enough time online to have links to share. But there are always vintagey beach photos to enjoy!

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Category: weekend favorites
Tag: flickr favorites
Posted on July 23, 2014July 23, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 13 Comments

Book Review: Shooting With Soul

I love this book. Click through and I’ll tell you why!

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Categories: photography, reviews
Tags: alessandra cave, shooting with soul
Posted on July 21, 2014November 18, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Wineberry Crisp 2.0, now healthified

This recipe is vegan, gluten-free, wheat-free, dairy-free, low-sodium, and (even after all of that) really quite good. You can use raspberries if you can’t get wineberries.

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Categories: food, health beauty and fashion, recipes
Tags: dairy free, gluten free, heart attack, vegan, wheat free, wineberries
Posted on July 19, 2014December 27, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Definitely July

This Week in Pictures, Week 29, 2014

We’ve been enjoying a quintessential summer week. From our annual trip to the Boston area, to fresh-picked berries at home, and visits with family, it’s definitely July!

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Categories: excursions, family, this week in pictures
Tags: burlington ma, instagram, project 365
Posted on July 18, 2014July 17, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

Weekend Favorites

Does anybody really know what time it is?

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Category: weekend favorites
Tags: favorite links, flickr favorites
Posted on July 16, 2014July 13, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 5 Comments

It’s Wineberry Season!

Wineberries grow wild in my yard, and maybe yours too, if you’re in eastern North America. It’s picking time, and I’ve got photos and a mini-roundup of recipes and information to share.

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Categories: being green, food
Tags: berries, eat local, wineberries
Posted on July 15, 2014July 8, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — 4 Comments

Book Review: It Girl Crochet

It Girl Crochet contains patterns for 23 accessories that hearken back to 20th-century fashion eras. Take a peek inside the book and see what I thought of it.

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Categories: crochet, reviews
Tags: it girl crochet, sharon zientara
Posted on July 14, 2014July 8, 2014 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

Morning Coffee with Blair Stocker

In this installment of Morning Coffee, we chat with Blair Stocker about her blog, Wise Craft. It’ll be fun. You should join us.

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Category: blogging
Tags: blair stocker, interview, morning coffee, wise craft
Posted on July 12, 2014July 21, 2018 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Driving and Swimming

This Week in Pictures, Week 28, 2014

I am pretty sure that this week has consisted almost entirely of eating, sleeping, driving, and swimming. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

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Categories: blogging, this week in pictures
Tags: instagram, project 365

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It's been a nice low key birthday 😊. I started It's been a nice low key birthday 😊. I started by liberating a few peonies from the plant, then I took myself out to a new-to-me coffee shop for a light roast and a scone. Later, Aidan and I tried yet another new coffee shop (iced latte this time). We ordered take out for dinner 😋 and played some games. And I've come to the decision that my car needs an epic scrappy granny square blanket, so I got started on that 😁#peonies #peonyseason #polkadotcottage #polkadotcottageblankets #pdchighlanderblanket #crochet #crochetblanket #grannysquares
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?
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