happy stuff.

for a long time, i’d been really wishing that i had some of that cute goldfish-in-a-bag print by heather ross and it is soooooo out of print and soooooo highly desirable that i’d pretty much given up hope.  until my common threads friend amber blogged that she had found some.  i took a long shot [...]

whew!  what a week!  my parents, my sister, her husband and their two boys (my super-cute nephews) arrived last sunday evening and stayed through friday morning.  it was a whirlwind of noise, chaos, love, laughter, hugs, tears and it scared my kitties (and possibly my husband) into their hidey-holes.  my talented father spent time working [...]

i seem to have found a fun new crafty skill.  as i was putting together a storytime kit for this fall all about monsters (which i put together almost every year–it’s my favorite!) i realized that we really didn’t have any good “hand stamps” for monsters.  i figured there would be tons of monster stamps [...]

remember those luscious apricots from the last post?  i couldn’t stop thinking about how good they’d taste with cream cheese on top of some sort of pastry, but i also couldn’t figure out what kind of pastry this combo reminded me of.  then i finally remembered kolaches.  i’m not sure they ever traditionally combine apricot [...]

i bought these beauties at the farmer’s market. the hardest part is deciding which way to cook them.  yesterday, i made a tart. i also made a tiny tart with the extra bits.  lucky for me, mr. happy stuff thinks the apricots are…. too tart. off to find more recipes. or maybe just make an [...]