Author: Tara

Geeky Fashion

Vintage Pocket Knife Necklace

This necklace will ensure that you will always be prepared and fashionable. FieldGuideDesign starts with a vintage pocket knife and turns it into a practical and attractive necklace with a bit of paint. You’ll never be far away from the tools you need, and your hipster-y friends will just think you’re […]

Holidays, Recipes

Contest (And Recipe): Roasted Pumpkin

Thanksgiving’s coming up, and this year, I wanted to try something a bit ambitious. I wanted to roast a pumpkin. From scratch. Like a big kid. You see, bringing a side dish to Thanksgiving is one thing, but bringing roasted pumpkin (instead of say, sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes) allows […]

Geeky Fashion

Be Patriotic and Fashionable

Like me, you’re probably a bit sleep-deprived today from staying up and watching speeches by Romney and Obama. Whether or not the candidates and measures you voted for won, we all gathered together to exercise our right to vote and make a change in our country. Pretty awesome. What better […]

Geeky Fashion

Contest: Espionage Cosmetics’ New Collection

I’ve told you all about Espionage Cosmetics before, and I’m thrilled to premiere another new collection of theirs. They’ve taken one of my fave shows (that’s full of sexy and powerful women) and used it as inspiration for their newest collection: “A Collection of Ice and Fire.” Whether you prefer […]

Geeky Fashion

One Up Makeup: Honey Boo Boo

As I’ve mentioned before, my friends and I have started a new geeky makeup channel, One Up Makeup. The lovely Meagan did my makeup for me recently and made me all “glitz”, Honey Boo Boo-style. I made the mistake of drinking a whole lot of Go Go Juice before we […]

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NaNoWriMo

You’ve survived October! Time to put away the costume and candy and bring out the laptop and a cozy cup of tea. Today is the start of NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. If you’ve ever thought about writing a book, now is the time to do it. They encourage […]

Geeky Fashion, Lifestyle

Sexy Shark Pics

  You asked, you shall receive. Out of all of the ridiculous Halloween costumes out there, you voted to see me as a sexy shark. I took a trip down to the Seattle Aquarium and my hot tub with my lovely and talented friend Liz Leo and we took some […]

Geek Etiquette

Geek Etiquette: Set Goals

I like to take a couple different times in the year to go over goals for myself. New Year’s Eve is an obvious one. When I was in school, the start of summer and the first day of school were popular. And of course, today. My birthday. As I turn […]

Recipes, Video Games

24 Hours of Cooking: Health Potion

  It was late. We had been playing games and cooking for 18 hours, and we were exhausted. Enter: Health Potion! Health Potion is NOT healthy. At all. But it is full of sugar and caffeine and is quite tasty. Enjoy cautiously. Ingredients: 1 packet of Tropical Punch Kool-Aid 1/4 […]