This is a shout-out to a local business, but also, I have a question for any yarn-crafting friends. My colleague Karla really loves to crochet, and she makes all kinds of adorable things, from crochet earrings, to trendy boot toppers and headbands, to adorable poke ball hats. But it’s not easy making crochet available at […]
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New set of polymer clay jewelry — I can’t decide if I like the monstera pattern or the green & white floral the best. Kavi’s a fan of the Christmas sweater theme. 🙂 I’ll be taking these over to the store later this week, so if you want any of these, do let me know.
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Been sick the last two days, v. annoying, but feeling mostly better now and able to do stuff. Plans for the day: – grind freshly-roasted spices, pack up curry powder, and ship orders (reminder that you can order signed cookbooks and curry powder from my online shop: www.serendibshop.com, and we’re running a Winter Holiday Sale,
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I got several lovely hostess gifts (never expected, but always appreciated) for our holiday party yesterday, and I wanted to shout out one from a local business, Olive & Well — it was a lovely pairing of butternut squash seed oil and maple balsamic vinegar, but also included five different recipes that used these ingredients.
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Holiday party — I was so busy talking to people that I didn’t take any pictures of my guests during the party, which is a shame! Especially because we had a really nice crowd — about 50-60 people, I think, with a great mix of old friends from college, long-time friends, new friends and colleagues,
Holiday party: • greenery hung, with the help of Gabriella and one of my students and his partner (cedar garlands from the Oak Park Conservatory Winter Greens market make my old Victorian feel very Victorian Christmas somehow) • trifle (this year’s was pear, blackberry, strawberry, with ladyfinger cookies, Bird’s custard, a thin drizzling of ginger
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I feel like I should get Christmas points for getting a tree exactly tall enough that the top of the the star ends up just an inch under the ceiling. Kavi (who is a few inches taller than me) put the star on top of the tree this year, so she can have some points
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Making fruitcake? Take that bottle of brandy and pour yourself a nice glug. Add some of the cherry syrup from the jar of glacé cherries, some cherry or orange bitters, some clementine and cherry for garnish. Juice the rest of the clementine into the glass. Take that with you when you’re wrestling the lights for
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Little bits of the last few days — packing up an order, ruby-passionfruit marshmallows for the party, a crocheted scarf going down to the shop today…
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Paperwhite tea towels sewn up! I like these, but to be honest, they’re only ideal for people who like to hang their tea towels (on a hook or displayed in a frame) because the design isn’t really suited for draping over a bar on the oven or dishwasher — all the flowers are on the
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