compliments from the chef

It's times like these I realize procrastination is not something I value about my personality...I was able to finish the 2 projects I had planned for Easter, but didn't get them to the level I would have liked. The holiday weekend was great, the weather was nice and seeing the family was fun. 2 of my cousins brought girlfriends and they fit into our family wonderfully! It was cool to have some outsiders and spice things up a bit. We also had the chef from our favorite Pho restaurant join us, he is such a nice guy and made DELICIOUS salmon crostinis. with a caper and shallot sauce! YUMMO!!...Georgie LOVES his breakfast basket and took a particular liking to pancake #1 and the bacon...he was so adorable running through the yard with a pancake in his mouth...and my cousin liked her bento box as did everyone else, passing it around the group I heard many "that is sooo cute!" and let me tell you it made me feel good...all though I know I could have done better on it, it was wonderful to get positive feedback. The holiday has given me inspiration and made me want to get better at my sewing and create more little gems and see where it takes me...

sunday brunch

Well I suppose I should have started this sooner, but I'm attempting to make everyone gifts for Easter. Starting with a brunch basket for my favorite dog Georgie. He's my mom's beloved, but I adore him as much as she does. I decided that I would make him some felt breakfast items to play with this Sunday...I'm only partially done with one piece of toast (well it's supposed to be toasted...but it looks a little un done to me) and a lovely little pancake...I'm planning to give the pancake a playmate and some eggs and bacon. I've also got some sushi in the works for my cousin Amy, she gets the special bento box because its her birthday. I'll post more pictures as I complete them...And also the toast I emulated is from aiwa-9 on Deviant Art....my version pales in comparison, but its the thought that counts I always say! :)

and one more thing before I sign out, the dates on those pictures are wrong. I took them today, but the camera had the wrong date and time...its fixed now! Sorry, but it was bugging me...

in the beginning...

I never was much of a blog follower...but now that I have so much time on my hands, I figured I would give it a shot. I might be late to the party, but I just figured out how cool blogs are! It may take many moons to get mine on the coolness scale, but we'll see how it goes. This blog will basically be about my adventures in the kitchen and the craft store...getting back in touch with my inner crafty crusader!