I guess starting candyswappers has paid off, because I had a good mail day the other day! I got candy from my candyswap partner, and I also got a crocheted bunny clutching an eggplant.
My mother’s birthday coincides with the first day of spring. I decided to bake her a cake, because I now live in the same city as she does! At first I was going to make a lemon layer cake, but then I figured I should make something unavailable at bakeries. I ended up making a matcha mousse cake.
I bet you all thought I moved to Portland and stopped knitting/sewing/crafting, didn’t you? Well, you might not be so far off–I’ve slowed down a bit, but I’m still at it, and I managed to finish my fair isle vest!
Marshmallow Peeps are “always in season” now, but really, Easter is indisputably the ultimate season for Peeps. No other holiday comes with Peeps accessories! Today I stumbled upon the Peeps display, and it was a sight to behold. I think I might have gotten a little carried away:
In a week and a half I’m going on vacation to AUSTRALIA. Can you believe it? I hardly can. I’m going with none other than Carolyn, and we are going to have ten tons of fun. We’ll be hitting Sydney, Melbourne, Cairns, Darwin, and Uluru. If any of you out there have any suggestions on places to eat, shop, sightsee, run, frolic, please let me know. All I can say is these places had better stock up on Tim Tams, cuz I’m planning to clean them out.
Saturday I accidentally went to New Seasons Market (a GREAT local market) during their cookie tasting. It was pretty amazing. They were sampling just about every variety of packaged cookie sold in the store! Here is just one table:
I’d been looking all over town for these LED stick-on lights, and I finally found them!
It was quite a shock when I got up this morning, pulled up the shade, and saw SNOW. It’s not really supposed to snow here at this time of year, but it did!
Way back in the early 1990s, my friend Alice and I were a little obsessed with scones. We both had the tiny cookbook Biscuits and Scones by Elizabeth Alston, and nearly every day we would get together for scones, tea, and knitting. The book appears to be out of print now, which is a shame, because it has a ton of great yet simple recipes.
Today I dug out the cookbook and made Peggy’s Cheese Scones to go with some chicken stew. They were pretty darn tasty.
Once again I accomplished no sewing. How can that be? Saturday Melissa and I headed north. Our original intention was to go to the Sewing & Stitchery Expo in Puyallup, Washington, but we ended up going to IKEA instead. I got some much needed cheap furniture. Afterwards we went to the Great Wall Asian Mall. This was one of the stores there:
