The Auction

The auction has started! You can go bid on the necklace I donated, and many other AMAZING (ie. Mac gift basket worth $600! and more) here.

De. Lish. Ous

I made this limeade last night for a little get-together, and man, it was tasty! It's supposed to be like Tucano's limeade if you've ever had that, and if you haven't, just make this, because it's pretty much spot on. My husband would tell you that I have an unusual affinity for limes, and try to put them on everything, but he likes this too, so I know it's not just me. Let me know what you think!

Tucano's Limeade

Brazilian Lemonade (Limeade)
2 Limes
1/2 cup sugar
3 Tbs Sweetened Condensed Milk
3 cups cold water

Wash the limes and cut off both ends. then cut into 8 wedges. Place all of the limes and the rest of the ingredients in a blender (keep the rinds on). Blend thoroughly. Then strain through a fine-mesh sieve to remove rinds and pulp. Serve over crushed ice and add a lime wedge garnish.

The recipe only makes about 4 cups of liquid, so you might want to double it depending on how many servings you're looking for. Enjoy!

Also, a very happy birthday wish to two women who I know love limes as much as I do. My mom and sister!

New Necklace

My lovely SIL contacted me about donating some jewelry to a Nie Nie Benefit Concert and Charity Auction. Of course, I was happy to. So far I've made a necklace. The pendant is a Capiz Shell dyed blue, and the chain is made with peridot chips, and accented with some very blue labradorite. What do you think?

New Years Day = Sewing Day

The rockstar was gone all day Thursday. He drove all the way to St. George with friends just to go golfing and drive back. He's crazy, but that's why we love him! So I spent the day sleeping in and sewing. I know, it doesn't look like much when I say I spent the whole day, but I'm not the best seamstress. There's a lot of unpicking and re-doing involved when I sew. Plus, I was making up the patterns as I went, which means even more unpicking and re-doing. But I'm happy with the end product.
First, I made new Christmas stockings. Yeah, Christmas is over, but I knew if I left it until next year it wouldn't happen. We've previously just been using generic red and white stockings. I like these much better. I got the fabric and trim at JoAnn's.

I also made a new purse. My old one was getting pretty dingy. I got the fabric at the fabric store in Gardner Village, and made the pipping out of spare fabric. It's pretty small, but it fits everything I need, and has a special pocket inside that's the perfect size for my phone. The orange looks pretty bright in the pictures, but it's not quite so psychedelic in person.

Happy 2009!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday! I spent mine sewing, but no pictures yet, so I'll post on that later. In the mean time, if you didn't get a calendar for Christmas, here are some great ones I found on Etsy. This is the one I got.


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