pumpkin seeds.

Hi friends, I know this was a few months ago now, but let's go with it.  This Halloween, a few friends and I got together to carve some jack o'lanterns. Since we had four pumpkins, and a plethora of pumpkin seeds, I decided to roast some seeds while we worked on our masterpieces. A quick call to my mom and I got the simple recipe she used when my family used to carve pumpkins.

     "Hi Shauna,

     Oven 300 degrees.

     2 T butter
     2 cups washed pumpkin seeds
     1 1/4 teaspoon salt
     1/2 teaspoon each: cumin, chili powder, pepper

     Melt butter in large saucepan, or bowl in the micro. 
     Add ingredients; toss to coat.
     Spread on cookie sheet, bake 30-40 min (stir often till brown and crisp)

     Delicious!!

    Love,
        Mom"

bench.

For several years, my parents had this forest green foot bench in our family room. It used to go with the theme of our family room and was well used and loved. Eventually it was moved to our spare room to sit until we found a better use for it. When I moved to Seattle, I brought the forest green foot bench thinking I could eventually do something with it.

For the past two years, it has sat next to my bed and collected clothes, papers, etc. This December, I finally got around to recovering it. I chose a vibrant robin egg blue to cover the bench and added detail with a ribbon that closely matches my bedspread print. I used batting under the fabric to add some shape and used black lace around the bottom for a finished look.

This little foot bench now has a significant face lift and a prominent, uncluttered place at the foot of my bed.

New.

Hi friends! Welcome to the new space. Here you'll find snippets of my creative side!