Carrie E. Bryan
@carrieebr.bsky.social
Old bat with pot holders, cats, and quilt jam.
Like most of us, I hate to admit it when I'm wrong. I ordered 2 pairs of bypass barn doors for my closets, and only after they arrived I realized that if I couldn't lift a box, I wouldn't be able to lift the 1st assembled door off the worktable so I could assemble the 2nd. So back they go.
December 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Like most of us, I hate to admit it when I'm wrong. I ordered 2 pairs of bypass barn doors for my closets, and only after they arrived I realized that if I couldn't lift a box, I wouldn't be able to lift the 1st assembled door off the worktable so I could assemble the 2nd. So back they go.
Future pot holders!
December 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Future pot holders!
Not how I envisioned Santa Claus, but there he is, flown onto my deck 12 feet above the ground, and no doubt planning to leave me a little gift. Merry Christmas!
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Not how I envisioned Santa Claus, but there he is, flown onto my deck 12 feet above the ground, and no doubt planning to leave me a little gift. Merry Christmas!
Only once a year...
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Only once a year...
George McNabb (left) and Malinka Faye joined my household today! We haven't actually spoken yet, but they want to explore the space first.
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
George McNabb (left) and Malinka Faye joined my household today! We haven't actually spoken yet, but they want to explore the space first.
Corn cakes with chicken tenders. The corn cakes start with Rex Stout's recipe in The Nero Wolfe Cookbook. I added corn and used green salsa instead of milk, then fried it in 1 cake instead of multiple 2" patties. Delicious, crunchy, and filling.
October 24, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Corn cakes with chicken tenders. The corn cakes start with Rex Stout's recipe in The Nero Wolfe Cookbook. I added corn and used green salsa instead of milk, then fried it in 1 cake instead of multiple 2" patties. Delicious, crunchy, and filling.
Very popular potholders over the years have used panels with realistic depictions of wild animals. Alas, those fabrics aren't offered very frequently! Here's a set that I found this month. My "make this next" pile already has 12 pairs in it, but one of them might get bumped in favor of one of these.
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Very popular potholders over the years have used panels with realistic depictions of wild animals. Alas, those fabrics aren't offered very frequently! Here's a set that I found this month. My "make this next" pile already has 12 pairs in it, but one of them might get bumped in favor of one of these.
My first jar of Quilt Jam is filled and ready for the next craft fair! The pen is about 6 inches long.
October 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
My first jar of Quilt Jam is filled and ready for the next craft fair! The pen is about 6 inches long.
My booth at the Harvest Bazaar at St John of the Wood Catholic Church, Summit WA USA. Our government, politics, and economy are weirder every day, but folks have $15 to spend on pot holders. Yesterday was my best Friday at this show, ever.
October 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
My booth at the Harvest Bazaar at St John of the Wood Catholic Church, Summit WA USA. Our government, politics, and economy are weirder every day, but folks have $15 to spend on pot holders. Yesterday was my best Friday at this show, ever.
About 175 pairs of pot holders are ready to go to this weekend's craft fair!
October 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
About 175 pairs of pot holders are ready to go to this weekend's craft fair!
Pumpkin soup with a few drops of cream to adorn it.
One October before COVID, I visited my German cousins. Several plied me with pumpkin soup from scratch. In the US, canned pumpkin puree is available to make soup year round. Water, garlic, curry powder, cloves, cayenne pepper, salt, and vinegar.
One October before COVID, I visited my German cousins. Several plied me with pumpkin soup from scratch. In the US, canned pumpkin puree is available to make soup year round. Water, garlic, curry powder, cloves, cayenne pepper, salt, and vinegar.
October 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Pumpkin soup with a few drops of cream to adorn it.
One October before COVID, I visited my German cousins. Several plied me with pumpkin soup from scratch. In the US, canned pumpkin puree is available to make soup year round. Water, garlic, curry powder, cloves, cayenne pepper, salt, and vinegar.
One October before COVID, I visited my German cousins. Several plied me with pumpkin soup from scratch. In the US, canned pumpkin puree is available to make soup year round. Water, garlic, curry powder, cloves, cayenne pepper, salt, and vinegar.
What do you do with 24 1oz (28g) jam jars? Make jam! The jar on the left is filling up slowly with "green apple" quilt jam, the other is "pear." Quilt jam is made of scraps of fabric. They're a novelty item for craft fairs, an amusing gift for quilters. TY to Bonne Maman for their iconic jars.
October 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What do you do with 24 1oz (28g) jam jars? Make jam! The jar on the left is filling up slowly with "green apple" quilt jam, the other is "pear." Quilt jam is made of scraps of fabric. They're a novelty item for craft fairs, an amusing gift for quilters. TY to Bonne Maman for their iconic jars.
Milo approves of the nine wine panels for future pot holders.
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Milo approves of the nine wine panels for future pot holders.
Homemade quiches. My grocery store has bite-sized quiches but not individual. Store-bought puff pastry, shredded cheddar, frozen spinach, beaten egg with milk, garlic powder, salt, nutmeg, and bacon bits. 375° for 20 minutes was not quite enough, but adding 5 minutes at 350° finished them off.
