My Artfire Studio Was Featured This Month!

COLLECTION:DS PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO

Curated By: AndreaDesigns

ArtFire.com

Handmade Jewelry

It's Baking Time!

I was craving apple cake a few weeks ago and checked on All Recipes.com and found this one.  I made a couple of changes, left out the raisins and added chopped walnuts (1/4 C.).  I also used more cinnamon for taste.

It got good reviews from family and friends and it was requested I make one for Thanksgiving.  We will have the usual pies and Indian Pudding but if someone would like a piece of this cake, it will be available....if it lasts that long!  I had to try a piece while it was hot, just to make sure it was okay : )

This cake isn't too spicy and it stays moist for days.  It's delicious hot with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream. 

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/apple-spice-cake/detail.aspx

Spoons, Spoons, Spoons

First it was birdhouses, then decorative fences and small boxes.  Now Ronnie is concentrating on hand crafting Spoons and other utensils.  I posted a small spoon on one of our shops at Artfire.com but I decided he needed his own shop so www.etsy.com/shop/rjmwoodworks was created!  I'm slow at getting the photographs done to post as I have been busy with some contracted work that brings in some cash.  I'm a social worker by trade and I write homestudies and adoptive histories for some agencies in my area. I enjoy the work but my real passion is photography, crafting, art quilts, mixed media and sewing. 

I think Ronnie's cherry wood spoons and other utensils are wonderful and they make excellent gifts.  If you order some, please provide the Code: DSignsBlog to be reimbursed for shipping costs.

A Beautiful Antique Sunflower Quilt is Mine!

I attended the Belknap Mill Quilters Guild Show in Lakeport several weeks ago.  I won the silent auction and this wonderful antique quilt is Mine!  It's beautifully made and heavily handquilted.  I'll treasure it for many years to come.

The days are getting shorter, I don't like that much.  Daylight savings time tomorrow (or tonight before I go to bed).  I'm working on some note cards and other items for the Craft Fair at the Senior Center in Plymouth next Saturday.  Hoping for a good turnout!