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Mirror Gem Notebook
Today I reached for a notebook I haven’t used in years. I decorated this notebook in my hotel room during some free time during a writer’s convention. (Doesn’t everyone take glue, gems and tin foil to...
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Teeny Tiny real Italian Dinner
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, a romantic Teeny Tiny Italian Dinner. Perhaps for teeny tiny appetites. ;) Back in 2004, I wrote a book for American Girl – Tiny Treats, published in 2006. The book...
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here is a miniature box of chocolates for you. Click photo to see a larger image. Even though it’s just a couple minutes into February 15th, I still consider it Valentine’s Day...
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We finished off the Valentine’s Day cookies…
They were delicious! We kept it simple and made just two recipes: Shortbread Hearts and Cherry Cordial Cookies. The Cherry Cordial Cookies recipe was from a Chocolatier magazine from years ago. I cut...
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Time to put away the Valentines
I am slowly collecting the most amazing valentines. I will be displaying these in a wood bowl on the coffee table next February. Next year, it might be a terra cotta Valentine… Last year, he made me a...
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The Dewing of the Hanging Plant Easter Egg Tree
Last year I posted about the Hanging Plant Easter Egg Tree I made. It’s time to get it out again. Adding the drops of dew was my favorite part. After I finished each miniature plant, with it’s tiny...
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We made up a new recipe – PB & Jam Joconde – Part 1
There are 43 photos with this entire post so I’ve decided to divide it up into 4 parts. I will post over the next several days so as not to slow down your connection. A Joconde cake is a delicious,...
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We made up a new recipe – PB & Jam Joconde – Part 2
— Continued from Part 1 — Continuing our PB & Jam Joconde, we had a large baking mat, the size of the entire oven rack, filled with chocolate batter that needed chilled. If we were an actual...
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We made up a new recipe – PB & Jam Joconde Cake – Part 3
– PB & Jam Joconde – continued from Part 2 – The beautiful baking mat filled with dough fit our oven wall to wall, with barely room to spare when we first put it in the oven. After a mere 7 minutes...
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We made up a new recipe – PB & Jam Joconde Cake – Part 4
PB & J Joconde – Almond Sponge Cake wrapped around a layer of Chocolate Almond Sponge cake under a thick layer of Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Mousse and topped with Cherry Topping. - This is the...
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The Moss Rose Bracelet is finished
The Moss Rose Bracelet, inspired by an antique tea set from my Grandma, is finished and I love it! It turned out even better than I expected. ..happy smile… Moss Rose Bracelet, inspired by an antique...
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The Crown Journal
The Crown Journal. For years I made my own blank journals using a standard codex construction with fabric bound spine and hardcovers. The signatures were sewn onto cords or tapes and then glued into...
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DIY – decorative Wrought Iron design paper
A couple months ago I made some beautiful coffee-dyed, wrought iron patterned paper completely by accident. I wanted coffee-dyed paper for a project so I boiled coffee grounds (about twice as strong as...
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Homemade Goldfish Crackers by the slice
The boys say the flavor is closer to Cheez-Its than Goldfish, but either way they are delicious! I used King Arthur Flour’s recipe for Cheese Pennies from their Baker’s Companion cookbook. This is our...
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Sourdough Breadstick Cobras
We were scraping the bottom of the barrel for supper tonight. Things went from bad to worse when he forgot to put the yeast in the bread dough. He forgot to add the honey too and I forgot to check the...
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Sugar Bonnets
Sugar Bonnets, made with just sugar and water and a tiny bit of food color for the decoration. Each one is about 1 teaspoon of sugar. I’ve been making these Sugar Bonnets for many years and used to...
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Angel Curtain Treatment
All I wanted was a little more light in the dining room so I gathered up the curtain in one hand and pulled it up and discovered … an Angel Curtain Treatment! Angel Curtain Treatment [Please excuse my...
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Drink more water!
That’s what I’m trying to remember these hot summer days. I rarely get thirsty so drinking water is something I have to do intentionally. I’ll get to the end of a day and realize I didn’t drink enough...
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Latte Magnets
“Did you drink anything today?” “Yes… I think I did… I had a cup of coffee… maybe two…” “Any water?” One of my sons is keen on proper water consumption and I really appreciate his healthy diligence. I...
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Woven Tortillas
I don’t know what gave me the idea but I was eating a tortilla one day a couple weeks ago and thought it would be great to make a weaving of colored tortilla strips. It took a week or so to hunt down...
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