Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Butternut Squash Soup
Butternut Squash Soup
This is the time of the year when soup warms you up on a cold evening or if you live in Florida, a cool evening. My son’s crop was fantastic this year. So when I came back from Vermont recently, I brought one with me.
Not sure where the original recipe came from since I have doctored it up over the years. It is an easy recipe that takes around 45 minutes to make.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Vintage Bobbin Spool and Old Spring Display
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| Vintage Bobbin and Spring Fall Display |
Bobbins and the machinery they ran on were some of the greatest inventions of the Victorian Era. Since most textile mills had their own machine shops and their own favorite shape of bobbin, we see many varied bobbin designs.
Recently I came up with the idea to combine vintage bobbin spools with old springs. I found these unique spools, which are different from most of the wooden bobbin spools that I've collected. Someone thought they might have been for quilting, but I can't find any reference to that. If you know specifically what they were used for, please let me know.
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| Vintage Bobbin Spool and Old Spring |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Glazed Pumpkin Buttermilk Donuts
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| Glazed Pumpkin Buttermilk Donuts |
I just returned from visiting
my children and grand kids in Vermont. The weather was great - warm during the
day, with no humidity' and cool crisp evenings. I arrived home to cooler
weather as well, so when I saw this recipe for glazed pumpkin donuts, I thought
they would be great for this cool weather day.
I don't make sweets too often,
but these were calling me. They were easy to make and turned out great. I got
them off of Pinerest at Barefoot and Baking.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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| Halloween Front Entry |
The front door is always a
great place to decorate for Halloween since the kids come to the door to trick
or treat. I wanted it to be lighted for nighttime viewing and also be
sufficiently decorated for daytime enjoyment.
First I added alighted
garland around the door with some spider webbing over the top part of the door
and half way down the sides. I hung two scary foam spiders in the corners,
using fishing line, one on each of the door.
In the right corner beside the door is a witch
that I purchased at a garage sale for $1.00. It was a great find.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Fall Scale Display
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| Vintage Scale and Wooden Pulleys with Halloween Potion Bottles |
I created this fall display using my husband's scale and my vintage pulley hooks.
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