Kiss my Aster!

Thrift of the week

2012-02-25T11:15:00.001-06:00

Size 2 radish dress
Vintage Montgomery Ward
One buck

Packing it in

2012-02-23T14:05:00.005-06:00

I'm home from work packing today, you may find this surprising but... I have a lot of weird stuff.

That tile trivet? You know that Kohler commercial where the crazy people want to base the whole house on a faucet? Yeah- that's how I feel about that trivet.

Word.

2012-02-20T12:45:00.005-06:00

NOM Skulls

2012-02-19T07:23:00.001-06:00

Silicone cupcake molds in the shape of skulls. Just ice 'em like brains... Totally worth the $5.50 even if I never get around to using them for their intended purpose. Hazel enjoys chewing on them.

If you aren't eating your pancakes out of a bowl...

2012-02-18T07:32:00.000-06:00

Think about it. #RecycleThatSyrup

New Good Enough Gardening Podcast

2012-02-17T11:31:00.001-06:00

Gem sweaters and orchids: The Postman Always Rings Twice

Dear Gifts from a Dear Friend

2012-02-16T16:54:00.003-06:00

Precious beaded and embroidered and appliqued and...beclipped vintage mittens and amazing leather baby boots (you can't tell how cool they are because of my mitten-centric photography)

A Naughty Post About Adult Ivy

2012-02-16T08:43:00.002-06:00

Right here on Fine Gardening's site.

Do you know about Adult Ivy? Yeah! No one does!

And I can't say this blog post will help... but it's good for a chuckle.

Bad Mommy

2012-02-07T17:00:00.004-06:00

I forgot to bring Hazel's blanket today when I brought her to day care. I had diapers, food, bottles... I was laden but that's no excuse, it's pretty cold out there today. I put the heat on "eyebrow singeing" on the way...

I let Dan know in the middle of the day that when he came to pick her up this afternoon, don't go looking for the blankie- I forgot it. I suck.

My darling husband has learned how to "make do" since he married me...

Clogged

2012-02-01T17:10:00.002-06:00

One more week and I'll have a tiny window of free time in which I hope to blog my ass off. But for now, I have a secret project I'm working on, Hazel has just entered a "clingy period" and oh... what's that? WE'RE MOVING. Which is always easy like bagel dogs.
I dream of days filled with blogging about plants, thongs, footwear and thrift store finds...
Just gimme a week.

Got some credit in the straight world:

2012-01-25T12:55:00.002-06:00

New post on the Proven Winners website by yours truly...

Check it out right here.

ok, I swear I'm done now...

2012-01-20T15:10:00.001-06:00

the last of the "Hey girl..."s at FineGardening.com...

Hey Girl-- Part 2

2012-01-11T09:37:00.001-06:00

Hey Girl... The Garden Series

2012-01-10T16:45:00.004-06:00

I'm on a podcast at FineGardening.com

2012-01-03T13:47:00.002-06:00

The ass-kickin' Andrew Keys let me record a rambling and it's on this podcast...

Found at the thrift store...

2012-01-03T12:21:00.002-06:00

It's blank inside, too..

Proven Winners | Introducing Amanda Thomsen - Midwest Garden Guru

2011-12-29T12:40:00.000-06:00

Proven Winners Introducing Amanda Thomsen - Midwest Garden Guru

Check out my first post on the Proven Winners blog. You know you wanna...

Winter pots! @FineGardening.com!

2011-12-22T13:38:00.002-06:00

Check out this step-by-step I made of this winter pot.

Thrift Store Finds 12/15/2011

2011-12-17T10:41:00.003-06:00

One of the things that has made me a successful thrifter/or vintage wearer is that I really know what will fit me and look good on me, just by looking at it on the hanger. Well, since being pregnant and popping a baby out- things aren't quite the same. So I haven't bought much for me lately, I'm going to wait until my body catches up with my brain (or vice versa) and just buy baby clothes for a while.

Vintage cotton velvet set and Winnie the Pooh brand smocked dress, along with a no-name pinafore and a pink sweater. New stuff: Icky Baby dress for when she's older, a Zutano top, Baby Gap sundress and a bathing suit cover-up... because why not? Also? A thousand Indian bangles...
I forgot this vintage knit dress in nautical colors. Um, sooooo cute.

New post on FineGardening.com

2011-12-17T10:37:00.001-06:00

A Ticking Pine Bomb. Man, I'm gonna get in a whole lotta trouble over this one...

Good Enough Gardening Winter Containers Video

2011-12-08T15:43:00.001-06:00

We make containers out of things that are really just... bad ideas...

Add to my resume: SUPERMODEL

2011-12-05T00:01:00.002-06:00

Okay, okay. It's not modeling (count yourself as lucky!) - but it sure is SUPER! I'll be blogging at the completely new blog section on the ProvenWinners.com website, starting today and I couldn't be more stoked. Come on, the flavor combination of Kiss My Aster plus Proven Winners is truly something to be devoured!

I asked myself, "Amanda, do you really want to associate yourself with a company and product line?" and I thought about Zooey Deschanel making cotton commercials (it's the fabric of our lives, you know) and Gwen Stefani selling hair dye and lipstick for Revlon and I thought to myself, "I actually really LOVE Proven Winners so that makes me totally authentic and Gwen isn't ever going to use an $8 box of dye over the bathroom sink, so I rule and she drools." And it was all settled- and so here we are.

Basically, this gig means I get to make more containers to show you and I get to think of other weird ways to use plants for your amusement, so that's a win for you. And I get to see what Proven Winners has got coming down the line before you do, and that is a TOTAL win for me.

I still have my street cred, right?

P.S. I'm part of a small flock of bloggers, one for each region ... Here is the link to the first post, by Genevieve Schmidt.

New post on FineGardening.com

2011-11-30T17:43:00.002-06:00

I can't get Dan to move this birdbath and put it together. I can't think of why.
Read about it here.

New post on FineGardening.com

2011-11-29T17:59:00.001-06:00

Hey, I posted my ideas for Christmas gifts for gardeners over at FineGardening.com, yo. Check it out.

I'm going all "mommy blogger" on your aster....

2011-11-14T17:03:00.004-06:00

I'm working like a squirrel trying to put away some nuts over here. Soon will be the long, lazy landscapers' winter where I can blog my face off. But for now, I gotta make the doughnuts....

In the meantime- here are some nutty baby things that are rockin' my world...

The Podee- Stupid name for an ingenious gadget. It's a bottle that takes 10 minutes to put together but then your infant can feed itself and you can go back to Facebooking. You just sit the bottle next to them and that's it-- We pack one for long trips or if we go out for dinner. It takes her about 40 minutes to suck it down and that's 45 minutes of silence. Terriff for in the car, yo.

Chewbeads- Hazel likes to yank on and suck all my fine, fine Betsey Johnson finery. Well, maybe it's time for me to play my cards right and just wear chewbeads until she grows out of it- By then my BJ necklaces may be considered vintage, but whatevs. I have the Jane in chartreuse so far but I see more in my future...

Harajuku Mini- HOLY GUACAMOLE. Cute as @#*%!! is what it SHOULD say on the back of that panda bear jacket... I bought one of everything that didn't have a cartoon of a kid's face on it. I may go back for the next size up of everything... Yeah, it's THAT good.

Angel Dear's Monster Blankies- THANK YOU for making a pink robot blanket. I get to sing to myself "Oh Hazimi, they don't believe me, but you won't let those robots defeat me"

Practical Designs shopping cart cover- Great in high chairs and shopping carts and everyone says it's super rad...

Alright. That's it for me, I have to go tailgate for tonight's new episode of Gossip Girl.
Aster, out!