Handiwork

I’m so proud and pleased to introduce to you my very first finished embroidery project! (well actually, I had the embroidered card I sent Jenna earlier. But this was the first big needlework piece) Ta-da!   Lurvely, right? It started out with a simple pattern like this: I loved the colors that I chose. And [...]

Adventures with needle and thread

Above are the “longhorn owls” that I embroidered on cardstock to make a good luck / study card for my sister, who’s in the middle of her exams as we speak at the Universidad de Tejas (good luck on your Arabic final tonight!!). Embroidering on paper is fun but also requires preparation time – you [...]

A Tale of Two Tarts

Dinner last night: A tomato tart (on pie crust) and a mushroom tart (on puff pastry) Pie crust topped with provolone cheese, sliced tomato, a little olive oil, salt + pepper Puff pastry, brushed with egg washed, topped with seasoned ricotta cheese, sautéed mushrooms and green onions, salt + pepper + parmesan Both were fabulous, [...]

Today’s creations

A creative day – both in nutrition and needlework (haha, I know I’ve been killin’ it with the recent alliterations. They’re too much fun!) E is for Embroidery I took my newly purchased embroidery supplies to work today, and practiced some of the basic stitches today at work while patients were in group therapy. I’ve [...]

My domesticity continues

From my blog searching and perusing, I was in awe with this post about using an antique college card catalog cabinet (alliteration!) for awesome organization. Source: smallnotebook.org This website talks about the popular demand of buying antique card catalog cabinets. Apparently anything less than $500 is a bargain. They also list a wide variety of [...]

Feeling itchy and stitchy

Today’s is a two-part post, as you can see from my catchy title :) itchy Matrix gave me a reading of 90 degrees on my way home from work. Good lord!  Knoxville set a record high of 86 degrees today (so my car was probably a little off). Mr TV Weatherman says this is typical [...]

Baking bread.. making wreaths..

Who’s ready for The Pam and Jim baby to make it’s big entrance tonight? Me! I had a fairly normal day at work today. Stopped by the gym on the way home to finish my book – fastest 30 minutes on the stationary bike ever! After the gym I hopped next door to Good Will, [...]