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handmade with love

i've got the blog post today over at kenner road. did you know i adore giving gifts?

especailly when the tags have been created with scraps and pieces of the kenner road may kits... head over and check it out here.

happy friday!
xo

kindred spirits

we've got a fun sketch challenge provided by the sweet joleen up on the kenner road blog. enter and you could win the sold out all in a row kit from the kenner road may release.

today is maddie's last day of kindergarten and i am weepy and excited. cannot believe that the year is over and i now have a first grader. crazy!!

happy thursday friends!
xoxo

up since four o thirty

can't sleep. drinking an americano {i know... bad decision}. searching for something to entertain me online. what are you doing right now?

lunch

i've been spending a lot more time in the kitchen lately. each week, as each of our fresh boxes of veggies & fruit arrives, i get inspired to find a new recipe to make or i find i'm trying to recreate a favorite from a local restaurant or our little deli/grocerey store pacific market {it's my favorite place to shop.. go check out their recipe section... holy yum!}.

organic baby potato salad

2 lbs baby potato's {i used red norlands & yukons}
1-2 cups chopped dill pickle {i like mine extra chunky}
1/2 cup diced red onion
1/2 cup mayo {you can also use sour cream}
1/4 cup pickle juice {more less to your taste}
2 tbs finely chopped fresh dill {or more to your taste}
salt & pepper to taste

boil potato's 1/2 an hour until fork tender, drain.
mix it all in a bowl and chill
eat.

we had our's the first night with teriyaki chicken. but it's amazingly better after chilling for at least 12 hours as all those juices and flavors blend. of course eating it out of bright colored vintage pyrex refrigerator jars makes it complete.

happy wednesday!
xo

friday flowers

i always love how heather has new flowers posted on her blog {usually on fridays} and thought i'd send you all some today. this button bouquet is in my may kenner road gallery and was completely inspired by janice and her lovely tutorial. the instant i saw the tutorial i whipped this up and the best part was that it took all of about 3 minutes from start to finish {that striped paper is the back of the rubon packaging from the sweet dreams add-on... it's so dreamy}. and then i saw pam's and now i want to make about a million more.

happy friday!
xo