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Carrot Top

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Ok, question. I always end up with all these carrot tops… I am getting conflicting information online. Some say they’re poisonous, but others post recipes of what to make with them! Have any of you ever used carrot tops for anything?

(carrot tops)

Other than that, I got a good haul at the Farmers Market today. Tons of good fall things.. lots of gourds, pumpkins, apple cider, mmm. I could have spent our monthly allotment for food there this morning…

(R to L: , braided loaf, Butterhead lettuce, green beans, gourds, carrots, apples.)

Check out that gourd in the back left. It’s the craziest gourd I’ve ever seen. I love it!

Tea Dye

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So I tried a strange experiment the other day while knitting up my Ewok. I needed some off-white yarn, but all I had was pure white. So, I threw my yarn in a pot and brewed it with some tea.

I know it looks like pasta, but it would not be an enjoyable dinner.

I probably should have left it in there for just a little longer, it could have used a bit more color, but it accomplished the job just fine.

Oh, and please don’t mind the dirty kitchen….

Facelift and Saturday Stuff

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I gave the blog a little facelift! I was kind of bored of the really clean setup I had before. The only thing is that I can’t get rid of the huge fonted “KNITTYBUTTON” right at the top. It’s the only thing I don’t really like about this one, but otherwise I’m pretty fond of how it turned out. What do you think?

In other news:

(Farmers Market Peaches)

(Farmers Market Heirloom Tomatoes)

(Farmers Market Blueberries)

But my very, very favorite from today were these beauties!

(Crazy huge sunflowers)

(Shaggy sunflower in Kombucha bottle)

(Shaggy sunflower in milkglass vase)

(Sunflower trio)

I just can’t get enough of these sunflowers. I wish I had more of them to spread the joy around the house. Does anyone (Mom?) know what variety those are? I can’t ever remember seeing crazy ones like that before!

The Wedding

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We had such a blast at Autumn and Seth’s wedding. The Bachelorette Party, the cupcake frosting party, the wedding… the whole week was sort of a whirlwind, but I had such a good time hanging out with my besties.

Bachelorette Party:

Rehearsal:

Wedding Day:

Congrats to the lovely couple, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Parkinson!

Calzones

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We made calzones for dinner this evening, and they were a huge hit. These were better than calzones I think I’ve ever had at a restaurant.(Mostly thanks to my husband who had spent a few years in the pizza biz back in the day)

What you’ll need:

Dough:

1/2 Tbsp active dry yeast

1 cup warm water

2 cups bread flour

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoons white sugar

Toppings: (you can use any pizza toppings, but this is what we used)

Mozzarella cheese

1 can cubed pineapple

1 bag of diced ham

1/4 cup alfredo sauce

1/4 cup thinly sliced green pepper

  1. In a small bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
  2. In a large bowl, combine 2 cups bread flour, olive oil, salt, white sugar and the yeast mixture; stir well to combine. Beat well until a stiff dough has formed. Cover and rise until doubled in volume, about 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  3. Roll out your dough.
  4. Add your toppings to 1/2 of the dough, leaving room to ‘seal’ it up.
  5. Fold it over, and press, use a fork or just your fingers to make sure it’s got a good seal. You don’t want any of your cheese to escape!
  6. Brush the top with either olive oil or egg whites, whatever your preference is, and then shake generous amounts of spices ( we have one in our cabinet that’s just called Pizza Seasoning, the best I can reckon is that it’s oregano and basil)
  7. Cut slits in the top so they don’t explode.
  8. Bake them for about 30 minutes, depending on how full you made yours.
  9. Enjoy!

    Cooking in my new kitchen is way more fun.

Want to see the new place?

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Sorry it’s taken so long to get pictures up. I am lazy.

Kitchen!

And the living room (only part of it, the rest was dirty)

Don’t mind the two unpacked boxes… sigh.

The bathroom with it’s awesome floral wallpaper in the shelf.

And my craft area!

And the view from our bedroom

Baby-Sweater-Fest

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I haven’t been blogging, we’ve been busy, but mostly for the reason that we’re having a lot of upcoming baby showers, and I’ve been knitting up baby sweaters like crazy. A little taste:
and also I need a bit of help. Which buttons would you use?

Another one:
and also I need some help. The buttons will be on the top, fastening the neck opening. Are the flowers a bit too cutesy? When in doubt the plainer is a bit better, however, the flowers are pretty darn cute.

And another work in progress.
It’s currently in the blocking process. There will be a big collar, a similar one to I made for Ezra a while back. Kind of an old-man type sweater. I love it.

And this was our yard sale score! There weren’t many good sales on Saturday, but this one we found in our FRONT YARD! The girl who lives upstairs was having a yard-sale, and it’s still residing in our kitchen, because of the move we’ve got nowhere to put it, but hopefully it’ll be our new nightstand for the bedroom.

And it’s got my birthday flowers on it!

So go back and let me know which buttons I should use for the sweaters!

My loot

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Erika let me pick out my birthday present while we were at Target (Always gotta make a Target run while you’re in a city that’s got one!) And, while there wasn’t much Liberty of London stuff around, (I was hoping to score some more stuff for the house, but didn’t find much) I found this jewel. I love it.

It’s the perfect size to hold our coffee! (And it has an airtight seal!)

Cute no?

And Hilary got me the cutest bread pan. It’s YELLOW!

I love yellow. And I love bread.

Promises, promises

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I promise to update soon about my trip, and about everything else going on, but now it’s time for Band Practice (we’ve got the big show coming up! so excited)

But for now: