by Keri | Feb 27, 2014 | food, simple living |
One of my most favorite things about late February is that all the golden things start returning, including pineapples. They’re in season, so they’re on sale. This year I tried a new method to prepping the pineapple....
by Keri | Feb 26, 2014 | food, simple living |
Okay. srsly. For the third day of pancake week, my true love gave to me: a lovely plate of savory æbleskiver (or Dutch Pancakes). I started out with the recipe for regular (sweet) æbleskiver, but omitted the sugar (obvz) and added parsley & feta. The recipe is a...
by Keri | Feb 23, 2014 | food, peasant foods, simple living |
Pancake Week: Day One Justin & I have been keeping added sugars out of our diet for the past couple of weeks, so I thought that Pancake Week , this year, might prove to be difficult. So far, I stand corrected. When I got up this morning I spied two yellow squash...
by Keri | Feb 20, 2014 | sewing, simple living |
I am so glad I tried this. Grading the pattern was fairly easy math, and I ended up developing a method that I really like. First I slashed the pattern in 3 parts, then held it together with some scotch tape. Then I used very wide masking tape to join the two pieces...
by Keri | Feb 19, 2014 | life, sewing, simple living |
It sounds more revolting than it is. I bought a lovely pattern book a few days ago. It is filled with beautiful, simple, feminine style. And why wouldn’t it be? It’s Japanese! Super great, right? Except all the patterns are drawn for Japanese women, which,...
by Keri | Feb 16, 2014 | sewing, simple living |
Sun, Feb 16, 2014, 1:30p: All pieces cut out, matching thread wound. I did not have enough fabric for this project, so I had to make some very advanced decisions. I decided to contrast some elements with white. Bodice, skirt, sleeves & 1 yoke: Orange with...
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