There’s ordinary St. Patrick’s Day stuff happening around our house. Lucky Charms as a special treat, drawing rainbows, green clothes and accessories, maybe a Shamrock Shake. Mostly I’m so happy that my sweet Irish-American husband is home from a month of travel that I just want to sit and look at him and celebrate the…
Cheating Isn’t Always a Bad Thing
The other day on Pinterest I found a cookie recipe. It looked aaaawesome. But… there was an obvious shortcut to be made. Let’s look at my results first. Here’s a cookie. But not just any cookie. It’s sort of thick in the middle, right? That’s ’cause there’s an OREO in there. I can’t even describe…
Graham Cracker House Playgroup
Where we live we have a lovely little playgroup. Actually, it’s a fairly big playgroup, which is nice because there’s always a different mix of kids and we’re always somewhere new and different. As we approached Christmas, I said to myself: “Self, let’s decorate gingerbread houses with the playgroup friends. Won’t that be fun?” Flash…
Happy Birthday to Me!
Wanna see what I got from me? That’s a big ol’ stack of felt from felt-o-rama (love that name), some of my favorite home dec weight fabric of all time, by Anna Maria Horner, which I am going to use to finally attempt that Weekender Bag pattern from Amy Butler. And, the pièce de résistance: some…
Yum, yum, yum. And healthy too, if you’re in the mood to care.
Okay, so, yeah… this is a crafty blog. But folks have been all sniffly and yucky at my house and I haven’t had as much time for crafting as I’d like. And of course, that’s nothing new. But that’s not the point of this post. Food is. And I write this a little guiltily, because…