Wine Dinner Video

Have a new video about a great wine dinner at Kite Hill Vineyards ... Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/user/dlmsliceofpie/featured

Pinks on the Pin Cushion!

I've had this pin cushion hat for many years.  I think it is made around a piece of a big oatmeal box ... it is about that size!  The baubles are 1960 vintage and I wear them frequently!   I've collected things like this because my Mother's generation loved these things and wearing them makes me feel connected!

January is such a blah month, I love moving things around that remind me that spring will come, eventually!  I'm linking to Pink Saturdays and Tabletop Tuesdays, so make sure you click through to visit the other posts!     

Wing Wing Reruns!

I'm posting a series of photographs that are three years old!  When Miss Phoebe was two, she loved "wing wings"!  Actually, she still loves penguins, but we had this party right after Christmas back when she couldn't say "penguin"!


I decorated the entire sunroom for the party and had goodie bags and all kinds of cute things for her to play with and take home.
The plates and glasses were plastic and 
came from the Dollar Tree!

She sure has grown since these days!  Look at her pictures in my side bar.  Notice her with her napkin, though ... Even then,  her mama was teaching her how to behave at the table!  We couldn't get her to sit down on this day ... because I had 
crammed too much in that room ... for her to play with!

Nothing better than snowball cookies for a penguin party!  You might call them wedding cakes ... sometimes they are balls and other folks make them in the crescent shape.


I'm posting this trip down memory lane with Tablescape Thursdays and Potpourri Friday, so make sure you click through to visit all the other posts!


Check out my home page to see my snowman post, a new friendship bread recipe ... and a few other things.

Still Wintertime!

As much as I wish Spring was just around the corner ... it isn't!   So, I am happy to decorate with this cute snowman and all the other red and white items ... for another six weeks!   I grabbed that big snowman and the round boxes at the 90% off sale at JoAnn Fabrics the other day and knew exactly what I wanted to do with them.   My friend, Liz, gave me the snowman arrangement in the tall red can for Christmas ... and I knew all these things combined would be really nice.  I'm having a fondue luncheon soon, and my table will be red and white, so I wanted to set the same theme in the sunroom where I plan to serve my luncheon.  You'll have to wait a couple weeks to see that tablescape ... but I hope you drop back by later!

Last summer my brother and sister-in-law gave me the "Bless the Blooms" wall hanging and I decorated the sunroom using red geramiums to match it.  If you missed that post, take a look 

RIGHT HERE!  I just keep adding geraniums to things!  

I'm linking to Tabletop Tuesday, so don't forget to click through to see the other posts!  Before you go, though, visit my home page to see my other posts!

This is a perfect post for Rednesday, so make sure you go see those entries, too!   ... and I'm posting with the Friday Charm of the Home Party!  and Seasonal Sundays!   Be sure and take a look.

Another Friendship Bread Starter Recipe!

Friendship Banana Chocolate Snack Cake

In a big mixer bowl, combine:

2 cups self rising flour

1 ½ cups sugar

1 small box of sugar free instant banana pudding mix

3 heaping Tablespoons of cocoa powder

½ teaspoon salt

Add:

1 cup canola oil

½ cup milk

3 eggs

1 teaspoon of rum extract

1 cup friendship bread starter

Whip until well blended.  Pour the batter into a prepared 13 x 9 inch baking dish.  Sprinkle 1 cup of sliced almonds and 1 cup of chocolate chips over the top of the batter. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.   This cake isn’t too sweet and makes 24 snack cake servings.

Love this Picture

I love this picture!  My daughter and I were at a conference, attending a social function in a comedy club.  The conference photographer wanted to take pictures, but the place was so dark, he couldn't get many!  We just held the candle up ... and here's the result!   Yes, we look a little bit alike, but PhD daughter is much smarter than her mama!   We love working together, though.  I frequently visit her classes ... she teaches Hospitality and Tourism Administration ... and I'm an 'old' expert ...  The college students can't believe how much alike we are!
We have fun!