made

made

kathryn just pointed me to this site.. cute sewing tutorials!

sarah flowers

sarah flowers

food

food

over the weekend i made the granola bars for stacey and ben (and me) from smitten kitchen.  i made two variations.  one was oats, cranberries, currents, almonds, walnuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, cashew butter, honey, and vanilla.  the second had all those plus pecans,  chocolate chips and coconut.  i like the second for the added sweetness plus the fact that i made it in a 9x9 pan instead of a 9x13.  the smaller pan made the bars thicker and therefore sturdier.  they both are pretty crumbly!  i also made a few pizzas on saturday, one of which was her shaved asparagus pizza.  it was soo good.  my peeler was terrible for the job, though because the little scooper is proud of the blade, allowing me only to shave 2/3 of the stalk at best.  still tasty!

next year...

next year...

ugh, wish i had the foresight to make these yesterday!  i am currently browsing for something to make with chocolate + coconut.  but next year i will make these, trevor would love them.

thank you cards

thank you cards

more etta art transformed. i took some of her paintings, cut them into uneven strips, glued them on cards and used them as thank you notes for christmas gifts.

valentines

valentines

we made valentines yesterday which will of course be arriving a little late in people's mailboxes but oh well. i made heart stamps out of some corks and etta stamped with paint onto pink paper. i cut that and a bunch of other papers into hearts and then sewed them onto the cards. sewing paper is WAY fun. i did some other cards where i "appliqued" the hearts on with a zigzag stitch.

ps. champagne or beer corks seem to work better than wine corks. the knobby end was easier for etta to hold. the corks cut pretty easily with an exacto and the denser the cork the better - like the pink heart in the pic.

valentine dress

valentine dress

same pattern as before::valentine's edition