The Pomegranate Chronicles

For Mother’s Day Griffin and I worked on a project for my Mom that has been on my “to do” list for a long time. After seeing this awesome idea for garden markers on Wabi Sabi Mama, I knew this would be something my Mom would like. We purchased some river rocks from the local [...]

Here’s to Mother’s Day pancakes followed by sweet sticky syrupy kisses! I hope you all had a wonderful Day! Recipe for White Whole Wheat Pancakes (We added nutmeg and used only two cups of milk).

Happy Easter everyone! Yesterday,  I posted links to some projects I really wanted to try but didn’t get to this year. Well, I had a pleasant surprise yesterday when I was able to carve out some time from the day to stop at the thrift store and pick up some old ties to try Ellie [...]

Happy Easter weekend to you! Don’t you just love this time of year? The sun is out, the gardens are starting to sprout and the Easter Bunny is coming to visit! I thought I’d share a few last min. decorating and project ideas. Here are a few projects I have enjoyed for Easter: Sweet Centerpieces [...]

Griffin had his last day at his day school on Friday. I wanted to give something special to his teachers to say thank you for an awesome year. I was inspired by this post on pinterest for a cute and SWEET Easter Centerpiece. I purchased the vases and jelly beans at the dollar store. It [...]

I got to some sewing this weekend. I saw this cute tutorial from Betz White and had to have a basket of these furry cuties for myself. I used some flannel and fabric I still had on hand from the owls I made at Christmas. These were really quick to cut out. I did not [...]

When I saw this post by Carla over at small + friendly pop into my reader, I knew what project Griff and I were doing for the week. This cute tutorial includes everything you need to make adorable valentines for the birds. Luckily, all I needed was bird seed. This is a great recipe for the kidlets. [...]

It’s gingerbread house time. We cheated a little and created a model to paste graham crackers to. The perfect paste is an old recipe my Mom had from an old magazine. Royal Frosting Recipe: Beat the white of one large egg (or more for desired consistency) with 1/2 tsp. cream of tartar until foamy. Slowly beat [...]

When I spotted this Snuggly Owl pattern by Make It and Love It, I added it to my “must do” list. It’s been about a year, but I have FINALLY moved it from my must do to my finished object list! I decided to make two in coordinating colors for my two dearest nieces. This will [...]

My kitchen has officially become a test kitchen for homemade holiday 2011. I found the perfect “jar” recipe for this year. I got an email from Tasteofhome.com with their top 10 holiday favorites. This recipe for Marvelous Mocha Mix came up. It looked festive and simple, so I thought I’d try it. Testing was fun. [...]