November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving!


Tonight I’ll be baking this for my family’s annual dessert-off. Wish me luck! Tomorrow is one of the only “off” days of my year where I actually set the alarm clock so that I can watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s been a tradition since I was a kid and I don’t plan on stopping any time soon! Then it’s off to my mom and stepdad’s for loads of grub.

I’ll be taking Thursday and Friday off in every way possible, but see you Monday to kick off the holidays!

Lots and Lots of Thankfulness for …
… the very best friends and family and gal could ask for
… the new(ish) roof over my head
… my awesome job when so many are lacking even a crappy one
… two fuzzy kitten-cats waiting for me at the door
… my relatively decent health
… candy

:: photo via ffffound

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November 26, 2008

On the Rocks: Thanksgiving Edition.

Everyone needs a drink or ten to get through the holidays. Especially when it involves family!

Apple Harvest Collins

Ingredients:
– 1 Macintosh apple, peeled, cored and sliced
– 1 1/2 ounces Bulldog gin
– 1/3 ounce simple syrup
– 1 tablespoon lemon juice
– 1 1/2 ounces spiced apple cider (preferably Reed’s brand)

Muddle 2 slices of the apple in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Combine the gin, simple syrup and lemon juice in the cocktail shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour into a Collins glass over ice. Add spiced apple cider. Garnish with more apple slices. If you like, rim the glass with cinnamon and sugar before mixing the cocktail. Serves 1.

:: cocktail recipe and photo via NY Daily News

November Chill

Ingredients:
– 3 oz gin
– 1 1/2 oz apple cider syrup (see link)
– 1/4 oz pomegranate syrup (see link)
– 1/4 oz Tuaca

Shake gin and apple cider syrup together with ice and strain into a cinnamon-sugar rimmed cocktail glass. Stir Tuaca and pomegranate syrup together and pour into the center of the glass. Serves 1.

:: cocktail recipe and photo via rejiggered

Pumpkin Margarita

Ingredients:
– 2 oz Partida Reposado Tequila
– 1 oz fresh lime/lemon juice mix
– splash of pumpkin puree
– sesame seeds
– lime wedge

Rim a cocktail glass with lime juice and sesame seeds. Mix ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake well. Strain into cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge. Serves 1.

:: cocktail recipe and photo via Talk Drinks

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November 26, 2008

The Great 2008 Greedy Girl Calendar Swap.

Have you signed up for The Great 2008 Greedy Girl Calendar Swap? Cause I have.

You have until November 30 to e-mail Greedy Girl Caroline (cd@iamagreedygirl.com) your name, blog and home address. By December 3 she’ll get back with you and give you your swapmate’s info. Then find a calendar between $20 and $25 in value (handmade is also welcome!). Send it to your swapmate by December 20 and thats all she wrote.

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November 26, 2008

Kindred.

YAY.

Kindred (kĭn’drĭd) n. – Having a similar or related origin, nature, or character.


Kindred is the side project of Holly of decor8 and Ez of Creature Comforts. It’s here that they plan on sharing some of the small creative projects they’ve dreamed up together. Their first project is “Wallpapered Together” – complimentary artist-designed desktop wallpapers.

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November 25, 2008

Thanksgiving Hurts.

We had our office Thanksgiving today – all four of us – and it was a day-long event. Pumpkin bagels for breakfast, out for lunch, then pumpkin pie and topping with eggnog in the afternoon. And you know what? I feel like I could explode. Like I need to undo the button on my jeans. I always forget how horrible being really truly FULL feels. And all I can say for it is this: UGH. Oh, and that I’ll be having water for dinner. Thank you.

:: photo via ffffound

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November 25, 2008

Panettone by Purpose.

Sometimes it’s nice to realize I’m not entirely nut-zo. For the past few Christmases whenever I see a box of panettone I always think Pantone in my head. Apparently the designers at Purpose were on the same wavelength when creating at this piece for Greenford Printing!

By building on the familiar language of colour specification, Pantone swatches initiated the main theme for our concept. ‘Panettone’ created a colourful twist on the traditional Italian Christmas cake. The Panettone boxes arrive as a set of 5, featuring special dates from Christmas Eve to New Years Day, each one representing a different pantone colour.

:: via The Dieline

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November 25, 2008

I Love You But…

I love the honesty behind I Love You But… because every single one of us has been there at one point or another. I used to date a guy who said “Uhhh” all the time and it killed me. In fact, it became a deal-breaker.

This is a picture book about the moment in a relationship when you realize you don’t love someone completely, because there is one little thing that keeps bothering you. When it bothers you so much it actually makes you physically cringe, you know it’s time to say; ‘I love you but…’

:: via A Cup of Jo

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