Saturday Snapshot: Distraction Through Baking

Saturday Snapshot is a weekly meme hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books. The guidelines are to post a photo that you or a friend or family member have taken and then link it back to Alyce's original post for the week. Photos can be old or new and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see.

I've had a lot on my mind the past few weeks, and the weight of all the waiting, worrying, stressing was beginning to be too much. I decided to do some baking as a distraction; plus, who doesn't enjoy the smell of fresh baking?!

First up, carmelitas from Lulu the Baker. Just butter, sugar, oatmeal, chocolate, and caramel. Insanely sweet but oh. so. good.

I love oatmeal, so oatmeal apple cookies with brown butter icing and cinnamon dusting via Lauren's Latest were next on the menu. Moist and chewy with a bit of a crunch, the cinnamon in the cookie and the icing pulled it all together really well. Had one for breakfast this morning!

Decadent peanut butter banana chocolate chip cookies just had to make an appearance. I finally found a recipe that doesn't turn them into mini cakes over at Home Sweet Goodness. I have a client who loves peanut butter and she was ecstatic when I presented these yesterday.

And lastly, I do enjoy shortbread and this lime poppy seed shortbread with a Callebaut white chocolate drizzle and sugar sprinkle is delicious. I love baking with lime and this has just enough to give a pop of citrus.

Saturday Snapshot: Crafts as Far as the Eye Can See

Saturday Snapshot is a weekly meme hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books. The guidelines are to post a photo that you or a friend or family member have taken and then link it back to Alyce's original post for the week. Photos can be old or new and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see.

After being holed up at home for most of the week working, I really needed to get out and clear my head. I bundled up, headed out, and arrived at the Butterdome Craft Show. This show is a big deal in these parts, with vendors from across Canada descending on Edmonton for 4 days of crafty goodness.

I had not attended for about 5 years so found myself wandering up and down the aisles in search of something unique, something worth buying. Alas, there was nothing that caught my eye enough. It was interesting though, to come across vendors who I remembered from my first show twenty years ago.

(FYI - "Butterdome' is the colloquialism for the University of Alberta's Universiade Pavilion, because of the buildings bright yellow exterior. The Pavilion is the multi-purpose arena which houses soccer games, field hockey games, ceremonial events (i.e. Remembrance Day service), indoor track, etc, etc, you get the picture. It is also where the world's largest dodgeball game took place in February 2012!)

Adaptation: The Hobbit

"I'm going on an adventure."

"And he gives me courage"

"Your home is now behind you. The world is ahead."

I've never read The Hobbit, or The Lord of the Rings. But I was mightily drawn into the films for the latter, so have somewhat high hopes for this one.

Saturday Snapshot: Holidays in the Tube

Saturday Snapshot is a weekly meme hosted by Alyce at At Home With Books. The guidelines are to post a photo that you or a friend or family member have taken and then link it back to Alyce's original post for the week. Photos can be old or new and be of any subject as long as they are clean and appropriate for all eyes to see.

I came across these holiday ornaments of sorts on my travels this morning. They are mini televisions with holiday scenes embedded. You can turn the right dial and some of the figurines in the middle of the scene move around. They are cute but $80 plus battery costs did not make them cute enough!