Blog entries - July 2008 http://inapeanutshell.com Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:32:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-simple-summer-dresshtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6527.jpg" alt="DSCN6527.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />I&#39;ve been wanting a few nice summer dresses ever since the warm weather hit us but hadn&#39;t really got around to it what with moving and everything. When I started to set up my studio I discovered that I had a few pieces of undedicated fabric that were large enough for simple sundresses. This one is a batik I bought a few years ago at the quilt shop. It&#39;s so clean and simple but with... Shelley Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:48:36 +0100 White Summer Sewing Dress Black http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/in-progresshtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6535.jpg" alt="DSCN6535.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />Part of what I&#39;m working on this evening. I&#39;ll show you the rest of it tomorrow. Shelley Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:35:52 +0100 White Sewing Black http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/home-grownhtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6519.jpg" alt="DSCN6519.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />Yum.<br /><br />We grew this strawberry ourselves (I know - it&#39;s a funny shape). I picked it after work today when I was watering my plants and washed it off and put it on the table. The sun hit it and when I walked back into the kitchen to collect it I could smell strawberries in the air. Mmmm. We each ate half and it was delicious. Sweet and flavourful as only a home grown strawberry can ... Shelley Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:00:13 +0100 Red Green Garden Food http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/that-was-quick-html.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6487.jpg" alt="DSCN6487.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><p>I spent some time trying to make sense of the piles of things in my studio today (and hoping I&#39;d come across the sundress pattern I know is here somewhere). I was making good progress (the books are now on a shelf) but just as I was walking out to take a short break a bag of roving caught my eye. I grabed it and my ladybug and sat in the family room to spin for a bit.</p><img src="http:/... Shelley Mon, 21 Jul 2008 07:23:59 +0100 Yarn Wool Spinning Wheel Spin Brown http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/rainier-cherrieshtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6455.jpg" alt="DSCN6455.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />These are the cherries that make us think of our favourite summer dessert - clafouti.<br /><br />The recipe I use is &quot;Sour Cherry Clafouti&quot; from the end of the Editor&#39;s Letter from the June 2006 issue of Martha Stewart Living (and for some reason is not on their web-site). It is so deliciously simple and if I ever find a cherry pitter it will get even easier. These cherries are sw... Shelley Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:45:46 +0100 Summer Food http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-year-agohtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/Wedding001.jpg" alt="Wedding001.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />A year ago today we got together with our friends and family and wore our very best clothes and exchanged words and rings and ate cake and danced and drank slushies and smiled and laughed and hugged everyone and became Mr &amp; Mrs.<br /><br />Happy Anniversary Rob. Shelley Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:43:10 +0100 Family http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/socks-for-robhtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6439.jpg" alt="DSCN6439.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />There&#39;s been a lack of crafting news on here lately. I thought I should fix that. We&#39;re still in moderate chaos from the move but that just makes knitting the perfect project. This is the sock I&#39;m working on for Rob (pictured atop the Rock Band drum set - it&#39;s been a fun week). The yarn is Stormy from Tanis Fiber Arts (80% superwash merino/20% nylon) and every time I work on thi... Shelley Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:16:48 +0100 Wool Socks Knitting Blue http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/random-image-6html.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6403.jpg" alt="DSCN6403.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />We went for a walk around the nearby lake not long after moving into our house. There were lots of mosquitos and, far better, lots of dragonflies. We usually see blue-green dragonflies and these red and black ones were something new. One followed us around for a while (probably taking advantage of our cloud of mosquitos) and then landed on Rob. Shelley Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:18:25 +0100 Random Image Outside Black Animals http://inapeanutshell.com/archive/settling-inhtml.html <img src="http://inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN6361.jpg" alt="DSCN6361.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />This is our first breakfast in our new house. It was also the morning of the solstice which we think is kind of cool. It was part celebratory and part fortification for a busy day of moving. I think there were also pancakes.<br /><br />We&#39;re now completely moved out of our apartment. It was so strange to see it all empty and then hand over the keys and walk away. All our stuff has been move... Shelley Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:57:55 +0100 Zeke Home Garden Food