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Pic-a-nic-Basket

Posted by desira pesta in at home, clothing, desirapesta, do it yourself, etsy, etsy holidays, for sale, gift ideas, holidays, shop, vintage clothing, womens clothing and tagged with , ,

It’s beautiful outside these days! There is a cool breeze and yet it’s sunny and the flowers and plants are springing up from the depths of the earth!

I started sifting through designs I had in my studio, either unfinished or just started and came across something I did not remember making.  I have made so much stuff since 2004 that I literally was like, who the hell made this?  Slowly, memories came back to me and I ironed it out, added some rickrack and a belt and voila! I love it! Now it needs a new home:

One of a kind red and white check sleeveless dress with high collar, front bow tie, raglan sleeves, and rickrack around the bottom hem and armholes. A separate one a kind belt is included with three layers of vintage deadstock elastic in black, red, and pink respectively. Black hook and eye closures at back (or can be in front)

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Take You on a Ride on the Yum Train

Posted by desira pesta in at home, cooking, desirapesta, do it yourself and tagged with , , , ,

I have celiac disease and I love juicing.  One day, after I had bought a celiac book at the recommendation of a friend’s mom, I combined the forces of the two.

Here is a great very moist muffin/cake recipe for you to try:

1-1/2 cups nut flour                                                                            

1 teaspoon baking soda

1-1/2 cups juicer pulp/shredded carrots                                

1/2 cup butter / or 1 banana & 1/4 cup peanut butter

3/4 cup honey                                                                                          

2 eggs                    

1/2 cup raisins                                                                                          

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/2 cup walnuts or what have you                                                  

 1 teaspoon vanilla

Combine all wet ingredients, then all dry. Put in ungreased muffin tins or cake pan and bake at 350″ for 45-60 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.

YEAH.

!!!!SAMPLE SALE!!!!!!

Posted by desira pesta in at home, clothing, desirapesta, do it yourself, etsy, for sale, gift ideas, shop, vintage, vintage clothing, womens clothing and tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Some newly listed vintage & pieces from my past handmade collection I am selling off.  I hate to see them go, but must have space in my new place.

Sweet Delicate 70′s Style. click on the pic for mo’ info

mmhmm

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Red Stripe Chevron, Baby

Organic Bamboo Denim Handmade Obi

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DAYLIGHT One of a Kind Jersey Dress

Organic Cotton Jersey Dress OOAK

Twists and Turns and Hugs and Flows

ORACLE Hooded Dress

ORGANIC Geometric Dress // One of a kind

and lots more here!

MOVING MOVING MOVING!

Posted by desira pesta in at home, clothing, desirapesta, do it yourself, etsy, for sale, in the kitchen, shop, vintage, vintage clothing, womens clothing and tagged with , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I AM FINALLY after six years of insane crazytown apartments/roommates/neighborhoods in SEVEN different apartments in NYC, am moving into my very own studio apartment!

YAY!!!!! With that said, I have a lot of purging to do to fit comfortably.

FREE SHIPPING in my ETSY SHOP, lots of sale items, newly listed and reconstructed vintage garments, and a whole slew of sewing stuff going up for sale on Craigslist.
Here’s a nice tune for Monday morning.

Headache/Heartache

Posted by desira pesta in acting, at home, desirapesta, do it yourself and tagged with , , , , , , , ,

Anybody else feeling really weird energy these days?  It’s been strange here in NYC.  Can’t quite put my finger on it, but I feel like a light is out.  Yesterday I was working in this creepy warehouse doing this freelance project and I was all alone with just a couple of spotlights on.  I put on some creepy music to further creep myself out and after I finished the project, I decided to go down into the even creepier-crime-scene-from-a-horror-movie-looking basement with my cell phone as illumination.  Big mistake.  I walked not even five feet and bam!, I slammed my head hard on a low pipe and was knocked to the ground.  Thankfully, I was not knocked unconscious because no one would have found me. Shit.

In efforts to avoid going to sleep and dying if I had a concussion, I went to see the newest Zac Efron movie playing up the street.  I brought my sewing machine as my date and saw the matinee, head throbbing, but feeling nice against the theater seat. The theater was whack and the overhead lights kept going on and off and the only other couple in the theater kept tallking audibly, but The Lucky One, shot in Louisiana was super cute. I now also like Zac Efron, who I had never seen act before and who I thought might still be a teenybopper with a squeaky voice and no chops.  He was actually good, charismatic, attractive, believable, and an alright choice for a leading man.  Taylor Schilling, also adorable  was an ugly crier, but earnest, strong, and mature.  Neither of the stars seemed like obvious Hollywoodleading people, in my opinion, and so I liked that.  I liked that they seemed a little off-kilter, not too pretty, too mesmerizing, or too out of their element in the roles they held.  Taylor, as Beth was a young mother and manager of a dog kennel flanked by sleepy Southern trees, barefoot in the kitchen, running with 6 dogs in the early am.  Zac, as Logan, was a traumatized former Marine, bent on finding the woman who’s picture he found while at war.  A weirdo “drifter”, he walked everywhere with his dog Zeus and was a borderline homeless man.  I believed it.  I think the thing that often takes me in movies or tv shows is, do I believe them?  Did I believe that High School Musical pretty boy Zac left the Marines harmed and broken and was a destitute loner and hard-worker who didn’t talk or smile much? Yes.

I loved the Southern scenery amidst cypress trees, ponds, and a gorgeous dog kennel plantation.  Nicholas Sparks loves boats and romance.  Romantic feelings = boat. In The Lucky One, there were two boats, a rowboat for that quintessential, “we-are-finally-realizing-our-feelings” moment, and there was a tugboat representing Zac Efron’s committment to Taylor Schilling, his fixing it a sign that he could be counted on, even after being banished from the picture.There were some weird parts, as most huge Nicholas Sparks-penned romantic movies tend to have, but overall it was a nice story with a bad guy, strife, and hearts ablaze in the end. I also thought that Blythe Danner as Taylor Schilling’s grandmother was great casting. They look very similar.  No matter how much I’d like to pretend I don’t like this kind of movie, I can’t.  I avoided The Notebook for years, but totally watched it like 4 times over after finally seeing it.  This shit is candy and I have a sweet tooth. I rolled my eyes a few times, but come on, love stories are nice to see, especially when there’s so much sad in this big world.

Now, I hope my head feels better.

B-B-B-B-Bad

Posted by desira pesta in Uncategorized and tagged with , , ,

On the day I was born

The nurses all gathered ’round

And they gazed in wide wonder

At the joy they had found

The head nurse spoke up

Said “leave this one alone”She could tell right away

That I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone

Bad to the bone

B-B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-B-Bad

B-B-B-B-Bad

Bad to the bone

Mohawk & Busted Leg


Photos I have taken in the last few months featuring badass dogs.