Living off the Land.

One of my favorite things to do when we are in Maine is to eat the stuff that grows on and lives around the island. All sorts of seafood, plus berries, wild peas, rose hips (which sadly, were not ripe yet when we left)... Euell Gibbons would be proud.

Gabe and I harvested a bunch of mussels and cooked them up with some wine, tomatoes and scallions one day for lunch. They were very yummy, and the only thing that was missing was some crusty bread to sop up all the broth with.

I also managed to pick enough blueberries (without Ben eating them first) to make some blueberry muffins.

Also very delicious, they didn't last too long. And the recipe used came from this cook book:

The 1950 edition! It's had a home on a shelf in that kitchen for 60 years. :)

I'm back!

Another project I did with my neighbor's daughters was custom brownie cupcakes! We used a brownie mixed, and I scooped the batter into cupcake liners. Then we got out a whole bunch of yummy treats (cherries, marshmallows, chocolate chips, caramel sauce, sprinkles, coconut, pecans, etc.), and customized them all!

Mine, before baking:

I didn't take any after baking pictures, oops, but rest assured, they were yummy! And a great activity for the kids , too. It kept them both entertained for about an hour. :)

We were in Maine for the last 2 weeks, so not a whole lot of crafting got done (though I did do a lot of my other love, reading!), however I did work on these embroidery hangings while I was there. They are Jenny Hart designs, and I think they look very sweet hanging up in the kitchen.

I did finish one thing before we left which was the first of three valances for our kitchen windows:

It helps to conceal the ugly blinds lurking beneath.