My last one for today

 from this dough

 let it rise

 braide it

 let it rise again

 ready!

1000 grams flour (2 lbs.)
200 grams sugar (1 full cup packed)
200 grams of sweet unsalted butter (2 sticks)
3 eggs
pinch of salt
1 pack of vanilla sugar
1/2 liter milk (2 full cups)
pack yeast
all ingredients should be room temperature!

place flour in a big bowl make a hole in the middle putting the flour up high towards the rim of your bowl and add the sugar into hole. Put the yeast on top of the sugar. Slightly heat the milk add to the yeast and stir ,use some of the flour from the outside rim to cover the mixture and cover with a towel for 30 minutes. Melt the butter add the salt let cool .Now you can mix the dough with the melted butter,the vanilla sugar and the eggs. If it is to wet add a little more flour,let stand for 1 hour to rise. Punch back down,make 3 strings and braid ,let stand for 30 minutes covert with a dishtowel. Brush with egg wash , I do not know where you would find the sugar I use to decorate but you can use almond slices. Put into the cold oven heat to 350 on electric for about 50 minutes.
I use a regular cake sheet but place parchment paper on it so the bred will not stick to it, I also use parchment paper to cover the bread after 30 minutes so it will not get to dark!
please let me know if you made it and how it came out,good luck ladies I know you will enjoy it!

This is my grandmas sweet bread, one of the few food items I remember eating at her house,they came from Romania and my dads siblings are now going back to look for the farm they grew up on.

Fresh baked Bread

 As always I have to taste it right out of the oven,with a lot of butter,it is so good!

For this bread I used 350 gr Spelt flour and 350 gr wheat bread flour,2 tsp salt(15 gr.) and 4 cups warm water with 1 pack of dry yeast,baked it 15 min on 425 reduced it to 375 for  45 minutes on my electric stove.

Chocolate chip cookies

  Yummy! You need 140 gr./or4 1/2 oz. butter

50gr ./2 oz sugar,60gr./21/2 oz brown sugar mix till nicely creamed add 1egg,1/2 tsp.vanilla essence,125gr./4 oz plain flour,1/2 tsp baking soda and 150-200gr./5oz chocolate chips stir place on lightly buttered baking sheet or parchment paper , I used my silicon baking sheet on a regular baking tray, bake at 180 C/350 F/gas mark 4 for 12-15 minutes

Just as quick as they are made they quickly disappear!

I`m ready for a Snow Ball Fight

This is for Alice T. her theme was Under the Sea .

 Close up of my beaded Seahorse , I used embroidery floss,silk ribbon, beads,glass fish, charms, little sea shells and some novelty yarns.

 I made this for ..... which will be traded later this year . I love working on these  one on one swaps.

 Close up of my little Flower Basket

I used embroidery floss,silk ribbon,beads,charms and tatted lace. 

Knit,knit and more knitting

 I placed my order on Wednesday July 4TH  and it was here on Saturday,great customer service,check out at

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So here are my new knitting needles,with three different styles and two kind of materials to try out and see what works for me. I like the way I can just use a cable and leave my work on it while I use another cable with the same size needles and work on something else. Interchangeable is awesome!

My first Snowball is done

 So much fun, I made this little snowball for a swap ,  ready to make more, I`m hooked ! I love the size it is just perfect for my style of embroidery and dressing up a block. Oh yeah and just think of all the wonderful themes that can be put on these Snowballs. Best part is that you never know what you will get in return always a surprise.

 This is the close up of the Watering can, I used clear beads as water spraying over the flowers underneath. I made it a little bigger then the CD Size because of the fraying of the silk during handling and so the new owner has plenty of fabric to work with. It can be turned under to be appliqued .

Pillow up date my style

 This is the fabric I bought for my pillows  to make the yellow settee and the striped chair cusions to work together.

 I just added my pillows for my wicker set, love the mix of fabrics, my style is very eclectic as you can see. now I have to sew a cover for my daybed matress to finish the new look .Right now it is to hot to sleep outside so I`m in no hurry.