My dear friend Cathy came over this AM and we worked on a craft and I got fancy and served her some coffee cake. It is one of those things that's ingrained in me from childhood reading books like "Little House on the Prairie" and "Anne of Green Gables." When you have company over, you put your best foot forward and assure them through food and beverage that they are welcomed and loved.
This coffee cake comes from Taste of Home and has enough pain in the ass factor that it's the kind of cake you wouldn't make for yourself, but would save to impress someone. Because it is tasty - but the bottom cake layer that you have to press into a pan? Sticky and messy. (Hint: Get your hands damp first - it helps a little bit.) And at 25 grams of fat per slice, it isn't something you'd should be clamoring for on a daily basis. (Clamoring is one thing - indulging is the other ...)
As for the craft? I've dabbled a little bit in Pinterest, but I'm still relying on other bloggers to tell me the groovy things that they are finding on other folks' boards.
This craft came from Katy at Non-Consumer Advocate and takes Mason jars and re-purposes them into soap containers. Confession: I have more Mason jars than I know what to do with and have a special place in my heart for the vintage blue jars that we inherited when my husband's grandma moved out of her home. So it was nice to find an EASY craft that used up some of the materials I had on hand. And luckily for me, Cathy came to the party with lids her husband Timm had already drilled for us. So with a little bit of glue work, we made these:
Needless to say, it was a wonderful Saturday morning.
2 comments:
I must confess to being a coffee addict. Coffee and cake are my two most favourite things and anything coffee flavoured is a must try for me. I guess I will be eating a lot of this! Oh, guess what I had for my breakfast… Yes, I stopped at Dark Horse Espresso Bar and had amazing muffins with latte. I have fought a couple of addictions in my life, and won handily. However, I am not even going to battle this one.
Love the mason jar! I have had this project on the list for a few years now :) We have so many vintage mason jars around this house (more than I care to admit to)...
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