One of the best parts of my trip was snuggling my sister’s new puppy and her sister-in-law’s baby from the same litter.
We got to have a junking day too. With photo ops.
Bobbie baked fresh bread that I enjoyed every single day I was there.
One night, Shelli had us over for pizza and I made some mushrooms with items I’d found while at Goodwill and antique malls. The fabrics came from an assortment of sweaters, gloves, pillows, and dresses.
It’s so much more fun to play around with ideas for making the mushroom caps than just buying a yard of velvet. Although, you’d get a lot of little schroomies from a full yard.
I’m always happy to throw in crafting time while traveling, I miss being in my studio and creating. I kinda thought some other people would want to make one some, instead I made some to give to them.
If you want to make your own, the online tutorial is found here.
And while this isn’t exactly crafting, making a pie in Sissy’s new kitchen while chatting with nieces was entertaining for me too. I like to have something to create.
In honor of her new pup, I made a tiny pie with a doodle on it for her. She needed one without cinnamon in it.
Here is how I make my pies, kinda a recipe but more of a guideline:
- I use a roll out pie dough in a glass pan. Glass is important to me because I can look through to check on browning.
- I flute the edges of the crust and fill it with blueberries. I like frozen ones so I can pack them in tightly. You need an even top to make the crust decorations stay in place.
- In a separate bowl I mix a little flour, maybe a 1/3 cup? With 1/2 cup sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, a pinch of salt, and some cinnamon. I add lime juice until completely moistened and then pour it over the blueberries. It will be about the consistency of paint.
- Then the fun part! On a cutting board, I lay out another unrolled, premade crust and start cutting shapes.
- These get layered onto the berries. Think of a lattice pie, some pieces under some over, lots of over lapping. If you don’t have over lapping crust pieces, the little ones tend to sink. To create a design, it helps to have the structure and support of the vines, spirals, and other shapes.
My few days in Indy were way too short. I’m missing my sissies, nieces, and this cute guy.