The Wonders of Chocolate

Chocolate is derived from cocoa beans.

A bean is a vegetable.
Sugar is derived from either sugar CANE or sugar BEETS.

More Sights and Wonders

Once again I want to give credit to Wikipedia for this information and the photos.  I am really enjoying this trip through history and hope you are also.

Many lists of “wonders of the world” are said to have existed during the Middle Ages.  Many of the structures on these lists were built much earlier than the Medieval Ages, but were well known. These lists go by names such as “Wonders of the Middle Ages” (implying no specific limitation to seven), “Seven Wonders of the Middle Ages”, “Medieval Mind” and “Architectural Wonders of the Middle Ages”.

Typically representative of the seven greatest wonders of the Medieval world are:

Welcome to My Garden!

Our summer garden is just about over, there are just a couple plants left.  This was our first attempt at vegetable gardening in a long time.  We decided to go with container gardening rather than digging up the back yard.  You might remember when we started our garden it was late in the spring so we bought plants rather than starting from seeds. . .

A Beautiful Woman

Facts on Figures … There are 3 billion women who don’t look like supermodels and only eight who do.

Marilyn Monroe wore a size 14.

If Barbie was a real woman, she’d have to walk on all fours due to her proportions.

The average woman. . .

Pioneer Clothing from the Inside Out

I have been working on a new style pioneer outfit and this one includes the undergarments.  Wow!! A prairie girl all the way down to her undies.

I started with a pair of straight leg bloomers with growth tucks on the bottom.

American Girl Doll Clothes

American Girl has the cutest dolls and they are very popular with young girls.  This is a great outlet for my Little House on the Prairie Outfits so I have been offering pioneer outfits with matching doll clothing that will fit an 18″ doll (American Girl size).  Recently I had a customer order 2 doll outfits for her daughters.

I had one outfit finished and ready to ship but I had to create the second one.  This was a great opportunity to restock my inventory and make a few extra.  I decided to make 4 outfits so I could put them together in assembly line fashion.

The Good Old Days

Close your eyes … And go back …

Before the Internet or the MAC
Before semi-automatics and crack
Before SEGA or Super Nintendo

Way back … Remember

The Littlest Pioneer Girl

A customer contacted me about a pioneer outfit for a size 4 girl.  I wrote about creating the pattern for this outfit a few days ago. 

Now I am ready to start putting the pieces together.  The dress pieces went together very well-I was even able to use the pattern for the sleeve ruffle from the original outfit-I just made it a little shorter.  It really came out cute. . .

I Went Shopping

I have been sewing Little House on the Prairie outfits like crazy this year and they keep right on selling (I am so happy to say).  So even though I have been working on them all year I only have an inventory of about 12 dresses that are ready to ship. 

I needed to restock my supply of available fabrics so I can get to work making more dresses.  So today I went shopping. . .

Some interesting facts…

DID YOU KNOW?

Peel a banana from the bottom and you won’t have to pick the little ’stringy things’ off of it. That’s how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.