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… being a letterpress printer, i have a soft spot for letters and type. these are on my wish list from kent and london (via oh joy) and veer.

…oh so nice. iittala taika displays nordic functionality with simple designs…so pleasing to the eye.

…here is a family favorite dessert recipe that my kids and husband begged me to make for valentines day.  it’s called “oreo madness” after the tgi friday dessert.  i don’t think they offer this dessert there anymore which is a total shame!

step 1: grease a 9 x 11 cake pan.

step 2:  put 1 and 1/2 packages of oreo cookies and pulse in a food processor until the cookies are fully crumbled.

step 3:  melt 1 and 1/2 sticks of butter and add it to the crumb mixture and mix until well absorbed.

step 4:  put half the crumb mixture in a 9 x 11 cake pan and press down to form a bottom crust.

step 5: take 2 gallons of slightly softened ice cream and scoop it onto the oreo crust.

step 6:  smooth out ice cream layer with a spatula.

step 7:  add the rest of the crumb mixture to the top layer of ice cream.

step 8:  even out and spread out the top layer to fully cover the ice cream.

step 9:  cover and return to freezer for 1 hour.

step 10:  cut and serve with drizzled caramel and chocolate sauce.

…well, i hope you all have a nice valentines day and presidents day too!  i have my daughters cyo basketball game to go to on sunday.  after that, my husband is going to a nascar party at his friends house to enjoy the race…so my valentines day is going to be very unromantic this year.  i guess i will make some heart shaped cookies with the kids to keep myself busy!  do you have any fun plans this weekend….share with me so i can live vicariously through you!

{photo by me}

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…so this is about how much snow we got…a  dusting.  the schools closed in anticipation of 8 to 10 inches and the snow never stuck to the roads. i’m so glad i canceled all my driving around that I needed to do.  well at least the kids had fun right?

image by alibubba.

erin didn’t grow up in a huge metropolis, but living just outside of a large city in upstate new york is enough to label her a city girl.  jason grew up in one of the largest agricultural districts in new york.  from different backgrounds, they both saw something in each other that would link the two of them together.  when things got serious between them, erin found the idea of living in a small town so appealing.  when they decided to get married, they knew it would be a fun and casual event filled with lots of country charm and whimsy.  dreaming of a wedding in a barn, they kept having a hard time finding a barn large enough to accommodate their gigantic guest list….  so they looked outside of new york and fell in love with a country manor in the middle of the berkshires.  they were very excited about the wedding turning into a destination event, and yet it was close enough to new york that all of their guests could attend.

the ceremony and reception took place at bucksteep manor in washington, massachusetts

erin chose her mother as her matron of honor

all of the flowers were arranged by frank gallo & son florist

the groomsmen wore brown tuxedos from choppa & son formalwear

the bridesmaids wore dresses from pacificplex

the couple exchanged vows in a gazebo on the grounds with a close friend as the officiant

the wedding theme was “a perfect pear” and the ceremony and reception area were adorned with grape vines and pears

guests left messages on pear themed memory cards that coordinated with the wedding invitations.  erin had custom pear candles made for each guest that also served as escort cards.

the wedding cake was made by erin’s aunt beverly.  erin printed and constructed vellum photo frames so that the candlelight could glow through the pictures.  each photo represented a special moment the bride and groom shared with their friends and family.

thank you very much erin and jason for sharing your wedding with us.  a special thanks to Lu from Wedding Combo and Charise Isis for taking such great wedding photos.

if you or someone you know has a wedding or related ceremony photos that they would like to share.  please email me at jodi@paisleytreepress.com

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