Category Archives: Celebratory!
Gift Exchange! WOOOO!
Yesterday we headed to Sarah and Paul’s for our annual Christmastime dinner and game night. It’s one of our favorite traditions of the holidays, and normally we target the first Saturday after Christmas for it, so we can still enjoy … Continue reading
Filed under Bonanza!, Celebratory!, Pins and Needles, Seasonal
Felty, Beady, Sequiny Nostalgia, In Tree Form
There are few things on this planet that make us happier than our “heirloom” (read: “in battered, tattered condition, because they were perhaps loved too well when we were children”) Bucilla Christmas tree ornaments. Boomer made the three above either … Continue reading
The Seasons Are A-Changin’
Whoa! What’s that under the rapidly melting snow? Yeah, there under the locust tree out front. Can it possibly be already?? Woo hoooo!!!! Crocuses!!!!
Filed under Celebratory!, Pictures Worth A Thousand Words, Pommerdoodling
Blog Post de Noel
How did you spend your New Years holiday? I spent mine separating eggs! At least, looking back on it, it seems that way. You see, thanks to a shortage of oven and refrigerator space, I wasn’t able to make the … Continue reading
Our Picture-A-Day Habit
WOO HOOO!!! We did it! From August 23, 2008 to August 22, 2009 we took a picture every day and posted it into Flickr. What we’ve been left with is the easiest-to-maintain diary of a year we could ever hope … Continue reading
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25 Days Of Maple Hoo Christmas: Day 1
We are so excited to finally have a really nice camera, with really nice lenses and a moderate grasp on how to use all of them here during the holiday season. As handcrafters and nostalgia-freaks, there’s nothing we love more … Continue reading
A Brave New World Of Hot Chocolate
We are huge fans of hot chocolate here at Maple Hoo. Specifically Williams-Sonoma’s peppermint hot chocolate at the holidays, adorned with our own homemade marshmallows. Of course, the peppermint hot chocolate is really only available for eight weeks a year … Continue reading
Filed under Celebratory!, Gene?!, Kiddie Drinky-Drinky, Seasonal
Restocking The Stash: On The Road With IPB Living, Chapter 2
Day Two of our stash-restocking adventure dawned bright and early, around 11:30 in the morning. Yes, that’s 2:30 in the afternoon back home, but back home can suck it. We hit the ground running, lolling around in our pajamas and … Continue reading
Restocking The Stash: On The Road With IPB Living, Chapter 1
Today was the big day — time to hit the road for our “Restocking The Stash” trip out to The Attic in Arizona! After several weeks of giddy anticipation, we were in a full-on state of high-level pommerdoodling when this … Continue reading
Unicorn Kisses, Or Adventures In Cookie Baking
To celebrate that the final piece of the Unicorn Kitchen was put into place on Friday morning — only 14 months after the actual work on the project started — we decided to make something special. Something special that could … Continue reading
