gratefulness settled in this week with quieting every-day events { there’s something to be said for “ordinary” sans the “extra”, isn’t there? } ♥ then this little package arrived in the mail from my sweet friend Sarah of Dayspring Knits if anyone can make a knitter out of me.. it will be Sarah! { stop…
my purpose here is “the intentional celebration of everything that is beautiful in my world” it is my way of painting a different view of this world, a small attempt to counter negativity, pessimism and repugnant human behavior ♥ after a particularly challenging week, i often feel the need to create something beautiful.. to restore…
OMG Barb these are beautiful , just like YOU inside and out!!!!!
Lovely marshmallows and gorgeous photography!
These look just so sweet and lovely. And imagine them dipped in chocolate! Hearts will flutter, Smidge 
xx
This is such a gorgeous post Lovely in every way! A feast for the eyes.. get that book going girl!
Beautiful!
These are so beautiful. My favorite photo is the one with the marshmallows in the heart box
I wish I could make these in a sugar free version as they do sound so easy to make
I think those look perfect ‘Barb – I’ve been meaning to try them for a while but haven’t got round to it… on the official list they go!
a dream of a post… I woke up feeling nostalgic and sad for absolutely no reason. Not even exercising did the trick today, but somehow your beautiful poem brought me a nice smile and a warm feeling.
so I must absolutely must send you a virtual hug. Right now! 
What a lovely way to banish a challenging week. I love the way you added to white chocolate latte – so sweet looking and clever. Love the photos!
These are beautiful, Barb. I’ve been wanting to try my hand at marshmallow making for ages; not sure what I’m waiting for. I’m feeling out of sorts today, so maybe I need to find solace in the act of creating something pretty and tasty. I’m a great believer in kitchen therapy.
I love this post Barbara. Marshmallow and me have a special bond ~ I have never made my own but this is inspiring me to try. I also love your music selection here…stunning all around ~ sending much love and encouragement. xxoo RL
What a lovely post – the marshmallows, the pictures, the words, everything. I’ve made marshmallows once before and this reminds me that I need to make them again – I like the sound of chocolate-coconut covered marshmallows especially!
Sounds like we had the same kind of week, I am in good company. Perfect marshmallow hearts and beautiful photos as usual,
Love them. Great stuff indeed Barbara.
Really lovely photos!
Quite simply gorgeous!
Mandy xo
Oh my god that is beyond adorable my friend, will you be my valentine? 
But honestly these look incredible!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Barb, they’re a work of art! I’m sure they taste delicious, but you’ve made them a feast for the eyes! I hope everything is ok, dearheart, I’ve been thinking about you.. xx
“A reset for inner peace.” Boy do I like that! I really do believe we need to look for the small, quiet joys. Life can sometimes just suck the air out of us, but we can restore and refresh, often with just a little distance and a different focus. You’ve expressed that so very beautifully, Barb! And I just love these marshmallow hearts. How precious they would be as little Valentine’s gifts. You have inspired me today in more ways than one! oxo
What amazing Valentines presents too!
Beautiful and so delicate. Loved reading every word, loved looking at every picture. I have those moments too when I just want to surround my self with beauty and things I love to do…
Oh my Barb, I have never seen anything like this before. You have put so much love into these that they are exploding Valentine’s Day! They would be delicious any time. Love them.
What a beautiful post! Perfect for my sweetie for valentine’s day.
daisy
This is such a beautiful post, Barb. Love how you turn to creating things of beauty to offset some of Life’s less appealing aspects. Your photography, too, is exceptionally fine here.
I’ve never attempted to make marshmallows, not knowing what I’d do with them once I made them. Maybe I shouldn’t be so practical. To paraphrase a Kostner film, “If I make them, they will come.” I better clean the house first.
Very beautiful confections. I can only admire from afar as I just don’t have the patience to something like that myself.
I am completely in awe of your creations…they are so beautiful. While I am not so inclined or talented I am able to enjoy seeing what you create….Diane
p.s. Hope you have a better week…Diane
They are so delicate and pretty! Hoping next week is better all round xx
Your marshmallows look wonderfully delicate and delicious.
Me too. I’ve been hiding with fabric and yarn this week, creating….and hoping for a reset. I love the way you put it You have such a way with words that I could never hope to have. I hope it worked for you, Smidge. You deserve nothing but the best. Here’s to a new week, with new possibilities….and beautiful marshmallows! Good for you in mastering that technique, they look so good. I’m lost in the photos….
Loved listening the music while I looked at your beautiful photos! I’ve been wanting to make homemade marshmallows for a long time now. You made it sound and look so easy and rewarding! I will definitely have to add it to my list. Have a lovely Sunday. ~ April
This will be good for valentines!
These look adorable Barbara! I love that little heart floating in your white chocolate latte. So sweet. And you’re right- these would make fabulous gifts! xx
Sending you wishes of happiness and peace from my corner of the universe. Wouldn’t it be nice if the whole world were just like a blushing marshmallow heart?
Barbara … this so so pretty and sweet … that box is adorable. I must have landed in a pink heaven.
Creating is such a brave act — to proclaim light in darkness. That is what you do here, Smidge. Create beauty. Encourage hearts. These marshmallows are so lovely, and all your ideas for presenting them are incredibly sweet and thoughtful. I pray you received the reset you needed.
Beautiful and very well written!
Absolutely beautiful!!!
Intentional celebration–I love that for a mission statement! And that heart marshmallow floating in the cocoa is so cute.
Incredibly pretty, you have certainly restored my heart with this recipe. I love making marshmallows.
These are beautiful! Especially with the pink and white decor. Thanks for sharing!
I’ve never even thought to make marshmallows. What a genius idea. I’m going to make these for the kids for Valentine’s Day. It will be quite the treat. And what a gorgeous way to present them in those vintage boxes Smidge. I hope this week is a better one.
These are just too adorable. Beautiful presentation as well (as always!)
How sweet and adorable these are!! Valentine’s Day just brings out all the pink, ivory and romantic touches all around me and these are so perfect to compliment the mood! As always I love how you present your blog, your photos, writing and recipes!!
Beautiful…especially in the antique chocolate box. That is a real treasure.
Oh. my. goodness. Everything about this post is just gorgeous. The marshmallows are so fluffy and ethereal looking and those boxes are simply charming. I totally agree that immersing myself in something wonderful (cooking!) takes me away from the negative and helps me to be more at peace. Glad you know what works for your Barb.
These are gorgeous. Beautiful photography!
Thanks so much:)
If only I could cook or bake like this every day:)xx
I couldn’t believe my luck finding them in such a small town in a little out of the way antique store. I almost hesitated and then bought both.. they remind me of my mom:) xx
No question…I would have grabbed them up in a second…I have some wonderful antique candy advertisements from magazines that I hung in the candy store that I used to own. Things like that are irreplaceable.
