About Me
- Brigide
- I am a frazzled mother of 2 (4yrs and 14 months)that stays at home and attempts to keep house while crafting.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Cake and Presents
The present my husband ordered me for our anniversary was this awesome cookbook. I absolutely LOVE it! I watch the show on PBS whenever I can and I'm thrilled to have the recipes written out in front of me so I can really use them.
I wanted to try out a recipe from it so today I made the Chocolate Bundt Cake. The recipe was well written and really insightful. Very clear instructions on mixing and technique too. I haven't gotten to slice into it yet but it baked up beautifully and if the finished product is half as good as what I licked off my fingers I think I'll be in heaven...le sigh. I'll let you know how it turned out soon. *
In other news, I'm following the Celebrate the Boy month on MADE. Interesting so far, I might try the pants if I slog through some of my other projects. One of those being painting spiderweb lines on fabric and trying to make stuffed muscles...Oy...
I have a redesign for my bedroom sewing space jangling around in my head. It desperately needs some attention and I'm hoping me and hubby can get to it this spring/summer. The kid's room has some work scheduled too so we'll have to see what gets done.
I'm pledging some skirts for myself and to try really hard to destash everything I can. I am easily seduced by fabric. Normally I'm the epitome of restraint and refinement but once I walk into a fabric store I'm like a sailor on shore leave... Well, we all have our little faults.
I'm off to a military ball of sorts this evening. I'm going for a pinup girl vibe. Here's a sneak peek for ya....
See ya!
*It was incredibly awesome......my thighs are not thankful for this cookbook.
I wanted to try out a recipe from it so today I made the Chocolate Bundt Cake. The recipe was well written and really insightful. Very clear instructions on mixing and technique too. I haven't gotten to slice into it yet but it baked up beautifully and if the finished product is half as good as what I licked off my fingers I think I'll be in heaven...le sigh. I'll let you know how it turned out soon. *
In other news, I'm following the Celebrate the Boy month on MADE. Interesting so far, I might try the pants if I slog through some of my other projects. One of those being painting spiderweb lines on fabric and trying to make stuffed muscles...Oy...
I have a redesign for my bedroom sewing space jangling around in my head. It desperately needs some attention and I'm hoping me and hubby can get to it this spring/summer. The kid's room has some work scheduled too so we'll have to see what gets done.
I'm pledging some skirts for myself and to try really hard to destash everything I can. I am easily seduced by fabric. Normally I'm the epitome of restraint and refinement but once I walk into a fabric store I'm like a sailor on shore leave... Well, we all have our little faults.
I'm off to a military ball of sorts this evening. I'm going for a pinup girl vibe. Here's a sneak peek for ya....
See ya!
*It was incredibly awesome......my thighs are not thankful for this cookbook.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
I'm here, I promise
It's been a bit of craziness round here. Valentines Day was our 7th anniversary :) and I was up the night before tossing my cookies into the toilet :( Not a lot of celebrating got done, but my sweet sweet husband took care of me and the children and still managed to load me up on chocolate and flowers. Thanks Sweetheart!
There were lots of little chocolate bars with flowers tied to them all over the house.
And then these.
Other than illness, I have a deconstructed Spiderman costume I am working on for the boy and a couple of spring dress patterns to work up for the girl. Who, by the way, got her first haircut last week. I know most people don't cut a little girl's hair for a long time but she was getting a mullet and I just couldn't take it anymore...she looks much better now :)
The weather here this week is going to be mild and sunny so I'll be starting my seedlings and getting my hands dirty, I can't wait! I'm ready for spring as you can tell by the blog redesign. No more snowflakes for me, please. That's the news for now, stay tuned for a Spiderman costume debacle which is sure to be coming soon....
There were lots of little chocolate bars with flowers tied to them all over the house.
And then these.
Other than illness, I have a deconstructed Spiderman costume I am working on for the boy and a couple of spring dress patterns to work up for the girl. Who, by the way, got her first haircut last week. I know most people don't cut a little girl's hair for a long time but she was getting a mullet and I just couldn't take it anymore...she looks much better now :)
The weather here this week is going to be mild and sunny so I'll be starting my seedlings and getting my hands dirty, I can't wait! I'm ready for spring as you can tell by the blog redesign. No more snowflakes for me, please. That's the news for now, stay tuned for a Spiderman costume debacle which is sure to be coming soon....
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