Handcrafted Delights

I picked up this cute little book today about an owl who wants an earlier bedtime. Maybe it will inspire Desi to want to go to bed early on his own!

I never really did a nursery for Desi. We just collected things for him and then we blinked and he was in his own room ready for a big boy bed. So I gathered Sophie’s things into one area of our bedroom and here is the result:

The other morning I was playing classical music from my favorite radio station, 89.7. It is one of my favorite memories of going to visit my grandma and grandpa, they always had classical music floating around in their house. I was also in the mood to make cookies and thought of Sopressata’s cranberry oatmeal pecan cookies. I had to make a few substitutes, such as dried cherries and cranberries from my trail mix bag, milk chocolate chips separated from a bag of chocolate and mint chocolate chips I got on clearance after Christmas (which added a very light hint of mint to them) and walnuts. All in all, a great combo, and I used my Kitchen-Aid mixer which I am very happy to have but haven’t used too much yet.

And another of my favorite combos:

From My Little ShoeBox. Darling Hedgehogs!

The color of this teapot is wonderful! It would put me in as good of a mood as drinking the tea it brews.

from PaperSource.