So light and fluffy I bet the just melt in your mouth. Have you actually ever read the back of a marshmallow bag for the list of ingredients? Can you pronounce any of those things? I could sound out all of your ingredients so that is a plus.
I made marshmallow once, for some teacakes. It was okay but a bit ‘soggy’ for my liking. But the recipe never said anything about gelatin – which is probably what was missing.
Oh, dear.. yes, gelatin is the “glue”:)
Oh, my gosh.. I haven’t, I’m going to take a look. I’ve eaten them since I was small, so I guess it’s too late for me;) xx
It should be.. it would be, if only it were up to us:) xx
I can’t wait to see your newest project, Sarah!! xx
These are beyond cute!
YUMMY!!!! I love homemade marshmallows!!!
I suspect that no matter how ancient I get I will never stop loving marshmallows as though I were a teeny child.
i LOVE your photography in this post. so pretty
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Sometimes we are blessed with the love and guidance of parents and, if we’re lucky, we are blessed to have a close relationship with our grandparents ♥ My Granny was the “go to” person when my parents “didn’t (or wouldn’t?) understand”. She was my “home away from home” on summer holidays, the purveyor of vintage…
Wonderful memories , Smidge…you were blessed…I never had grandparents…but I’m hoping I can be the kind of Grandmother to my two little boys that you describe…xomeryl
What lovely grandmother memorise my friend – get fudge and astonishingly beautiful shortbread are definitely keepers
Very sweet post in more ways than one!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
So touching, these meaningful memories of your gran.
What a wonderful woman your Gran was. Such a beautiful, touching story, Smidge.
Here we are again admiring your beauty in words, baking, photos and layout. What a fantastic beautiful tribune to your grandma – I wish I could … but I can’t – too much hurt and pain connected to my grandma, but I don’t really blame her as such – she didn’t know any better, because that was the way she was treated as a child.
Love Scottish shortbreads – they melt on the tongue – the fudge, even if I like sweet things … a bit too much for me, but a stack of shortbreads with a pink ribbon around will make my day. Beautiful
Can’t do the fudge but down with the cookies. And Grandma/Nana’s rock!
A fantasy made real and irresistible!
I just got back from visiting my grandmother and that shortbread is calling to me, smidge! So beautiful.
Lovely memory you have Smidge, thanks for sharing. Love the recipes too.
I love fudge. What a wonderful grandma you had. It’s so sad that our grandparents are old by the time we meet them. They are the most wonderful people and clearly you had a great relationship with your grandmother. I love how she kept hand-written recipe cards. Our generation will have nothing as precious as that – everything we have is on the computer and no where else! I love the look of the fudge too – I used to make fudge when I was a little girl from some old hand-me-down recipe. It was one of the first things I learned to cook and I loved it because it was so sweet xx
Just beautiful… I have some memories of my grandma related to cooking. She was the one who showed me how to dice an onion back when I was about 8 years old, and even though she obviously had no training in cooking schools, she did it exactly like a chef would do (I only realized that many years later)
Fudge was something quite present in Phil’s family while he was growing up in Michigan – his Grandma made a spectacular fudge and now I wonder if I could be able to make your recipe and surprise him.
loved the photos, loved your tribute to your sweet Grandma
What a lovely tribute to your grandmother, Smidge.
Such a wonderful post, Barb, and tribute to your Grandmother. She sounds like the quintessential grandmother, always knowing what to say and with cookies on hand when the situation warranted. I’m so glad for you that you have her recipe boxes. Yes, the recipes are good to have but it’s the memories that come with them that are priceless. I know. I’ve some of Mom’s recipe notebooks.
Lovely memories… Not much for fudge but the shortbread sounds like something I’d try!
Wonderful, wonderful post – a joy to read! Lovely Grandma’s recipes and even lovelier results! <3
Scrummy! Fudge and shortbread would have to be two of my absolute favourite sweet treats. These look lovely.
I couldn’t ask for a better way to start my morning Smidge. Gran sounds like a wonderful gal with lots of ideas and recipes This is wonderful! Not to mention the fudge and shortbread cookie recipes. Two favorites around here. I am just crazy about the pictures too. Reading about the memories, and seeing the photos put me in such a great frame of mind to handle whatever comes my way this week. I love this. You are so blessed, yes, but so gifted too! Hugs!
Well, you’ve made me cry this morning, Barb, but it’s okay. They are happy tears. I relate to absolutely every word of your post. I had two grandmothers, both very different, but both absolutely so special in their individual ways. Both lived long lives, and I was fortunate to have their companionship until ten years ago. Isn’t that abolutely amazing? And I think the reason I love being a grandmother so much myself is that their presence is always with me, and I remember. I’m going to make the recipes you’ve shared in this post, as tribute to your grandmother and mine. oxo
oh Smidge…what an enchanting post!! I can’t imagine getting a word of disagreement on this – if a granny template could be made, your Granny Harriet would be a finalist! There is such a richness here Barb, in your words and all the love and memory behind them – such character, heart, warmth, fun, light and goodness. I’m so touched by your memories that I think I might have to stop typing now…go back and read and savor again, and imagine what it was like being You, having & loving a granny like yours. I think Harriet is very much alive in Smidge…I’m sure of it…
(ps…these buttery little shortbreads are just beautiful. So simple and the very perfect bite of sweetness.) xxoo
Wonderful post. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for such a lovely post. Hearing about your Granny brings back many wonderful memories of my maternal grandmother. I kind of hope that my boys will think of my Mom that way when they get older. She is a very doting “Nonna.”. How wonderful for you to have access to so many of her recipes. Don’t you just love looking at their handwriting and any small notations on recipes that they may have made? Thank you for sharing a little bit of your Gran with us today.
I am certain you will.. just from reading and enjoying your blog, meryl!!
She was definitely a sweety.. much like you:)
Thank you:)
Hey Smidge – you are the second person today making me think of my nana who was my best friend and teacher of all things important – until she passed away about 12 years ago. I’m lucky that my daughter had the forethought, when she was about 14, to get nana to tell her all her family recipes so we could have them. I love your recipes so much I’m going to pin them!
Hi, Carolyn! Thanks for your words.. I’m off to visit you blog to catch up as well:)
It was a gift.. and your forgiveness is a greater gift, both for your grandma but mostly for yourself I think? We all do the best we can with what we’re given, I think our parents/grandparents lived in a harsher time. Thanks so much, viveka.. xx
The fudge was indeed dangerously good.. I think Grans rock too:D
So it was.. a fantastic fantasy of chocolate;)
Well.. that’s a cool coincidence.. how is your gran??
