i love you
and your light, yummy, not too sweet ways.
Bakeshop, I’m so happy I finally found you,
and I just added Good to the Grain to my birthday wish list.
oh, figgy buckwheat scone
May 4th, 2012
making caterpillars
April 26th, 2012
Remember making these when you were little? I thought it would be a good earth day project for the little miss. She really enjoyed doing this with her favorite playmate/babysitter, B! Who consequently, when I asked if she remembered making these when she was little, which isn’t that long ago, she looked at me like I was crazy; or just sad that she missed out on such a fun crafty project when she was a tot. Lucky for her, I put her in charge!
The egg carton came out of the recycling and was transformed into three caterpillars: a mama and two babies, I was told. They were painted, could magically see with the sticky back google eyes, and became extra cute with hot pink chenille stem antennae that Clementine still calls ears or, at this point, ear-antennae. The two babies were even lucky enough to get some fuzzy chenille stem feet. Apparently mamas don’t get feet. Obviously she doesn’t mind, she’s smiling.
eggs in the nest
April 20th, 2012At the end of March I began my search for different types of blown-out eggs to put in a nest on our coffee table. I thought it would be a great way to teach the little miss about birds and hatching. So far in our collection we have eggs from an ostrich, emu, chicken, duck, goose, and quail. Clementine likes to pick them up and feel how smooth or textured they are; she is very good with them, realizing their potential fragility. I made some flash cards with pictures of the birds and their babies. We match the egg to it’s appropriate picture, talk about where the bird lives, what sounds it makes, how big they are, and other observations, and then thanks to you tube we can watch these birds hatching from their eggs! I thought putting out our nest of eggs every year would make for a fun spring tradition.
watching grass grow {in an egg}
April 12th, 2012
Last Easter, the mister gave me a half dozen eggs from Revisions Design Studio; six porcelain shells that you plant wheatgrass in. It wasn’t until this April that I planted them. Here’s what sprouted in five days… in limited Portland sunshine.
cottontail cupcakes!
April 9th, 2012
Here it is, my excuse for buying a cotton candy machine:
the cottontail cupcake.
Like I said earlier, I had a vision.
Here’s how it developed:
cupcake + toothpick + cakeball (a donut hole would work too)
fluffy white frosting
edible candy grass = whiskers
large blue nonpareil = eyes
pink decorating gel = mouth
and don’t forget the paper ears
well, hi there, cutie. you just need a fluffy tail…
sweet little cottontail.
***A few notes: my cake balls ended up being more pointy than round, which sort of worked out for a rabbit’s face but with the frosting it really didn’t matter. Also, cotton candy and moisture do NOT get along. I had to put a spacer in between the frosting and the cotton candy. I just used a small round piece of wax paper and a toothpick.****
a pink and orange easter {with a side of bunnies, chicks, & candy dots}
April 9th, 2012This year we celebrated Easter all weekend.
Saturday, the little miss had her friend over for some cottontailed bunny cupcakes and confetti egg fun, and on Sunday we had our traditional dinner.
My theme did start out as pink but eventually I added orange, one of my favorite color combos! I wanted it to be pretty and bright, but also whimsical.
I decided to make homemade candy button placemats that doubled as a table runner when put all together. Yes, that’s a lot of dots! 1309 to be exact. It was actually much simpler than it seems. After dinner, you could just pick at your placemat for dessert!
I finally found an excuse to get a small cotton candy machine for home; I had to complete my vision of a cotton candy “cottontail” on a white bunny cupcake, I mean, c’mon, let nothing come between me and my easter vision!
Throw in some fuzzy chicks, more colored rice, lovely orange burlap, bunnies made out of blown eggs, sparkly pink carrots hung from the light shade, strings of tissue paper tulips hung from the ceiling, wheatgrass planted in little porcelain eggs, some vintage easter nostalgia, pretty blossoms, and presto! our easter table(s) came together!
Here is an over view in pictures. Details to follow!
egg time
April 5th, 2012My easter preparation continues.
As soon as I actually finish one of my projects I’ll be sure to share it with you.
Until then, here are a few glimpses of Clementine’s adventures in easter egg dying thanks to the mister’s hipstamatic documentation:
Just for the record, dying eggs in clear glass is very visually satisfying!
a dozen donuts… april fools!
April 1st, 2012
This morning the mister found a bakery box on the counter.
I told him it was a dozen donuts. A nice Sunday surprise.
He opened the box to find mini “donuts”.
April Fools!
Honey, who shrunk the donuts?
I was inspired by something I saw in the Disney family fun magazine while at a friend’s house:
Frost a round piece of cereal, like cheerios or apple jacks, and top with sprinkles.
Very funny!
easter ideas to make and do {from the archives}
March 27th, 2012
Coming up with new ideas and projects for this easter involves looking at what I’ve done in the past; sometimes it’s nice seeing it all in one place. These are my favorites.
easter table
March 27th, 2012
These are the last four easter tables at our house.
I like to look back at what I’ve already done when pulling together ideas for a new theme.
Click on each picture to see the whole set-up.
What will it be this year?
As requested by the little miss,
pink,
of course.