Fuzzy Plants... And Some Baking...

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We took it easy today... only venturing out to the nearest shopping area to pick up another storage tub so I can store things under the spare bed and free up some space in the sewing room...  while we were out we found these fuzzy little tropical plants... I though that four would fit into the lion head planter that I picked up from Pam's yard sale this summer... but I always over estimate the size of that planter... it fits two nicely... so I had to find homes for two others... the first time I saw these little fuzzies was at this blog...

I love her giant soup tureen... perhaps that's why I always think my pot is larger... because hers can hold so much more!.. 

So what to do with the other two little fuzzy tropicals?..  If I had some dainty teacups I would have planted one in and put that under a bell jar... but I have no dainty tea cups... though I love them... I'll have to start picking some up here and there...  I do have a few glass jars... see above!?.  It is its own little green house is there...  

And then the fourth I stuffed into this large Jewel Jar... it was a little tedious... but totally worth it...  It sort of reminds me of old crafty books from the 70's... I remember old books from the library about terrariums... I always wanted to have plants inside large glass containers... 

We also found this tiny palm... it's perfect under the large bell jar out in the front room... the white planter isn't quite the right shape but it was the best I could find today...  Perhaps some sort of milk glass sugar bowl...

After I cleaned up the mess I created when planting all these little lovelies I made another mess baking... with good results... I started with an Pineapple Upsidedown Cake... and then moved onto Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls... they're both rather tasty... only the cinnamon rolls aren't the prettiest... so I have a couple snaps of the Pineapple cake...

I've made this cake twice now... it turned out great both times...  very light...

Ooo... Looks like tomorrow I'll be able to finish the carnation wreath I started months ago... red carnations are back in stock!.. and I want to do a little more baking... whoopie pies!..

yay for chill long weekends...

linking this up to some parties:

Coastal Charm  Savvy Southern Style The Shabby Chic Cottage French Country Cottage My Romantic Home The Shabby Nest House of Grace DIY by Design

Happy Thanksgiving!..

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Happy Turkey Day fellow Canadians!  Just sitting down now after a feast of Turkey... all the fixins... and lots of dessert... Mmm... I got a few snaps of that but first... as promised... here is the before and after of that little table I was talking about yesterday...

Here is the table when I got it earlier this summer... I think I got it for only $5... it was that or $8...

Here are the pieces apart and being sprayed... 

The pieces after being sprayed... Milo is checking everything out...

Here is the table put back together... and in the picture below it is distressed...  Kinda hard to see it in this picture... I think it needs to be banged up a bit more on the top...

Close up shot of some distressing...  what do you think?.. too much?.. not enough?..

Close up of the little mechanism that holds the top to the post... when you unlatch it the table top flips up vertically... I'm not sure why because it isn't a very big table so it shouldn't have to be flipped up to be packed away somewhere... if you know why this little table does this please let me know!..

And a close up of one of the legs... this was my first crack at distressing a piece of furniture... I think the next piece will be easier...

Now onto the baked goods!..  I made blueberry tarts... the tarts were a press in the pan tart pastry... and the blueberries from home... the Momma brought them up to us freshly picked when she was here last... and we froze the ones we didn't use... so I used a bunch of them today...

We had them with fresh whipping cream... Ooo... they were tasty...  the Newfoundland fog just makes these blueberries the best!..  

I also made my first ever Pineapple Upside Down Cake... I was worried it wouldn't taste good...  and that it wouldn't come out of the pan...

Here are the pineapple slices in the bottom of the pan with citron bits and maraschino cherries, on top of the melted butter and brown sugar... Then the batter was poured over and it baked for 53 minutes... cooled on a rack for a few minutes and then "the flip"...

Luckily I have a glass bottom spring form pan... I didn't need to undo the spring... as soon as I turned the pan over we watched the cake drop!.. it was instant and all together!.. success!..

This cake was very easy to make and very tasty!.. Yum!.. I'll definitely be making this one again!..  There is something very 50's about these cakes... they're just so charming...

Did you bake anything for Thanksgiving?..

Oh hey I'm linking up to a pile of linky parties!.. Join in the fun!..  Here is who I'm linking up to:

My Romantic Home

Miss Mustard Seed

The DIY Show Off