More Cooking Booklets

 My last antique excursion found me walking out with two more cookbook pamphlets! I don't know why I am addicted to them, perhaps because they are so much more colorful than cookbooks from the same era. 

Some day you are going to see me listed in the Guineas Book of World Records for the largest collection......

First up we have the Hershey's cookbook copyright 1940. I love the glimpse we get of a "modern" kitchen!

 All the basic chocolaty goodness.

 Sour Cream Cocoa Cookies caught my eye. Looks very interesting. I will let you know when I get around to trying them!

Love their slogan! I have a reprint of this cookbook from the 1970s. Most of the recipes look the same. But how can you go wrong with a bit of chocolate!

 I found this one very interesting. What caught my eye was the colorful illustrations inside.

 I love to read recipes for sandwiches. They were so inventive then! Though some do not sound good at all. 

"Avoid Spongy, Tasteless Bread - Buy Bond Bread!" 

Book Nook

We have been doing a little rearranging here lately. This cube shelf was originally for Mandy's closet, but we decided shelves hung on the wall would be a better use of the space and moved it up to the book nook. It was so fun unpacking some of our books! I love coming up the stairs and seeing all of them tucked in the shelf. You can see to the right we still have a few more tubs to unpack and space for another shelf.

Don't you love how the simple task of unpacking can lead to four hours of cleaning and re-organizing?!

March Apron of the Month

March Apron of the Month is here! 

 I would like to introduce you to 

Hazel. 

Hazel is a modern girl with plenty of old-fashioned roots. She features a smoothly flaring skirt with plenty of swish, a perfect backdrop for old-fashioned patchwork hexagon appliques or to show off  a beautiful fabric.

Download Hazel here.

 I have to tell you, I had a completely different plan for March Apron of the Month. But I have been in the middle of a hexagon craze and just couldn't get excited about anything else. I finally stopped fighting it and just gave in!

 I love love love how the hexagons turned out. They were so quick and easy to do too! (For an easy tutorial see my post on English Paper Piecing.) The possibility are endless! Can you envision Hazel with a Dresden Plate block, a really fun retro print with big ric rac along the edge or a vintage motif embroidered!?! 

I couldn't resist including this picture. Love the bit of window and bed. But notice the lovely lines of the back view of Hazel. Love the way it curves.

Happy Spring says the Snowdrops!

 Today when I got home from work I was thrilled to see a little Snowdrop has pushed it's way up through the lingering ice. I am so so excited!

 This is the first year I have planted these, should have gotten them sooner! Snowdrops are famous for being the first bulb to pop up and this year they are not letting me down.

Here is Wisconsin the first day of Spring usually means mud season. No tiny green shoots, no warm breezes yet.

I am glad at lest the Snowdrops know it is Spring!

Hodgepodge

I don't know about you, but Spring feels like it is around the corner and it is energizing me! It has been so busy around here lately, I don't know where the weeks have gone!

 We have been busy baking ............

Cleaning, organizing, decorating............

Making.............

Enjoying the Sunshine......................

and Watching the snow melt!

Stairs in Sunliight

I just love this view. 

I love the sunlight coming in the windows bringing out the highlighting in the wood, love the contrast of the brightness of the walls. 

Hexagon Quilt Update #3

 I just finished off 40 hexagon flowers! I don't know how many months ago it was I posted that I wanted to finish this batch up before starting on the new fabric.

 Last night I sat down and cut out a bunch more hexagons. Hopefully I will stay motivated! It is the perfect spring quilt, the colors are so cheerful!

 It has been so nice to have a little time to sew and I am so looking forward to getting my sewing room organized. I keep working at it little by little. Of course, that doesn't mean I can't sew in there right now, it just means it is harder to find things!

Previous Hexagon Quilt Posts:

 Granny, how does your garden grow?

 Fall Hexagon Quilt Update

 Saturday Adventures

 Quilt Update

 English Paper Piecing