Conversation Piece #6

In your opinion, what is the single most significant event that has occured in world history during the last hundred years? (Define "significant" however you wish).

I think that it would be the Civil Rights Movement in the 60's. It allowed us to blend and gave us the ability to learn from other cultures.

Etsy Find November 24th

Melissa Schmidt makes beautiful glass baubles that are so awesome because they are pure and natural in intent. She has varied different designs, but her trees trees trees is by far my favorite.

Etsy Find November 14th

Naiad is positively one of my favorite soap makers on Etsy. Her soaps look as good and fun as they smell. Her Kumquat Green Mango Shea Butter Soap is so pretty and my mouth waters just imagining it.

Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

I have been on the hunt for the perfect recipe for tea cakes. I have finally found it after trial and error.

Old Fashioned Tea Cakes

1/2 c. butter
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
1/2 t. nutmeg
1/2 t. vanilla
2 c. flour
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/2 t. milk

Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add milk, nutmeg, and vanilla. Sift flour and baking soda together. Combine.

Roll dough and cut into squares. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Yields approximately one dozen 3"x5" cakes.

Etsy Find October 9th

Lisa Burch is a wonderful photographer. This photo of Venice makes me envious and puts me into a traveling mood. I so badly wish to travel, and I want to find this exact spot.

Conversation Piece #5

If you could have the voice of any famous person, living or deceased, whose voice would you want to claim as your own?

I am perfectly happy with my voice. Yeah, I am boring today. Someone else's voice sounds good to you, but once it is your voice it will sound completely different.

Etsy Find October 8th

I Jill is new to Etsy, but this bead really caught my attention. This eye is like a third eye peeking at the world. And being so close to Halloween, it really is eerily perfect. What could I wear it with after?