breast cancer purses

these are on sale at Midtown Bakery ($5) in Negaunee. The proceeds will benefit the Avon 2 day Breast Cancer Walk, yes, I am doing it next June. .

6 made, 4 more to go, i hope they will sell..

Lady Gaga, halloween 2010

shortbread candy corn kissed brownies

here's where the recipe came from:

http://picky-palate.com/2010/10/28/shortbread-candy-corn-kissed-brownies/

couch pillows...

old:

new:
i have a new favorite color, guess what it is?

squirrel...

i had to have you...

i like white mice...

we'll see if my girls do..
I saw these on Martha's website and knew I needed to make some. Just print the template and trace in black or white...http://www.marthastewart.com/article/paper-mice-halloween-decorations

white pumpkins

ahhh, much better! I needed that crow, plus I scared two kids who thought it was real. Just so you are aware, we don't have random crows in our house so I'm not sure what they were thinking...

I painted my twigs black, white pumpkins and a little acorn I found when I was shopping at the antique stores. I am going to replace it when I get a black crow but I had to have it for fall...here's the tutorial
http://diaryofacraftaholic.blogspot.com/2010/09/sweater-pumpkin-tutorial-no-sew.html

It was so easy & i love them...

Cemetary part one

Cemetary part two

View from Steven's corner, I mean Goose lake...

RED

yellow & orange

multi part one

multi part two

Aunt Nora's garden

from left to right: Banana potato and carrots (yes, the white & purple are colored carrots)

pear spice cake

I really enjoyed making this cake because I used my gram's mixer & peanut grinder...

http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2008/12/pear-spice-cake-with-walnut-praline-topping

I made a couple changes to the recipe. My family is not a fan of walnuts so I used cashews. I only grinded them, I didn't cook them. I only had to use 1 large pear to yield enough cut up pieces. I used an angel food pan because I don't have a bundt pant. I forgot to buy cream to make the frosting so I did a glaze instead...

1 c. powdered sugar
1 1/2 T. milk
1/4 t. vanilla
crushed cashews