Glimpses at a new home

 Slowly but surely we are finding those beautiful corners in our new home, to love, to read in, to cook in, to wander through. For the rest of the Fridays in August and all of them in September we will give sneak peeks into our newest found treasures, right in our brand new home. Hope you enjoy!

Taking a Moment to List

Making : a laundry line
Cooking : pasta salad
Drinking : water
Reading: Shelter II
Wanting: a slice of fresh bread
Looking: for simple recipes
Playing: peek-a-boo with nephew
Wasting: time
Sewing: a tote bag and a hanging laundry hamper
Wishing: for another week of summer break
Enjoying: my new home
Waiting: for school to start again
Liking: circular floor plans
Wondering: what age group I will be working with
Loving: my new wife :)
Hoping: for a brilliant idea
Marvelling: at the mail service
Needing: a shower
Smelling: crisp morning air
Wearing: no shoes
Following: the activity at my Little Free Library
Noticing: how many craft materials there are in my house
Knowing: I need to use up those craft materials
Thinking: about homes
Feeling: relaxed, and thoughtful
Bookmarking: bungalow floor plans, and chocolate cake recipes
Opening: the blog up again (and all the windows I can)
Giggling: at my nephew
Feeling: curious about what is to come.

Thanks for the idea from Foxs Lane who got it from Pip.

Making Monday: Chocolate Cake with Raseberries

With summer slipping away, it is time to blog again and time for a cake! I used a the simple Chocolate Cake recipe from Betty Crocker. I only made a few adjustments starting with cutting the recipe in half, I also used Earth Balance for butter and applesauce for eggs. As a final touch I garnished with raspberries from the Farmer's Market.

Welcoming Ourselves Back :)

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Circle of Love

12/50

We watched history be made yesterday on the Capital steps in St. Paul. It was truly amazing and awe-inspiring to see so many people, so many families, gather in mass, all in the name  of equality and love.

Making Monday: The Unvieling of our Irrigate Project

 

We ended up collecting 28 textile squares for students and staff at the Hubbs Center. We put them all together and hung it for everyone to enjoy tonight at the Hubbs Center.

May Day

Blankets laid out in Powderhorn Park to hold spots for the May Day celebration.

Continued Water Fascination

Our nephew and water, pretty great.

Making Monday: Covert Projects

This piece will soon be finished and hanging at the tea garden in Stadium Village. Come check it out starting Wednesday of this week!

Up to Lots of Fun

Blooming Art

Last weekend was Art in Bloom at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. It served as a wonderful excuse to go room the galleries and see what was new. We found a variety of very cool new installations.

We also found a game set up in one of the galleries. It was like a table top i-pad in which you could pick categories and try to find which pieces of art went with which category. We ended up playing cooperatively and got a large group of older women playing with us. There was a lot of laughter and excitement and I think there was even some gained knowledge about the art.

Also Happy MAY DAY everyone!

Making Monday: Pizza

We jumped right in with both feet to homemade pizza. After having a variety of prior experiences with eating other people's homemade pizzas, we were extremely happy with our end product, plus we got an extra one out of the deal that we stuck in the freezer for later! We used the pizza dough recipe out of "The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making" by Alana Chernila. We highly recommend this recipe but also the book as a whole is fabulous.

Home

Here are some snap shots of home, as it is now, just before it is set to change.

Northern Spark Project Progress

These are very fantastic lino-block stamps which will be used to stamp secondhand clothing for our Northern Spark project.  We are quite excited about the progress so far.

Making Monday: Savory Vegan Pies

1. Make vegan pie crust (use vegan butter or vegetable shortening instead of lard or butter). 
2. Cut into shapes using cookie cutter.
3. In olive oil, fry up some tasty vegan apple sage sausage and kale.
4. Pile vegan sausage and kale onto pie crust. 
5. Top with another pie crust shape and bake.
6. Eat tasty, tasty, tasty savory vegan pies.

Our White April Storm

Sometimes it snows in the middle of April, and you just have to walk slow and admire the beauty.

Color Photoshoot

Infinite decided to photographize Monster for a fun and colorful photo shoot with our room as a back drop.  Homemade bunk bed, colorful homemade quilt, and natural light.  Beautiful.