Blog entries - January 2009 http://www.inapeanutshell.com Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:15:22 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-bed-for-abbyhtml.html When we decided to get a puppy there were things I was expecting: getting up and going outside at absurd hours and frigid temperatures, discovering whole categories of &#39;edibles&#39; that I had never considered, pockets that smell like dog treats, less craft time, etc.&nbsp; It had not really occurred to me that a puppy would inspire large amounts of new sewing but I&#39;ve finished another dog project and am planning more.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1538... Shelley Sat, 31 Jan 2009 23:35:35 +0100 Sewing Quilting Blue Blanket Abby http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/yum-yumhtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1456.jpg" alt="DSCN1456.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />There is a new eatery in town. It&#39;s a cute little green place that displays their goodies on open cake trays like ornaments in a shop. They&#39;ve only got one little table with two chairs but lots of delicious sweets and savouries. It&#39;s going to be a great place to stop by in the summer when we can eat outside. I got this apple hand-pie there when I went with Joyce for our afterno... Shelley Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:38:24 +0100 Food Around Town http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/peel-and-gingerbreadhtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1448.jpg" alt="DSCN1448.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />Ever since we finished the German gingerbreads I&#39;ve been wanting more. My friend Katy has promised to try and procure a real German recipe for me but I am impatient and decided to experiment. I made these for breakfast this morning and they are so good. I added raisins, currents and peel to a gingerbread cake recipe I had, cooked it in muffin tins and added a glaze. They are not identic... Shelley Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:25:30 +0100 Recipe Food http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/something-that-isnt-stalledhtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1430.jpg" alt="DSCN1430.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />Yet another new knitting project. Just a pair of socks this time. I needed something to carry around with me because I discovered that Abby had chewed one end of the circular I was going to use for the Scaruffle; not recently either - it must have been ages ago and I never noticed until I was going to use it - you can sort of see the teeth marks if you look at the picture very closely (it&#... Shelley Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:39:32 +0100 Yellow Socks Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/little-cakeshtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1397.jpg" alt="DSCN1397.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />Have you ever had these?<br /><br />My friend Joyce pointed them out to me on Tuesday and they are so good! They&#39;re a German gingerbread but since I can&#39;t read the German on the package I only know that because Joyce told me. They taste like gingerbread but with candied peel and some other dried fruit flavours mixed in (they must puree everything - there are no lumps). They have a v... Shelley Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:27:12 +0100 Food http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/robs-quilthtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1318.jpg" alt="DSCN1318.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />For Christmas Rob received a box containing a quilt top, a sheet (for backing), a bunch of random length binding strips, two balls of remaindered sock yarn and a label. He also got a promise that as soon as I could get some batting it would become a proper quilt to keep in his office at home (which doubles as our spare room).<br /><br />This quilt was as comfortable to make as it is to curl... Shelley Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:16:53 +0100 Zeke Quilting Family Christmas http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/the-perfect-patternhtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1365.jpg" alt="DSCN1365.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />I got this book on Friday.<br /><br />I was asked to do a really simple but extremely boring job for a friend of my boss (unbinding, scanning and rebinding a bunch of old comb bound books) and as a thank-you he gave me a gift certificate for the bookstore. I went straight to the craft books and perused them all before settling on this one. It looked like it would be a good read, with useful... Shelley Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:27:19 +0100 Scarf Knitting Books http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/evangeline-stalledhtml.html &quot;She&#39;s playing quietly in the living room.&quot;<br /><br />That&#39;s what I said to Rob when he asked where Abby was while we were making lunch yesterday (you have a feeling of foreboding already don&#39;t you). I was cooking eggs and I didn&#39;t look very carefully. Rob discovered what she was playing with when we sat down to eat. She ran into the kitchen with a piece of something in her mouth.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1328.jpg" alt="DSCN1328.... Shelley Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:56:53 +0100 Life Knit-a-long Abby http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/my-new-blue-studiohtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1250.jpg" alt="DSCN1250.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><p>My studio is blue and I love it.<br /><br />Rob&#39;s sister, Carolyn, helped me do all the painting. I went all out and got the expensive paint at Benjamin Moore. It&#39;s completely worth it. Not only does it cover really well, dry quickly and look gorgeous but it hardly smells ... at all ... even while you&#39;re painting.<br /><br />I cleared most things out of my studio on Saturday ... Shelley Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:57:43 +0100 Inspiration In My Studio Blue http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/shinyhtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1204.jpg" alt="DSCN1204.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />My new computer arrived Saturday morning. I was so excited to get the box and we unpacked it right away. Rob helped me set everything up and transferred all my stuff from the mini (which I&#39;ve been using for a little over two years).<br /><br />This computer makes my desk look so different: it has a smaller footprint but a much bigger screen (I went all out and got the 24&quot;) and a li... Shelley Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:10:49 +0100 My Desk http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/365html.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1173.jpg" alt="DSCN1173.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />I&#39;ve decided to give myself a photography challenge this year by joining a 365 group on Flickr. I&#39;ve been finding myself more and more interested in taking pictures - framing, lighting, etc. - and thought a challenge like this would help me think this way on a regular basis. I&#39;m storing my pictures in their own set to make them easy to find.<br /><br />The picture above is one o... Shelley Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:19:46 +0100 Winter Photos Black http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/changehtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1139.jpg" alt="DSCN1139.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br /><br />Ready,<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1141.jpg" alt="DSCN1141.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />Set,<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1143.jpg" alt="DSCN1143.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />Go!<br /><p>&nbsp;</p> Shelley Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:09:50 +0100 In My Studio Blue http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/tutorial-hot-water-bottle-coverhtml.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN1100.jpg" alt="DSCN1100.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />When we got Abby everyone recommended that we put a hot water bottle in her crate overnight to help compensate for her missing litter mates. I already love hot water bottles but since I didn&#39;t want to give my good cover to Abby her bottle was wrapped in a towel until I could make a new one.<br /><br />As the northern hemisphere heads into the coldest part of the year (we are already dip... Shelley Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:13:34 +0100 Winter Sewing Tutorial Abby