~Feeling~ Thankful ~Seeing~ This book! Can’t put it down! ~Tasting~ Cherry Polish Paczi (pronounced punch-key) From Hanisch Bakery Red Wing mmmmmmm….. photograph by Melissa Placzek ~Hearing~ Pomplamoose! ~Smelling~ Stuffed Acorn Squash cooking in the crockpot! Here’s the RECIPE ~Knowing~ That soon the snow will melt and Jeff will suggest we go HERE for dinner. We…
Repurposing Ideas
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~Vintage Suitcase as Correspondence Center~ I loved turning one of my vintage suitcases into a correspondence center! The perfect vessel for holding stationery, writing pens, stamps, stickers, envelopes, cards and books on letter writing…my favorite is The Gift of a Letter by Alexandra Stoddard. The top part of the suitcase can be turned into a…
Beef & Basmati Dumplings with Lemon Sauce
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photograph by Melissa Placzek ~Beef & Basmati Dumplings~ These Greek meat and rice dumplings are moist and flavorful, and surprisingly low in fat when you use extra lean meats. I have made them with fattier meats before, but because of the way these little dumplings are cooked, the extra fat really isn’t necessary. This way…
“Priceless” by Dana Stenholtz
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Thrift Store & Antique Treasures
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I went thrift store shopping with my daughter Andrea today and found sooooo many good things! pretty plates… a platter decorated with sweet peas… a cool china teacup, saucer and dessert plate… silver and silver plate hidden under layers of tarnish… after using a little elbow grease, it shined up beautifully! some gorgeous vintage runners…
The Mysteries of Tea ~ Rooibos
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Scenes From Valentine’s Day ~ A Strawberry Menu
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~Valentine’s Treat 7~ A Strawberry Menu “…Sit on a cushion, and sew a fine seam, and dine upon strawberries, sugar and cream.” ~From the Mother Goose nursery rhyme “Curly-Locks” Happy Valentine’s Day! We started celebrating yesterday… We started the day with Strawberry Milk and I made a loaf of Strawberry Breakfast Bread This got rave…
my vintage valentines & “book of love” brownies
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~Valentine Treat 6~ My vintage and antique valentines are featured in this weekend’s edition of The Rochester Post Bulletin! My friend, Sandy Erdman, wrote a great article! There was only enough room for two of the valentines to be pictured….soooo… I thought I’d share some of my other favorites here. and the following selections are…
Six Senses Saturday
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~Hearing~ This gorgeous soundtrack from the beautiful movie Love in the Time of Cholera Love Hildebranda’s and this… Valentine playlist ~Seeing~ This romantic handkerchief coverlet ~Tasting~ Sweet & Salties Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Line cookie sheet with heavy-duty foil. Grease foil. Cover tray with Saltine crackers… Mix 1 cup butter and 1 cup…
Repurposing Idea ~ Romantic Vintage Handkerchief Table Coverlet
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Valentine Treat 5 ~Vintage Handkerchief Table Coverlet~ Jeff and I went thrifting together last week… I was searching for something specific that day… Vintage handkerchiefs! I found 24 of them! Vintage handkerchiefs + A sewing machine and thread… = A romantic table coverlet! photographs by Melissa Placzek Just go to your nearest thrift store and…