Brooklyn 1

This is part of an ongoing series of Brooklyn architecture!

Pines

IF: Fearless

I've had travel on the brain lately, so when I saw the word 'fearless' I instantly thought of adventure! Lewis and Clark probably had a packing list for their great adventure, so I illustrated it. Don't forget the long underwear (modeled by Lewis), extra socks and canine pal.

Workspace fun!

Botanicals

Mom and Baby Homemade Poptarts!

How perfect for Mother's Day! As soon as I saw this recipe on Smitten Kitchen I knew I had to make them. I couldn't resist making half of the tarts mini, so cute.

Usually I'm more of a 'throw some dough in a pan and go' kinda gal, but for these I had to have matching rectangles, woah, math! Check out the ruler I had to bust out. As far as the dough goes, I resisted the urge to make over-work it as I have in the past with pastry dough. Some pieces of butter were the size of coarse meal, some were as big as an olive, but I stopped when the average size was that of a pea. It worked like a dream...the dough came out fabulously flakey.

I used Sara Beth's Strawberry Peach Preserves, I love anything from her!

After I put them in the oven I went to see what Meanwhile was doing. He was not amused.

I'm not one to throw out pastry dough! I sprinkled the trimmings with some vanilla-bean sugar and baked them..yum!

Ta-da! They came out awesome. Will definitely try again with Nutella!

Ginger Mint Lemonade!

I was planning on baking this weekend, but it's too darn hot! I made this refreshing beverage instead for me and a friend!