You know you’re getting old when you start using coasters. Today’s Etsy Screen-Shopping Sunday revolves around the nature-y coasters to be found on Etsy. 1. Knucklehead Knobs - This listing is for one coaster, but… Read More
Are you intimidated by making jelly and/or jam at home? Do you wonder what you’d do with it anyway since you don’t can or preserve things? Jam isn’t nearly as scary as you… Read More
It all started with Honig-Bären (honey gummy bears). On a trip to Munich, I stumbled onto this little shop in the Marienplatz that only sold products made of honey – candles, cakes, cookies, sweets,… Read More
Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there, particularly my own! Today’s post centers on Etsy goods made of natural materials. I think there’s something about spring and summer that just requires… Read More
There is something to be said for simple. I just helped a friend pick out a flower arrangement for his mom for Mother’s Day, and we agreed on the brightly colored but simple… Read More
What springs to mind when you hear “fairy festival”? If you’re like one of my friends, it’s boats (ferry). Close, but no cigar, D. Think Tink. As in Tinkerbell. When my friends A and… Read More
I spent today wandering around a local Fairy Festival with a friend and her family. It was the perfect day for it – 70s and sunny. All the people there dressed as fairies… Read More
(Image courtesy of BlueBirdBaby) I don’t know about you, but I love to have music on when I’m in the kitchen. And the playlists change depending on my mood and what I’m doing.… Read More
I have been super-inspired by paper flowers lately. It started with a reference to the new book “From Paper to Petal” and just kind of spiraled out of control. Being a Country Mouse,… Read More
Last week I went to the store hoping for rhubarb and was disappointed. This week – success. Even more so because strawberries were still on sale. I’ve been waiting for strawberry-rhubarb anything for… Read More
I love happy accidents. This lemon buttermilk gugelhopf was one – the combination of having buttermilk in the fridge, remembering a gugelhopf form in the closet waiting to debut and a casual flip… Read More
You ever have one of those days where you go into the kitchen full of ambition and nothing turns out right? In “Like Water for Chocolate,” a woman pours her feelings into her… Read More
Before I was a Country Mouse, I was a City Mouse. And my city was Boston. I lived there for eight years during and post-college. I explored every inch of it, checking out… Read More
I was in a throwback kind of mood today. I’m not really sure why. Today’s Etsy selections come from the vintage section. 1. Gremalina – This is kitsch at its finest. I would… Read More
Fudge reminds me of summer vacations at the beach. We used to go to the Candy Kitchen and get all kinds of different fudge flavors for exorbitant rates per pound. As we went… Read More
These fruit-filled upside-down cakes seem to have done the trick in forcing spring. It’s finally warm here, and I credit the buttermilk and mixed berries in these cakes for the change. They won’t… Read More
the Piece de Resistance – Regardless of whether you are a “spring chicken,” these chick cookies are adorable. Sarah Gilley offers all kinds of decorated cookies in her shop, including sports cookies. Based… Read More
Sometimes decorated cakes can look intimidating. When you combine lots of different elements and techniques, sometimes you can feel like you can’t replicate it. What people don’t realize is often the items on… Read More
“A quiet secluded life in the country, with the possibility of being useful to people to whom it is easy to do good, and who are not accustomed to have it done to… Read More
Easter is a holiday that is just meant for cute. Tiny yellow chicks, fluffy bunnies, brightly colored eggs, little kids dressed in puffy dresses and mini suits. Pastel everything. I had to contribute… Read More
