Rice Bag Art

I think the designs on rice bags are so charming and sweet. My mom saved four of them for me (thanks, Mom!) and I cut them to size and flattened them as best I could and framed them. They make a cool kitchen art collection, no? Of course, they are all stretched out from being filled with rice, so they are not symmetrical anymore, but I am choosing to think of them as delightfully unique rather than imperfect.

Let There Be Light!

I don't know if you can tell from these photos, but I have 2-story ceilings, which means I can't change my own light bulbs. Today, our family friend/handyman came over and installed this light fixture and replaced all the sky-high burned out bulbs in the living room and kitchen. So now I can take the desk lamp off my kitchen counter! Yay! And he hung the artwork on the wall for me, too. Which is funny because it is one of 4 different pieces of art depicting Venice that I have in this room and our handyman is French but grew up in Venice. Quelle coincidence!