by Kelli Donley | Nov 6, 2008 | Community, Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Tonight is the Fall return of the Community Dinner. My African travel saint is cruising through town to introduce me to his new girlfriend and I felt a party was in order. Thanks to my love of travel, my budget for such parties is always constrained. While I’d...
by Kelli Donley | Nov 2, 2008 | Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk
Thanks to Colleen and her fabulous recipe for Portuguese Sweet Bread, my home currently smells like heaven. Truly, I’m such a lover of food that I really do think heaven very well smell like a bakery. This bread takes a bit of time and care, as any great recipe...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 25, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, June Cleaver, Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
I have two friends who are new moms and have been saving their baby food jars for me. I have a vision of making a path of tea light luminaries through my garden this winter. In the meantime, we are all about celebrating autumn, pumpkins and cooler weather for the time...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 23, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, Journal, June Cleaver, Media, Uncategorized
“Time plays like an accordion in the way it can stretch out and compress itself in a thousand melodic ways. Months on end may pass blindingly in a quick series of chords, open-shut, together-apart; and then in a single melancholy week may seem like a...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 17, 2008 | CAOK, Domestic Art, Journal, June Cleaver
I sewed a bunch of zippered pouches last night. They have wildly colored zippers and even crazier colors inside. A few ended up monogrammed with a rubber stamp. Of course there was a small problem with a clipped corner… Zipper fail. Otherwise it felt really good...
by Kelli Donley | Oct 6, 2008 | Domestic Art, Happy Hippie, June Cleaver, Kitchen Talk, Recipes, Reuse
Wondering what to do with all those pumpkin seeds coming out of your jack-o-lantern? May I make a suggestion, including using up a few more of those jars we’re recycling? Wash and dry the seeds {handy instructions} and then consider throwing them into a batch of...