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This blog is all about what's handmade. I write about my own crafting adventures, and also about finding and trying out the work and ideas of other independent artists and crafters. I cover crafts from crochet to beer brewing to quilting to paper arts.
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Linzer Cookies and other tales
3.5 cups of butter later, I remembered why I only bake once a year. Luckily, I was determined and stubborn enough that I finished the cookies even though I was totally fed up with the process half way into the first batch. Pictures? Not so many. I wa...
Happy Side Dishes Day
I always did like the side dishes better. Potatoes, stuffing, green bean casserole, cranberries. These are a lot of my favorite things. I wouldn’t want them all the time, but if you’re going to do it, do it big, right? Maybe that’s ...
Kitchen With (Lots of) Stuff
I swear that you can cook in 4′ by 9′ of kitchen. Remember my plan? Here it is. I do believe NO ONE has ever fit more kitchen stuff into a space this small ever before. Well, perhaps they have, but holy moly, there’s stuff in every...
In which I experiment with tempeh
There comes a time in every newbie vegetarian’s life when they must break out of the standard ingredients they once knew and experiment with such things as tofu and tempeh and miso and other things that are not standard in the average American ...
Cooking with Canning
I mentioned in my last post that I’d finished up using almost everything I canned last summer (just in time for this summer). I used my few cans of tomatoes, my salsa, my peaches very sparingly since I had so few. It was a lot of work just to...
This and that and a few threads
There are six columns in my flower afghan and eight rows. 48 granny squares. 4 borders each. When I am done with this thing, I’m going to count approximately how many stitches there are in the entire thing. Squares, borders, the whole t...
Moodiness, Music and Food
Yesterday afternoon (Sunday) I was feeling sort of moody: disconnected and blue. Sometimes I get that way, when the imminent end of the weekend sneaks up on me. Makes me sad. There’s never enough weekend, between the fun stuff I want to do, the...
In the kitchen
I’ve had one heck of a busy weekend. My computer was nonfunctional for most of it, so I didn’t even have any distractions to keep me from being rather productive. I’m also going out of town next week (vacation, yay!!!) and felt the...
Baking makes life better
Sometimes, for stress relief and relaxation, I just go spend a bunch of time in the kitchen. Today I noted with satisfaction that I had some bananas and zucchini that were on the edge of going bad. You know what that means: time to make bread. My br...
Tasting, tasting …
I broke out the peach salsa and the peach jam I canned. I was trying to wait, to let the flavors blend, to have a little patience. Well, that’s as much patience as I have - maybe a month? I really, really wanted to know if something tasty...
More food. And then more food.
I just made watermelonade. I think it needs more mixing with actual lemonade, but it’s pretty tasty for being just blended, strained watermelon with some lemon juice and a pinch of salt. I was supposed to add sugar, but these watermelons we...
Is it fall yet?
I think maybe that I should just go on vacation to Saskatchewan for the months of July and August. I’m not a fan of heat. I prefer chilly and breezy. I’d rather wear a sweater than a pair of shorts. I sunburn with ridiculous, crispy ease...
Last week, Part Uno
Last week was a busy week, so I’m going to start with that. I canned, there were fabric hijinks, and did I mention that Jeff and I are (very cautiously) inspecting this house-purchasing idea? You know, I don’t have a fear of relationshi...
Twenty years I’ve waited …
.. to hear that POP! What pop? The pop of the lids on the canning jars as they seal! Remember when I told you about Mabel, the dear, sweet woman who lived next door to us when I was growing up? The woman who was my step-in grandmother when I wa...
Cobbler Makin’
So, have you ever seen www.gizoogle.com? Go ahead. Try it on CNN. I dare you. I just about choked. See your whole world the Snoop Dogg way! Tonight I decided to make dessert instead of dinner. After all, is life truly lived unless you periodicall...
Makin’ curtains, printing recipes
I’m struggling with things this afternoon … curtain-making for one. I ask you, how many times do I have to go take measurements of the $*%& window before I write them down somewhere I can remember? I mean, really!! I also have put t...
A few vegetables, dirt included
So I got that organic vegetable delivery the other day, and it looks like what’s below. I nearly forgot. The food is pretty much like going to a farmer’s market except they brought it to me instead. Many things came with their dirt still ...
Oh yeah, I’m livin’ the life …
So I had three things to tell you all today, and when I stopped and thought about them I was very amused. My three things are (1) organic vegetables, (2) a print from an independent artist and (3) something I just made. You can’t say I don̵...
Home is where the food is …
First, I feel I should admit to my attempts to felt wool. Bear in mind that I am highly allergic to wool. We shall see what kind of a mess I make with this one. Meanwhile. for my theme month - and I will probably return to this interpretation - home ...
Introducing Local Tier 2
For the last several days Jeff and I have been shopping locally. Remember when I said I was going to do that? Well, today is day four, and so far we’ve stuck to the plan, but we’re still mostly Fact Finding. As you can imagine, ther...
I escaped the poison ivy
This past weekend I trekked back to Goliad and went camping. I love camping. A lot of work, yes, but I always get there and wonder why I don’t do it more often. This particular weekend the wildflowers were out in force. If you don’...
Train of thought
So … it’s 9:30 am Monday … 1) It’s the first day of vacation. Last week, after making half a dozen really stupid mistakes and realizing how much more irritable I was than I normally am, I said you know what? I need a break. ...
Very Tasty
I appear to veer wildly from healthy to sugary in my cravings. You’ll see. But they’re both really very tasty. On the healthy side, these lowfat muffins are the only bran muffins I’ve ever liked or will even consider eating. I...
End of the Week and Other Tales
Bleeuurgghhh. I think that effectively describes yesterday and today. I don’t think I’ve gotten the flu, but I have certainly not been 100%. Yesterday I was pretty much a waste of humanity between the migraine, sinus headache (both at ...
Such a pleasant weekend …
I spent a pleasant weekend with friends hanging around, relaxing. It was lovely. I’m pretty sure winter is over, because the last few weekends have been really nice - it’s in the seventies, with clear skies. Beautiful weather. Yesterda...
Cooking … Miscellany in the Pantry Style
A comment on a Flickr picture reminded me I hadn’t quite gotten around to posting about my latest culinary adventures, which are also titled … “When I Haven’t Been Grocery Shopping…” I love grocery shopping, but Ja...
Dinner is Served: Rosemary Tenderloin & Orzo
I made a couple of holiday meals this year - but about that time I was in a blog slump, so I’m just now getting around to posting some of the yumminess that I concocted back then. This particular recipe is for the slow-cooker, because I’m...
Cheers to finishing a holiday present!
I’m having a lovely holiday-ish day & evening, which my cat Callie is helping along … doesn’t she look helpful? She’s a whole pile of fluffy trouble. Today began with a very large breakfast … so I’ve said I&...
I’m a Cookin’ Fiend!!!
Over the past week, while being noticeably absent from my blog, I have been a craftin’, decoratin’, cookin’ fool. I’ve done a lot of light hanging, crocheting and embroidery, and of course I burned my fingers with the hot gl...
