Dinner with the Raigosa's

My cousin Lenny and his wife Samantha (originally from Washington) recently moved back up here. They are still about 4 hours away, but that is about 20 hours less than before. I offered to make dinner (mainly because I want to blog about whatever I can). This was a great opportunity to make something blog worthy: sweet potato souffle from the Williams Sonoma Autumn cookbook.

 http://www.williams-sonoma.com/recipe/sweet-potato-souffle.html

 First you poke your sweet potatoes with a fork & bake until mooshy. Then butter a souffle dish and dust with Parmesan cheese. 

Mix all ingredients together. It's more fun with help. 

It fell a bit before I took a picture, but it was delicious & successful for my first try. 

 Taking the first piece.

 Lenny likes it.

 My first bite.

I LOVE it! 

A lovely evening with the cousins, and a lovely centerpiece. 

The Cutest Autumn Wreaths of My Life & Yours!

Whit & I got together to make autumn wreaths...she originally brought the idea up when we had our soup day. Yay to both of us being free on a Saturday afternoon. We watched the fabric rosette making tutorial on pinterest & went to work cutting fabric we already had into strips. Quin helped. Of course. 

We thought we made too many rosettes, but I think we had 2 leftover. 

Here is a tip: hot glue from a hot glue gun is hot. We burnt our fingers a lot, but I feel it was fully worth it. 

Lace. An item you should always have on hand. We cut strips from an old tablecloth and wrapped it around the wreath. 

We then braided a strip of lace, orange fabric, and burlap for the hanger. We just tied a knot on each end & jammed the knot in between twigs. 

AND...TADA...beautiful autumn wreaths.