girls wear pink to make the boys wink

at least, that's what my mother in law tells me. i fell in love with this pink fabric from joel dewberry's line over a year and a half ago. i ordered enough of it to make the built by wendy top (simplicity 3835) but only managed to sew it this weekend.

i think i procrastinated because i worried the fabric wouldn't be right for a garment. i had only seen it used in quilts and other crafty projects, but not a shirt. it was a simple enough pattern that i decided to just try it and hope for the best. and i'm pretty happy with the results.

it's a little boxy, but i kind of like that about it. and i think the fabric was a perfect choice. i wish i made this a lot sooner. maybe i'll make up for that by making a couple more. and there's also that summer dress i've been meaning to make myself since last year too!

my favorite cookie

these are my absolute favorite cookies. i love them so much and have handed out the recipe so many times, that they are now commonly referred to as Sandy's Shortbread Meltaways. i can't take credit for the recipe though, only the passing around of it.
everyone that has tasted them has asked me for the recipe. it comes from here which is also the place where i discovered the brown sugar buttons (also very good, but not as meltingly delicious as these shortbread meltaways).

they have become a staple with my christmas baking, but i also make them for no reason at all.

my lovely friend kate makes them often and has passed samples of them around new york, england, and who knows where else! she is quite the traveller, you know.

i think it's time you tried them too! especially you, leslie (a.k.a the cookie queen).

i think it's my duty to share something so good. enjoy!

happy easter

more pictures here.

pattern for fetching found here.

and even more here, if you're on ravelry.

mmm, goat's cheese

i really don't understand when someone tells me they don't like soup. what's not to like about a delicious bowl of warm, comforting soup? and if it has roasted red peppers which were roasted over charcoals by my Dad this past fall, it just doesn't get any better.

this roasted red pepper and tomato soup is so good, and I usually make the version found here regularly. but over ther weekend i was browsing through some back issues of delicious magazine and found a version with some goat's cheese crumbled in. i also found this very interesting recipe for spinach and goat's cheese muffins, which although looked very nice alongside the soup, left a little to be desired. they were good but a little dry and ended up being torn up and used as croutons in our soup.

and no, the boys would not eat the muffins, even though spinach is pretty popular around here. i guess they like their muffins with chocolate chips in them and i can't blame them for that.

silhouettes

i've been seeing silhouettes pop up all over the place for over a year now. but seeing them here, on this blog which has given me so much inspiration in so many ways, is what made me want to make them for my own family.

i love them, and especially love seeing my boys' profiles like this.

it's a beautiful sunday, so i am off to enjoy the little bit of sunshine this weekend has finally provided.