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By Aimee, November 6, 2009 6:44 pm

I got an email recently from Sara of Handmade News. Why? She wanted to ask me some questions for an upcoming feature on the site, Handmade News! Me?! Wow! The interview went live today, and I have to say that her questions were pretty fun to answer! It’s a really great site as well, especially for those who are indie artists and craftsmen. Be sure to check out the site when you finish reading the feature.

Thanks for featuring me Sara!

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By Aimee,

It’s Polaroid week this week, and I am arriving late to the party. I wanted to play along, but couldn’t find any film locally (the only place I know of to get Polaroid film right now is online). I was also going to scan in some of our old Polaroids, but didn’t have the chance. However, I didn’t want to miss the fun all together, so I did one of my favorite things and took some “through the viewfinder photos”.  Of course, the viewfinder I photographed through was my Polaroid camera! Here are two favorites:

My gorgeous salt lamp (from Solay), with one of my favorite plant pots in the background (bling, bling!). And next, some fall apples on our table. The afternoon light coming in was just perfect!

Thanks to Jenny for posting about Polaroid week! I really can’t wait to play with my camera for real again.

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By Aimee, November 4, 2009 7:36 pm

I have a bit of a problem with emails. Most especially emails from groovy online shops offering all kinds of goodies. Usually I quickly delete them to avoid all temptation to buy things. Well I didn’t delete one today, one from the evil FredFlare.com (oh they are evil because they have so many cute things)! I mean, how could I resist the email subject line that said “30% OFF + a dancing kitten”? A dancing kitten made me open that email, and just as I thought! I found cuteness and temptation inside. Behold, Russian nesting doll measuring cups!!

Aren’t they awesome!? They are tempting me to part with $16.00… I mean really people! Russian nesting dolls (one of my favorite things), and for cooking (one of my other favorite things)! And don’t even get me started on the Hello Kitty flash drive and the nesting doll tape! I have a feeling that if I were wealthy, I could buy one of almost everything they offer. They have a blog too by the way, which I often have to avoid for fear of more temptation. LOL.

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By Aimee, November 3, 2009 4:46 pm

This idea was inspired by Gala, who does a weekly list called Things I Love Thursday. Knowing that I am horrible at keeping to a set schedule when it comes to posting, I decided to make a new series here called Love List. I figure it will be a fun way to share with you what I have been loving lately. Not sure how often the lists will make an appearance, but it should be fun!

Gorgeous weather, the perfect combo of cool and warm; hot chocolate: playing way too much Scribblenauts (thank you Amy for such a great Halloween treat); dressing up in my poodle skirt; fun new stationary, with bicycles on it; the news of instant film being made again for the Polaroid camera; almost being done with my crocheted scarf, it may be wonky, but I made it myself; leftover Halloween candy; almost overripe bananas so I can try out a new recipe; my new favorite necklace; clearing out clutter and using what we already have to come up with new and interesting things; blooms in my windowsill (see photo above); fall apples; my Nintendo DS, because I am playing it all the time lately (see earlier list item); the way my hubby always knows what to say to make me giggle; fun in the snail mail; thoughtful friends and family; dual hula hoops (ah, yeah!); new music mixes; old silly movies like Holy Grail, and Time Bandits; Photojojo, a new to me blog/site that has some fun and funky photo projects; the name Photojojo always reminds me of Mojojojo, which I also love and that makes me laugh; talented friends who keep doing amazing things (video); the cuddles from the pup and the cute sounds from the bird; life in general.

What are you loving today?

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By Aimee, October 20, 2009 12:10 pm

The hubby and I embraced our “Swiss-ness” over the weekend and made a batch of bratselis! What is a bratseli? It’s a Swiss cookie that you make with a special iron that is similar to a waffle iron. An actual bratseli iron is quiet pricey (about $300), but luckily you can make a little thicker version in a pizzelle iron.

Of course, growing up in an area that celebrates it’s Swiss heritage, the brasteli cookies weren’t new to my husband, so technically the title of this post isn’t entirely correct. But they were new to me, and they are yummy! So yummy that although they can be stored for up to 2 weeks, I have a feeling they will be gone by the end of the day.

We used a bratseli recipe that I found on the Martha Stewart site. My hubby said that they tasted like he remembered them, but that he would like to do a side by side comparison sometime of the recipe his mom has (and she also has a bratseli iron). I think it would be fun to do this, because I am curious if the pizzelle press really does make them thicker or not. I really love the thickness of the cookies that we made.

Do you have any favorite treats that come from your heritage?