I’ve thought I should begin to write a few down.. before I completely forget;)
I always wonder about this.. what if WordPress stops running.. I’ve got to make sure I print off the recipes for a binder.. But the stories here, wouldn’t that be a loss? Not that that would ever happen? I guess we could find another server and transfer our work there to keep it going:D
I can absolutely picture you next to her with your tiny hands learning to chop.. and years later they are a scientists hands:) If you do make this fudge, I hope he likes it as much as we did! xx
Thanks so much, Sharyn.
I suppose that’s why I often turn to something sweet when I have a mini crisis:D She was awesome.. as were my other grandparents as well… I just didn’t have the time to get to know them as well as Gran. Your Mom’s notebooks would be wonderful to look through.. all handwritten.. did she draw diagrams as well?? And little notes??
It was a lovely shortbread, I’d make it again for sure.. Thanks so much!
Thanks so much, Sibella!!
I adore that word!! “Scrummy” is just what her recipes conjure in my memories!
I hope you have just the best week ever, Sarah!! Filled with lots of your wonderful recipes to share with us:D xx oo Barb
I had a lovely Granny too – shame she’d never let anyone take her photograph.
Well.. until 10 years ago is absolutely fantastic!! I plan to live well into my 80′s so I hope my grandchildren know me well.. and my Gran’s baking:D I think we are both so fortunate to have wonderful Grandparents.. they set a lovely example for us! xx I hope you enjoy these recipes as we did!
spree.. as always, thank you for saying the perfect thing.. Harriet is indeed very much alive in me still. I’m certain you’re as lovely as my Gran was.. I can’t wait for my own turn!! luv, smidge
Thanks:D
Oh, Barbara! You made me think about my Gran. Thanks for such a beautiful post and wonderful recipes.
Barbara, life is too short and – also I can’t walk around whole my adult life blaming my childhood – have to take responsible for that myself and to be able to do that, I have to forgive. It was good for me.
Yes, they did .. and she was probably treated the same as a child, but neither my mum or my aunt was abused. Maybe it was her age.
Smidge what beautiful perfect happy memories – it’s like a great big warm hug! LOVELY!
Mandy xo
Wonderful memories. Lovely recipes.
Her recipes are surely a lovely way for her to live on with you every time you bake from them.
Lucky Smidge, to have these wonderful memories and recipes to go with. She sounds a grand lady.
Are you saying you.can roll the dough into a log and then cut as needed? Loved your gran stories.
Beautiful memories.
Did the fudge taste like Grans after? I would love to make some.
this was such a sweet posting… i can sense how close you were to your grandma and how much you love her! and her memories will continue to live on as you share these wonderful recipes of her’s.
that fudge looks sooooooooooooooo GOOOOOD!
Regrettably, all I’ve got are some notebooks. Although there are a few complete recipes in her own handwriting, many are just a few scribbles, some without titles. Others are notes from watching a televised chef/cook prepare something. On the plus side, I have a cookbook she made for me just after I moved here, to Chicago. Though not handwritten, it is unmistakably her “work” and I cherish it. It’s what prompted me to start my blog. I wanted to make sure everyone has access to that book, in one way or another.
Absolutely.. I think the dough could be kept, refrigerated and tightly wrapped in plastic wrap for up to a week. Slice and bake away:D xx
It did.. it was just as I remembered.. but with it being the recipe on the back of the Marshmallow Creme Jar I don’t think I could go wrong:D So technically.. this wasn’t her recipe but her instructions, lol!
It was wonderful.. I left most of it at work and saved some in the freezer for next week for my friend. Otherwise.. I would eat it all, lol!
Ahhh, that cookbook would be so precious.. and I think it’s time you made your own cookbook for the rest of us!
I know exactly where you are coming from…sadly
Both the fudge and the shortbread look wonderful, as is this post! I loved reading it and hearing about your memories of your Gran made me smile There’s nothing like family recipes, hey?
Most weeeks there come moments when the ‘sensible’ part of me ticks off the one on blogs etc to admonish and tell how much in my ‘real’ life there is as yet to do that day! Supposedly wrong priorities? Then one reads a totally heartfelt and wonderfully warm story like yours and knows exactly why one may be ‘talking’ to people around the world and gaining so much from the experience ! Thank you so much for a part of your story. I was not to be in close touch with either of my grandmothers, but three incredible sisters [out of eight!] of my Mom’s were to compensate with love, kisses and always understanding! Oh, the photo styles are kind’of reminiscent !
What a beautiful post. I especially think its pertinent how my grans could, like yours, eat what they wanted. There is a lot to be said for our computer and kitchenaid lifestyles I think. I also like how she wrote ‘from the kitchen of’ the way that we reference each others blogs.
She is good, thank you . I don’t get to see her that often (she lives in Russia), but we spent a few days together when I was there last week so, it was nice to talk and eat and spend time.
Very nice memories, I have to some nice memories with my grandparents.
BTW that fudge looks amazing!
Your Gran sounds like an amazing person! Thoroughly enjoyed reading this post…and she has handed down some real gems in the form of the fudge and shortbread! Here’s to celebrating her memories. Yum yum.
Grandma’s are like little treasure boxes always full of delicious surprises. What a lovely tribute. Her shortbreads and fudge look irresistible.
Oh Smidge, that is such a beautiful story! You have been very blessed to have your Granny around… I didn’t and reading your post has made me realise how much I have missed out on, even if it was just the thought of her looking down at me as I was trying one of her old, not quite right recipes. And your version of the fudge looks so delish! Blessings!
They’re the best.. although I’m not sure I’ll ever get through making all of them:)
Wow.. I could only wish for so many sisters! Although I had one best friend who felt like a sister, like me, she only had brothers. I’m glad you enjoyed my writing today.. it brought a few tears for me, but that’s part of the experience:) xx
I think you’re right, I have another friend who said you keep in shape by using the hand on spoon method.. instead of the Kitchenaid mixer:) But I don’t think I’d be giving up my mixer any time soon! Yes.. those cards have always given credit to the author.. just like us!
It’s important to have great memories! Yes.. it was delicious:D
Thanks.. even if I don’t try all of them, it’s precious having a glimpse into her life. xx
I hope to be a treasure box for my grandchildren one day!! I haven’t got any yet.. and better not have any in the next few years.. just sayin’:D
Thanks, Martyna, I was a lucky one.. and lucky she was so kind and loving. I bet you have a wonderful mother who took that spot in your heart? xx
What wonderful memories of your gran Smidge. My heart just soared as I was reading this. I recently got a box of old letters that I had sent to my grandma when I was a child. She had saved them all. I have not gone through them yet, I’ve been afraid of the sadness, but I think your post has given me that nudge I needed. Thank you.
wonderful post and memories dear Barbara… as always you fascinated me. Thanks and Love, nia
Your post always put a smile on my face. I absolutely love the fudge. It’s perfect for any day, even the holiday. And that shortbread, yup my mouth is watering just looking at it lol.
