My most recent goal is to clear out my nesting limbo pile before the New Year. Here are the projects at the top of my “to do” list:
1. Finally bake the peppermint meringue layer cake with chocolate buttercream frosting featured on the cover of Bon Appétit magazine’s December 2009 issue.
2. Figure out a creative way to use all the flag patches I’ve collected from the countries I’ve traveled to. Something unique...something fabulous...something that does not involve sewing them on a backpack.
3. Find a way to preserve/use/display the petals from a rose I was given at a historic genocide trial in Guatemala. Something meaningful...something original...something my cat can’t access (she loves to eat potpourri and other dried botanics).
4. Experiment with making quail. I love quail, but never think to use it in my cooking.
5. Make a holiday wreath a la Martha Stewart using materials found in my natural environment. I love to forage. It’s one of my favorite past times. In fact, last Thanksgiving I create a lovely tablescape using beautiful fall leaves, acorns and pine cones I had collected. I also love Martha’s homemade wreaths. This is the year they come together!
6. Put my crafting skills and abundant supplies to use this holiday season and make gifts for friends. What good is being a nester (or having a great nesting supply closet) is you don’t share it with other people?
7. Make a baby gift for my friends’ second child. I made their first daughter a book and want to do something special for baby numero dos as well. Just can’t figure out what yet.
I want to greet 2012 with a clean project slate. Time to tackle the complicated recipes and figure out all the projects that have been stumping me. Time to dust off the old pink milk crate and do some post-spring cleaning. Perhaps this will inspire you to do the same!
I like how you show pictures of the cooked quail and the live quail. So easy to get those mixed up =P
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