Whoopie Pies

Baked Sour Cream Donuts

So these were the first baked doughnuts I've made. I should have made just regular flavored doughnuts, or chocolate .. or PUMPKIN! But I made doughnuts with a bit of sour cream. They aren't bad... but not something one would really desire. But they rose well and LOOK tasty/pretty! That is somewhat of a plus!? I think I'm going to remake rolls sometime soon and make sure they rise a bit better. MmmMmm Cinnamon Rolls!

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A friend sent me this a few months ago. A surfing video.. but it is so beautiful and calming. It puts me in a good mood. The world is full of beauty.

Anna Maria Horner design

Check out Anna Maria Horner .. Painter, designer, sewer. She has some really creative/fun/well made and designed aprons, kitchen towels, clothing, purses, rugs, notepads, organizers, sewing patterns and much more. Her work is full of unique, fun patterns and eye popping colors. The fabric prints are great designs and the quality of the fabric is very heavy, durable and well crafted. I ran into her goods at a local little shop downtown. Such great quality and very creative.

http://www.annamariahorner.com/

http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/2010/08/introducing-innocent-crush.html

"There have been many interesting stops on her artistic path but a common element in all of Anna Maria's work whether clothing, accessories, quilts or paintings is a passion for color and vibrancy. As she continued to realize her point of view in sewing, painting, writing, and photography, all of these disciplines created a dialoque, one bettering the other, and leading to a constant stream of artistic growth. Her fascination of taking an item through all the necessary steps from her sketchbook to a store shelve sparked the momentum to create a brand. Anna Maria's fresh perspectives within traditional markets and her vision of being surrounded by the work of her own hands has led her to partnering with more than two dozen manufacturers to design homewares, gift items, textiles and to authoring her first sewing book, Seams To Me, published October 2008."

   

This is where I do random things, take a million notes and browse baking blogs for hours. Followed by some random recent little projects.

I like this little poem.


The Summer Day
Mary Oliver


Who made the world?

Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
This grasshopper, I mean-
the one who has flung herself out of the grass,
the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,
who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-
who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.
Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.
Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.
I don't know exactly what a prayer is.
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done?
Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?
Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

DO YOUR JOB

DCheck out this great TED Talk video of Elizabeth Gilbert's talk on being a creative genius. I think I should get back to reading her book! She's great. Interesting to think of how creative people work.
When you are full of passion, but somedays you fear following your dream or that maybe things wont work or it seems to tough. Do it anyway. Keep Going. Even on tough days, "Just do your job." It is important to never give up. Continue to follow and shoot for what you live for. Be remarkable.

Random roads.

Enjoying simplicity... can take you away from hectic big things. There is so much little detail to enjoy in this world. This was a silly day that meant a lot and took my mind off of everything going on and is one I remember.

I'm on my way. I don't know where I'm going. I'm on my way. I'm taking my time. But I don't know where.

Gingerbread Cinnamon Rolls

Pumpkin Cheesecake