True Becoming

Thankfulness

October is my favourite month and this year it seemed to creep up on us. Ry and i were just talking about this yesterday - how months seem to be flying by. That's why is was wonderful to put a lot of things on the back burner this past weekend and focus on the important things; the things we are most thankful for! It was a weekend spent with friends and family, reading, some meltdowns, and generally slowing down. Here's just a few snapshots from the weekend...

1. Fall Wecome mat, 2. Really yummy Pumpkin Pie Dessrt Cups Ry's sister made, 3. A Handmade Life Sign (by Sabrina Ward Harrison) hanging in my porch - because I'm thankful for living a handmade life, 4. Soup Challenge sign at my mom's - we got to have two yummy soups and decide who made them, 5. Vintage Soup Mug, 6. Placecards - we had to decide where to sit based on the information on the back of the card (so creative), 7. I wanted to get some family photos and the pup was the only one willing (or, the easiest one to pick-up:) 

I hope you had a good weekend - and if you are a fellow Canadian, a good Thanksgiving. 

luv t. 

Name that Drink

I love happy hour. I love it even more when it's brought to you with cheap liquor from the border. Ry is the mastermind when it comes to mixing Happy Hour drinks and the other night he made up this tasty lil' treat while I was making dinner. Quite refreshing. 

This is also a really simple drink - which is the best way to celebrate happy hour, no?: 

Step One: Add desired amount of Tequila (a shot-ish) - we used Souza

Step Two: Top up with Blood Orange Spritzer 

Step Three: Add a wedge of lime (we didn't have any - but that would have really finished it off) 

Step Four: Drink responsibly-ish ;) 

I would like to name this drink... any suggestions? 

luv t. 

Betty for Breakfast

Even though I haven't lived at home for awhile, I still get excited when I do things like have dessert for breakfast. Growing up, apple crisp was one of my most favoured things my mom made (still is), but I remember it being a dessert relegated to sunday night dinners. So, I felt like a kid left without adults around (think Home Alone) this morning having a dish known only to me as dessert... for breakfast. eghad. Warm apple crisp, or 'apple betty' as my cookbook calls it, with cream and coffee with cream. Do you feel this strange excitement when you break a 'rule'?  

luv t.

Natural Treasures

Sunday was one of those perfect days where the weather turns out to be even nicer than expected and plans turn out to be even better than expected. A day of mushroom foraging (even though we didn't find any mushrooms - we found plenty of other natural treasures), great meals and great company!
 We went on two different trails in an attempt to find some mushrooms with Ry's new Mushroom Guide I got him for Christmas this year. Instead we found new flowers - we found out what Coltfoot was and how you can make cough syrup or lozenges from it. We found a garter snake, insects, an old rusty 7up can, a slug and heard grouse in the distance (see the bird guide above to see what a grouse looks like). Back in town I found a bunch of discount bolo cord (hence the bolo cord moustache on Alex). A nice lunch, coffee and nougat and then back home to rest up for the next big family/friends meal. sigh... good day. 

Check out another time we went mushroom foraging and actually found mushrooms - click HERE

What were you up to this past weekend? 

Nails You'll Want to Bite (Tutorial)

Most days it's chipped nailpolish for me, but every once in awhile I like to make my nails look extra purdy, and Halloween is one of those times. Last year I did cat and pumpkin designs (no blog then:), and this year I'm sporting the Candy Corn-Tipped Nail Look. French-tipped is so over friends...

There's a few different ways of doing this and i've heard you can use tape... but I would prefer to just do it freehand, even if it means a more of a lumpy variety of candy corn.

Supplies:

- A base colour (I chose a slate grey, but i showed a lime green as an alternative. Another good colour would be purple).

- Toothpicks (not shown in picture above)

1. Decide on your base colour and paint 1-2 coats. Let dry.

2. Paint the tips of your nails yellow. Remember, this is the widest part of candy corn, so you want to do a nice sized strip.

3. After you have given some time for your yellow strip of paint to dry, paint a smaller strip of orange above each yellow strip.

4. Now comes the last part of the candy corn: the white tips. I used a French-tip wand for this, making it very easy to paint steadily (small paint wand).

5. This is where you'll need some toothpicks: to outline the candy corn. I suggest putting a dab on a plastic lid or paint tray and getting a small amount on your toothpick. Then, slowly drag the toothpick along the entire candy corn design for a nice outlined look. You might even want to have a friend with steady hands do this part.

With two more days until Halloween, my Countdown lives on!!!

Happy Sweet Tooth

to you,