A cute little farm tractor cake for one of my daughter’s co-workers. It’s a simple two-layer chocolate cake with a raspberry filling and buttercream frosting. The tractor was made from Rice-Krispie treats and covered in fondant. The pumpkins are all …
Finished Object Friday – Hufflepuff Baby Blanket
I finally finished a project! It’s been a few months but this one needed to be done before the end of October. I made another Harry Potter / Hogwarts baby blanket for a family friend. This time it was a …
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Canning Diced Tomatoes
I actually ended up with a decent crop of tomatoes this year even though three of my plants didn’t produce much of anything at all. It may have something to do with me not properly caring for the two in …
October Birthday Cakes
A very good friend has a couple of boys with birthdays early in October and I’ve been making their cakes for a while now. It started out with Brain Smash Cakes and then Minions and Avengers. This year she picked …
Garden Update
I guess it’s been some time since my last garden update. I will admit to being somewhat frustrated with my garden this year. It had such a slow start because our weather was so cool and wet I thought I’d …
CSA – Locavore Box 7-16-20
Another great box from Acme Farms and Kitchen this week. It feels like Christmas sometimes. I know what meals are being delivered but unpacking all of the fresh produce and other ingredients really makes me happy for some reason. In …
FO Friday – baby afghan, play food and a toy hammock
Whew! It’s been a very busy month but I was able to finish up a few odds and ends and even a new baby blanket. I had family visiting from Arizona last week and used that as my motivation to …
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Bridal Shower Cookies
Just a quickie little post today to share some cookies I made for a bridal shower yesterday. I wanted to go a little more elegant than my normal buttercream frosting. It just doesn’t get the details necessary for these cookies. …
Locavore Box from Acme Farms + Kitchen – Starting up again
I knew it had been quite a while since my last CSA box from Acme but I hadn’t realized it was December 2016! Definitely not since I moved into my new house and started my own garden for sure. With …
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Rosemary Herb Sourdough Bread
So I sort of jumped on the sourdough bandwagon a while back but it’s truthfully something I’ve been wanting to work on forever. I used to do the whole Amish friendship bread thing but after a while it got overwhelming …
WIP Wednesday – Snowflake afghan and play food
I might have mentioned that I’m trying to work through a bunch of old projects that have been sitting around for YEARS, yes, YEARS! Right now I’m hoping to get this snowflake afghan done for my daughter for Christmas. Yeah, …
Garden update – 5/26/20
It’s been about 2 1/2 weeks since I planted and this last week really started showing a difference. I took down the walls o’ water because the tomatoes were reaching the top and touching the sides of the walls. I …
Finished Object (FO) Friday – Minion freezer pop coozies
I’m slowly, very slowly, working my way through old half-finished projects. These Minion freezer pop coozies have been almost done for several years. All I needed to do was sew the eye on and add the mouth. It took me …
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Black Bean and Butternut Squash Enchiladas
These enchiladas were amazingly good! I thought they sounded tasty when I read the recipe but they tasted even better than I had anticipated. I wanted to create more layers of flavor so decided to roast the squash first. I …
Garden 2020
It’s that time of year again! I spent Mother’s Day weekend cleaning up the beds, weeding, adding dirt and planting. It was pretty warm for a May afternoon and the garden was a hot mess but it needed to get …
