Someone recently asked what happened to all the cake baking around here and the answer is: my waistline. My waistline happened. It can’t take it anymore. As much as I love all the cake, I had to put my baking on hold for awhile to slim up a little bit for the summer. But. There [...]
Posts under ‘holidays’
Happy love day.
We celebrated our first Valentine’s Day as a married couple in style. I made him this painting using stamps I carved out of potatoes. And this lovely plate of chewy, chocolate-y brownies. He came home from his business trip on Friday with this lovely bouquet in hand. Then he took me to an Italian dinner [...]
Happy, merry.
Happy holidays, ya’ll. Here’s hoping there’s loved ones nearby to squeeze, cookies aplenty, and a few quiet moments to reflect on your own heap of blessings. And for those of you who celebrate it, Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours. Shelley x
Visitors, blessings.
It has been 12 days since I left my job and since then I’ve been feeling very much in a state of flux. Everything is the same and yet, radically different. All things are possible and yet, everything seems frozen. Under snow and holidays and yes, some measure of fear, I’ll admit. I guess this [...]
Gift ideas: Letterpress calendars.
Today my Etsy travels took me to the world of handmade letterpress calendars and hoo-boy-lemme-tell-ya, there are some beauties out there. I personally think a beautiful calendar is a great holiday gift. It’s the perfect blend of art and function and there’s definitely one for every style. {2010 Letterpress Desktop Calendar by Kirtland House, $22} [...]
The spirit.
While we were home at Thanksgiving, my parents loaded us up with lots of stuff to drive back up to Boston, including this – the fake Christmas tree we’ve had since I was kid (they’ve been getting a real tree for the past few years). Having no ornaments, I strung it up with white lights [...]
Gift ideas: handmade heart and home.
Well, well. One day out from the end of NaBloPoMo and I’m back here blogging. Surprised? I’m not. Who am I kidding, I can’t stay away from you guys! Actually, love you though I do, it’s because of all these blogs putting together their holiday gift guides that have me in quite the Christmas present [...]
Cookbook crushes.
Well, we’re back from a great long weekend of eating and carousing with family new and old. And now it’s out with the giving of the thanks and in with the receiving of the gifts! I don’t know if it’s coincidence or merely convenience, but I’ve been crushing on a bunch of different cookbooks lately. [...]
