Cold weather, snow, ice, and warm thoughts

Finally, a little snow, it looks so pretty and the kids can go sledding, and have fun.







Grab a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy INSPIRATION,

love this clean and quiet office!!!

courtesy of Me and Alice

Enjoy your Sunday,

martha

Some warm drinks for snowy afternoons

Hello friends:

Thank you for your comments, I love them, you are so nice.
Today, its very windy and cold, perfect for a warm
drink at the end of the day.  Traditional hot chocolate with marshmellows, herbal teas with honey from the "farmer's market", or this great "dulce de leche" coffee  from "the pioneer cook"

Recipe: Dulce de Leche Coffee

Prep Time: 10 Minutes  |  Cook Time:  |  Difficulty: Easy  |  Servings: 6

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Ingredients

• 4 cups Strongly Brewed Good Coffee
• 6 ounces, fluid Dulce De Leche (*see Note)
• 6 Tablespoons Kahlua, More If Preferred
• 1 cup Heavy Cream
• 2 Tablespoons Sugar
• 6 Tablespoons Chocolate, Grated

Preparation Instructions

Add Dulce de Leche to the very hot coffee; stir until completely dissolved and combined. Keep coffee hot.
Combine cream with sugar and whip until stiff.
Add 1 tablespoon Kahlua to each coffee cup. May add 1 1/2 if desired, or may add whiskey or brandy in addition.
Pour the coffee/dulce de leche mixture into each glass. Top with a heaping tablespoon whipped cream and grated chocolate of your choice.
Absolutely sinful!
*Dulce de Leche is sold in the Hispanic aisle of supermarkets, or in Hispanic specialty markets. It is sold in solid 15 ounce blocks, or in cans or bottles in more of a liquid form. You can also find recipes for making your own Dulce de Leche using sweetened condensed milk. Yum!



HOT CIDER YUM YUM YUM

Yield: Serves 4-6

Ingredients:

4-6 C 100% apple juice or cider
1-2 cinnamon sticks
4-6 whole cloves
1-2 pinches nutmeg
4 Tbsp cinnamon syrup (optional)
whipped cream
caramel syrup

Directions:

Combine juice or cider and spices together in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain spices and add cinnamon syrup, if using. Portion into mugs and top with whipped cream and caramel syrup

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STAY WARM<


Martha

Mulled Apple Cider

A little snow, a little ice and inspirations

Hello friends:

Its cold here in the NE. we had a few days of very
cold days.  A little snow today, and some ice, just
lovely, for hot chocolate, fuzzy throws, crafts, and
family.

Love days like this, its New England.

A little inspirations and a fun recipe.








My favorites at Etsy:

Dew Linen Lavender Satchet...

dedeetsyshop

$9.00 USD

favorite

BLESSED Burlap Banner- Bun...

dedeetsyshop

$19.00 USD

favorite

French Rose Linen Pillow-

My favorite shop Vintage Junkie:



I WILL NOT BUY NEW!!! way to go girl, love her




My favorite "pinterest" pick



A favorite stationary store "Oblation"  Portland, Oregon,

love the window display:



Napa Valley House







love this Napa Valley California, house, just beautiful don't you think?



love the kid's room!!!



dream kitchen, everything at hand, including the veggies, knives, etc.  lovely.



love,
martha

Winter, recipe, and inspiration

Hello my friends:

Sorry for not writing, 2012 started with a busy time for me.   many o

A great tutorial coming your way tomorrow. I made some unique things.

Here is a pick:

Snowflake tags, I made a lot of them for customers, but have a lot left.
10 for 10.  These tags dress up a gift, a special jar, or bottle.  They also
look stunning on a bulletin board, or as magnets.
You can write a message on the back with a sharpie.

Enjoy,

martha

New Year Organization Resolutions and more

Hello friends:

This is a short post, I'm into my ears with these:

and making my famous music birds.  They are going all the way to Spain, I'm hurrying with all the after the holidays orders.

Hope you are all sticking with your resolutions. I'm so far doing one little organization task a day.

It works for me, So far, I did three drawers on one dresser, and two buckets of crafts, and I'm so

excited about finally finding crafts items that I'm setting a great system. It works, keep at it, remember a small organization task a day, by January 31 we will be so organized that life is going to be wonderful for us

crafters and DYI people.

I love suitcases, I saw this on pinrerest and loved it, check it out, sorry for the short post, but today is a busy day for me,

martha