mmm…I made this with beets from the garden. I pulled some young beets to use their greens for the salad. The colors are delightfully festive! The  recipe is from my favorite veggie cookbook, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone by Deborah Madison. If this cookbook isn’t on your bookshelf, you must get it! The information about how to cook veggies to their best is worth the cover price, not to mention the recipes are all fantastic.

A circle die, wool felt and a sewing machine can make wonders. Follow this link to a picture tutorial: felt-scarf-tutoroal

The Ladies and I made holiday decorations this weekend. Suz was on a roll and made a wreath for every room in her house and inspired me to make one for my front door. Of course it had to have a bird on it…

We are fortunate to have citrus trees in our garden not only for the obvious reasons, but the limbs naturally die off leaving beautifully curved branches that are easy to harvest. They are close to the ground and break off in my hand. I chose ones that curved the most and lashed them together with sisal twine.

Just returned from the weekend in Sedona. We stayed at the Briar Patch Inn. What a wonderful place. Brings me back to the days of growing up at the lodge.

Great time~And it snowed! Here are the pics. The last are my favorite of my sketches…

The ladies and I are treating ourselves to a weekend away in Sedona, Arizona. We are renting a cabin and using this beautiful time of year to be inspired for the upcoming season. My inspiration catcher of choice is loose watercolor paper, watercolor pencils, crayons, pen & ink, and washi tape. I plan to add to this scraps of fabric, paper and plants that I find along the way. I will bind it all together in a YourStory book, but not before I cover that black cover with some pretty handmade paper I bought form Paper Crazy in Phoenix.

The start of the holidays always inspires me. I can’t wait to get started!