Native Fairy Candles Emerging
Native fairy candles emerging, with fritillary persica beyond, and a bit of blue scilla in the foreground.
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Things I’ve Discovered Today
Things I’ve discovered today — it’s not so easy to wrap a florentine in a piece of parchment paper without cracking it! Apologies to any who receive broken cookies in their treat boxes; they will still be delicious. The little spring-themed chocolates are a mix of white/dark and ruby/dark. I think the small boxes are
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Masks for Treat Boxes
This morning’s sewing was space masks, going out in the treat boxes for tomorrow. I’ve discovered that Jane Austen movies make EXCELLENT company for sewing masks — there’s something that’s just perfect about them. Partly it’s the reliance on witty dialogue, so you can listen to that while looking at what you’re sewing, and just
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Everyone Needs a Sous Chef!
Packing up treat boxes today, though there are a few more things I’d like to make — tamarind, fig & chocolate scones for the medium and large boxes, I think, assuming they come out well. Fingers crossed. Kevin is kindly cutting in the butter for me, which is the tedious part of making scones. Everyone needs
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Easter Themed Mold
Hey, local friends — would anyone like this Easter-themed mold? I used it this week for making some chocolates for the treat boxes I’m shipping out tomorrow, but it’s not quite my aesthetic, and I’d be pleased to pass it on to a happy home. I used it for making chocolates (ruby chocolate with cranberry
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Small Sweets for Flash Sale
Packed up the small sweets for this weekend’s flash sale treat boxes (going out Monday). We have, this time around: dark chocolate with pink peppercorn, dragonfruit nebulae, dragonfruit marshmallow, chili chocolate, and salted blueberry.
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Poor Munchkin
Kevin (on cutting 24 pieces of filter fabric for me, for this weekend’s set of masks): “You probably know this already, but cutting that much made my back hurt.” Poor munchkin — he is unaccustomed. The key is to vary the action. Cut a little, sew a little, cook a little, garden a little, fall
Pruning Raspberry Bush
It is super-satisfying pruning a raspberry bush and giving away bundles of canes to my neighbors. I ended up with 8 bundles, 6 of which were claimed (over on the local garden FB group) so far. Within minutes of my posting!
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Deaconness Style
I am drowning a little in mask patterns. Today I want to try making the Deaconness-style pleated mask, but with two elastics that go around the head instead of over the ears. If someone can tell me what lengths those elastics should be cut to, I would be forever grateful. (I’ll be trying ones with
Sea Fever
It was very very very windy. Very. I really love wind; there’s something about being buffeted by it that I find very calming, in a sensory kind of way. I wasn’t on a tall ship that day, but if I were — bliss. This was pretty good too. Sea Fever BY JOHN MASEFIELD I must