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Author: Chanteuse Designs
Butterick 5455 from Maggy London
This was my favorite of all the dresses I made for the Tacoma show. Comfy, cool when you are working and really elegant. A customer favorite too. It is tricky about the top sewing bodice to interfacing…..translation “It’s a lot of hand sewing” and I couldn’t imagine why they said you could even sew part…
Belgian Waffles….for Valentines Day ;-)
Here is something simple to start your Valentines day! I had been wanting to try this specific recipe with my cute little valentine waffle iron. It had a few new ingredients than your average waffle mix and it looked like it might be lighter and tastier. Well my results turned out a little bit different…
Hilarious……Shakespeare (what’s not to love) and made in America!!!
A must see. If you need to laugh, and I believe we all do, then enjoy. Share with all. Tony, thanks for sending. Rated PG. Yeah John Branyan! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxoUUbMii7Q&feature=player_embedded#!]
One of the best vocalists and not to be missed!
A refreshing bard in a world full of noise. This would be awesome if it goes around the world a few times! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z9TdDCWN7g]
11 year old tells it like it is……….
Too cute not to share [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/share_popup?v=o1AoV55MJNo]
Vogue 7997 ……… another comfy, classy top.
Working on those knit patterns that have plagued me for ages. This one was very easy, just as it suggested on the cover. It can be dressed up or down which is what I like about it. And of course, its comfy!! I have a few comments on the directions: the elastic chart suggested an…
Butterick 5497 so comfy!
I had to get over my fear of knits and picked up some knit fabric at a garage sale (of all places) and thought it the perfect opportunity to crank out some fun tops. My goal this year is to start making ……most…..of my clothes. Yeah, what am I thinking?? Well, I’m thinking my clothes…
Easy Banana bread with some healthy ingredients.
You can never go wrong with banana bread and I bet it is one of Starbucks best sellers. It’s quick and easy and I try to make any sweet dessert a bit healthier. Hence I have begun adding flax seeds and pumpkin seeds whenever it seems like a good fit. It tastes fabulous with the…
Champagne Vinaigrette a winner any way!
Don’t know why I have never made Champagne Vinaigrette before, but that is certainly going to change in 2012. Wow, wow what took me so long. I guess I just really didn’t think alcohol….salad……alcohol?…in a salad dressing? So I just never really went down that road. But then of course I realized…….I read that wrong.…
New Years Bundt cake…..a favorite with some new tips and thanks!
I wanted to make something special for the gals and couldn’t decide whether my favorite Almond cake or the Sour Cream Coffee Cake from Lisa Dupar’s were my 2011 favorite cakes. I decided on the bundt just because it would be visually a bit more elegant for the ladies but I think I used the…
Potato Parmesan Soup with Pesto
We all know what a soup fan I am and this is one of those soups that is pure comfort. It was so much better than I expected because potato soup …..is well…….some of my old versions anyway tended to get gluey or just way too much potato-y-starchy. This has just the right amount of…
Coffee Liqueur Cheesecake…..a Christmas treat!
Once upon a time in a land far, far away……I lived in Sydney, …….Australia (is there any other??) where I discovered this lovely cheesecake. It was so popular I actually sold it to restaurants. It’s been years since I have made this lovely dessert. But the recipe kept jumping out at me when I was…
Still drinking Pepsi?………..guess what’s in it? You won’t believe me.
For decades we have known that soft drinks aren’t good for us. But some of us seem to unconsciously just grab for them. Especially when we’re parched! Ingredient HEK is Human embrionic tissue of an aborted fetus cell line. All diet drinks Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Aquafina, Sierra Mist, Mug Rootbeer, Ocean Spray, Seattle’s Best, Double shot energy…
Chocolate Zucchini Cake…….DE-lish!
I was going to make a friend another batch of her favorite brownies for her birthday but something caught my eye in the fridge. I had purchased those zukes for a lovely light stirred up pasta dish. But then I remembered how sneaky putting those vegetables into our desserts make it a less guilty pleasure.…
My new favorite…..vegetarian curry. All the right warmth.
Nothing says warm me up like a Curry with coconut milk and all the right fillings on a cold and windy rainy night. This is truly a delicious meal even if my photo suggests otherwise! This recipe calls for chicken, chicken broth and fish sauce, of which I omitted and used veggie broth and it…