tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51842314431980438172024-02-19T06:12:05.069+00:00The Mundane and BeauteousLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-24474437992812342522011-03-10T09:57:00.000+00:002011-03-10T09:57:06.213+00:00For spring<b>from <i>Psalm for the January Thaw</i> by Lucy Shaw</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Glory be to God for changes. For bulbs<br />
breaking the darkness with their green beaks.<br />
For moles and moths and velvet green moss<br />
waiting to fill the driveway cracks. For the way<br />
the sun pierces the window minutes earlier each day.<br />
For earthquakes and tectonic plates—earth’s bump<br />
and grind—and new mountains pushing up<br />
like teeth in a one-year-old. For melodrama—<br />
lightning on the sky stage, and the burst of applause<br />
that follows. Praise him for day and night, and light<br />
switches by the door. For seasons, for cycles<br />
and bicycles, for whales and waterspouts,<br />
for watersheds and waterfalls and waking<br />
and the letter W, for the waxing and waning<br />
of weather so that we never get complacent. For all<br />
the world, and for the way it twirls on its axis<br />
like an exotic dancer. For the north pole and the<br />
south pole and the equator and everything between.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Deborah for introducing me to this poem</span></div><span style="color: #888888;"><br />
</span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-1659773288575594572011-02-26T19:34:00.000+00:002011-02-26T19:34:00.505+00:00something to share<div style="text-align: center;">I forgot that this might be worth sharing with you</div><div style="text-align: center;"> -but a few weeks ago I made it to the front page of Etsy! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I never thought I'd end up there - Very fun indeed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.craftcult.com/archives/fp/fp_18013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="http://www.craftcult.com/archives/fp/fp_18013.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a screen shot of the front page.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">hopefully now some sales will come trickling in...</div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-28480831949874306802011-02-21T11:09:00.000+00:002011-02-21T11:09:14.384+00:00Sewing!So I need to bring you up to date on some of my creative endeavors the last few weeks.<br />
A lot of the sewing has been of the make-do and mend kind and not really very inspiring.<br />
But I have also had a chance to try out my sewing book for kids from the 70s. Very fun!<br />
Here are a few of the results:<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next on my list to make:</div><div style="text-align: center;">A pair of flared overalls! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-40857933278055428312011-02-14T09:00:00.001+00:002011-02-14T09:00:14.468+00:00My treasures<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While I don't like yellow -at least not walls of it -there is something about mustard that is so golden, warm and inviting. Look what I found in mustard!</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gilead-Novel-Marilynne-Robinson/dp/031242440X?ie=UTF8&tag=themundandbea-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Gilead: A Novel" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=031242440X&tag=themundandbea-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themundandbea-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=031242440X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />As it makes my eyes well up with tears every other paragraph it does make my bus rides a bit awkward -but it is so so worth it!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">She writes beautifully in the voice of an old vicar about the beauty and importance of the mundane things in life. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You need to read this.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You do.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'll make you a cup of tea and you can sit down an enjoy it!</div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-23395970519142722712011-02-01T09:00:00.002+00:002011-02-01T09:00:12.554+00:00Sometinhg in the house that inspired me today!<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So Aline didn't sleep last night... two teeth are coming through. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This morning calls for coffee and appreciation of something in the house to keep me from loosing my mind.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First coffee:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For Christmas I got a set of Orla Kiely Mugs -they make me happy. Thanks to Stefan, the Amlie/Fisher siblings and the Boothroyds for providing me with simple joy in the morning. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now appreciation: </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This lovely book of patterns for danish children's clothes from 1977 is delightfully retro and inspiring! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks to my mother-in-law from Stord this came through the door on my birthday last week -it was very exiting! Together with the generous stash of fabrics my other mother-in-law (yes I have two *wink* both very lovely!) gave me for Christmas I have hours of in-house-fun ahead of me!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is what I'm going to make first:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And I must not forget to show you the fabric I found last Thursday at the market -vintage Liberty Tana Lawn - that's going to be retro on retro. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aline -pls don't hate me for taking you back to the 70's...</span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-26911124526749472892011-01-31T09:00:00.001+00:002011-01-31T09:00:08.298+00:00New treasurys!Etsy is has so many amazing craftsmen that sometimes it hard to know where to start!<br />
