Tuesday, November 30, 2010

mice and birds bakes: apple crumb pie

hello lovely!
bubbie and i helped make the apple pie this year for thanksgiving at granny and papa's house. in case you ever want to bake me a pie... apple is my favorite. i took a few pictures along the way. if you would like granny's delicious pie recipe leave a comment below and i'll send it to you. hope you had a great thanksgiving!
xoxo,
alyssa renee









Wednesday, November 24, 2010

{ turkey booth! }


hello lovely,
for my last post in the spirit of thanksgiving, i give you "the turkey booth." we set up a makeshift photo booth with props for our thanksgiving dinner. it was a blast! here are some of my favorite pics.
happy thanksgiving to you all. i'm thankful for such wonderful followers :)
xoxo,
alyssa renee 












Happy Thanksgiving! 

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

friendship thanksgiving dinner

hello lovely!
as promised, here are the pictures from the finished product!
mmm... turkey... 





each year we host a "friendship thanksgiving dinner." we love getting our friends together to celebrate how thankful we are to have each other in our lives. i make the turkey (as you can see) and the guests each bring a side dish. it is quite the feast, and everyone ends up rolling out the door.


i also save the wishbone from the previous year so we can make a wish! this year the top of the wishbone flew across the room! 


as you can see, amy was shocked. 


but her piece was larger and she finally won the wishbone! 



 the dinner was a great success. i love my family :)

xoxo,
alyssa renee


** photos 1-8 courtesy of amy

Monday, November 22, 2010

mice and birds cooks: turkey edition!

hello lovely,
with thanksgiving just a few days away i thought i'd show you how i make my turkey for thanksgiving. first i put butter all over the bird. 




its kind of a weird thing to do at first


then i add salt and pepper


next i make a turkey tent out of aluminum foil. make sure all of it is sealed. this makes for a moist bird


and voila! cook as long as you need per the size of the turkey.

*note you might want a trial run if you have a new oven, mine this year needed a bit longer to cook than usual because my oven isn't very good.


soon i'll post pics of the bird after it came out, and a fun turkey day surprise i prepared for my guests :)


xoxo,
alyssa renee





Sunday, November 21, 2010

craft date: sewing with friends ♥

hello lovely!
wow. we have done so much this week! i have so many blog posts to share with you. all in good time....but first... 
bonnie from creations by bonnybee came over for a sewing date. bonnie and i have known each other since 1st grade and both grew up to love crafting. since we both blog, craft, and sell our creations, we thought it would be fun to team up on a project. for our craft date bonnie brought over materials to make jersey endless scarves. i've worn mine just about every day since we made them. the project was fun and easy to do! part of the fun was seeing the differences in our "creative process."  you might not get as much done when you craft with a friend, but it is definitely fun to work with someone who shares your same passion. here are some photos from our craft date. i highly recommend having one yourself! 
xoxo,
alyssa renee 



our sewing machines are friends now






captain helped too. actually he just sat at my feet and was scared of the sewing machine




for step by step instructions and more photos of our project and many more, head on over to bonnie's craft blog!

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

{ harry potter }

hello lovely,
it is harry potter time again, yay! only two more midnight showings to go :(  last time the bubbie met up with me downtown to dress up for the midnight showing with my friends. this year i'm going home to watch it with her! here are a few pics from the last movie. can't wait to see all the costumes this year! you going at midnight? i hope you are at least going this weekend. it is more fun to go with the hardcore fans. makes the movie watching experience more fun. let me know how you like the movie!
xoxo,
alyssa renee







miss you girls!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

{ our family }

hello lovely,
niles got a job at my work! awesome, right? well... almost. he edits at night :( so all we have together is lunch and the weekends. this weekend we made the best of it. we spent so much time together. we needed it. captain needed it too. we went to the mountains and enjoyed the last of the fall leaves. it was such a great day. here are a few pics from the weekend. i love our little family.

xoxo,
alyssa renee

ps.
i just had a craft night with an old friend. pics to come soon!