So lovely. I sat savoring both your story of your wonderful grandmother and remembering, similarly, my own Granny. Thank you!
What a beautiful post! I miss my grans so much reading your post. Be blessed today
Currently I also do not have any grandkids and like you I better not have any for quite some time! Oh the stress of having teenagers! Take Care, BAM
Such lovely memories, a beautiful tribute
Oh my gosh….my mom and I would make this exact fudge every Christmas when I was younger!
Beautiful story and delicious looking fudge and shortbread! I really miss my grandmother, it’s been a couple of years since she passed. A beautiflul post, thank you for sharing.
I miss my grandmas. The fudge and cookies make good Christmas presents
I loved the stories of your gran and that shot of her.. wow, I do hope you inherited her eyebrows! lovely fudge by the way, now i am popping back up to look at the shortbread.. c
What wonderful memories and I loved hearing about your grandma! I too had an amazing relationship with my grandma, and now I can be thankful that our son has the same relationship with my mom.
Isn’t it wonderful that we can make their recipes and be reminded? I especially love that you have her recipes written in her handwriting. I cherish the ones I have and it always gives my heart a little knot when I look at them.
Lovely tribute! ~ April
I’m glad this brought you wonderful memories! xx
I don’t think I did.. although she did show me how to use mascara for the first time, lol!
I meant to scan one of her cards.. I will probably still do that.. I’m hoping to be an awesome gran too.. much later on in life, though, lol!
awesome gran! mine would have slapped me on the bottom, if she found out i had used mascara! c
Haha.. now that’s a story I’d like to read:D
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How wonderful! I love the parts where you described her life so clearly for us. II had a gran named Gladys who made applesauce each fall, and she wasn’t afraid of cream. She’d pour it over bitter sweet chocolate pudding she had made in a pot over the stove. I’m so glad you have her recipe box. I have a few handwritten cards mine gave to me with her old German recipes, like red cabbage (that I have never made). You have inspired me to consider doing so.
What a beautiful story. The shortbread looks exactly like my mothers – and now, mine. We use berry sugar, though. Did you get your grandmother’s cookie cutter? No one has that one any more. I cherish mine!
XO
Valerie
I just left a comment and hope you got it – there wasn’t any message – it just disappeared.
V
Ah – ok – what I said was that your grandmother’s shortbread looks just like my mothers – but we use berry sugar! Did she pass that cookie cutter down to you? I sure cherish mine! V XOXO
Thanks, Valerie! I did get your message.. I just have an “approve” comments setting on my blog:D This isn’t my gran’s cookie cutter.. now that would definitely be a very cool heirloom to have! Thanks for stopping in!
What a wonderful post Barbara. I’ll bet your grandmother would have loved reading all those lovely things about her. Grandparents are incredibly special things and I know I am so, so very lucky to still have 2 grandma’s with me.
Ho Smidge! So much tenderness on this page! I cannot say anymore. I must read again. Thank you. You live with such beautiful memories.
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I’m sure your gran is definitely smiling down on you and so happy that you are carrying on her cooking traditions and sharing them with others.
Thank you so much for sharing those sweet memories Barabara..you reminded me of my granny
I am sure your gran was similing down, proud of her talented grand daughter
Grandmothers are the best! It’s so nice to have something that makes you feel so close to her again. Very lovely, Smidge!
WONDERFUL & Sweeet. I l love your granmother’s photo!
I will def. try the Harriet’s Fantasy Fudge! Thank you.
Something so lovely about our Grannies
Smidge, this is probably one of my favorite of your posts ever — the purity of it, the sweetness, the tenderness — and these recipes look right up my alley. What a dear relationship you had with your Gran. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.
What a lovely tribute to a well loved grandmother. You do her proud!
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Legacy of a Rodeo Man There’s a hundred years of history and a hundred before that All gathered in the thinkin’ Goin’ on beneath this hat. And back behind his eyeballs And pumpin’ through his veins Is the ghost of every cowboy That ever held the reins. The cold flame burns within him ‘Til his…
The images are especially beautiful here Smidge and the recipe quite sinful….:)
Oh boy! These are an absolute :have-to” “must-make” Smidge. Heavenly!
Mandy
How decadent! That first photo is just amazing, and the colours and rustic nature of the recipe…. ah, you’ve outdone yourself smidge!
It sounds good with Jack Daniels
WOWZER they look good !
Awwww does it have to???
This R rated fudge looks fantastic my friend! I just made a PG maple fudge which didn’t work out (a.k.a set ) so I’m going to turn it into a dip or frosting
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thanks you Smidge, you have spurred me on to search deep into the dark recesses of the corner cupboard for a lost bottle of JD!
Methinks i’ll send this one to every one of my male US foodie friends! What a great post and what fun !
I love that first image – what a stud! And what a great fudge. It looks so rich and dark and the whiskey would give it a great kick. My mother used to make something called a whiskey log and it would be covered in very dark chocolate then decorated with glace cherries cut into the shape of holly and she would wrap them up and give them to the neighbours as Christmas gifts. If she still has the recipe I’ll post them this Christmas. Anyway, that’s what your recipe reminded me of! Also, on my i-phone I received your latest comment on my blog but that comment somehow didn’t make it to my actual blog. Not sure what’s going on there but wanted to let you know so you didn’t think I deleted it! xx
Yummy!! Awesome post and images Smidge!
Absolutely loved the first photo, and the poem! Beautiful…
and the recipe… wow! Pass me a piece, will you? Maybe two?
What a great post, Barb! The photo and poem just perfect for The Stampede. This fudge looks too good! When you mentioned the recipe previously, I though you’d be adding only tablespoonful or two of Jack Daniel’s. A half-cup of this wonderful elixer is an entirely different matter, to which I can only say, “Atta Girl!”
M m m mmmmm to the recipe and to the cowboy! 
Have a wonderful week Smidge!
Yee-ha! Nice poem. As soon as I saw the title the words of “Someday Soon” began to run through my head — “He loves his damned old rodeo as much as he loves me…”
Those are some prize-taking photos m’dear! Especially that next to the last one – genius!! Tells the whole story – and that ain’t ‘ticularly easy when you’ve got a recipe this durn amazin’! I’m just awed by the entire post. You, Smidge, are a force to be reckoned with! (I reckon!) xoxo
Fast setting, alcoholic chocolare fudge AND a cowboy?! You are being too good to us! Now, I need to know…do we pronouce it ro-dee-oh or ro-day-oh? Want to get it right just in case I should come across a cowboy (or gal)
Seriously YUM. Wow, and I’m pretty sure I could really enjoy the Jack this way. And it’s nice that it’s no cook particularly when the temperatures are soaring to the 30°C this week, again.
