I was so excited to receive my 2nd set of Penguin Push Pins in the mail this week! They are the handmade creations of Peg from Peg’s Boards on ETSY. I received my 1st set of Penguin Push Pins via an ETSY Suprise Swap several years ago. These new ones look like they have googly…
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Playing in the Kitchen: My Favorite Bruschetta
If you’re lucky, summertime means fresh tomatoes from the garden! If you don’t have a garden/green thumb, maybe you have family or neighbors who do. Your local Farmers Market is probably bursting at the seams with tomatoes, too. I’m a little finicky and don’t really like biting into a tomato like and apple… I like…
A Stash Busting Quilt Story
This Quilt top is quite incredible. Because it was made completely from fabric I ALREADY OWNED. Yes, over 30 fabrics from my stash, including a randomly large amount of light purple. I really wanted to make a “practice” quilt. Especially after several friends and co-workers asked me sew a t-shirt quilt for them. I still feel…
Stupidly Easy Corn-on-the-Cob
Corn on the Cob on sale, 6 for $1! Just in time for 4th of July barbeque merriment. And ever since I saw this YouTube clip for cooking the cobs in the microwave (husks and all), I knew I just had to try it out. Could cooking and shucking an ear of corn really be…
Beer and Fireworks and Grilling, oh my!
Happy Fourth of July! Truth: This is one of my favorite holidays, mainly because it is ABOUT celebrating! It isn’t a holiday that has been taken over by celebrating (i.e. Cinco de Mayo in America) or a holiday where celebrating can be seen as inappropriate (i.e. candy and eggs on Easter and presents on Christmas…
Statue of Liberty Re-Opens on the 4th of July!
On July 4th (TOMORROW) the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island will reopen to the public for the first time since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012. Confession: I lived in New Jersey and worked in Manhattan for almost 2 years after college… but the only time I actually “visited” was with a…
Oops, you caught me Pinterest
Pinterest is a website FULL of information and ideas to be inspired by. And if you have been “pinning” long enough, you’re bound to come across an idea you’ve seen before. Even if you don’t remember seeing it before. Oops. This little reminder is a new feature. For the absent minded people like me. I…
Quilts for Boston
After the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon in April 2013, I was heart broken and immediately wondered what can I do to help. If I were anywhere in the vicinity I would have loved to volunteer in some type of relief effort or fund raiser…. but I was so far away. One day, as…
Throwback Thursday: Classic Blueberry Muffins
Throwback Thursday!? “…You were photographing your food before photographing your food was cool.” Hearing my friend say this makes me feel much less dweeby about taking pictures of the food I make. Here are some Blueberry Muffins I made (and photographed) back in MARCH 2005. Back then I was still living on the East Coast,…
These tomatoes can peel themselves. Practically.
It’s tomato season! Half a dozen just came in from the garden yesterday. And I know I’m not the only person who won’t just bite into a tomato like an apple. I like them peeled, with all of that seed-gooky-stuff taken out. Last year I tried the age old tip to remove the peels. It’s…