We made some halloween cupcakes for a small event yesterday - it's october so it's time. I was happy to get back to writing with chocolate. Almost any white chocolate seems to work well. Otherwise I've had the best luck with Guittard Dark for regular choclate.
10/06/2010
09/30/2010
wee life: Free Lunch Box Notes for Downloading
i send tilly a note in her box once a week, with a japanese eraser in a cute little envelope from paper source. i love these lunch box note printables though for a little something new on another day. i know she loves the surprise of finding something in her lunchbox.
09/29/2010
The year's 1st Pumpkin Pie
Tilly and I have been waiting for the pie pumpkins to come in. Finally, in Telluride last weekend we bought our first of the fall. The smell of that roasting pumpkin makes the house just right. xo
09/27/2010
We loved the book store in Telluride
More hot chocolate, more muffins, please...
09/22/2010
muscle memory
this week i stitched together a book - a bingo book like i always do - but i bet i haven't made a book in 2 or 3 years. i thought i would forget and that it would take me forever. or that i would have to look up how to do the stitch i like. but it's funny, our muscles don't forget. once i was stitching the folios together it all came right back to me. i remembered the variation on the stitch i preferred and the snags to watch out for. really - thank goodness for muscle memory - if our bodies couldn't pull that off i certainly wouldn't be able to snowboard every winter...that first run always amazes me...
09/21/2010
A happy day's harvest for 1st yr garden
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back to cafe crafty
my hands have been shaking with the need to get many things done at once so i've been getting some crafting done. i was really happy with how this pillow turned out for a birthday present. i love my new fabric and i love some of the old fabric i found in my stash.
i had a small piece of a smithsonian repro fabric that i just love. i think it was from a series called the 'gentleman's quilt'. i'd like to buy more, but i think they stopped selling fabric...
01/14/2009
the bunnies
i forget when i started knitting for christmas but it was many months ahead of time. in the end i finished one project - but it was a cute one!
i made a pair of coordinated bunnies for my sister-in-laws twin boys. they are just ten months old so i kept them small and soft with matching blankets.
this pattern comes from kate gilbert and is truly amazing. the bunnies are knitted in one piece and then stitched up in different parts. it makes a great pattern to work on as you move around because there are no loos pieces and the bunnies are cute as can be.
back-tack!
(I realized today through blogland and emails that two posts are missing - my back-tack package and my christmas bunnies... so here is a much needed post...)
Way back on December 11 I received the most fabulous back-tack package from Leah in Australia. I was so excited but I was given clear instructions by my helpful assistant to wait until she got from from school to open the box.
We were very excited to find a beautifully wrapped set of packages including fabulous decorations from Leah's cute kids.
There was so much in my box! ( Let 's hope I get this right and remember everything)
For Gold - there was a fabulous pompom sparklygarland which we promptly hung up on the child,
For the Frankincense - there was an amazing hand knitted candy cane washcloth with a cranberry scented sparkle soap from the body shop.
And there was also a coconut Christmas pudding which I had to do everything I could to keep my helpful assistant from tearing open the box.
For Myrrh - there were two truly fabulous amazing gifts.
First there was the sexiest handmade Christmas apron. It actually looks like I have boobs! (When the child isn't displaying it)
And then Leah included a kit for making a christmas stocking with the cutest retro christmas fabrics. We actually don't have stockings so the kit was a life-saver - we flew on Christmas morning to family so my lovely assistant was able to take the now full stocking with her and open presents on the plane as we flew cross country.
A truly generous and thoughtful package. Thank you Leah! (and nicole and allison!)
See you all next year!
12/28/2008
The midwest
The midwest
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