I'm starting to feel the momentum of spring faintly stirring, and it's clearly time for some changes.

I've been unhappy with the layout of Livejournal for awhile, and now the ads on login for the free accounts have made me miss blogger. But I've gone even better than that.

Behold Coffee Imp Productions

I am really pleased with Wordpress and the Thesis theme and it's been great for dusting off my web building skills and starting to bring them up to current. There's still a lot of work to do and much more content to add. But I'm really really pleased.

I'll be keeping this journal to read friend's journals, but I've moved all posts to this new site, and will be adding any new posts there.

Here's to new adventures!
Sonnett

My goodness it's been awhile since I've posted...

We've been sprucing up the living room. Starting with a coat of paint. Winters are long in Chicago and we always miss the green, so we wanted to bring that into our living room. ( Little did we know how hard that would be. )

I love cafes. I love the way they smell, redolant with coffee and tea and warm milk and spices and baked goods and sometimes delicious sandwiches and soup. I love the soft couches and the scuffed up chairs and the piles of discarded newspapers and people on their laptops working on projects or just hanging out. I love the hiss of the steam the eclectic music selection the hum of conversation and laughter, the clatter of cups and plates and spoons and the sound of people sipping their lattes. I love the sense of community of vibrancy of creativity and knowledge. Debate and deep conversation poetry and silliness all seem appropriate.

Many of my favorite moments and memories involve cafes. Something about just taking that time to sit down, breathe, sip the coffee and dream or read or enjoy lovely conversation with the man I love or a friend dear to me, as Kate Bush says - these moments given are a gift from time.

I've been wanting to blog about some favorite cafes for awhile now. I thought I'd begin with some cafes in Edinburgh. ( Have a Cup )

It began with hand sewn pants, embroidered with rabbits in the moon and a moon gray chemise beaded with amazonite ( Lots of photos under the cut )

I've been trying to cut out my lunchtime cup of coffee to lower my stress levels. It's fortunate that I like tea, because giving up my midday moment of zen in the form of hot beverage and warm steam rising up from the cup would be just too hard.

We have a local tea chain I really like a lot Argo Tea. And today I had their Earl Grey Vanilla latte. It tasted like an orange creamsicle and made this gloomy rainy day much better.

Cheers,
Sonnett

My latest fairy doll is Luna, she is a fairy of the moon, of the water, of dreams, of the subconscious, of symbols and mystery.

( in progress pictures under the cut, one NSFW )

This summer has been full of creative projects.

( What I've been working on )

This morning I was thinking about how interesting the Steampunk trend is, and how very appropriate for our times.

( musings under the cut )

I know it's taken me almost two months to write this post, but I think it took that long to get back to everyday life and June is always very busy.

( Our trip to Edinburgh and London was amazing )