tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63373177539358210742024-02-02T17:12:30.887-05:00i diari della principessaadventures of a new mama...new cottage industrial business woman (yay, etsy)...trying to earn the money that she's supposed to be saving, and really loving the craftiness. this is the story behind etsy.principessasweetpea.com and my little company Principessa Sweet Pea.Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-14208580085741069942012-12-30T14:06:00.001-05:002012-12-30T14:10:43.103-05:00Pantone...color of the yearPantone's color of the year: 2013
Pantone has called out Emerald as their color of the year. My favorite is Grayed Jade, followed by Linen and Dusk Blue.
Just in...here are the colors that Pantone has declared "it" for the upcoming spring season, and the color that will be gracing catwalks and fashion and home displays all year. 2013 is the year of EMERALD GREEN....which looks Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-76947344407397357212012-09-20T20:30:00.002-04:002012-09-23T13:18:00.208-04:00a little, quick recipeWe have all been tired and overworked lately. Between open house at school, PD, many Principessa Sweet Pea orders coming in, and chasing after D... Cooking just isn't happening.
But, opening the freezer and grabbing some of Trader Joe's frozen finest is just about perfect. In order to make their frozen corn and tamales perfect we dressed them up with these recipes tonight:
lime butter cornMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-34599702144604114842012-05-24T09:40:00.001-04:002012-05-24T09:40:52.439-04:00baby bees and baby nephewsI am very excited about becoming an aunt for the first time in a couple months. My only sister is having her first baby, another little boy! She decided that his room would be black and yellow with a bumblebee theme. Hearing this, I started stocking up on yellow yarns and bee ideas.
Baby T, of course, got a hat:
and a little stuffed amigurumi bee to cuddle:
...and then, I addMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-85786208482675684832012-05-11T18:14:00.001-04:002012-05-11T18:14:05.632-04:00crocheting with the kiddos....Spring time is MCAS time in Massachusetts. This high stakes test strikes fear in many hearts, and when I get nervous...I crochet. So, as I proctored my students through a test that I am not allowed to look at (except in cases that legally require me to provide support and the state makes me sign a non-disclosure form about) I worked on some amigurumi. The kids took interest in Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-92209355998107005792012-01-04T17:03:00.000-05:002012-01-04T17:03:04.074-05:001 done, 51 to go....On etsy, there is a whole community of crafters who support each other by driving SEO, offering advice and helping encourage our businesses. To prevent the usual "oh no, I haven't made enough stuff" before craft shows and to try to make my own little shop a little stronger, I have joined a team that pushes us to create and list 1 new item a week all year. Doesn't sound too impossible, untilMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-91353495634870032712011-12-31T20:33:00.000-05:002011-12-31T20:33:32.550-05:00new year...new goals...new lookI am quickly becoming very interested in getting my little company up and off the ground. To that end, I am taking the advice of successful etsy sellers and linking my blog to my store to tell the stories behind the items in my shop.
At first, I wasn't sure about this, but then I saw that my last post (about a year ago) was as I was getting started with Principessa Sweet Pea. So it Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-31247561907447317532011-01-23T11:34:00.005-05:002011-01-23T11:57:29.031-05:00cute crochetI have continued to practice my crochet ... um, skills ... and after finishing off a couple baby sweaters for both my bambino and his bestie Kev (his mom and I already decided they will be BFF by geography....they live 10 houses up the street, will be in the same school, on the same bus, and most likely have the same daycare.) They also both had a couple hats made....there were a few pair of Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-4789231760829755902010-12-28T11:53:00.003-05:002010-12-28T12:18:32.781-05:002010 is almost over.......and it has been so long since an update.In that time, we found that the baby we are expecting is a healthy (thank you, God, and everyone who's prayed for us this past year) boy. And my days have been filled with fun stuff like professional development at school, sciatic nerve pain (literally: a pain in the as$) which seems to move side to side, a couple of my usual fall into winter calls forMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-74537442559573542742010-10-24T13:18:00.002-04:002010-10-24T13:25:46.405-04:00summer into fallWhen I last wrote, I was anxiously looking forward to a new school year in a new role at a new school.I kept wanting to write how fantastic it is, but wanted to wait for "the other shoe to drop". I historically end up in pretty miserable work situations...the kind that make me want to never see another Monday as long as I live, send me to doctors for stress-related illness, and cause many, many Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-40180310574219482342010-08-18T18:58:00.003-04:002010-08-18T19:13:10.542-04:00changesChange is a good thing. Change