We ended our current small group with a baby shower celebration for one of the couples. Decorations started at the front door with a chalkboard sign. I just free-handed the greeting and the buck head silhouette. In the living room, I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut paper chevron arrows that I sewed into a garland. …
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Countdown to Christmas: Amish Friendship Bread
Every year, I start a batch of Amish Friendship bread before Christmas. When it is time to make the bread, instead of giving away part of the starter, I go ahead and make all five batches of bread. It yields 30 small loaves. I cut nesting tags using my Silhouette Cameo and tie each loaf …
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Holiday House Tour 2015 (part 2)
This year, I was able to plug our tree up in the foyer without running extension cords into the living room, thanks to the new outlet the electricians installed earlier this year. As always our tree is filled with ornaments we pick up on vacations and for important life events. This year we added a …
Holiday House Tour 2015 (part 1)
For Christmas this year, I broke down and bought wreaths for each window, because with so much symmetry to our house I really like the look of the wreaths. I was able to get them hung, but bows will have to wait until next year. I just have too much going on to get 11 …
Seattle to San Francisco
At the end of August, my mom and I flew to Seattle and met up with my sister for a road trip that would take us back to San Francisco over 5 days. We spent the first two days touring Seattle. We visited the Space Needle, Chihuly Gardens, and went on a whale watching tour …