The Tiniest Cooler in the Universe
30 Jul
After coming home from yoga yesterday morning, I was feeling ultra mellow, which is great…just not when I’m supposed to be working, and I finished a few hours of design work before giving myself permission to take a quick nap. Right. My “quick” nap ended two hours later, but I did feel super refreshed, so I must have just needed a break. At any rate, after a tasty dinner (I’ve been in the pursuit of the ultimate non-soy veggie burger, and, thanks to Deborah Madison’s Vegetarian Suppers, I think I’ve finally discovered burger Shangri-La), the mini-making fires were finally lit under my sluggish butt, and I churned out three salads–Cobb, Niçoise, and Greek–a spaghetti carbonara meal set, and the pièce de résistance…the teeny tiny cooler.
I had a few cans of soda that never seemed to sell at shows and a bag of ice that I use very rarely, so I decided it was time for them to join forces in the service of a super cute cooler set. I filled the cooler with ice, and with the exception of the cubes that touched the glue-coated floor and walls of the cooler, all of them were glued and placed individually (ahh!) to avoid visible clumps of glue all over the place, and then I carefully placed the cans and handmade watermelon wedges and went about gluing more ice cubes to cover them slightly. I love it! (See more pics of the foods mentioned in this post on my Flickr page.)
Today, I finished all of the side dishes (twice baked potatoes, broccoli with cheese sauce, and stuffed peppers) that I’ll be displaying on a mini table with the burger I trays I posted about a few days ago, along with two tostadas plates, a bowl of salsa, and two fish taco meals. Tonight, I’ll be knocking out a few jewelry pieces, because my mom and grandma are coming for a four-day visit starting next Tuesday, so I have to make sure I have plenty of things ready to list on the days when they’re here. I certainly don’t want to waste precious family time sitting in front of my computer!
P.S. Remember the big ol’ tent I was so excited to have purchased in an earlier post? Welll…turns out the seller was out of stock, so my money was refunded, and I was knocked back to square one. The next cheapest tent was $40 more expensive–I’m going to have to do a bunch of outdoor shows next summer to get my money’s worth!































