Category Archives: food
Putting the "Grill" in Grillo’s
Well, the end of August is here and Sam the Pickle Man knows what that means…it’s time to grill!!
Hand Painted Strawberry Clogs
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July is National Pickle Month!
Good Morning and happy first day of National Pickle Month! To kick off this month-long pickle party I went over to Grillo’s Pickles, my local pickle store, painted their window, ate way too many pickles and talked about world pickle domination.
Travis Grillo, Chief Pickle Officer, started making and selling pickles in 2008 using his family’s 100 year old recipe. He was slingin’ them out of a pickle cart at the Park Street T stop 2 for $1 and now has made his way into Whole Foods all over New England, Fenway Park and at his very own pickle store.
The store is located in Inman Square, Somerville (on the Cambridge/Somerville line which I hear is referred to as “Camberville” but I’m not buying it) at 1075 Cambridge Street and they are definitely worth a trip.
Go over, check out the window, have some pickles (try the hot ones they’re AMAZING!) and tell them Mandee sent you! Happy Pickle Month!!
$5 DIY Googley-eyed Fall Wreath Tutorial
Next, arrange your 3 bouquets of fall foliage and begin snipping them off of the main branch with your wire cutters. Arrange the new seperate pieces so that you have 2 equal bouquets (if you plan on making 2 wreaths…which I did because I have a double front door.)
Take your freshly googelied squashes and arrange them at the base of your fallin’ foliage until you are satisfied and hot glue them into place.
**Note: my squashes are made of styrofoam which means they basically melt when the come in contact with hot glue. Turn your glue gun to the lowest setting if you have that option or put the glue on the wreath first and allow it to cool for about 3-4 seconds before placing your squash so that it doesn’t turn into a puddle.**
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The Apple Pickin’-est Guys Around
Apple picking is a sure sign of better things to come. Things like sweaters and leggings and tights and boots and scarves! I love dressing for fall ALMOST as much as I love punkin flavored beverages and punkin flavored foods. Almost.
I wish I could give Fall a big squeeze to show it how much I missed it. Like this guy with his apple.
Stephanie’s Cake Fascinator
My beeeeautiful friend, and bride-to-be, Stephanie requested that I make her a piece-of-cake fascinator for her upcoming birthday/bachelorette party.
I started with a cardboard form, iced it with white paint, threw on some pearls and then basically submerged the whole thing in glitter.
The only thing more fabulous than this fascinator is the little lady it was made for- Stephanie I’m so incredibly happy for you and I can’t wait to see you in your weddin’ dress!! Tim is a lucky man…but I bet you tell him that all the time. **MUAH!!**
A little more bacon-y, please.
I feel like I’ve come to a good place in life when people know to come to me if they need something to look “more bacon-y”. That was the request for this inexpensive bacon costume bought online by Karen- it just didn’t look bacon-y enough so she asked me to fix it.
And it’s a good thing because Maya and her pet sheep would have looked ridiculous in that store-bought bacon costume in the annual 4-H costume parade at the Marshfield Fair. That was a close one!
p.s. please note Maya’s custom bacon bow…I think there’s a Lady Gaga costume in her future.
Day 6: Meatless Monday
And here are 6 reasons why you should join in and go
- LIMIT CANCER RISK
- REDUCE HEART DISEASE
- FIGHT DIABETES
- CURB OBESITY
- IMPROVE YOUR DIET
- REDUCE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT
Delicious Vegetarian Chicken Recipe
would also be lovely for a farm themed birthday, a
Spring celebration or just cause they’re adorable.