The Green Wife

During our stay in New York, I found this amazing Japanese mushroomy fabric in this lovely little fabric store in SoHo.  I knew that this fabric had a retro kitchen curtain feel, but I just knew I had to make Elliott a dress from it.  I bought it, came home and coordinated a couple of [...]

So I have a new favorite cookie.  And it’s awesome.  I think I’ve eaten approximately 19 of them this morning and I see no end in sight. Please make them and eat as many as I have.
White Chocolate Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
1 cup  butter, softened
3/4 c  brown sugar
1/4 c  white sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 c  [...]

A few weeks back, I bought 3 of these lovely little unfinished wood chests at Hobby Lobby.

They came with knobs on the drawers but I forgot to take pictures of them before I popped the knobs off with a little screwdriver.
They stand about 7″ high and I thought they’d be great for the kids to [...]

My sweet Alex turned 7 this weekend!  Yay!  And he wanted a Mario cake for his party, so I slaved away in the kitchen and came up with this:

When he spotted this guy, he looked incredulous and said, “I didn’t know you knew how to make goombas!!!”

Neither did I, honey.  Neither did I.
We had a [...]