Spooky season Loving this dress by Hackwith Design House, especially the big front pockets! Wearing: Thrifted backpack, Hackwith dress, and Christy Dawn boots Loving these beautiful cotton yarn tones Cozy in Mate the Label pants and Le Bon Shoppe socks Favorite local bookstore Fave artist books Had to take these babies home with me:) Selenite & Hamsa Weaving for dayssss Making coasters Vegan ramen....honestly the BEST! Granola parfait and chai for breakfast Loving this True&Co bra, it's honestly one of the most comfortable bras I've ever owned! It's super soft and I love how it contours to my natural silhouette, check them out! They have plenty of cute bras and other intimates in a different array of colors and sizes! Love how this company is all about embracing your true self and feeling comfortable in your own skin :) Nature walks Cozy in my Filosofia quilted jacket More coasters to come... stay tuned! Jenni Kayne October faves! Can't get enough of these Jenni Kayne suede mules and recycled cashmere sweater! Get 20% off with my code: StephanieC20 Good night moon! Hope you guys have a lovely weekend! & Happy Halloween! x StephC
Colcannon for All Hollow's Eve From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Back in the day, this was a perennial favorite on my Halloween table. Colcannon, a traditional Irish dish associated with Halloween, is made with potatoes and savoy cabbage and served with a well of butter in its center. It's simple and delicious and comes with folklore that's sure to please the curious or superstitious. The tale, as told to me, concerns the fate of unmarried women who would put the first and last spoonfuls of Halloween colcannon into a stocking and hang it on their doors. Their shared belief was that the first man who walked through the door would become their husband. Immigration statistics and the birth rate, all those years ago, lead me to believe this didn't work real well. Back then, the ingredients used to make colcannon could be found in any Irish country garden. The second bit of blarney revolved around the selection of a cabbage from that garden by a blindfolded, unmarried woman. The cabbage she selected would be used to make a colcannon into which a ring was hidden. Of course, the person who found the ring would be the next to marry. I must warn you that my recipe for colcannon uses classic ingredients but techniques that my grandmother would frown upon. There are two or three steps to assembling any colcannon. The meat, if used, should be cooked before the potatoes and the cabbage are started. I use a slab of bacon to make mine. Ham can also be used. I simmer it in water for about 45 minutes before dicing it. My potatoes are conventional enough, though I do steam rather than boil them. I prefer to cook my cabbage in a wok. It's the easiest way I know to assure crisp tender greens that aren't water logged. When it all is assembled it looks like a traditional colcannon, but there will be a hint of smoke to play against crisp cabbage. The recipe can be found here. Older Posts One Year Ago Today: Two Years Ago Today: Crock Pot Chinese Hacked Pork Day of the Dead Bread Three Years Ago Today: Four Years Ago Today: Pumpkin and Cinnamon Squares Roasted Pepper and Tomato Soup
-The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Washington Irving
Photography by: Jenna Martin Cake: Yes Please Bakeshop
Photography by: Jenna Martin Cake: Yes Please Bakeshop
This Hollow’s eve cocktail was inspired by the 1996 cult favourite, From Dusk Till Dawn. This caesar variation focuses on Mexican ingredients while boasting a generous garlic flavour to keep you extra safe in the event of a mass vampire uprising.
Vicki Lawrence as Thelma 'Mama' Crowley Harper --
I met you in the dark // you lit me up // you made me feel as though // I was enough //
The Grand High Witch From Roald Dahl's the Witches: Eva Ernst, the alter ego of The Grand High Witch from Roald Dahl's The Witches was played by Anjelica Huston in the 1990 movie. I just loved the scene in the ballroom where she makes an entrance and throws her purple cape down to make a train for …
OK, I am now 3 days behind in my own Layout A Day Challenge (I can catch up this week during pre-school). It was a busy, busy, busy weekend -- one kids birthday party, one trip to Pumpkinville (If you...
Oh! Do link arms with me, Calliope, Blanche whispered, her brown eyes widening with apprehension. She took Calliope's arm, tightly linking it with her own. "The old Mulholland house still gives me the willies every time I walk past it. I hate to think on what might have gone on inside. It's truly terrifyin'!" "Oh, don't be silly, Blanche," Calliope said, feigning calm. "Poor Prudence's lunacy...it's sad. And besides, her fiendish acts were not committed inside the house. There's nothing wrong with it. It's just...it's just a sad, empty building." Calliope Ipswich felt the hypocrite, however, as an uncomfortable shiver of residual dread and unease shuttered down her spine, More than six months had passed since the All Hollow's Eve when the dangerous state of Prudence Mulholland's fracturing mind had been revealed to the townsfolk of Meadowlark Lake. And now, each time Calliope thought of poor Prudence and her family, not only did her heart ache for their family's unhappy lot but a chill of lingering horror rippled through her being. In truth, at times Calliope wondered if it had all been simply a bad dream-a nightmare. But it hadn't. It really had happened-all of it. | Author: Marcia Lynn Mcclure | Publisher: Distractions Ink | Publication Date: Aug 07, 2014 | Number of Pages: 246 pages | Language: English | Binding: Paperback | ISBN-10: 0991387856 | ISBN-13: 9780991387854
Photography by: Jenna Martin Cake: Yes Please Bakeshop
