Bunny

 Meet Bunny.

She is half Husky and half Border Collie.

It was love at first sight.

Homemade Pasta

 Homemade pasta noodles are amazing to make and amazing to eat.

The recipe is simple, 1-large egg to 1-cup flour.

 

Once the dough is ready it needs to be covered and allowed to rest for 3 or 4 hours.

 

I have a set of pasta cutters with roller that works on my Kitchen Aid mixer; which makes rolling out the dough so very easy.

I love how you can make your pasta noodles as long as you want;

And as thin as you like. 

 When cut, the noodles look just like hair.

 Ideally the noodles should hang to dry;

 But I place mine on clean dishtowels when cooking them right away.

 Homemade noodles cook in 4 to 5 minutes.

And they taste amazing!

I also make my own homemade spaghetti sauce using canned tomato sauce, spices and ground beef.

The Early Bird Gets The Worm

I've always known when it comes to shopping yard sales and garage sales the earlier you go the better; as the good items sell first. Well, I now know this is true too for thrift stores.

 With a few extra minutes on my hands I stopped by a local thrift store one morning and found this cabinet just waiting for me! It was in new condition with shelves on the inside; which I plan to use for holding our piano music.

When I looked at the price tag I was amazed it was marked only $9.98.

Starting our Summer with a Little Vintage

During warm weather, when we run errands, we like to bring a small ice chest to carry drinks. And this year we will be using a vintage ice chest! It's called Alpine and makes me think of summer camping.

The style reminds me of a picnic basket.

 It has aluminum handles;

And a lid that completely detaches.

There is plenty of space inside for our drinks, such as tea and lemon-aid, and enough space to hold sandwiches on the days we want to take our lunch with us.

I'm so pleased with my vintage ice chest. Are you curious what I paid? It was marked $7.50 but was half off! I would have been willing to pay the regular price for such a fun ice chest :o)

A Wedding Gift

Handmade kitchen towels made from utility cloth and trimmed in assorted Moda coffee themed fabrics. Utility cloth looks like muslin only much thicker. I plan to make kitchen towels for myself, out of the same utility cloth, in the near future.

Plastic bag holder made from the same Moda coffee themed fabrics. This was made by using strips of fabric stitched onto a piece of muslin fabric. It's very durable and very functional.

 Years ago we bought a set of steak knives from Bed Bath and Beyond. They are the very best knives we have ever used; so I included a set as part of the wedding gift.

Handmade with love!

A Quick Party Gift

 Birthday invitations are always fun to receive but coming up with a gift can be challenging.

Since messenger bags are in style at the moment Elizabeth thought her friend would like one.

 The invitation had a peace sign design so I decided to applique one to the outside flap.

I even quilted the flap to add a little bit of texture.

 The lining fabric was chosen based on the colors of the invitation;

hot pink, lime green, blues, orange, yellow....

Elizabeth said the Birthday Girl was happy with her gift.

Easter Sales

This year I took advantage of the Easter Sales.

Up first, homemade strawberry jelly.

Then I decided it was time to try my hand at canning some ham.

Wow, it was so amazingly good!

We have been eating biscuits with jelly for breakfast 

and ham sandwiches for lunch :o)