Nursery Baby Letters

Over the years I have collected a few ribbons from my horse showing and am always looking for a way to repurpose them.  I was recently looking to make some small changes to my daughter's room and came up with this idea.

How To:
Purchase either wood or synthetic letters from your local craft store.  I did a light pink under coat, added an antiquing glaze then finished them off with a soft white.  To attach the ribbons I simply tacked the base of the ribbons to the back of each letter.

I love adding a little equestrian inspiration to everything- horses always make life better!  Hope are you inspired.

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Our Daughter's Table

I just wanted to share a quick post of our daughter's table my husband and I made her for Christmas.  We found the plans for the table on Ana White's blog http://ana-white.com/2010/11/clara-table.  This is a great table and is very simple to make.  She also has plans on her site for the chairs.  I highly recommend her site as she has many great ideas.

We decided to paint her table white but I wanted to add a little girly touch to it.  I ended up adding a lace detail on the whole top of the table and it was so simple!  I purchased a few yards of cheap lace fabric at the local fabric store and simply laid it over the table and spray painted it with a contrasting color.  The lace does not need to be precise so there is no need to do anything other than lie the whole sheet over the table.  I did tape the edges of the table to prevent any overspray but I found it was not necessary.

I am in the process of adding many other details to her table and her little play corner!  I will post more pictures as I move along with this project.

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Grapefruit Salmon with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus

There is nothing that makes me more happy than being able to cook a beautiful, good tasting meal for someone I love.  This is a recipe that is up on my husband's list of favorites so I thought I would share.

This recipe yields 4 servings

Garlic Mashed Potatoes:

8 Baby Red Potatoes

Milk

Garlic and Chive Cream Cheese

Garlic

Salt 

Pepper

Bring a large pot of water to a boil and lightly salt.  Clean potatoes, quarter and place in large pot. Allow to cook until tender (usually around 5-10 min)

Once potatoes are soft drain and mash using a fork or potato masher.   Add about a 1/4 cup of milk, 1/4-1/2 cup garlic and chive cream cheese,  a tablespoon garlic (I use garlic from a jar as I am not always a fan of the stronger flavor of fresh garlic).  Mash all ingredients.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  

Salmon:

This is the easy part.... I love No Name Original Salmon with this recipe.  Follow directions as listed on box.

Grapefruit Sauce:

2-3 Grapefruits 

2 tbs Butter 

2 tbs All Purpose Flour

Clean and juice 2-3 large grapefruit.   Strain juice and set aside juice in a small bowl. 

In a large sauce pan melt butter on medium and add flour.  Stir continuously until rough thickens being careful not to brown (about 2 min).  Gradually add grapefruit juice, while continuing to stir.  Once all juice is added allow sauce to simmer a few minutes in order to encourage thickening.  Once at desired thickness remove from heat.  

Asparagus:

1 Bunch Asparagus

Rinse asparagus and break off large ends.  I have two different methods I use so I will share both.

Broil:

Lie asparagus out on a cookie sheet and sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper.  Broil for 3 min, turning the asparagus once.  If you are working with large asparagus you might want to increase the time slightly, but making sure the asparagus remains crisp not soggy. 

Boil:

In a large sauce pan boil around 1 inch of water.  Add asparagus and cook until asparagus is bright green (approx. 2 min)

Enjoy!

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