can make you feel better. hopeful. excited.Change is a scary thing. Change can make you feel frightened. anxious. worried. This is what the beginning of a new school year is about: new clothes, new haircuts, new teachers, maybe new buildings. And, this is the same for teachers as children. This year, I will be a new teacher again. I am teaching in a new Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-35909061913808264872010-07-13T18:26:00.009-04:002010-08-04T12:56:42.351-04:00cape cod geography...I wish that I was still on vacation. I spent hours on the beaches of the cape. I also discussed the beaches a lot recently, and realize that they have been named with the mission to confuse the hell out of us on the mainland. Let alone those poor foreign visitors, like the busload full of elderly Russian female tourists who were dumped at Marconi at 5:30 on a rainy Saturday afternoon.I think IMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-38557439649818613052010-07-02T12:57:00.004-04:002010-07-13T18:52:48.281-04:00twilight weddingsIf you know me well, you know there is little in life that I enjoy discussing more than a wedding. You also know that I am obsessed like a 14 year old girl with everything and anything Twilight Saga. Yesterday I got to see Eclipse (so good) on the IMAX (so BIG!) at Providence Place Mall.Before discussing the actual movie, let me quickly recap what the IMAX theater experience was like. It was Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-69670765565734435712010-06-26T18:38:00.001-04:002010-06-26T18:39:49.338-04:00vicarious shopping....budget painsMacys Fashion Director: "I love this outfit - check it out!"well, its not that I exactly love it, its that I love the idea of a $1000 Macy's gift card, so I could for-real shop. And, actually, given the items to work with, I think I did a pretty decent job on the above. The itty-bitty, teeny-weeny, yellow polka dot bikini is great for its iconic status (and being bandeau for the most part. I am Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-58016314481912497392010-06-22T15:27:00.003-04:002010-06-22T15:56:03.036-04:00fear of needles - conquered.This past year gave me excessive opportunities to face my fear of needles: root canal, amniocentisis, countless blood draws, a third ear piercing set, and the long awaited tattoo...well, tattoos...no, singular tattoo.Just about a year ago, I decided to go for it. Not sure what caused me to think I would do it, but thanking D for forcing me to go through with it. She all but dragged me into Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-82913395846080553132010-06-21T18:20:00.002-04:002010-06-21T18:29:57.797-04:00summer 2010I have not bothered with this blog for a long time. Actually, that is not entirely true at all.I have not posted on this blog for a long time.When last I actually posted one of the many rambles that I have typed, I was very excitedly looking forward to my first child's arrival. I was a happy pregnant lady.Those of you who actually know me (which may be 3 of the maybe 4 people who've ever read Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-80693964721332392242009-11-08T13:47:00.002-05:002009-11-08T14:35:12.076-05:00being pregnant and being a foodieI have a fairly decent excuse for not updating this blog in goodness knows how long. In late August we found out that our family of 2 (plus puggle) will soon be a family of 3 (plus puggle). For various reasons, this just became public (that is, Facebook) knowledge, though the new grandparents to be certainly helped share the information for us as well as a status update could ever do.There are Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-86461439798780563292009-07-20T14:07:00.003-04:002009-07-20T15:07:39.220-04:00time for a little shopping, and dining.I am absolutely using this space to make myself feel like I have my dream job from time to time. That dream job, friends, is a travel writer. It involves no children, no text books, no lesson plans, no early wake-ups (except for flights and excursions) and plenty of time on the beach and at the dinner table. Nevermind, the shopping! If only such a position as traveling critic/mystery shopper Mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-27981954211411367982009-07-13T13:11:00.003-04:002009-07-13T13:53:18.773-04:00when did you grow up?It was a couple weeks ago that I was flipping through a copy of "Real Simple" magazine and saw an essay contest asking would be authors to write about the moment they realized they were really, true, honest-to-god adults. Since that moment, the thought has popped into my head several times, interrupting my best efforts to remain forever trapped in college mode.And my efforts to not grow up haveMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6337317753935821074.post-1017049195780481212009-07-08T17:16:00.004-04:002009-07-08T17:40:44.386-04:00Once upon a time...there lived a tired teacher in a little, tiny town that she thought was too far away from anything really worth seeing. Like a mall with more than 10 stores. Or the beach. So on her first summer of not doing anything, she started talking to her dog. Talking to her dog too much for her own peace of mind. Hence, i diari della principessa.At least now I can honestly say "I am not wasting time onMariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15601753944212406679noreply@blogger.com0