So let me share some of my favorites with you:<br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d3a02b1c04a6d914962af3f/the-fish-fight?index=3">First one up</a> <br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I halved the repair pile, finished of some retro baby hats (and <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/67008259/cashmere-baby-hat-retro-scandinavian">listed the first of them on Etsy</a>) and finished the "Play, eat, sleep, poop" embroidery + sewed it on to the cashmere sleeping bag (coming on Etsy soon!). Here are the results:</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">our winter garden </span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stay warm and cheerful!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-29777570938733875492011-01-20T20:03:00.001+00:002011-01-30T13:09:29.172+00:00Baby food<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Weaning is well under way here - </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our little poppet is enjoying her food, especially egg, mushy peas, fish and oranges. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's so handy to have food at the ready so I've been making various simple purees (i.e. peas and spinach, Carrots and pumpkin, apple and prunes) that I have frozen in ice-cube bags so you can mix and match flavors on the go. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One big challenge however -how get the puree into the ice cube bags... </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Yes, If I have an enormous freezer I could use ice cube <i>trays</i> -which would be easier -</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">but I don't.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First I tried spooning it in - messy, not worth any further mention.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I tried a funnel, but the puree was too thick and it kept on leaking out of the top of the bag.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then I had an idea -and I'm sure someone has had this idea before me and that there probably is a contraption out there that does exactly this, but I thought I'd share it anyway...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instead of attaching a nozzle I attached the ice-cube bag and just squirted the puree into it. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use a rolling pin to gently push the puree to the bottom of the bag and be careful not to use too much force or the bag might burst! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then just stack up and pop in the freezer and defrost a cube or five as needed!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And yes this is an "unedited" post with appalling photos- our really life mess! Embrace it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May you live until you die,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Linda</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="status">86785D3HTK6F</span></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-316699726606374252011-01-18T14:48:00.000+00:002011-01-18T14:48:14.292+00:00beautiful things<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My friend recently introduced me to <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Made</a>!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is amazing -so many lovely things and not too expensive either.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is one of my favorites "Giant Brooklyn Floor Lamp" (my friends just got theirs for their library corner):</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://madecom.zendesk.com/attachments/token/lwyvjp6s7ymmmsq/?name=red-product-listing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="http://madecom.zendesk.com/attachments/token/lwyvjp6s7ymmmsq/?name=red-product-listing.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://madecom.zendesk.com/attachments/token/k48a1zddtp1unfm/?name=red-detail2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="http://madecom.zendesk.com/attachments/token/k48a1zddtp1unfm/?name=red-detail2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It might look like an ordinary desk lamp -the twist is the size. It's 172cm high! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">An other favorite is an oak table with legs to slot in place -it's not been made yet hence no photo. But you can find it in the vote section. Why don't you go and take a look at it?</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And for those of you (family and friends) who are wondering what to get me for my birthday a giant Brooklyn floor light in white or a stroller walnut desk in white is fine by me *wink*</span></span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-16355064198558168582011-01-16T15:42:00.000+00:002011-01-16T15:42:18.628+00:00Stitch time<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After yesterdays productive sewing it is Sunday and time for tea and embellishing.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I made this to stitch on to a cashmere sleeping bag: </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Feel free to use it in your own (private) stiching projects *Wink*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">If you do -let me know I'd love to see. