letdown of the week

Maybe it was the rain. Maybe it was the fact that we live in Melbourne Australia and not Martha's Vineyard (in dreams)...not one single trick or treater....

sigh. made the family walk around the block and knock on the door. not quite the same...

stylin of the week

Check out the rubber skeleton complete with blue cape! And ghosty is sure to give peeps on the 112 tram to work a fright this morning...

pumpkinhead

Managed ot find the perfect pumpkin for carving. Dragged out the printmaking toolkit and the dremel...results tomorrow...

Boo!

10 years of weirdness
It is with some degree of pleasure that both HML ladies have watched the rise and rise of Halloween on our shores - because quite frankly it's the craftiest holiday EVA!

This year we'll be attempting some apple skull print trick or treat bags in the hope that some wicked kids come and knock on the door for sugar...

And browsing through a decade of magazines dedicated to hardcore halloween crafting. Those close to her know of Ramona's unholy fascination with all things Martha and no one does all hallows eve quite like the domestic goddess (or witchy poo) and her team of minions.

CRAFT FINDS OF THE WEEK

the greatest show in town

How could we go past these beauties as the craft finds of the week, and how glad that potentially the new leader of the free world is being so well supported by the craft mafia. American ceramicists got busy at the wheel and created a whole range of handmade Obamaware which they've auctioned off to raise money for the campain - genius! and just the kind of grass roots initiative we LOVE here at HML.

No need to guess which way we'd be voting...

BREAKFAST OF THE WEEK

red, white and blue

It just seems to be all about food at the moment doesn't it... and here's a breakfast tribute to the US elections, which as terminal West Wing fans we just can't get enough of. However rest assured readers that the local craft elements of this particular morning treat are not only still high on the menu but are in fact key to it's success. Dishes that force you to pull out all the stops to create something delciously sympatico to these delectable stoneware pieces by Daylesford native Bridget Bodenham .

Dessert of the Week

While making strawberry puree, homemade custard and vanilla infused whipped cream Ramona pondered the differences between a trifle, a syllabub and a fool. She then wondered why chocolate mint tasted exactly like those after dinner mints so popular at her mother's dinner parties in the 70's (and in how much trouble she was when at the age of 7 all she left the dinner guests were the brown wrappers). Ramona also wondered why her dessert looked NOTHING like the beautifully styled one in Delicious magazine.

then she was a fool and ate the remaining custard, cream and strawberry puree left in the mixing bowls...