Oh I think I’m making me some of this fudge!! Yum! Love the cowboy photos, absolutely beautiful, and might I say… go well with the jack and chocolate. You are a woman with many talents Smidge.
Yum! Loved your poem and cowboy photo too!
I will have to try these…
Yes, yes, yes – PLEASE! Oh, those look so amazing!
Yee haw… to both your delicious fudge and to the cowboy! Great photos and perfect for my chocolate carving.
love this very much and I might even make them for my son’s Graduation party only cause I want to make them xoxo
Oh! From beginning to end a dark, passionate delight!
Oh My!
What an excellent post Barbara. I loved the pics and the recipe… well, looks out of this world.
PS. Who’s the cowboy?
WOW! What a fabulous post! That fudge looks and sounds SOOOOO darn good! And how much do I love this poem Smidge? You are such a fabulous writer, I just love this! Thanks for making Monday a whole lot better dear xoxo
reminded me of my roots…and the fudge …well I just need it
Woohoo, fudge with a kick! Seems appropriate for rodeo man. Lovely poem, Smidge, and smokin’ hot photo too..
I love the rodeo man image – he’s so enigmatic. And me oh my that fudge sounds so good.
Tall, dark, and handsome…just how I like my chocolate and cowboys I think I agree with everyone here that all the photos in this post are deeeeelish!
What yummy, dark fudge! MMM.
Love the pictures!!! And cowboys. As you know I’m not a big chocolate fan, but this does sound like a great mix of whiskey and chocolate. Mike would certainly enjoy this.
That is gorgeous fudge!
Fantastic no-cook recipe!
The flavor was intense but mellowed later the second day.. This could be a bad habit, lol!
This one is guaranteed to set up.. without the maple extract, I think it would set up even faster. I knew you’d like the chocolate in this one;)
You… and my son, but I don’t think he plans on baking anything with it;)
I think I’ve made that log, but not with the whisky.. I think that’s a lovely change from rum-soaked fruitcake!! Don’t worry about blogging stuff.. I know you read my comments:D xoxo
Ummm… I had to freeze it, I was going through a piece every time I passed the kitchen, lol!!
Most recipes are a tablespoon, even a teaspoon, this was a fun one for sure!! It might give a cowboy enough courage to jump on a bull!!
I love that Baxter Black.. I’m so glad to have found his poems!
This was a really fun one to photograph.. I knew what I wanted it to look like and I think it came through.. As you know, I don’t often photograph “Black” and “tough” looking stuff!!
I reckon if yer a cowgirl it would be ro-day-oh (like the Drive, lol).. but for us Canadians it’s just ro-dee-oh:D
When will that heat wave ever end? We’ve had some rain after our week of high temperatures and I’m so glad!
Thanks, Karista.. that’s my son, he gave me exactly 5 minutes to get the shot:D
He and his friends will thank you
That’s my son.. not a cowboy in the true sense, but he’s thinking now that he’s done hockey he wants to take up Bull Riding.. sheesh!!
I wish I could take credit for the poem, Sarah, but that’s Baxter at his finest! I haven’t had time to write poems in the last little while. I hope to rectify that!!
I’ll let him know
My son’s a pretty photogenic guy:D
Hahahha.. isn’t that the truth, tall, dark and handsome… chocolate!!
It can be so fun, so liberating, to break out of the style that’s our custom. I can tell you had such fun with it, and honestly Barb, they’re absolutely stellar photos!
It´s good to know!
I loved the poem…will need to know a bit more about Baxter Black! An adult fudge! I like that idea! What fun and it sounds easy, too…a winner! Thanks, Barb…you are so creative! Debra
Best to eat them quick then
Canadians make the best fudge, me thinks! Shall I repeat?
Your photos are fantastic…mysterious looking. The poem is fitting and the recipe…I’m waiting to get home to try making some.
Cowboy fudge. I just had a friend visiting from BC who was describing the Calgary rodeo – impressive!
Never had Jack Daniels in fudge before, but I’m willing to try.
I knew I was going to find out that was your son if i kept reading the comments – bet you had to pay him for that. How do you get those photos like that – what are you using?
I am going to share this with my BIL – he will love you for it xox
Hi Barb – that sounds awesome. I never tried maple extract (don’t think I’ve seen it for sale before…) – what’s it like? I’m thinking maybe it’s like a non-syrupy, non-sweet maple syrup? Maybe I’m way off though…
Money? Heck, no, the rest of the JD, lol!! Go take a look at picmonkey.. There are all sorts of filters you can apply that make photos look different.. I could spend hours on that site!!
You have one of the best looking blogs on WordPress, little lady!
Great work! And of course, the content is imaginative and delicious!
WOW! This is so impressive! JD recipe hits… My son, his favorite drink, It would be nice to make a surprise to him. Thank you dear Barbara, love, nia
Oh yay! How did I miss this post on Monday? I’ve been waiting for it and now it’s bookmarked. Looks delicious as does your cowboy photo…hee, hee!
It’s like vanilla extract.. But it has a really strong flavor. I think you should use 1/2 tsp to be certain of the taste for personal preference. It was my first time using as well!
Oh man, these look scrumptious. Jack is an acquaintance of mine, one I don’t mind visiting with every now and then.
Great images, Smidge.
Thanks so much
I’m just loving the cowboy inspired recipes Smidge !
Beautiful photos Smidge! The fudge is so sinful and so delicious looking!
Wonder who your rodeo man is .. on that photo – fantastic photo .. Forget the fudge. *smile Your photos are so delicious!!!!
I could relate to the poem coming from Texas. Loved the post and the photo…very different from your very soft images.
Every once in a while, a recipe will come along that will knock your tuques off! Ouias! This one’ll do just that and it’s not only Canadian.. it’s an authentic French Canadian recipe, (just like Mabel’s Nanaimo Bars) eh! Which makes baking a batch of these even more appealing don’t you think? (trust me, they’re better…
Your friend Mona sounds like a saint! What fun you two had and I think you had very important jobs PLUS you still had to do all the photography as well.
Beautiful result – the cookies look fantastic!
Mandy
Oh, my dear heavens…. they look like Argentinian alfajores!!!!! One of the projects I would like to tackle this year… oh, I feel faint. Very very faint.
can you tell I am salivating?
Mona, you’ve got a million dollar smile!
