love chicken

Well... is this a food blog or a craft blog or a rambling on blog or what? I guess since it's mine, it can be all three. Anyhow, I wanted to put up a love bird I made for O. for Valentine's Day. I've been out of the creative loop since the holidays, and just gathered the oomph to get this together. I got the inspiration and the pattern from mollychicken (http://mollychicken.blogs.com/). Super easy, well, except for sewing in an oval, I"m only proficient at strait lines. Owen liked it okay... a lot for about an hour but then the felt legs are really no match for a three year old. Actually he really liked the little heart, until I tried to make it into a pin he could wear on his shirt, that angered him. She is a small step away from becoming legless. Otherwise we celebrated Valentines with some yummy special meals. Scones for breakfast with chantilly, homemade jam and lemon curd. Sooo good. Dinner was calamari with some tasty asparagus. It was just coated with wondra and a touch of salt and pepper before being fried. The trick to good tentacles was a short turn-around between coating them and dropping them in the frier. The last batch sat too long in the flour and turned all gummy and stuck together. Still tasty though.