by Kelli Donley | Dec 21, 2008 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Faith, Journal, Recycle
The culmination of Jars of Renewal — four Christmas baskets filled with homemade goodies being delivered today. I was reading scripture I’ll be teaching at church this morning and it specifically mentions two turtle doves. Coincidence? Nah. Amazing is more...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 20, 2008 | Good to Great, Journal
I couldn’t let Grace down by not keeping up with the title theme… Katie asked me a while back if I’d help her learn how to cook. I couldn’t wait! Visions of aprons and journals and gourmet meals danced through my head. Then I remembered my...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 20, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, Tutorial
Supplies: Two pieces of cotton fabric cut 13″ x 12″ One pocket piece of cotton fabric cut 8″ x 5″ Two pieces of ribbon, 6″ long, width of your preference Wax paper Stickers! Directions: 1. Cut your book front fabric and inside fabric to...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 19, 2008 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Journal
So, in the last two days I’ve learned some very interesting things from you… 1. We all have baking failures and some of you are so hungry for homemade goodies, you’d consider eating burnt chocolate chips off a pan with a spoon. Wowie. Let’s...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 18, 2008 | Africa, Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Journal, Uncategorized
When I was little, I had this awesome mint green Hello Kitty sticker book. The pages were slick so you could add stickers and then later put them on other pages, or your notebooks, little brother, etc. I loved that thing and would regularly use it to add a bit of...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 17, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk
You know those days when absolutely nothing seems to fall in your favor? Yeah. Two trays of chocolate chip cookies that flopped. I think it was a bad mix. Brownies with a fudge swirl that apparently were pretty sticky too. And lemon bread that I didn’t let cool...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 17, 2008 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Things are still a wee bit chaotic at chez moi. I’m working a ton trying to meet an end-of-the-year challenge grant and also trying to prepare for the holidays. The grant has me more frenzied than the holiday, but both have created a crazy monster. I am running...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 15, 2008 | Celebrate!, Domestic Art, Journal, Kitchen Talk
What’s Yiddish for delicious? Because this gentile thoroughly enjoyed learning how to make latkes with the Wrights last night. Such a fun gathering of friends, great food, and of course with Adam (Salty Senor) — football. The only downside of leaning over...
by Kelli Donley | Dec 14, 2008 | Celebrate!, Happy Hippie, Journal
Shopping done. Presents wrapped. I’ve got two more small gifts to sew and 1.5 gifts to finish knitting. Oh, and about a dozen loaves of bread to bake, but really? I’m feeling pretty good. Exhausted, but good. Phew. ~K
by Kelli Donley | Dec 12, 2008 | Africa, Community, Domestic Art, Earth Mama, Flora and Fauna, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Public Health, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse, Uncategorized
BEFORE: And the commotion begins. I took on a bit too much for this dinner; from beginning to end, it took about six hours to prepare and clean up afterward. Aztec squash soup Turkey chile Carbs o’ plenty AFTER: phew. Last night’s communiy dinner menu...