Smidge, these look lovely! I like the whole process of making the filling. I plan to try these very soon! Thanks for the beautiful post and photos!
You, girls are so good … and have so much patient – so envy …. everything looks fantastic and I’m sure it taste even better. Me that always are in the fast lane when it’s about food … Thanks for introducing Mona to … me. Even if “blonde” you did a good job here .. and I’m sure Mona will make it to Bolivia.Fantastic enjoyable post.
I already love Mona! And I would love to try these beautiful little chips….er……cookies. I just have to try them. Thank you for sharing Mona and the details of this yummy recipe!
Mona is wonderful! I miss girl time with my bffs! These looks gorgeous too. The filling seems tricky.
Brown sugar and cream caramel? Now that is a cookie filling! Makes sense to try this at Christmas when we bake sugar cookies anyway (never at any other time).
eh
Does Mona travel! I love the idea of stacking these and then swooshing more wonderous taste temptations on top.
Delicious! I would love to be sitting down with one (or two or three) of these little delights right now! gorgeous!
Oh the mysteries of boiling sugar – well out of my league!!!!
Cool share – as usual!
You beat the hell out of Martha Stewart any day!
Yuuum these sound delicious, and what fun making them too! Mona seems like a wonderful friend–and a great baker to boot.
This is such a great recipe that if I bring this to the office, my colleagues will go crazy over this. I made alfajores and it was such a hit with them too.
WOW! Seems so beautiful and delicious… but not easy I think… Thank you dear Barbara, with my love, nia
Mona sounds amazing! So generous and awesome just like you sour makes sense you are friends
The cookies look amazing! Just tasting one bite would be enough to send me to heaven
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
This is quite the project – they sound divine though, and baking always tastes better when you’ve have to work for it, right?
Yay Mona!!
The cookies look deeeevine. I cannot believe you only made it home with one!
Yum! I am so craving sweets now! What a great guest post!
Lots of luck to your friend Mona with her work in Bolivia. It’s such an excellent think to do – I admire her for it.
Mon dieu indeed! Those look wonderful.
What a wonderful post and what wonderful cookies! And you play the cello? How’d I miss that?! I love the cello, especially in Baroque music. You should post a video of you playing your cello. That would be lovely.
Those biscuits look divine!!!
These remind me of alfajores — which I LOVE! Oh, now I am so hungry.Love that this is an authentic French Canadian recipe. I’ll be back for this recipe one day.
Mona sure is an amazing woman, Barb, and I bet you couldn’t wish for a better friend. I would have loved to watch you two working in the kitchen. And such an innovative way to raise funds for charity! I wish her every success. Then again, if she’s preparing treats like these cookies, she’s going to make a fortune! These cookies sound fantastic and have that certain something that makes them perfect for Christmas. Thanks, Barb, for introducing us to your friend, Mona, and for sharing this great cookie recipe.
What an amazing woman. She has so many wonderful qualities. And she must be so busy! It’s incredible how she lives her life for the benefit of others. Love the cookies. xx
What perfect and sweet little stacks of cookies!
Well of course you have amazing friends, Smidge. I was sure of that before I met Mona! You two complement one another in the kitchen perfectly! Wonderful cookies! I love that filling! Debra
How lovely to cook with a friend and then to cook something so beautiful! What a lovely day you had making these and they sound amazing….:)
I love the name of these biscuits and the look yummy! What a great way to raise funds
These look divine and again enjoyed all the images, especially those in the pot….
Oh my! These look absolutely amazing and tempting! Thanks again.
great pics!! these look delicious!
I love cream. I love caramel. I love sugar cookies. I love Quebec. I love Habitat for Humanity. I love Smidge! I have made fleur de sel caramel a bunch of times and know that all that stirring pays off. Will need to try this. May sprinkle salt inside before putting the cookies together.
I’ve never heard of these but they look fantastic! Kind of like alfajores, as someone else mentioned too. I love the baking for donations idea – best of luck to Mona
These look delicious and adorable! What a fabulous friend you have!
Your friend sounds awesome – and what a great idea… I’ll have to check out her pages. (especially if she’s sending out goodies like these!)
Two wonderful ladies helping a GREAT cause…that’s awesome Smidge! And those cookies, I could sing songs about those delectable looking cookies. I bet they are perfection…I can just tell that they melt in your mouth. Your beautiful photos certainly did them justice. Have a wonderful weekend!
Oh, what can I say as I sit here salivating….. Discovered you via Viveka’s page.
Sistagirl, I love your cookies
Noeleen
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What a deft touch you and Mona have, Smidge! I was just admiring those perfectly round cookies (I’m quite rubbish at rolling and cutting), and there was Mona, spooning perfect pools of runny icing on them! Beautiful work! Have a fabulous weekend! xx
We haven’t cooked from Quebec yet. You’re giving me ideas now! These look SO good!
That is a great recipe, one that I’m planning to make very soon Thanks for sharing!
I love sugar cookies but this takes it to a whole new level!
I love love love the idea of baking and mailing food to raise money. Its like a bake sale and web 2.0 all rolled into one, and as someone who works in the web 2.0/social media world and spends all of her other time in the kitchen its seems like a perfect fit
Also, I sympathize with the dodgy light while photographing food pics late at night. Its the story of my life (and why I’m fairly certain my food never looks as appetizing as it actually is.) I tend to take pics without the flash, and use the light fill feature in my editing tool to brighten them up. Otherwise I get this weird tunnel vision of light effect.
~Emilie
I don’t think I’ve used the light fill feature.. which editing tool is this Adobe??
A delicate and tasty cookie, Barb. And your friend is totally amazing. We tried volunteering for Habitat for Humanity but every time they just need money and not help. I’d love to help build a house!
Wouldn’t it be cool if we bloggers met somewhere an built one??
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Beautiful looking cookies – sounds like a lot of hard-work though… well worth it though by the looks of things
Mona did all the work:) I was the cookie topper in the assembly line! Lol!
gorgeous! i need some baking buddies…
Habitat can always use a pair of hands! Here’s a link for the Global Village program.
http://habitatglobalvillage.ca/
And if you want to volunteer locally, all is done online as well. You sign up on their website and then can browse current opportunities and then just sign up for days you choose to volunteer.
http://volunteercalgary.volunteerhub.com/SignIn.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fDefault.aspx
Good luck!
Ok, you really are making me drool!!!!! I am so impatient about makinc cookies…but this looks worth all the trouble!
I’m a little afraid to try these. I might die from happiness.
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Better than poutine?? Really??? Realy??? Well, I guess you would be the expert. They look delish. And i love your tip about dropping it in the ice water to see if it’s done.