October 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Homemade quiches. My grocery store has bite-sized quiches but not individual. Store-bought puff pastry, shredded cheddar, frozen spinach, beaten egg with milk, garlic powder, salt, nutmeg, and bacon bits. 375° for 20 minutes was not quite enough, but adding 5 minutes at 350° finished them off.
Cream of spinach soup. Butter, onion, frozen spinach (now hot), cooked brown rice, milk, cream, garlic, nutmeg, salt, and parmesan cheese. The recipe wanted me to puree it, but I said not this time.
September 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Cream of spinach soup. Butter, onion, frozen spinach (now hot), cooked brown rice, milk, cream, garlic, nutmeg, salt, and parmesan cheese. The recipe wanted me to puree it, but I said not this time.
A small item for Peskov: there is such a thing as a paper bear.
September 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A small item for Peskov: there is such a thing as a paper bear.
What do you do with 24 1-ounce (28-gram) jars of jam, all of them different? These chicken wings are glazed with mango-ginger jam.
September 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
What do you do with 24 1-ounce (28-gram) jars of jam, all of them different? These chicken wings are glazed with mango-ginger jam.
The wine came! 3 Italian, 1 French, 1 Portuguese, and 1 Ukrainian. I'm tickled that all the bottles are different shapes! The wines are all new to me. If I were older, I might settle down to 1-2 favorites, but I'm only 73yo: give me time. I buy German and Greek white wines, but all these are red.
September 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The wine came! 3 Italian, 1 French, 1 Portuguese, and 1 Ukrainian. I'm tickled that all the bottles are different shapes! The wines are all new to me. If I were older, I might settle down to 1-2 favorites, but I'm only 73yo: give me time. I buy German and Greek white wines, but all these are red.
Can you imagine Franklin D Roosevelt whining that the USA is not a paper tiger, and that there's no such thing as a paper eagle? Peskov's country is doomed.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Can you imagine Franklin D Roosevelt whining that the USA is not a paper tiger, and that there's no such thing as a paper eagle? Peskov's country is doomed.
I bought Bonne Maman's Advent Calendar and opened all 24 boxes today. I figured that at $2/oz (28g), it was a bargain. The 3 blue-capped ones are sweet and have no fruit - caramel & something I figure will be good on ice cream! The 4th blue one is on my toast, yum! I look forward to trying them all!
September 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I bought Bonne Maman's Advent Calendar and opened all 24 boxes today. I figured that at $2/oz (28g), it was a bargain. The 3 blue-capped ones are sweet and have no fruit - caramel & something I figure will be good on ice cream! The 4th blue one is on my toast, yum! I look forward to trying them all!
Craft fairs in Washington State I'm showing at:
10-11 Oct. St John of the Wood Catholic Church, Summit
17-18 Oct. Auburn Senior Ctr
1 Nov. Northwood Elementary School, Edgewood
7-9 Nov. Spanaway Lake HS (High School)
6 Dec. River Ridge HS, Lacey
20-21 Dec. Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Seattle
10-11 Oct. St John of the Wood Catholic Church, Summit
17-18 Oct. Auburn Senior Ctr
1 Nov. Northwood Elementary School, Edgewood
7-9 Nov. Spanaway Lake HS (High School)
6 Dec. River Ridge HS, Lacey
20-21 Dec. Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Seattle
September 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Craft fairs in Washington State I'm showing at:
10-11 Oct. St John of the Wood Catholic Church, Summit
17-18 Oct. Auburn Senior Ctr
1 Nov. Northwood Elementary School, Edgewood
7-9 Nov. Spanaway Lake HS (High School)
6 Dec. River Ridge HS, Lacey
20-21 Dec. Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Seattle
10-11 Oct. St John of the Wood Catholic Church, Summit
17-18 Oct. Auburn Senior Ctr
1 Nov. Northwood Elementary School, Edgewood
7-9 Nov. Spanaway Lake HS (High School)
6 Dec. River Ridge HS, Lacey
20-21 Dec. Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Seattle
American version of spaghetti Fiorentino, with a glass of the finest Portuguese. Wine is said to be good for essential tremor; with a Swedish grandmother, it's not a great surprise that I have it. An apple for dessert!
September 21, 2025 at 2:02 AM
American version of spaghetti Fiorentino, with a glass of the finest Portuguese. Wine is said to be good for essential tremor; with a Swedish grandmother, it's not a great surprise that I have it. An apple for dessert!
Almond cookies with 2 cut rolling pins. The cat design doesn't work with the smaller cookies, but the floral design fits nicely.
September 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Almond cookies with 2 cut rolling pins. The cat design doesn't work with the smaller cookies, but the floral design fits nicely.
My 19th pair of coffee-themed pot holders: I try to make each pair different, so I use many different fabrics for borders to the coffee panels. This pair should go into my Etsy shop by Monday 22.9 (9/22).
September 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
My 19th pair of coffee-themed pot holders: I try to make each pair different, so I use many different fabrics for borders to the coffee panels. This pair should go into my Etsy shop by Monday 22.9 (9/22).
Highly untraditional borshch is still good! Beet, onion, cabbage, carrot, tomato, beef bits, potato, beef & tomato broth, garlic, basil, cloves, vinegar, salt.
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Highly untraditional borshch is still good! Beet, onion, cabbage, carrot, tomato, beef bits, potato, beef & tomato broth, garlic, basil, cloves, vinegar, salt.