flea market fancy-pants

(note: yay for me figuring out how to post a button!)

  

i was thrilled to help sponsor sewtakeahike's flea market fancy giveaway!  click on the button to learn more about her quest to have FMF reprinted, and to enter!

my little turkey

this photo is a little out of focus, but way too hilarious not to share...another entry in the silly hats parade?

note: she wore this out to dinner tonight.  the hostess loved it.

halloweenies

the little ones and i decided that after two days with no fever they could trick-or-treat for an hour.

all three of us dressed up for halloween: chloe was a corpse princess, deuce was "venom", i was rachel zoe (the coat is my mother's from the 70's!)

this year, i took cheapy-cheap halloween t-shirts from target, cut the sleeves and collars off, and sewed the bottoms shut for trick-or-treating bags.  they ended up working great (inspiration from martha stewart).

my photographer, notoriously camera-shy AG...

a productive morning

i took off of work this morning...both kids are sick and i needed to get everything prepared for the weekend, which promises to be an at-home affair.

i had time to cross a couple of christmas presents off of the list (only one of which i can show you):

my first sewing project ever involving denim, making a little tool belt for AG's son, nate.  it's to go along with this book, the dangerous book for boys, which is the perfect match for nate's inquisitive personality.

i totally winged the tool belt.  hopefully it will fit and be useful for all of his "dangerous" adventures.

banana bread is impossible to photograph

my recipe:

Banana Bread

• 1 Loaf •

1 c. sugar

¼ c. softened unsalted butter

1 ⅔ c. mashed ripe bananas (about 3 bananas)

¼ c. milk

¼ c. sour cream

1 beaten egg

2 c. all-purpose flour

1 t. baking soda

½ t. salt

1 t. vanilla

Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 350°.  Spray loaf pan with cooking spray.  Combine sugar and butter in mixing bowl; beat at medium speed until well-blended.  Add banana, milk, sour cream, vanilla and egg; beat well and set aside.  Combine flour, baking soda, and salt; stir well.  Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture, beating until blended.  Spoon batter into loaf pan.  Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.  Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; then remove from the pan and cool completely on a cooling rack.