Hi! My name is Diane and I have a lot of hobbies. And I mean a lot. Too many. To the point that I have started this blog.
After college, I took classes in anything that piqued my interest: ballet, tap dance, and mixed martial arts — the latter of which I still do. While hobbyists get a bad rap for trying many things for a short period of time before giving up or moving on, I’ve actually held onto most of mine!
Honestly, the biggest barriers keeping me from all my hobbies are a full-time job and a need for 8–10 hours of sleep lol.
As a Scorpio Sun with a Mercury–Pluto conjunction and a lot of Sagittarius placements, I dive deep into whatever I’m doing — and I’m just as open about the reflections and insights that come with it.
And I’ve always wanted to post online and build community, but being multi-passionate made me feel scattered in a world that tells you to ‘niche down.’
So instead, I’m just going to do whatever I want!
🍪 Baking
I started baking in college to combat loneliness and depression. Thanks to my 6H Libra Jupiter in Placidus, I was always really good at it!
Since my family isn’t big on sweets, I’ve always re-worked and scaled down recipes from food bloggers and recipe developers. This led me to create my Cake Pan Converter Spreadsheet which converts the metric units of any recipe into 25+ different pan sizes, and is what I use for all my small batch recipes.
Then after my jiu jitsu instructor encouraged me to sell them upon hearing I gave some away as Christmas gifts (he was in Hawaii at the time lol), I impulsively launched my home bakery in Maryland specializing in chunky cookies called Cookie Cazimi in May 2024.
Before I knew it, I had a booth at the farmers market and I was making sales to a small but ever growing customer base — and the rest is history in the making! I’ve learned so much about branding, perfected recipes, developed new flavors, and met some pretty cool people.
And, true to my data-nerd heart, I track everything with spreadsheets. You can even grab the ones I use every day:
✂️ Sewing
In 2022, I decided to learn how to sew — for no particular reason. My mom, who made her own clothes in the ’80s, took me to the local sew n vac shop (because those two things go together, I guess) for my first machine, and from there I found a nearby sewing studio that broke everything down for me.
Sewing is both humbling and encouraging. You start thinking it’s impossibly complicated, but even experienced sewists will say: “No one really knows how it works, it just does.”
Because at the end of the day, sewing really is just cutting things out and putting them together.
I started out making totes and dog shirts before moving on to garment-making. The problem was that I focused on projects that sounded like they’d challenge my skills instead of things I actually wanted to wear.
As a result, I ended up with a pile of clothes that just hung in my closet.
Now, I’m more intentional — sewing things that I actually wear. And that’s what led me into pattern drafting! But just for myself for now, so I can create clothes I love and will actually wear.
You can see my finished sewing projects on my Instagram!
🔮 Astrology
My cousin introduced me to legit astrology in March 2020 — right at the start of my Saturn return!
Looking back, I’ve always been around the occult like a true Scorpio. As a kid, I pulled tarot cards at sleepovers where I performed rituals with my friends LOL
With so much Saturnian energy in my chart, I’ve always felt the weight of societal expectations to live a certain way — and for a long time, that made me overly cautious in living authentically.
To me, astrology passes down knowledge and wisdom from those before us. So, I’m reminded that my problems aren’t new and not as big as they feel.
While I’ll probably never escape the pressure of my Sun-Saturn square, I’m more open to redirection and take life less seriously — everything I do now starts with a “fuck it.”
Honestly, I feel like I’m becoming a better, more evolved person as a result.
🧭 Where to Find Me
📺 YouTube — Stories and revelations told through short baking & sewing videos
📝 Blog — Small batch recipes adapted from my favorite food blogs!
📸 Instagram — My finished sewing projects
🎲 Fun Facts
- I can do 5 full range of motion pull-ups on a good day
- I love Britney Spears
- I’m strangely good at remembering birthdays