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">If you need the Pdf just leave a comment with your e-mail and I'll send it to you asap.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: right;">In anticipation of your valued response,</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: right;">Linda </div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-3371131993926359862011-01-15T15:52:00.000+00:002011-01-15T15:52:18.723+00:00Spring will come<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After Christmas a little part of be starts thinking winter is over </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-and every year I discover we are only half way through...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Spring is still awhile off -but it will come!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> No matter how dark, wet, gray and drizzly today is.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There will be days like this again:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw3ABLhFT9c2_KsYJ_cyQf9RPFFDD2S35oyS90wxM_8wgl9ZcpELXsxjUFA_f2LjyGLut3oy0l2JIJBmpb1-fDg2-NymV4UlEESznBo81VyNMHQ0GpjnbmT2Kk7p3WIqA27l3pysh1EZ-/s1600/IMG_6099.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrw3ABLhFT9c2_KsYJ_cyQf9RPFFDD2S35oyS90wxM_8wgl9ZcpELXsxjUFA_f2LjyGLut3oy0l2JIJBmpb1-fDg2-NymV4UlEESznBo81VyNMHQ0GpjnbmT2Kk7p3WIqA27l3pysh1EZ-/s400/IMG_6099.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As part of my getting out in the crafting & etsy world I'm now tweeting</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> -who would have thought?!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Picking a tweet name was tricky.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Mundane and Beauteous was too long.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So was MundaneBeauteous.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I could do MundaneBeauteou -but that's just silly!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So as I'm tweeting to let people know about me and my Etsy shop I ended up with: </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">LindaOnEtsy</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was worried at first that it sounded a little bit pretentious -I'm by no means <i>the </i>Linda on Etsy -but I am Linda and I am on Etsy... </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I'd be delighted if you came and followed me at LindaOnEtsy</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And then I can follow your tweets too!</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://twitter.com/"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tweet you later</span></a></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-75427169313040545762011-01-12T11:48:00.000+00:002011-01-12T11:48:59.085+00:00First week or so of the new year!<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How are you finding 2011?</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For me it is proving to be packed with opportunities, new directions and posibilities. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Very fun and also a bit daunting.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">One of them being Jo from <a href="http://darnitandstitch.com/">Darn it and Stitch</a> asking me to do a dolls making workshop.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's going to be a two day workshop for a parent and child.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> On the first day we are making dolls and on the second we are making clothes.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How fun is that!?</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So this week-end I was pattern drawing and sewing -this is what we will be making:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>The workshops will be on the 12th and the 19th of March.</b></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Want to join in?</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sign up with <a href="http://darnitandstitch.com/">Jo</a> as qick as you can -there are limited places.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Hope to see you there!</span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-73736961858416464142010-12-31T00:07:00.000+00:002010-12-31T00:07:44.447+00:00Our first Christmas<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I hope you've had a nice Christmas with peace and rest.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We've had our first Christmas at home -and even though family was missed- we have really enjoyed the peace and quiet of not having to travel around.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here are some photos of our last week of preparation and our celebrations:</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnKnqM8gd759Qr4M0XlOAcMjci0ux4sNqJZiGKs8sTkXRAsSTGcKluMEh_OOWy4RIU1Edr5p7dM_FMdOvztsQoZ8Dqpr2AKXQCgSx-MbB8aJs0a08q_g-_rL1zWQ3vWB2A124NEHCl1_P/s1600/christmas3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggnKnqM8gd759Qr4M0XlOAcMjci0ux4sNqJZiGKs8sTkXRAsSTGcKluMEh_OOWy4RIU1Edr5p7dM_FMdOvztsQoZ8Dqpr2AKXQCgSx-MbB8aJs0a08q_g-_rL1zWQ3vWB2A124NEHCl1_P/s640/christmas3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span id="goog_630963853"></span><span id="goog_630963854"></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our Christmas Feast -Slow roast Pork belly "RIbbe" with Meatballs "medisterkaker", sausages, potatoes and fried apples - Sherrypudding and creamed ricepudding and finally 7 types of Christmas treats. </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">True bliss.