First of all, happy birthday to my fabulously amazing niece who turns TWO today!
As you can see, my mom likes to put her in colorful outfits. She is so damn cute (takes after her aunt, yo).
Anywho, today’s musical selection is Les Savy Fav — another case of something [...]
Welcome to my much-needed new feature … FO Friday. FO stands for finished object (as opposed to UFO — un-finished object).
To recap my embarrassingly long list of UFOs:
Mug for a friend’s birthday present (2 weeks ago) Tattoo Dish Set (July 2009) mom’s pleather jacket restyle (September 2009) quilt for my mom (March 2009) [...]
I got a brilliant idea for Mark’s birthday cake from Real Simple. Of course, I had to modify the recipe, but the main idea is based on this recipe.
I asked Mark what kind of cake he wanted, and we talked a little about ice cream cakes and Better [...]
This past weekend, Mark and I trekked up north to his family’s place in the Twin Cities to hit up his brother’s 30th Birthday and Housewarming party. Our friend Ben met us at Mark’s parents’ house on the way back from a camping trip in Canada. Ben’s car had been broken into a few different [...]
I’m not quite there yet, but the 25th birthday celebration has begun (also known as Calee’s 25th Birthday Parade of Awesomeness).
The official 25th birthday celebrations began a few weeks ago with Kelly‘s celebration. For her birthday, we did cake and wine (MollyCake) at

Hi there. I'm Calee. Not Caylee. Also known as chimes or the chimes. I'm 27, a designer, a runner, a self-proclaimed fitness queen, a craftster, a foodie, a music snob — some might call me a hipster. Here's the unabridged version.
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