Random Posts of Beauty

One of my fabric boxes was featured in a beautiful collection on Etsy yesterday. It made it to the Etsy front page last night at 10 pm! Here it is:

'Frozen Love Song' by NangijalaJewelry

Snowy Winter Nature 8x1... Briole $30.00	fashion illustration pa... ARTbyLola $28.00	wood wedding guest book... ThreeTreesBind... $185.00	Beach Finds Installatio... GiftsandStars $87.00
Air Plant Planter Yello... RhettDidntGive... $18.00	Raw Amethyst Necklace solisjewelry $55.00	Orchids Wine Glasses Ha... NevenaArtGlass $58.90	Linen Light Mint Croppe... LGlinen $34.00
Hand Knit Striped Scarf... mothrasue $30.00	Silk and Cotton Rosette... Brydferth $32.00	Mini Handmade journal -... plad $15.00	Chandelier Crystal Neck... laurenblythede... $36.00
Aqua Blue Mexican Glass... JosephineMarch... $75.00	Pale Green Hydrangea N... SugarFlower $5.00	Organic Chocolate Body ... Naturallogic $6.50	Handmade Fabric Box, Pa... PolkadotPossum $25.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

It was curated by NangijalaJewelry. Stop by and give her shop some love!
©Polkadot Possum (Cindy Harwood)

Photo Friday

Happy Friday!

I've spent the last week cooking and using up left overs. Over the weekend, I made stock using a frozen baked chicken carcass which has been in my freezer and a smoked turkey carcass left over from Christmas dinner. My stock pot is large but not huge so I had to cook the stock in two batches. I got 8 quarts of stock that is now languishing in the freezer!



With the some of the left over smoked turkey from Christmas and the last two quarts of chicken stock left over from my last stock prep, I decided to make Mexican Chicken (Turkey) Soup. I use the Barefoot Contessa's recipe from her book Barefoot Contessa at Home. It's so yummy! The DH and I had soup for dinner, I have two lunch portions in the fridge and two quarts waiting to go in the freezer!





We also had no less than seven way over-ripe bananas in da house. I've been thinking of making banana bread for awhile, so now was the time! I made two loaves of banana bread from the American Heart Association Cookbook. One sprouted legs and headed straight to the freezer. The other is going to be eaten over the weekend.



©Polkadot Possum (Cindy Harwood)

Random Posts of Beauty

It's a cold, grey and rainy day here in north central Indiana. The word is snow is in the forecast for tomorrow and Friday. Great! More dreary grey! That seems to be the overriding theme in Indiana in the winter.

Lovely colors are the perfect tonic for days like this. Here's a beautiful collection (curated by Christine of Christinesjewelry) of items from the Etsy Treasury Team to brighten up your day!

'Good Morning Sunrise!' by Christinesjewelry

Rose and Green Earrings... BayMoonDesign $19.00	Hong Kong skyline, Morn... SketchAway $20.00	Purple Glass Bead Earri... GlassRiverJewe... $44.00	Purple Flower Cane Pol... efiwarsh $5.00
Silver Shape - Unique d... DivinaLocura $27.00	Retro Dishes 1970s Clea... bythewayside $12.00	Purple Haze: aceo origi... artfields $10.00	The Afternoon Walk--OOA... CursiveArts $35.00
Pottery Wall Pocket -Ru... midnightcoiler $15.00	Art Quilt - Deco Study ... PolkadotPossum $150.00	Baby Girl Burp Cloth Se... HattieDesigns $13.00	Door wreath - mauve - d... laurelsbylauri... $45.00
Set of 5 Preppy Stripe ... principessabow... $4.99	Romantic Rose Brooch cr... Engelfelt $15.00	Folk Art acrylic paint... PrimitivesandF... $60.00	Hair Pins Flowers Purpl... lindesigns $14.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

©Polkadot Possum (Cindy Harwood)