A Day for Bread

I read an absolutely lovely blog called Blue Yonder. She recently shared her journey to the perfect loaf of homemade bread with us.

I was so inspired (and hungry!) I decided to give her recipe a shot. It looked simple enough, and it looked tasty. (She said herself that she couldn't keep her three sons out of it. That's enough to sell me!)

BBJ and I broke out our Bosch, flour, yeast, sugar and other bready goodness...and got to work! No one in the kitchen can escape the work, so I set BBJ about scooping, dumping and kneading.


The bread turned out dense, rich and sweet. It was really, really yummy.

In fact, Lo Gung declared this to be his favorite homemade bread, to date! That truly is saying something.

For the recipe, please head over to the Chow Review to see my take on it.

A Costume for Mama

Alright, all - this might be my first tutorial. I made myself a Halloween Costume. It took me about 20 minutes to make, which is just fine since I will be on an airplane during all the Halloween festivities, returning from my whirlwind trip "home" for my grandmother's funeral. (My sister has promised to save me a spot at her Ward Halloween Party, so at least I'll have a place to wear my masterpiece!)

I found this orange top at Old Navy, on clearance in the Women's Section. It's a size Large, not a maternity top. My original plan was to buy an orange t-shirt and feed some ribbon through it to make an Empire Waist. This saved me some time!

I cut two eyes, a nose and a mouth out of yellow felt and then stood in front of a mirror and pinned them where I wanted them. (That's important, because I wanted his face centered on my belly, not just on my shirt. You have to think about things like this when you're shaped like the Southern Hemisphere.)

After that, it was just a matter of stitching them on! I used a straight stitch, with black thread. I think that might be one of my signatures - I sew almost everything with black or white thread. I love seeing the contrast along the hems of my garments, aprons, burpcloths...everything!

There. My first tutorial. What do you think?

(Don't let me fool you - the real reason I posted this today was because Wonder Woman is concerned that I'll embarass her at her party. She thinks people might mistake me for her, and she was dubious as to the "classiness" of a pregnant lady dressing up as a Jack O' Lantern. What do you think, Wonder Woman? Shall I embarass you, do you think?)

Oh, and I'm fairly sure nobody is going to mistake me for my twin sister...seeing as she gave birth over a month ago!

*This will have to count for my LoLo Craft update for the week. With the packing, planning, and cooking involved in this Mommy's Trip Home, there just wasn't time to craft, or to update the shoppe. I'll do my best to have some new stuff up next week. In the meantime, be sure to check out my shoppe to see if there's anything that catches your fancy!