xmas roundup!

i scored big this year...crafty-wise!!

it was a fab-u-lous holiday!

my loot!
body shop hemp hand protector (best stuff ever for really messed up and cracked hands)
lemongrass goats milk lotion
vanilla lotion
$40 MAC gift card
flight of the conchords cd (foux du fa fa!)
digital photo frame & 1 g memory card
cammo chef hat
indian cookbook & spices
porcelain coffee mug for travel
certificate to get my nails did
everyday foods cookbook (glee)
$30 cash -merci grandma and santa!
chili salt, rosemary salt and sea salt
solar lights

2 pieces de resistance:
!!!!pankcake puff maker!!!!
(i'm using leftover mashed potatoes to make potato and cheese puffs for lunch tomorrow)
!!!!sewing machine & accessories!!!!

an amazing moment happened when i made my boyfriend tear up. i gave him a blown up photograph of his great grandpa and his navy buddies...i had no idea that it would affect him that way. it touched me very much, haven't seen that side of him in a long while.

hope everyone had a happy and safe holiday!

things to do on a snow day...

here's some goodies i made for a catering earlier on this month.

coconut dream bars.


celery and apple salad (caraway & pink peppercorn dressing) in a panchetta cup.

since there's a gigantic snow storm covering my area of the world, i decided not to leave the house today.
i made a pillow for grandma filled with orange potpourri.
my fingers are still crossed for a sewing macing for xmas. it's getting mighty tiresome making everything by hand, not to mention time consuming... this took me 1.5 football games to make in it's entirety. but i think it's pretty. smells good to boot.
i know the themes don't match, but i really wanted to use this fabric. (thanks amy)

backside

front

sideview
i hope everyone is ready for xmas. i think i am. looks like things are falling into place the closer the big day comes.
made my record bowls, an indian spice mix for a few people + i'm going to write out my recipe for chicken curry and jer's going to write out his recipe for butter chicken (using that homemade spice mix), made 3 blankets, one pillow, 2 relaxing eye pillows, 3 brooches and 3 rings. pretty content, excpet for the things i got for my parents, i never am. they have everything, and it's always the same ol' stuff. slippers, houe coats, tea cups, popcorn, chocolates blah blah...i'm out of ideas. for all other events (b-days, anniversary mom & pop's day) i make them dinner and it would be a cop out if i did the same thing for xmas, no?
we're having my mom & dad over xmas eve for supper. they are coming from ottawa, so i hope the waether lets up soon. they're staying over night because we go to my grandma's on xmas day and she lives closer to us than them.

i've got a super menu planned for supper. it's very unconventional, but then, that's what they've come to expect for us.

• hors d'oeurves- cheese, crackers & roasted red pepper dip, chips (maybe an atrichoke dip)
  
• spinach salad with grape tomatoes, red peppers, toasted pita with a hoisin & honey dressing
  
• pork tenderloin stuffed with basil, s&p, guldens mustard and (possibly) roasted red pepper & goat cheese.
• curry and green pea risotto
  
• caramelized brussel sprouts with panchetta and onions
• maple glazed baby carrots
• mom's bringing dessert..but i made fudge, lemon squares and coconut dream bars. + raspberry puff pastry pinwheels.
  

eventhough i'm deathly disgusted by bananas...

i really want to try this:

Riduan’s Almond Milk and Banana Energy booster drink August 7, 2007

Filed under: Episode 03, Recipes — barebeauty2 @ 4:00 am

For 1 person

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Materials:
- Blender
- Knife
- Chopping board

Ingredients:
2 bowl almonds (soak in water for 2 hours)
1 large banana
1 tbsp lime juice.

Method:
- Fill the blender’s jug to half level of water and blend the almonds
- Strain to get the almond milk.
- Put 1 glass of almond milk back into the blender
- Add in the banana and lime juice, and blend till smooth.
- Drink immediately.

**i will be brave**

yarrr...blanket and brooches..

avast mateys!!

another blanket.
even haley loves it!



here's some new brooches i made too!
leopard print fur, studs, ribbon, felted balls, beads, quartz and garnets....



thanks to amy, i now have some rad ass owl fabric!!
it's going to go on the back of grandma's xmas pillow!

candy wonderland...

jer and i sat down on sunday, listened to some music, consumed some bevvies and produced this masterpiece.

maison du gingerbread

kitty on the horizon.....

aerial view...

candy cane tree...

walk the pez pathway...

it's starting to look a little like xmas!