• lovely

    happy halloween–2011 edition

    Happy Halloween everyone! For yet another year (see 2010’s iteration here) we chose a “family” costume for this year’s October 31st festivities. Can you guess what we were from the photo of our handmade costume pieces below?? We were the Tweedles…

  • Bloggy

    more blog problems fixed!

    Dear friends… I apologize for the insanity that these WordPress plugins have caused me in the past few weeks. It turns out that the problem that many of you (including Mr. M!) had in accessing my blog was caused by…

  • crafty

    2011 – “made by you” gift exchange

    CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EXCHANGE (via Elfster.com) Yup!!! I’m doing it!!! GIFT EXCHANGE HERE WE COME!!! When I asked a couple weeks ago, I got a few definite “YES!” votes and a whole lot of “MAYBE” votes…

  • yummy

    elderflower gimlet

    There’s many a day when you want a cocktail that just makes you feel happy as you sip… and for some reason any drink with St. Germain does just that for me. Well, that and champagne… Here’s a simple gimlet…

  • homey

    organizing the baking cabinet (for under $40!)

    Dear friends… let me reveal to you the secret reason why I don’t like to bake that often. May I present to you… the baking cabinet… Oh yes. Look at that wonderful mismatch of “stuff” just crammed in there for…