these are a few of our favorite things!

1. Homemade bruchetta: The most amazing flavors! ...it's like your taste buds walking through a summer Italian garden...the powerfully fresh/almost bitter earthy basil mixed with the cool sweet tender ripe red and gold tomatoes glazed in olive oil with a hint of garlic salt, all resting on a slightly toasted buttery bed of goodness of which we call bread....
There was no hope for my poor dinner...for I gorged myself on the appetizer.

2. Chippewa Quiche with wild rice: Thanks to Becky W. for this wonderful recipe, we can enjoy a meal to satisfy our hunger for a hearty breakfast and dinner all at once! All I have to say is "you had me at ham"!

cottages + glitter = Christmas joy!

Doesn't this scene make you think of a quaint neighborhood nestled in the quiet sparkly snow with the faint sound of carolers in the distance singing "It came upon a midnight clear..."? For me, it certainly does. So for that reason I had to make several of these and display them on our dining buffet (even though I risk being made fun of by a certain family member as one of "those people who has too many Christmas - village pieces decorating their homes") Don't worry certain family member, I only have 4.
Ahhhh, sparkly snow!

been craftin'

This is what I made for my fall decorations this year Pappa acorns and baby acorns! Paper mache' egg shapes with newsprint decopaged on top, then painted and sealed to a shiny perfection that all acorns should have, then 'hatted' with rope caps! I love them so much they are still in our entry way...and might be until the next fall :)

I made lots of warm cozies this year to have on hand as gifts and to sell. I have a few left so if anyone is sitting at home with cold toes...just let me know!

These are four 14" x 14" paintings I did for a friend's nursery before Christmas. The patterns aren't mine, she gave me a swatch of her crib sheet fabric to go by. The giraffe is my favorite and Steve likes the hippo.