My first plush..

is a bearlike creature. Picture soon... In the meantime, I'm designing another plush--this one's a tree, for Project Plushway. Here's how it works: you sign up, you email a random picture to the person in front of you, and then someone sends a picture to you...like a chain letter, only cooler. You design and create a plush--any kind of plush, using any materials you want--inspired in some way, literally or figuratively, by the picture you received. =] Get started, and then post pix of your finished product on the PlushYou Flickr group!

Awww, dragons!

How abominably cute. Haha, I want one! I need to march myself right over to the yarn store now.. Click here for the knit pattern, and then go out and make one for all the dreamers you know.

Hedgehog pincushion

Like hedgies? Me too! Free hedgehog pincushion pattern here. =)

Traditional Greek cookies

This is the recipe my grandmother always used. It's a Christmas-cookie staple. =)

1 lb. sweet butter (melted)

1/2 cup confectioners sugar

2 egg yolks (slightly beaten)

2 tsp. vanilla

1 oz. orange juice

1 tsp. baking soda

5 cups flour

1 cup nuts (optional)

[Brandy or run may be substituted for orange juice and vanilla.]

Mix together and roll into small ball. Bake 15 minutes at 350 degrees Farenheit. Roll in confectioners sugar while warm and then again before serving.