the life and times of a domestic diva extraordinaire
Posted in Knitting on Jul 17th, 2008
When I saw this project featured over at Knit Picks, I fell in love. Not only did I love the shape of the bag and how they used entrelac to do it, I absolutely loved the colors. Except for one. Fern. An ugly green. I’m not much for green, much less ugly green. So I […]
Posted in Life at Our House on Jul 16th, 2008
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Posted in Cooking/Baking on Jul 14th, 2008
Fudge Brownies A few weeks ago at our Wednesday night knitting get-together, someone mentioned King Arthur flour – that even though it was twice as expensive as other brands, it was really good, and once you used it, you would never go back. Consider me a convert. I tried their bread flour first. On the […]
Posted in Ben, Cooking/Baking on Jul 13th, 2008
No, I have not been taking cake decorating classes. My only expertise is the hours I spent watching my mom practice and decorate cakes when I was a little girl. She’d do all these practice roses on wax paper, and then scrape them into a bowl and use the icing to practice with it some […]
Posted in Ben on Jul 11th, 2008
The best birthday gift ever…a bag with a window in it.
Happy birthday, Ben! This is the cake my mom made him last week when we celebrated his birthday with my parents. Now Steve’s mom is here, and we will be celebrating again. So more cake to follow. After all, I am my mother’s daughter… [More pictures over on Flickr.]