ย There are awesome things going on in my kitchen. ย Awesome things like… the oven is off. ย Awesome things like… the dishes are clean. ย Awesome things like… the cat’s new haircut means that there’s generally less cat hair everywhere. ย Ps. ย The cat learned this over the shoulder pose from the Olsen twins. ย Demure.
Since all I’m eating is popsicles and fried rice, let’s talk about inspiration. ย Have you seen the Internet? ย It’s all over!
The Everygirlย is a new site by two excellent Chicago-living ladies, Danielle Moss and Alaina Kaczmarski.ย ย Everygirl is a really nice place to land. ย They have career features and interviews with women trying their best to live their dreams (Check out this feature with the Blogshop ladies). ย Everygirl also features fashions spots and health tips… but I super love that they have a finance section. ย It’s not often enough that people tell me to chill out on my credit card and to think once or twice about a Roth IRA… right!?
I still just swoooon major for this line of jewelry fromย Unearthen. ย Its design is exactly like its name: ย you know, from the ground. ย I’m not sure how much longer I can live without this watch. ย In reality the answer is… probably a long time, but I love it!
Have you seen theย 365 Days of Hand Letteringย Project by Lisa Congdon? ย It is inspired and inspiring. ย It makes me want to pick up a pen and write kind words reminding myself to be kind to myself. ย I can be such a jerk to myself sometimes. ย … but maybe that’s just me.
If you’d let me snoop around your medicine cabinet… I would. ย If you let me gawk at your shoe closet (or shoe pile)… I’d root through that. ย If you’d let me admire your silverware drawer… I’d totally be all over that. ย I’m nosey. ย Closet Visitย was made for me. ย Closet Visit goes deep inside the closets of beautiful and talented women. ย The site will make you love and hate. ย Love = the beauty and talent of the women that surround us. ย Hate = our own shoe closet (pile).
I’m deep into a big pile of cookbooks (and a small cup of chocolate covered sunflower seeds). ย I’m going to make you some ice cream from the Savory Sweet Life cookbook. ย I’m totally making pancakes from Clinton St. Baking Company cookbook, and oooooh the Cupcakes and Cashmere book. ย Heart! ย It feels like such a treat to browse through all these books. ย It’s like vacation on the couch.
I love you, I do! ย Enjoy this day!
xo Joy
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Beautiful cat! Cats can totally pose can’t they. They practice while we are sleeping I tell you :)
I also love the Everygirl website. My favourite features are those involving inspiring entrepreneurial women and their stories of getting/making their dream jobs. What an inspiration!
I am a total snoop as well so Closet Visit is totally for me as well! Gives me so many ideas that it’s crazy!
Thanks for sharing your favourite things of the moment! Made me smile.
Your cat is so lovely. :)
hi joy,
absolutely love your blog (though it’s much more than that, it’s a world of its own… and a wonderful one at that…) and i keep on referring people to it. i just became a new mom so hardly any time to bake, though much time to fantasize about sweets…
Anyway, i think it was you that wrote and gave a link to a gold ring on etsy. it had a single initial on it. i remember going into the site and liking it but i cant find the link. it was actually an israeli jeweler (i live in israel..). So, my sisters birthday is coming up and i would like to check out her jewelry again. Do you happen to have the link? thanks so much!
Noa
i think i might have linked to this on twitter…. but i can no longer find it. hm….
I’m absolutely loving this 365 Days of Hand Lettering, thanks for sharing!!
Joy you’re the best and you should remind yourself that everyday. I heart your blog and you. have a great one.
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Hi Joy, our cats are doppelgangers. How do you do the cut? Did you bring him to a groomer? Thanks!
How are you not a million pounds?! Sheesh! You have will power or you do Insanity.
Just waving a little hello from over here. Reading your words is like sitting on the beach. :-)
Love this post! I have such a weird closet fascination… now I don’t feel so weird about it! Haha! ;) Also, that cat looks hilarious.
That cat is sooo tremendous looking naked, he was cute furry, but now that he is naked… He is everything. Love ittt
Cutie!
that picture of jules is ah-mah-zing. male model, that one is. that tail? too much.
the new mr. bigglesworth. x
what! i love the internet! thanks for sharing some good finds. :)
Aaaahhhh. The Lion Clip issss my fav. Brings a bit of the jungle home. He’s lookin’ sharp.
We keep brushing our orange cat to avoid fur everywhere, but it’s not working. He needs a cut :)
Your blog is so inspiring! Even more interesting are these funny updates and bits about your life in general. I checked out Everygirl and loved it. Thanks for sharing.
I love seeing cats with that haircut. Mine has short enough fur that she won’t ever get it, but it is cute enough that I almost wish she was a long hair (while I’m at it, I’ll also wish that she was polydactyl so I could have even more cuteness).
Loving your joy and wit. Such a gift this week! Thanks bunches for sharing the Everygirl with us. Excited to follow them too.
How to give a cat a haircut? My long-haired kitty is cranky that I keep trying to brush out his kitty hair clumps :(. He would probably need sedation for a haircut though….
Love your blog, you make me smile. Also, love the podcast – listen while I am walking laps around the track; the time goes so quickly and I catch myself chuckling <3
I had never heard of the Closet Visit and now I’m obsessed. Such a cool site. I’m a new reader of Joy the Baker and I’ve totally fallen in love with your blog. Thank you for all the great recipe ideas!
Oh no, what happened to your cat..!?!
Love the cat photo. Have also really appreciated your insight into salted and unsalted butter and the packing of brown sugar. Would LOVE your opinion on the various types of flour and how to measure/weigh and using extra large or medium eggs rather than large eggs in recipes. Your blog is fabulous and absolutely inspiring!
Closet Visit will probably make me hate everything about my wordrobe. My wordrobe is basically nonexistant. I don’t have a fashion sense what so ever.
But I do love flipping through all my cookbooks and flagging things that I love (and will probably never have time to make) Seriously, I’ve probably wasted like 3 oacks of sticky notes (all torn up so I can get the most use) to flag everything I like :)