Fairy House

Here are some photos of the fairy house Brandon and I built for a co-worker. Last year I gave her a homemade unicorn doll. I don't know what I'll manage to think of next year.
Main House:

Detailed. The blanket is reversible.

Looking in a window:

Kenny Tailoring

Shoofly Pie

Highly recommended for molasses lovers. Recipe from Joy of Cooking with the pat in the pan crust.

Belated

Halloween

scarves

A friend of my mom gave me a bunch of vintage scarves and handkerchiefs. I don't wear scarves so I am hording them until I think of something to do. They are lovely. She also gave me some handmade ribbon flower corsages. We gave most of them to Brandon's grandmother but I kept a small one for myself.

Binding Tape

This apron that I made from a poorly tested pattern in A is For Apron was my reward for working on my grad school essay. I bought the fabric with a $20 that a mad man dropped on the floor at work and didn't come back to get, ever. He probably didn't notice considering he had a huge wad of money shoved into a crumpled newspaper and asked one of my co-workers to help him count it in the kids department. Creepy. East Liberty is pretty rough. Anyway, I made my own binding tape and loved it! Everyone says the bias is so great and they were right. It hugged the curves easily and really made the apron look professional.

Our Winery

A couple months ago Brandon bought some beer and wine making equipment from a very enthusiastic garage salesman. Then his employer moved to a new building down the street from a really excellent wine and brewing supply store and our winery was born. So far he has bottled peach, blackberry (we picked them at his grandma's!), and coffee. The coffee is an exotic taste (read: sort of horrifying but not terrible.) We have pineapple, blueberry, strawberry, orange, and cranberry working right now. They taste really good, too!