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">What did you do for your holidays?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thanks for following!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-73211192307230702062010-12-22T20:23:00.000+00:002010-12-22T20:23:16.335+00:00Giveaway winner!<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sorry for being so late to announce who won the giveaway...I have no real excuse...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Without further ado</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">the winner is</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Gratulerer!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you could get in touch sending me the address you want it sent to that would be great!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And I'll pop it in the post as soon as possible.</span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-7438223486417044862010-12-15T15:38:00.000+00:002010-12-15T15:38:10.254+00:00Reminder -Giveaway<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Who wouldn't want a nice treat? Don't you?</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">I'm giving away this hand-drawn necklace to one of you readers of my blog as a celebration of my newly opened Etsy shop and to say thanks for reading to you! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Only 5 more days left to join! </span><a href="http://themundaneandbeauteous.blogspot.com/2010/12/etsy-shop-is-now-open.html" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Go to this page to sign up.</a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> You put your name down twice :)</span></div><br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Moonlight-Jan-Ormerod/dp/1845073916?ie=UTF8&tag=themundandbea-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="Moonlight" height="232" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1845073916&tag=themundandbea-20" width="320" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themundandbea-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1845073916" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Jan-Ormerod/dp/1845073908?ie=UTF8&tag=themundandbea-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" target="_blank"><img alt="Sunshine" height="232" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1845073908&tag=themundandbea-20" width="320" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=themundandbea-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1845073908" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It's stories without words - so gorgeous!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I only discovered them now and got them straight away for Aline!</span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-21166908105695391232010-12-13T09:00:00.001+00:002010-12-13T18:13:51.835+00:00How to make gold<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">No Christmas without some bling</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This time in the shape of crunchy sweetness - also known as Honeycombe, cinder toffee...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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<li>125ml honey</li>
<li>125ml golden sirup</li>
<li>25g butter</li>
<li>80ml water</li>
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</ul><b style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please note that this is extremely hot and you do not want little fingers anywhere near the stove when making these! </span></b><br />
<ol><li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grease some baking paper and place on a baking tray </li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mix all the ingredients together except the bicarb in a big pan and bring to a boil. It needs to boil while stirring for about 10 min. To see if it is ready drop a few drops of the mixture into a glass of cold water. If it just dissolves it needs to boil longer, if it turns into a hard/firm ball then it is ready for the next step. </li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now for quick action. Quickly stir in the bicarb and pour immediately onto your pre-greased sheet. This is going to make it expand very rapidly! It turns it into an erupting volcano.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When it has cooled down, break into pieces. For some extra luxury dip into melted chocolate. Store in an air-tight box.</span></li>
</ol>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-72034109854207627182010-12-12T09:56:00.003+00:002010-12-12T22:43:39.408+00:00Etsy shop is now open! GIVEAWAY!<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Welcome to my new Etsy shop </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MundaneAndBeauteous">Mundane and Beauteous </a></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">You can join me in there by clicking on the link </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">or clicking on the photos of the things I'm selling in the side bar.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Please help me spread the word! </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">To celebrate this grand opening I'm giving away one hand-drawn bird necklace!<br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">If you would like to have a go at winning it you get two shots -you can:</div><ol style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite item in my little shop. (If you like my shop please add it to your favorites!)</li>
<li>Share the news about my shop and blog on your blog or on facebook/twitter. Then leave a comment on this post letting me know that you've done so.</li>