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Barbara. what can I say …. stylish down to the last teeth. That storage unit will fit nicely over here … it has everything. So lovely everything .. just like you! The small nibbles .. adorable. Where do you find all the lovely boxes .. and laces .. for your photos. It’s such a joy to land here. Have to read the interview now. Thanks for being my online – sweetie shop.
I saw and then read your interview on WP, congrats on that! Such a beautiful and quiet post. I just felt like I walked into a lovely space, almost like a favorite store, looked around at all the beautiful things, admired the gorgeous flower arrangements, got some ideas and was treated to these adorable and oh so pretty treats. I didn’t think I’d ever call a rice crispy treat lovely, but these surely are! Smidge if you ever opened a store no one would ever leave it…and I’ll bet no one wants to leave your house when they visit, either!
Absolutely EXQUISITE! What you do with the ordinary, through high magic and Smidgery transforms the commonplace into something otherworldly! I think you’re part faerie I truly do!! Honestly Smidge, you are in a class of your own!!! To think Rice Krispies could ever be THAT! (My head is still shaking.) xxo (happy to see you back again my friend!)
I love Rice Krispy Treats, and these are a masterpiece! Beautiful as always. ~ Misky xx
Oh that storage system looks so amazing Barbara! I am wanting to design better work space here too ~ but don’t think could ever accomplish what you did. Will make doing what you do even more delightful. You have a gift! xo Robyn
Really like Rice Krispy treats. Problem is they would never last long enough in this house to be decorated as beautifully as you’ve done them.
Paul
If I had a sweetie shop and you popped in.. I’d never let you leave:D We’d have too much to chat about!xx
Gorgeous!!
Thanks, Betsy.. I think I would love to have a shop, just not the stress that would go along with it:) I would never let you leave!! xx
spree.. you’ve invented yet another new word for the English language.. “smidgery”:) If I were a faerie, I’d be thrilled because I’d most certainly have a magic wand and I would cast spells far and wide! I’m so happy to be back.. thanks to some spree magic making:)
The chocolate.. well, they were so yummy this way!!
It was fun.. I just dragged everything out and assembled my craft, food props and wrapping stuff in a pile and began putting it in the cubbies.. I think ikea has a great storage unit with cubbies.. it was fun!
Hahaha.. too true!
Thanks, April!
WOW! This is beautiful, so exciting and amazing. Thank you dear Barbara, as always hit me your post. Love, nia
I love your storage unit, Barb, and the interplay of whites and soft pastels … you make being organized look so pretty and inspiring! Speaking of which, you’ve transformed the humble Rice Krispie square into a lovely treat. Who wouldn’t want to receive one of these for Valentine’s Day?
Brilliant answer …. maybe I have to take that detour over Calgary.
Unbelievable! Your craft room looks incredible! And these treats are Martha Stewart worthy! Wow.
Congrats on your WP interview too, heading over to read it now.
I missed your interview on WP News about custom fonts so I was glad, as an unadventurous user of them, to find a link to it. Everything in this post looks so pretty – you have a great talent for styling.
Oh my goodness B, these crispies are adorable!! I love the look of your white room!!
Barbara, this is the classiest version of rice crispies I’ve seen! Beautiful and delicate…love the sticks idea. Someday, I’ll convert our school supplies area into a pretty storage unit for my crafts and scrapbook supplies…and dreaming on:)
STUNNING!
Mandy xo
GORGEOUS!
PERFECT!
BEAUTIFUL!
Every week I give myself the treat of visiting your blog…so lovely!
Some day I’ll take some photos of my version of one of your lovely recipes. There’ll be rice crispies and chocolate on the ceiling, on my nose, all down the units. It’s a disaster just waiting to happen. Off to read about your adventures with fonts now. Fabulous post, Smidge.
EVen your storage is a work of art! Please come round to my house and make it beautiful
Love rice crispie cakes and these hearts are just fantastic!
Smidge, everything you do is always SO stylish and elegant! No wonder you sell so many houses! (I’ve been reading your other website too!
) xx
I could not be more jealous of your craft supplies storage. That is perfect, and I need one so badly.
The flowers are beautiful too…it’s so cold right now. I just can’t get warm, but seeing the flowers helps a little
I love the Krispy Treats! That’s such a good idea. I wonder if they’d last long enough around here to do this….
Congratulations on all the fun stuff that’s happened this week, I’m so happy for you!
Loving your post – makes me want to get crafty:) Have a Great One!
Wow, Smidge, now I know for sure: You are the Canadian Martha Stewart!
Love the treats. How fun!
I never get tired of saying how amazing you are!!!!!
What a brilliant interview opportunity my friend, huge congratulations is in order
Your girly but classic sense of style is evident in your photos and interior design as well as these delicious and cute treats
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
This is fantastic!!! I will never take a picture of my photog office after seeing your craft room. Congrats to you , my friend! xxx
Congrats on the interview! I am so happy for you! I hope you got a lot of hits!
Love your work station. Wow! It is like a much more beautiful Martha Stewart collection. It has the Smidgen touch!
Those rice crispy treats are adorable !
Those hearts are so delicate and beautiful! I absolutely love your crafting shelf. Oh to have that much space!
It’s in a tiny storage closet.. that part doesn’t show up in the photo:D
Thanks, Carolyn!
What a fun craft room with just about everything you would ever need to be creative. Tis the season for cleaning and organizing and that is really big here in China in prep for the Chinese New years. Beautiful and delicate little rice krispy treats. Who knew something so simple could be so fun and delicious. Have a super day! BAM
It was a fun day.. now it’s all back to normal:D Thanks so much, Susie.. Martha better move on over, lol!! Ok.. if she would just let me stand beside her for a day.. I’d be happy:)
A working space is different from storage, so I wouldn’t show my desk without a lot of cleaning up first:) xx
Thanks CCU.. You’ve got a nice way of describing it:)
They were totally fun to make! Thanks!
So that explains the cleaning I’ve been seeing, lol! I’m almost done.. I’m on my filing system.. and then that’s it!! (for the first time in about 8 years since we moved in here, haha). You must be excited about your move!!??
You don’t want to see my storage area either….hehehe.
You are so clever!!!!! Such cute heart shaped rice crispy treats. Quite an organized and well stocked craft area.
You may get that chance Barb, be careful what you wish for! Hahaha!
So much in this post to love! Congrats Barbara on the interview. Your craft area looks impeccable and I would expect nothing less from you!
And of course, the marshmallow treats are simply works of art!!!!
So beautiful – everything.
Thanks, nia xx
If I can’t make it pretty, well, I don’t organize.. that’s half the fun for me:) I just sent the last of the batch over to my son’s friend’s house.. he’d seen them on Facebook, lol!
I was happy with how they turned out.. I think the secret was using “crafting” baking chocolate, not the expensive Callebaut. They melted much easier and poured better.
