Projects:
Shining silver! My grandma passed down to me a silver tea service as well as some miscellaneous pieces such as this gravy boat, several years ago, and it's been a definite (and fun) labor of love getting everything back into shape ... I can't wait to use the service once everything is clean!
Before ...
And after! Fun, huh? The extra piece on the left is the cream pitcher from the tea service. Soo pretty.
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Trunk ... errr ... de-smelling? Someone have a better word? I just love my old pine trunk, and when I received it one Christmas Past, my plan was to use it as my hope chest -- the problem was its enormously intense mothball smell on the inside, which slightly hampered making use of it to store anything besides dishes and other non-absorbent things!
I've tried just about everything over the past few years to de-scent it: baking powder, coffee grounds,
cedar shavings, sanding the inside and leaving it out in the sun for
days ... but nothing seemed to work. After doing some more research, I
finally decided to use the big guns, and bought cedar oil! I rubbed it
unsparingly all over the inside of the trunk, and have let it sit in the
sun for several days. So far, the mothball scent seems to have been
kept at least somewhat at bay -- however, I ordered more oil and intend to rub the trunk over another time before I actually put anything potentially absorbent within. I'm excited!
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Summer flowers ...
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Cooking:
This yummy recipe for shortcake ...
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From Pioneer Woman,
mozzarella-tomato pizza with pesto for the sauce -- I've been having so much fun playing around with my basil this summer! And she has the
best pizza crust recipe
here.
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Bread making ...
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This one's a shout-out to my Grandma! I recently made one of your old recipes for the first time -- my uncle one time gave me a really special gift of a recipe box filled with a number of family recipes, and Grandma's (marvelous) chicken lasagna was one of them!
So, I wanted you to know I'm carrying this one on down another generation Grandma -- with a couple changes to make it my own! :o) Love you!
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Thrifting:
This Wood and Sons blue-and-white pattern -- I officially love blue and white china. ;o)
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And this 16 piece tea set with four cups and saucers, and six plates -- pretty much
very excited!
Perfect for tea-time and a read-aloud ...
which happens to be
The Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit at the moment -- this is an absolutely heart warming and delightful book that has been a favorite of mine for years. If you haven't read it, must pick up a copy post-haste. :o)
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