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Snow? No!!!! Your sink and counters are GORGEOUS.
Commented May 1, 2013 on Awesome / Not Awesome at kirstencan
Awesome / Not Awesome
AWESOME: mudding over old backsplash, cabinet, previous owner's security system panel, windowsill (after removing wood sills) and the many, MANY holes in the wall from their old window coverings (forget we've lived here for ten years, will you?). NOT AWESOME: I'm tired of looking at it, but d...
Birthday!
Posted Apr 18, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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There's a similar recipe on epicurious but with LOTS of butter. Sigh. It's my favorite kind of caramel corn now.(Maple-Pecan Caramel corn, if anyone's interested.)
Commented Mar 28, 2013 on A Year of Popcorn: Maple Popcorn at SouleMama
A Year of Popcorn: Maple Popcorn
You saw this one coming, right? It's March...sugaring season....of course that must unite with the very food staple by which we Soules sustain ourselves. Yes, yes...this March, I bring you Maple Pecan Popcorn. Sweet - but not too much. And deliciously crunchy with those nuts.This one goes ...
Baaaaa. And cluck.
Posted Mar 25, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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I need to track down my electronic copy of the recipe. Until then, if you google "carrot cookies with orange icing", and choose any of the sites with the word "grandma" or "aunt", that's the recipe! It seems to have been a popular one with the grandmas...
Commented Mar 22, 2013 on Cookies!!!! at Necessary Chocolate
Cookies!!!!
My litany the past two months has been, "I wish that someone would show up on my doorstep with cookies." Yep, that's how pathetic I've been. But look! My cousin Alyson sent me cookies!!!! And her daughter made me a duct tape rose. Just because they thought I needed them. They're carrot cookie...
Cookies!!!!
Posted Mar 21, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Immersing myself in mindless sewing
Posted Mar 19, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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I wonder if I could figure out bunny ears for her? Or a felt Easter bonnet?
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Commented Mar 13, 2013 on Oops. I lied. at Necessary Chocolate
Oops. I lied.
Not quite ALL of the Christmas decorations are down...
Oops. I lied.
Posted Mar 13, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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While waiting for the perle cotton
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Oh, I agree. I think that I probably pieced part of this quilt during Call the Midwife! Then took a break to read the book.
Commented Mar 12, 2013 on Nice, mindless therapy at Necessary Chocolate
Nice, mindless therapy
It's been a rough two months - trying to iron out some issues with a project at work, while wanting to hide under the covers and never come out. Not the hard stuff that most of you deal with. Just my not-so-hard stuff that feels very hard in my admittedly pampered world. But there was a wonderfu...
Nice, mindless therapy
Posted Mar 11, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Your father does look so kind. I believe that he does know your boys. I hope that his wonderful traits shine through in them.
Commented Jan 28, 2013 on sunday stories-dad at Kleas
sunday stories-dad
This is one of my favorite pictures of my dad. Next to him, is my sister. I think why I love this picture so much is it really shows in his face what a kind man my father was. He loved children, he loved to joke and tell stories, he truly loved to be with people...especially his family. T...
Beautiful quilt - I love the back!
Commented Jan 22, 2013 on I don't know why I bother folding the quilts... at kirstencan
I don't know why I bother folding the quilts...
... it's been so chillly they end up like this - always. There is often someone snuggled up in them. I keep walking by and folding them, but why bother? Speaking of quilts, here are some closeups of the redhead's birthday quilt. Our latest 'Nana-Made' quilt. I LOVE it! It uses a lot of...
Ottobre patterns are the best. They're beautifully drafted. How wonderful that they're one of your sponsors!
Commented Jan 20, 2013 on SouleMama Sponsor ~ Ottobre design ~ at SouleMama
SouleMama Sponsor ~ Ottobre design ~
Today, we bring you a giveaway from SouleMama Sponsor, OTTOBRE design. In Tuula 's words: "We are a family business operating globally from Lapland, Finland. We publish OTTOBRE design@ kids and OTTOBRE design@ woman magazines. They both have 20 to 40 trendy designs with complete patterns and ...
of course thats okay! Have fun at the party!
Commented Jan 16, 2013 on Cozy little apple crisps, with some ballet thrown in at Necessary Chocolate
Cozy little apple crisps, with some ballet thrown in
As long as we're on the baking theme... Little apple crisps, made in muffin papers for the church party. I was really happy that these were so easy and fast, and that they turned out so well. You need wax-lined papers, though - otherwise the butter seeps through a bit. I dropped these off and...
Apples to Apples and Dominion are the current favorites. i thought that Dominion would be too difficult for children, until a 6-year-old beat me...
Commented Jan 16, 2013 on winter games at SouleMama
winter games
There's another snowy winter's day ahead today. I know for certain that means a few things will happen - there will be cross country skiing for some, there will be tea for all, and a game...or two or four will be played by quite likely every single one of us. Morning, noon and ...
Aww, thank you. It was a wonderful Christmas season! And it would have been all the better if I could have spent some of it with you.
Commented Jan 16, 2013 on The 2012 cookie dough at Necessary Chocolate
The 2012 cookie dough
Once again, I've had too much fun delivering cookie dough. And I've managed to get two dinner invitations out of the process. Much thanks to my friends for taking such good care of me! I'm not done delivering yet, and that "Happy Holidays" label looks pretty silly in mid-January. Oh, well. T...
The 2012 cookie dough
Posted Jan 14, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Are you allergic to figs, too? Thats what youre really supposed to use.
Commented Jan 14, 2013 on Cozy Christmas dessert at Necessary Chocolate
Cozy Christmas dessert
Christmas dessert at my parent's house. Sticky toffee pudding cottages. Set against my mom's dining table centerpiece, it really was ridiculously cute. My office has been working at a Boston church for some years now. Right across the street is a wonderful restaurant where we discovered the j...
Cozy Christmas dessert
Posted Jan 14, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Ditching gingerbread cookies
Posted Jan 13, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Thank you! I use my cousin Mariannes frosting recipe (with one modification). Beat 1 cup butter until fluffy. Add 1 pound powdered sugar and a dash of salt, and beat well. In a 1/3 cup measure, pour 1 tbsp vanilla and a few drops of almond flavoring; fill the rest of the measuring cup with 1/2 and 1/2 (or milk or cream). Add to the butter/sugar mixture, and beat until smooth. Her original recipe uses that much liquid for 2 cups of butter/2 lbs of sugar, but Ive found that I like softer icing for cookies. I often add more vanilla after I taste the final product.
It sets up okay if you frost the cookies the night before; cookies can be bagged, but some of the frosting will smush With that much butter, it chills well and then goes softer as it warms. But it tastes incredible!
Commented Jan 13, 2013 on Cozy cookies at Necessary Chocolate
Cozy cookies
As we continue to pretend that my life is filled with cozy, wrapped-up-in a-quilt days, let's look at cookies. Dogs in hand-knit sweaters (lower left corner) Bears in hand-knit sweaters and scarves. Fluffy clouds. And gnomes. All for the office cookie exchange, where we had hot apple ci...
Cozy little apple crisps, with some ballet thrown in
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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Cozy classroom activities
Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Necessary Chocolate
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