Thanks so much.. I enjoy changing my blog, sometimes too much and no one recognizes it, lol!
It’s good to have people to share all this baking with, isn’t it? Ah, the perils of being a food blogger
Such a simple recipe turned into an elegant Valentines treat!
Hi Barbara, congratulations on the interview! I love the rice crispy treats, so cute and delicious-looking!
Congratulations!
I just loved this post…a quiet moment of beauty in my busy morning. The heart treats are just perfect!
Smidge! When I first saw that craft cabinet on Pinterest, I thought it was from a magazine!!! It’s gorgeous
I love how you styled it, coordinating all of the colors. What a happy place to be. And your Rice Krispie hearts are adorable. I happen to have a little packet of pink chocolate in my baking cabinet that I need to use up 
xx
I envy you your organization, as ever, Smidge, and those hearts are precious!
A post full of loveliness! Every visit to your blog is so inspiring! Thanks for being here Barb! <3 I love to knit, how can I join Interpurl Knitwork?
If you click on my link I think you could just make a comment.. but somewhere there it tells you where to send your small square of knitting. I have to buy needles and wool today, you knit a small square and mail it in with your name, etc, on it:)
I hope you try these.. they’re so worth it because they’re not difficult:) xx
What great news! Congratulations, Barb! Your storage are looks so nice and organized. If you like doing this kind of thing, do I ever have a place for you!!!
Rice Krispie treats are a bit too sweet for my tastes but that’s a good thing. They are one confection that I can make and give away without stealing some before packing them up. It’s the sampling that gets me into trouble. Let it get out of hand and the baker’s dozen of cookies gift is suddenly 11.
This was another well-written, beautifully shot and presented, Barb. A pleasure to read.
Purging and cleaning is therapeutic and after 8 years is required!
I was excited about the move, however I have encountered a bug in my new theme and it would require about 60 hours of re-configuration on my part to go live. I am on a hold pattern until I hear back some options from Theme Forest. So I will be at least a mid February go live. How about you?
Beautiful post! I love your craft cabinet. Elegantly done. Your rice krispie treats look heavenly!
I love your craft room and I will look closely at the design of shelves and drawers when we get to finishing our study
These RIce Krispie treats are a cut above any I’ve ever seen before! They’re works of art! I love your organization system and of course, it’s beautiful, too! You have a way of making everything just a little special, Barbara. Including your beautiful fonts. I’m eager to read the interview, too!
Hi Smidge! Congratulations for your interview. Your blog is an endless source of inspiration, so it was time already that WP give you credit for it
I loved the recipe, and I’m borrowing it for San Valentine’s I don’t know if my husband is going to like it, but I know I will!!
Have a nice day
Heehee.. it’s a little storage closet/room, but it works:)
Thanks!!xx
It is such a treat to visit each other’s “homes” and see what they’ve been up to.. baking away or otherwise:)
Haha, you’re too cute, if you lived close I’d give you a little lesson.. it’s not as hard as it looks:)xx
Whew.. I’ve just finished up the last job, filing, ugh! But now I’m free, so if I’m ever in your area.. xx
*blush* I wish I could sell more.. then I can buy more cookie cutters and cake pans:D xx
It’s not the shelving unit, it’s the paper, buttons and fabric that make it look pretty:) You could fill each one with yarn in chromatic families and it would be stunning!! Btw.. I’m so excited, I have one ball of thick fluffy yarn.. two thick knitting needles. I can now cast (caste?) on, knit and purl. Tomorrow I’m trying a cable stitch.. when I’m done it will be a scarf:D I can’t thank you enough for sending me the DVD, it was just the impetus I needed to be brave!!! xxx
The more crafts I do the more I want to make, they’re kind of addicting:)
Martha Stewart, eh?? That’s the highest compliment:) Thanks! xx
xoxo to you too:)
They were fun to make.. I’m planning some cookies now:D xx
Thanks so much, Danny! That’s a great compliment coming from a food writer that I admire!
Thanks:)
They were so cute with the sticks.. if only my kids were still in grade school! xx
Thanks so much, Jasline.. Valentine’s is a fun time!
I can’t wait to head over to see what you’ve been up to!! Thanks so much! xx
It was a craze.. and I’m finally organized in every storage room. It wasn’t a New Year’s Resolution, so I’m not sure what came over me, lol!
I have a strange obsession with organization.. I think it ties into my stationery obsession.. baskets, trays.. you name it, I’ve got it. In fact, it’s time to get rid of some of the older baskets. So.. if you’d lived closer I’d be glad to help:D I hear you on the baker’s 11… I have a sugar obsession as well, as if you didn’t know! xx
Thanks so much:D xx
The combination of drawers and shelving is quite handy, not everything is attractive enough to keep out in the open. xx
Thanks so much, it was a much more pleasant week for sure:D xx
Likewise.. I love visiting your blog and seeing your recipes, they’re so often dishes I’ve never tried Giovanna!!
You are too too kind!!!!! But thank you
I have a new room in our house for my office/studio. I love it’s functionality but would love to make it prettier. Your shelves are serving a purpose and are pleasing to the eye- this is my goal. Thank you for the visual.
The rice krispy treats on a stick are also quite pleasing to the eye, taking the rough cut square up several notches…
xx wendy
You’ve taken an ordinary after-school treat and elevated it to an art object–well done, Smidge. And congratulations on the interview–interesting.
So organized! Love krispy treats. You have a knack of elevating the familiar to fabulous!
This is such a pretty post, Smidge. And, a very nice way to get back into the groove of reading some of my most favorite blogs. I too need to do some editing and organizing. Thanks for the inspiration in that department (I definitely need it!). I hope you are well and your new year is off to a great start (& congratulations on your interview too)!
Allison
You have a beautiful spot for storing and displaying your crafts! Thanks for the recipe, too–the rice krispy hearts look so pretty!
Thanks so much Nancy! xx
Yes, I love that idea, Barb. I can do the same with all this fabric too, and it will look amazing in my little studio. Thank you!
Yay!!! It’s so exciting that you are ready to cast on. I simply can’t wait to see what you create. I know it will be beautiful. This is fun to see you take this on, you’re a natural for knitting with your patience and eye for style. Did I mention, YAY!!??
Your crafty storage unit is lovely as well as functional. I am craving rice krispy bars now.
NEVER have I seen Rice Krispie treats look anywhere as beautiful as what you have made.
I LOVE your storage craft area. I, like you, do tons of crafts, sewing, painting, etc. and have been wanting a craft, sewing, painting room FOREVER! Your crispy treats are adorable and your new website design and header is sooo beautiful. Your blog is one of my favorites, I truly enjoy it