Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mailbox Surprise!


Courtesy of Gabi Glass...Welcoming my into the Capital City Scribes! She also took the beautiful photo on the card. She took in while traveling in Prague! Such a wonderful thing...it totally brightened my day!

Monday, September 28, 2009

Elegant Envelopes


This is a glance into my day last Saturday. I attended a workshop put together by the Capital City Scribes called The Decorated Envelope. It was inspirational and fun and lets just state that I may never be able to send a "normal" envelope again!








Thursday, September 24, 2009

Sneak Peak




Right now, I have the pleasure of working on a antique Bible. It is such a wonderful tradition...do any of you have old family heirlooms like this?

Working on such a special piece makes me want to start a heritage piece of my own. How easily we forget the names and dates (birth, marriage, death) of family members even just a few generations removed.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

An Apple a Day




In the spirit of the fall breeze and cooler temperatures in Austin, I have been craving my autumn favorite, homemade apple sauce. This is loads better than the stuff that you can get from the grocery and worth the effort. It may require a little time, but even children could perfect this easy recipe.
Apples have not quite started flooding the market here yet but they are beginning to make their return slowly. Soon...very soon.



Apple Sauce

Ingredients:

4 Cortland Apples, Peeled, cored and cut into 8 pieces (reserve a few pieces of skin)

4 Granny Smith Apples, Peeled, cored and cut into 8 pieces

Zest and juice of 1 lemon

½ cup Simply Orange juice

¼ cup dark brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1/8 tsp nutmeg

1 tsp fresh grated ginger

½ tbsp unsalted butter

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix apples with the zest and juice of lemon and the orange juice toss to coat so that apples do not brown. Mix in the sugar, and spices through ginger, toss to coat. Put mixture in a heavy Dutch oven. Top with butter and reserved apple skin. Let cook in oven for 1 ½ hours. Whisk to puree. Serve hot or cold.

Makes 6 cups or 12 servings, 110 calories per serving

Serve and enjoy!

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Shop of the Day!

Amon Design Studio is so excited to be Papernstitch featured shop of the day! Thank you so much for the honor. Visit the blog to check out the feature!