With nearly everything in the craft corner packed away, I only have supplies and energy left for small projects. Thankfully there has been a corresponding upswing in the number of small people in my immediate circle (and they’re still coming!). While Moondoggie watched football, I happily stitched away on these little guys for two wee ones belonging to lovely friends of mine:
The strawberry and anchor come from Jenny Hart’s wonderful Stitch-It Kit (which fit neatly into my single bag of craft supplies), and I wrote the words free-hand on the onesies in regular pencil. The stitching was soothing and, as I’ve mentioned before, I find the sheer tinyness of onesies so cute that I’m happy with basically anything I’ve done to them. Very satisfying.
These, also, were very satisfying
Have I gone on and on about Fannie Farmer yet? I have a hard time imagining I haven’t, but just in case, do get yourself a copy of it if you are at all interested in cooking. It was the first cookbook I ever owned (the paperback is very inexpensive). It boasts a wealth of non-intimidating, practical information and at least one good permutation of almost any basic recipe you could want (mostly for U.S. cuisine but they’ve branched out a bit in recent editions). The FF chocolate chip cookie recipe is my favorite because unlike the one on the chip package, it makes a reasonable number of cookies. Sometimes you are not trying to feed an entire third grade class and you don’t really need four trays of them. Ditto the muffin recipes– I usually don’t need 50 muffins, and these recipes make about 12. There is also information about how to outfit a kitchen, and even calorie counts for common foods in common measures (in case you like to cook and are also counting calories). It may not be glossy with pretty pictures, but it is definitely the book I turn to the most when I’m in the kitchen.
On that note, I’ll remind you to take a look at the contributions of the lovely bloggers who participated in the Recipe Swap! There is truly something delectable for every taste in the list, and I’ve added a few more since first posting it up!