Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Thai Sticky Rice with Mango....Amazing!

LindaLu made this rice last night and we had leftovers today....Three words for you: Fan-tas-tic!!!
RECIPE
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Rated: rating
Submitted By: Michelle
Photo By: maimai
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 20 Minutes
Ready In: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Servings: 4
"Sweetened coconut milk flavors sticky rice, which is then served with fresh mango in this deliciously refreshing take on the traditional Thai treat."
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups uncooked short-grain white
rice
2 cups water
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 tablespoon white sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon tapioca starch
3 mangos, peeled and sliced
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
Directions:
1. Combine the rice and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil; cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes.
2. While the rice cooks, mix together 1 1/2 cups coconut milk, 1 cup sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon salt in a saucepan over medium heat; bring to a boil; remove from heat and set aside. Stir the cooked rice into the coconut milk mixture; cover. Allow to cool for 1 hour.
3. Make a sauce by mixing together 1/2 cup coconut milk, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and the tapioca starch in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
4. Place the sticky rice on a serving dish. Arrange the mangos on top of the rice. Pour the sauce over the mangos and rice. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

More crafty hats!

I've totally fallen in love with loom knitting in the winter! All my hats are double or triple stranded with soft yarn...

















My gorgeous models are SIL, Linda Lu, and nephew, Lucas Garrison...

Monday, May 24, 2010

Still crafting for the lil ones...

It's been a long time but the craft show goes on! A recap of some of my projects over the last 10 months:

Crocheted hats...

Spidey Hat!


The three hats above were made from adapting a pattern from http://missybug.typepad.com/ The model in the green above is Griffin!

The hat that LucasBear is wearing below, is a pattern from: http://www.etsy.com/shop/adrienneengar


Personal designs that were knit from the loom....


Sock girl and Sock boy Monkey hats!








More hats coming up!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Twins & Charm Bracelets...oh my!

This last weekend I visited a whole bunch of my favorite people in San Diego; the Zimlich clan...(and yes Veronica, I really am a part of the family! They told me so when I was in the family Christmas photo at Nana's a few years back ;-P )...
Anyhoo, my good friend, Rhonda, her hubby, Dave, and their 4 year old twins, Veronica and Gabriella, were visiting the rest of the "National Lampoon's extended family" for the girls' 4th birthday last week. So, I headed to San Diego with 2 very special gifts on hand...special charm bracelets for little wrists!
Veronica's bracelet:
They are actually Scrabble and Travel Scrabble tiles! Perfect for initials!
I'm thinking that I'll do custom orders on Etsy! These were a hit!

A twins moment...Here they are in onesies I made them when they were tiny (oh wait...they weren't tiny at 8 pounds each when born!), but were still adorable as hell!
And here they are now!
www.auntieemswicked.etsy.com

Friday, August 14, 2009

Way too long...

A lot has happened in my life and craft world in the last 4 months or so...
I became an auntie again at the end of April to Ameenah Jane Huntoon:
She is a beautiful girl and I look forward to spending more time with her in the future!

As for crafting, my friend Missybug, taught me to make domino and scrabble tile pendants and charms! It's a new obsession and I'm off and running... (pics to come soon!) I'm also making jewelry out of old 80s charms like cowboy boots and guns...I've got a great pair of guns dangling from my ears as we speak!!! Anyhoo...I'm looking to set up an etsy site real soon to sell multiple jewelry types and custom orders, earring frames, and possibly the ring pincushions that I posted previously. I'm toying with the name, Auntie Em's Wicked Designs... My friend, Pete, suggested the name following in the whole Auntie Em Wizard of Oz theme. So, I've got some rough ideas of business cards, website banners and such using this vintage photo of my grandma and a fairly new shot of myself...Remember it's still REALLY rough...Keep ya all posted on an etsy site and my newest creations!!!
Auntie Em

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Cape for pete...

My friend Pete finished college last week so I sewed her her very own UCI alumni cape!


It's double sided so she can switch from anteater alumni to Pete the superhero very easily...


Here she is pre-graduation party last night! She looked so cute!





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Sunday, March 15, 2009

My new craft space!!!

About a month ago I moved from Newport Beach to Placentia... I'm in a nice house on the border of Brea with my dad's girlfriend, Sharon. I live in a furnished room but was able to bring ALL of my crafts...To accommodate all my favorite things, I bought a craft table on clearance at JoAnn's. It took a lot to put it together but it's all set up and I have had a blast filling it! Here it is:


And today, I spent a little bit of time finally making pincushions on the tops of the jars that I wanted to use for a cute little storage and decoration fix. I think they turned out great! And, they were so easy... There is a great tutorial that is similiar at Craft Pudding.


I also made a cute little ring pincushion last week...I just used the same process as the baby jar pincushions and the bottle cap pincushions and attached the stuffed fabric to a plastic kid's ring! So cute!