More Baby Gifts

I’ve been sewing up a storm over the past couple months… many baby blankets, nursing covers, onesies, burp rags, etc. for friends and family having babies soon. I haven’t remembered to take pictures of them all, but here are some. These things have become my go-to gifts for showers. Blanket for my friend...

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Kids Room Letters

Made these for my little nieces and nephews for the rooms in their new house. Love scrapbook paper in young/kiddish prints. Buy wooden letters at a craft store. Buy appropriate paper and lots of mod podge. Trace letters, cut out, and epoxy....

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More Fabric Banners

After making a girlish banner last summer for a friend’s bridal shower, I’d been wanting to make a more masculine one for Emerson’s birthday party, and other events. The last banner was made of scalloped half-circles, but this one I made out of triangles, cut with pinking shears. Make sure you make...

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Brownies with Pumpkin Cream Cheese Frosting

A nice alternative in the fall to pumpkin cookies or bread. Here’s what I did: took my favorite brownie mix (see below). Made brownies and added chocolate chips to the batter. Made a basic cream cheese frosting (1 pkg cream cheese, 1 stick butter, lots of powdered sugar) and then added pureed pumpkin....

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Bengali 5 Spice Roasted Chicken w/Veggies

I’ve been terrible about updating lately (well always, I guess). Here is a delicious Indian chicken recipe with yogurt and curry. Mmmmm. I found it in Sunset magazine, modified it based on the ingredients I had. I made it a couple nights ago; we loved it. Ingredients: olive oil, mustard seed, coriander...

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Nursery Monograms

A couple months ago I made a monogrammed “E” print for Emerson’s room… really, really easy but looks nice. I’ve seen a lot of cool wall hangings for children’s rooms online, but they are pretty expensive for simple designs. I can understand canvas prints being more, but posters are pretty easy to do...

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White Cream Cake with Raspberry Filling, Vanilla Buttercream, & Fondant

My first experience with fondant for Mitch’s surprise party bday cake. It was actually fun to make the cake and filling, but it was miserable dying the fondant, so I think next time I’ll opt for pre-dyed fondant. However, I’ve heard that making your own tastes a lot better than the store-bought Wilton...

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Homemade Raspberry Jam

Raspberries, sugar, lemon juice, water, cornstarch. Simmer, stir, strain, thicken, then cool and allow to set. I used the extra raspberries from a cake filling to experiment and it really tastes great; but how could you go wrong with raspberries and sugar??...

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Vegan Coconut Ice Cream

When it’s hot out I find it hard to bake… without getting a bit too sweaty. I found a couple recipes for this online and combined them to make a nice summer treat. Ingredients: 2 cans coconut milk, 2 tsp. vanilla extract, 1 1/2 c. sugar. Whisk together until sugar is fully incorporated. Pour into ice...

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