RAINY DAY YAY!

This is my latest treasury to share. All about owls. Enjoy!


http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c3aa3ea78206d9115880acc/owl-be-seeing-you

We have rain today YAY and there is supposed to be more. Oh boy finally some relief for all of us and the poor plants and trees.

The next FIRSTFRIDAYARTWALK is August 6, 2010

Tomorrow July 15th Christmas in July on ETSY starts and goes through to the 25th use search words cij and christmas in july Get a start on your Christmas shopping!

This is a link to a slideshow about baking bar cookies which are great to take on a picnic

http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshows/2009/07/bar_cookie_slideshow#slide=1

At Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/

MUGGY MONDAY

It is getting cooler at night so it is getting better. This is a treasury my ACEO Koi Fish is in . It was made for a team I belong to on Etsy called ACetsy Team (ACEO Team) Cute litle miniature works of art!

Todays recipe is from Light Desserts perfect for summer!

Light Lemon Cake
By Donna Meadow from Woman's Day

April 1, 2006

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup plain nonfat yogurt
1/4 cup lemon juice (grate zest first)
1 1/3 cups sugar
5 Tbsp plus 1 tsp (1/3 cup) butter
1 Tbsp grated lemon zest
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 large eggs plus white of 1 large egg
2 1/4 cups cake flour

Recipe Preparation

1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 12-cup bundt pan with nonstick spray.

2. Mix yogurt and lemon juice in a small bowl until blended. Set aside.

3. In a large bowl, beat sugar, butter, lemon zest, baking powder, baking soda and salt with mixer on medium speed to blend (mixture will resemble damp sand). Beat in eggs and egg white until smooth. On low speed, beat in yogurt, then flour, until just blended. Scrape into pan; smooth top.

4. Bake 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 15 minutes before inverting on rack. Serve warm or cool. Good served with strawberries. ENJOY!

SUPER SWEET SUNDAY

Garden Tangle ACEO available soon at Glenna's Garden

I was up early this morning. I finally got all caught up with Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/ Well it looks like I will be featuring two international shops back to back on Feature Friday here on my blog the next two Fridays. I finally have it all together and I am feeling 100% better. Today is a day off for me normally but I will be using the day to stay inside in the cool air and get things done for the start of a new week. If you want to be Featured on a Friday in my blog please just email me gnormyle@yahoo.com You must have an active Etsy shop and that is the only requirement. The rest of the work to put an article together is easy. I will be adding a link here later today for a treasury I will create today. This time the challenge will be a theme. I wish when I put the treasuries together that I could move the items I choose around by simply clicking the picture and repositioning it in another place just like we can do when we rearrange our shops. I am looking forward to Christmas in July on Etsy. I have received some good customer feedback on my jewelry I have listed. I started out wanting to offer jewelry but it is so very competitive on Etsy. I have so many new items to take pictures of Monday and hopefully start listing soon. What are your plans for today? Is anybody taking a vacation? I am waiting for my sister to move back to FL soon and then I will go there to visit her when it is cold here. Yay!

I think we need a cool link here let's see how about edible flowers check this out

http://gardening.about.com/od/vegetablepatch/a/EdibleFlowers.htm?nl=1

Garden Tangle card available soon at Glenna's Garden

WEATHER IS TOO HOT TO HANDLE

I hope you enjoy this beautiful Fall treasury I created today in search of cooler temperatures and my favorite season!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c370ff1a4088eef64a12430/fresh-fall-finds-from-etsy

Wow it has been incrediably hot. I was made sick for a few days because of the heat. I have many illnesses and suffer when it is hot. A/C is not central in my home and in NH most homes don't have any A/C at all. Many fans and a struggling window A/C unit is what is keeping me alive. It has been miserable. It is feeling a bit cooler today and we are supposed to have big thunderstorms this afternoon. That will help. I once again apologize for no Feature Friday this week. Blame it on the heat! We are now set for the next two Fridays to have features from two talented ladies.


In search of a refreshing and cool recipe I came accross this one to share with you!

Watermelon-Lemonade Ice Pops

Makes 8

Recipe by Rozanne Gold
July 2002
From Bon Appetit website

Ingredients

•2 cups (packed) finely chopped seeded watermelon

•3/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate (half of 12-ounce can), thawed

•3 tablespoons sugar

•Pinch of salt

Preparation

•Combine all ingredients in processor. Puree until very smooth. Divide mixture among 8 ice pop molds (each about 1/4 to 1/3 cup capacity). Cover and freeze until firm, at least 4 hours and up to 5 days. ENJOY!

The grandbabies are now two weeks and one week old. Where does time go?

Emelia two weeks old

                                                          

Carter one week old

STAY COOL!

BLESSED SUNDAY

I snagged an Etsy treasury today the real thing that disappears so click on and enjoy this treasury I made in Blue for the Acetsy Team that I belong to.

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=135702

This listing disappears on 7/7 at 8:30 AM EST.

This turned out perfect because it was day three of my trio theme I started with red for the Aweteam, then white yesterday for the New Hampshire Team and today I lucked into blue...sure I could have made one of the new treasuries that everybody can make but instead I was blessed with the real thing. Just like I am blessed with grandbabies.

Happy Fourth of July 2010 everybody!!!!!

My son, newborn grandson Carter and first grandson Brady sleeping on Fourth of July 2010

The girls all dressed up for Fourth of July 2010

HAPPY FIRSTFRIDAYARTWALK!

Today is the AWEteam's Firtsfridayartwalk on ETSY. Use the search words, aweteam, firstfridayartwak and ffaw to find the shops that are participating. We are now 70 members strong! Anybody on ETSY can use fristfridayartwalk to tag your items for sale. Join up and you can also use AWEteam.

Aweteam Info on ETSY:  http://team.etsy.com/viewteam.php?id=680

I have many items discounted and sale items posted for firstfridayartwalk please check out Glenna's Garden http://www.gnormyle.etsy.com/

WELCOME TO THE WORLD CARTER

My second grandchild and second grandson Carter was born yesterday at 12:26 PM. He took us all by surprise and arrived two weeks early. He is healthy and perfect. He weighs 6 lb. 1 oz. and is 19" long. Just a little baby (needs preemie size clothes) but full term. My precious handsome little guy with lots of black hair. Such a good baby too, no crying, eating great and loves to sleep.

Carter

Big brother Brady holding Carter

The pictures are grainy because they were taken via phone camera and loaded by me from Facebook!

I promise way better pictures soon.

My son, grandsons Brady (2 1/2) and Carter (newborn)

My camera ended up with the memory full so I didn't get very many pictures! I am a very proud and happy Nana! Now I have to get busy locating preemie clothes for the little man. Have a wonderful day!