This whole container of snapdragons is completely "volunteer". The flowers are such beautiful colors and shades, too. I love looking at them every time I walk about the back door.
This is a photo of a Strawberry Buttermilk Cake that I made to have for our 4th of July celebration. It was very delicious. For the sugar that is sprinkled on top of the strawberries/cake prior to baking, I used my Vanilla Bean Sugar. This cake turned out to be delicious! The bonus was that it was super easy to make. I will definitely be making this one again.
Please excuse the quality of this photo, it was taken with my cell phone. For my birthday (in June), my husband had given me tickets for the U2 360º Tour concert in Chicago. I had wanted to go last summer, but it ended up that we never got tickets. Plus, maybe 10 years ago, I had gone to another U2 concert and took my older brother with me. It was about a year before he passed away and the only concert we ever we to together. Anyway, U2 was this past week. The concert was good, after we recovered from the heart attack caused by the $46 parking fee! The only draw back was that I had to work the next morning, so I was awfully tired!
Since I had such a busy week, I've spend the last few days trying to catch up on my sleep and haven't gotten any sewing done. I aim to correct that situation tomorrow.
This week, I did do something I wouldn't normally do. I ordered something for myself that I could have also made. Stephanie at Sand and Starfish has been having a sale in her etsy shop and I ordered myself one of her Vintage Dresden Zippered Clutches. I had seen them during the Sew, Mama, Sew Giveaway Day, I think and just thought that they were so pretty. So I bought one. Mine is with an orange zipper and orange accents in the fabrics. I think that if you go and look at her shops sales, you will be able to see a photo of mine since I haven't bothered to take one. They are a great size, too...not too tiny. I could probably fit a book in mine (I carry books around with me a lot). ***This is not in any way a sponsored shout-out...I just really like my clutch.
5 comments:
NIce array of eye candy! the recipe is totally easy--wow--I'll have to try that one.
$46 for parking? that's ridonculous in my book, but glad to hear you enjoyed yourselves!
Your flowers are gorgeous! I looked at your clutch and it is super cute. I think it is always nice to treat yourself once in a while. It is something I don't always do.
Ooooooooooooooo...cake! That's even more tempting than photos of YARN!
Your cake looks amazing! We are going to U2 in a couple of weeks - I can't wait. We saw them on their last tour, 5+ years ago, and they were great.
Thank you so much for talking about my clutch :) It makes me smile inside and out! I'm so so soooo glad that you like it!!
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