Playing with Real Food

Yes, I admit... I sometimes do play with my real food! In this picture, I used little pieces of bread to make a rose.

Today I used my sister's scrap dough (she was baking sugar cookies) and made a few more roses. I had to make them larger because the dough is extremely gooey. In addition I made a pierogi which was almost life size.

I am sure today won't be the last time that I play with my food! It's quite a challenge.

I hope everyone had a wonderful start to the New Year! I know that I am really looking forward to 2011.

Leeks!

Well, I made my first leeks! They don't look too bad. You can judge them for yourself. I can't wait to add them to vegetable arrangements that I have in mind to make sometime.

Without a doubt, I have been making less miniatures since school started... that I have said before. My entire schedule has been adjusted. I can't wait to unveil some new surprises!

I have been very active for the past three Saturdays. I am looking forward to the upcoming weekend when I can stay at home, and maybe even sit down with my minis.

The bread-making prep board which is now completely finished. You can see a pile of flour, some wheat, brown eggs, one cracked egg, dough, a rolling pin, and a cooked and sliced loaf of bubbly bread.

Cherry Pie Delight

You know it is summer when cherries are in season! I love summer fruit, especially cherries. In fact, I would have to say that my favorite kind of pie is cherry. Just about any which way, I love cherries.

I randomly decided to make a cherry pie preparation-board (prep-board for short) and it turned out quite nicely. Following are many shots I took of each piece on the board. As always, I encourage you to click on each photo for full view-- you won't regret it!

The cherry pie prep-board!

A side view of the board.

Rolled-out pie filling and crust. The rolling pin is also handmade.




A small basket of homegrown and hand picked cherries!

The pie itself in the making.

The knife and seeds; the knife is used to dig out the cherry pits/seeds. Look how tiny!