Busy as ever making new treasures for the shop.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
One Kindle Case to Rule Them All
David’s birthday present this year was a Kindle, Kindle books, and a Kindle case and accessories kit. It was a bookish sort of birthday. The Kindle case came out really well. The hardcover book was a beauty dug from a library sale pile, the felt a thrift store find. The rest of the materials—elastic, hot glue, E600, and cardboard—were purchased from the craft store or repurposed. The stand is a repurposed brass plate rack.
The Pears and What Came of Them
A friend of mine gave me a great big bag of these “wild” pears, or sand pears as I’ve heard them called. I didn’t know what they were but after waiting a week for them to soften up and not getting anywhere much, I Googled them and found out that they don’t ripen the same way as pears from the store. And that they’re particularly good for baking and cooking.
So I set out to try a pear pie recipe and to make “pearsauce” (the pear version of applesauce). In the process I discovered that I was out of white flour, so while I’d not willingly make a whole wheat crust, this is what this pie had. And it turned out rather good, even.
Another pioneering triumph. I love friends who distribute home grown pears so freely.
Foraging Rewarded
Wild blueberries turned into freezer jam. Oh yeah.
Fairy Dolls
There are few things more magical than making fairy dolls with little girls.
I followed a tutorial online, with modifications of our own, of course.