</ol><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Leave one comment for each entry please! The giveaway is open for a week only!</div></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you buy now you get it just in time for Christmas!</span></div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-79913433748076797542010-12-11T23:06:00.000+00:002010-12-11T23:06:17.249+00:00Etsy shop opening tomorrow!<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">Tomorrow my Etsy shop goes live!</span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"></span></span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrbKOzFWCgplBbk9LYcNG4D0NFfPa_ksi_hwNf__AdsxjE7xSgKRBHuFeeCL-UYm933B7mbmslfoBxb8QyHkBWKu0H-_40BVznNT9MRFMv4buDW7NJgI5YDNhax1WVxIwpqbo7Cpfp2ns/s1600/IMG_2762-2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="84" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwrbKOzFWCgplBbk9LYcNG4D0NFfPa_ksi_hwNf__AdsxjE7xSgKRBHuFeeCL-UYm933B7mbmslfoBxb8QyHkBWKu0H-_40BVznNT9MRFMv4buDW7NJgI5YDNhax1WVxIwpqbo7Cpfp2ns/s640/IMG_2762-2.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"><br />
Go to <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MundaneAndBeauteous" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.etsy.com/shop/Munda</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>neAndBeauteous</a></span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody">Sneak peak of what is to come:</span></span></h6><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KZ-ZOKsmGjUOl6FsmJNAFqIyObOHLOvRsUC_ON0XpzJW8Ix-rOm3MD5N-TbTK5v6eJTmjbdwlHB5VEzCfcbl4wgVpTbzEJaJ7sYD_JUBgdRupBb6G1Ed6-z3ukyv7VOOPrwZrAiFxuEj/s1600/IMG_2939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7KZ-ZOKsmGjUOl6FsmJNAFqIyObOHLOvRsUC_ON0XpzJW8Ix-rOm3MD5N-TbTK5v6eJTmjbdwlHB5VEzCfcbl4wgVpTbzEJaJ7sYD_JUBgdRupBb6G1Ed6-z3ukyv7VOOPrwZrAiFxuEj/s320/IMG_2939.JPG" width="294" /></a></div><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"> </span></span></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":"msg"}" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody"><br />
For the first week 15% off any order when you use code WELCOME15<br />
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I have designed my own Christmas dress and ordered it at <a href="http://www.styleshake.com/default.aspx">Styleshake.</a><br />
And if they deliver what they say - it should turn up on my door in 10 days. How exiting!<br />
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Do you want to know what it looks like?<br />
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I'm telling you once you've started you don't want to stop!<br />
I've all ready made enough designs to last me a long while -but the options are endless and it's so so fun! If you want to see the rest of my "collection" just type fisher.hoyrem in the search window.<br />
You should have a try! Go straight over to <a href="http://www.styleshake.com/default.aspx">Styleshake</a> and have a go!<br />
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Let me know what you come up with!Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5184231443198043817.post-6039042114853564892010-12-10T16:52:00.002+00:002010-12-10T16:52:00.574+00:00Truffles<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">C is for Christmas and chocolate.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">And Truffles are one of the best ways to enjoy chocolate </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">therefor Truffles should always be made for Christmas </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">to be given as presents and to be eaten.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So a few days ago I made truffles with my friend Sharon. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We made vanilla scented ones.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">We made peppermint infused ones.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: right;">We made chocolate orange ones.</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the recipe we used:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(It makes about 60 truffles)</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>1 tub of Cream cheese</li>
<li>350g icing sugar</li>
<li>500g chocolate of your choice -the higher the cacao content the better in my book!</li>
</ul><ol style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>Melt chocolate in a bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water. </li>
<li>Meanwhile beat cream cheese and icing sugar until light and fluffy.</li>
<li>Mix in the melted chocolate.</li>
<li>Divide into different bowls if you are doing different flavorings. </li>
</ol><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><li>For chocolate mint -add 3-4 drops of peppermint essential oil (edible quality). We rolled ours in icing sugar.</li>
<li>For chocolate vanilla - 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. We rolled ours in ground almond.</li>
<li>For chocolate orange - add the zest of one orange. We rolled ours in coco.</li>
<li>Other ideas are a teaspoon of strong espresso - chili - salt - Earl Grey tea</li>
</ul><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. leave to cool down in the fridge for an hour before shaping into little bite size balls. They are rich so don't make them too big!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Store in an airtight container for up to two weeks in the fridge. For the best flavor take desired amount out of the fridge an hour or two before devouring. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">Enjoy!</div>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06040942332028859879noreply@blogger.com0