• Blog - Kitchen

    Gifts from the heart

    December 19, 2012 - By 

     

    I’ve been blessed this week with some wonderful gifts from some wonderful ladies.
    First I got this wonderful little journal from my dear friend Elizabeth.

     

     

    She knows I have a fondness for pink, so she was sure to include many splashes throughout.

     

     

    It truly was a gift from the heart…
    Thank you so much Elizabeth.

     

     

    Next my mom made a nice big batch of sandbakkles.
    They are a traditional Norwegian cookie.
    The kids are loving them.

     

     

    Yesterday I met my knitting group for lunch.
    Afterward I was given this yummy plates of goodies for the kids by our “teacher”.
    How sweet is that?!? No pun intended.

     

  • Blog - Crafts

    Tea Tuesday?

    December 11, 2012 - By 
    It’s been a long time since I had a Tea Tuesday post…mostly since I always have a super busy Tuesday and I don’t often schedule my posts. Likely because I’m not very good at planning ahead. I’m sort of a fly by the seat of my pants type of girl.

     

     I just had to show you the teacup candles I made.
    Once again, something I’ve been wanting to do for a long, long time but just never did…until now.

     

     

    I’m totally in love with them. They turned out perfectly.
    I couldn’t have imagined better results!
    Hooray! Love it when something comes out right!

     

  • Blog - Crafts

    Candlemaking

    December 10, 2012 - By 
    Continuing one with my need to melt things…I made some candles.
    Over time I’ve collected containers and supplies at garage sales to create some OOAK candles.
    This one in the tin is so feminine. It has a nice soft scent…not flowery as the flower on top would suggest. Just soft, sweet and slightly fruity.

     

     

    For this one I placed chunks of a darker, broken  candle in the glass jar before filling with the new wax. I was hoping for a more dramatic look but what can I say…I’m experimenting.