cookies & crafts

I was crafty and productive today! See:

Chocolate Chip Macadamia Nut Cookies. You can’t resist. I used Alton Brown’s “The Chewy” recipe, except I used regular unbleached flour and added in the nuts. It’ll be a lovely snack work week.

I also finished up some swaps that I’m doing over at swap-bot.com. I’m in a “tea” swap which only required me buying things, so that’s not so exciting to share. But I did wrap up the tea bags for my partner in a piece of kick ass looking fabric I got at a thrift store once upon a time. The swaps I did finish were for a random shuffle mix cd swap. You were to just turn on your mp3 player – hit shuffle – and that was it. Mine only have a few songs I would never pick, but oh well. That’s what I get for burning every CD I own.

CD one:
1. “Hello City” – Barenaked Ladies
2. “You and Me” – Bowling for Soup
3. “Tiny Dancer” – Elton John
4. “Knock-Down Drag-Out” – Weezer
5. “In Between Days” – Ben Folds
6. “Who Needs Sleep?” – Barenaked Ladies
7. “Bonus” – Figurine
8. “Mister Would You Please Help My Pony?” – Ween
9. “Another Man’s Vine” – Tom Waits
10. “Stealing Society” – System of a Down
11. “Atomic Dog” – George Clinton
12. “Stars” – Hum
13. “Fallen Embers” – Enya
14. “Amen” – Jewel
15. “Galapogos” – Smashing Pumpkins
16. “Language Barrier” – Mike Doughty
17. “Soaked in Cinnamon” – Ultimate Fakebook
18. “Houses of the Holy” – Led Zeppelin
19. “Joe Rey” – Fountains of Wayne
20. “Cajun Song” – Gin Blossoms
21. “Simple Twist of Fate” – Bob Dylan

CD two:
1. “Stumbleine” – Smashing Pumpkins
2. “Crush With Eyeliner” – R.E.M.
3. “Some Other Spring” – Billie Holiday
4. “Mama You Been On My Mind” – Bob Dylan
5. “Tomorrow Comes A Day Too Soon” – Flogging Molly
6. “Son of a Preacher Man” – Dusty Springfield
7. “Sinking Ship” – Neutral Milk Hotel
8. “Love” – Smashing Pumpkins
9. “We’re Buds” – Brak
10. “Punk Rock Academy” – Atom And His Package
11. “Fault Lines” – The Mountain Goats
12. “Memphis Time” – Gin Blossoms
13. “Operator” – Jim Croce
14.” I Can’t Wait” – The White Stripes
15. “Car Train” – The Jazz Jury
16. “So Long” – Rilo Kiley
17. “The Only Answer” – Mike Doughty
18. “Pentagram” – Cake
19. “Twin Peaks Theme” – Ennio Morricone
20. “Locked Out” – Crowded House
21. “The Homo Rainbow” – Ween

I don’t have any color ink for my printer at the moment, so I made my labels in black and white and the used some metallic rub-ons to spice things up and add a little color to the cds. The first one is just some clip art I snagged somewhere and the second one is actually a photo of a card I made. I ripped the label on that one, but I think the rip actually looks kind of cool. I also signed up for a “saints & sinners” mix, which I think will be interesting.

I think my favorite upcoming swap is “Last Year’s Christmas Cards”. When going through some old stuff, I found a have a lot of old cards from Christmas’ past that have never been sent out. And they’re all cute, too! I will try and make some cards again this year probably, but if what I get from this swap rocks, I will totally use them as well.