Bird fabric collage "Home Sweet Home"

I spent the past few nights making this fabric collage.  I had many sources of inspiration. My best girls had an itch to get together this weekend and create from cigar boxes. I decided to use just the lid. I applied my rust technique found here.  I had also been inspired to play with heavily distressed fabrics after visiting Joanna Pierotti's blog.  You really should take a look at her gallery.  Finally, I had seen Karla's "Faux Vintage Photo" spotlight in the latest issue of Somerset Studio Gallery.  Karla taught us how to use wax paper over an image to give it an aged appearance. Love this technique!

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Housewarming gifts

We visited my brother in law at his new place this weekend.  We brought along a nice bottle of wine and yummy pie. I made a quick house tag and tied it on to the bottle with crinkled seam binding. 

Kara helped bake the Triple Berry Pie. It was delicious!  I'll share the recipe with you below. This is so easy!

Triple Berry Pie
1c strawberries      2/3 c. sugar
2 c raspberries       1/4 c. cornstarch
1 1/2 c blueberries  1 tsp lemon juice
9 inch double crust pie pastry

Clean the berries and let dry on towels. Mix sugar and cornstarch together. Gently toss berries with the mixture until well coated.  Line a 9 inch pie plate with half of pastry.  Transfer berry mixture to this crust lined pie plate.  Top with second crust, and seal and crimp the edges.  I brushed an egg wash (egg whites and bit of water) on top of crust and sprinkled with sugar before baking.  I always "flute" (is that the right word ladies) the crust with a few small slits.  This pie will bake for 45 minutes. To prevent crust from overbrowning, cover edges with foil for first 25 minutes of baking then remove for remaining 20 minutes.  Add cool whip or vanilla ice cream to serve!  Enjoy.  Have a great week my friends.