fragments

i saw this dress in my anthropologie catalog and thought it was so very cute.

i decided to make my own little girl version for a birthday girl who just turned 3.

i hope it fits her -- and i forgot to take a picture of it!

(if her mom posts a pic, i can show you how it turned out.)

and yesterday, i finally became the owner of a Williams-Sonoma cookbook of my very own. i am a HUGE fan of their cookbooks, because the simple recipes call for basic ingredients that you can easily find in the supermarket -- if not in your own kitchen! and the things you make are oh so yummy!!! i can't stand cookbooks that call for fancy-shmancy ingredients or ones i have never heard of and/or have no idea where to get! so i never end up making those recipes!

my dad scored his stash of these cookbooks over at Ross' - can't beat the price there! they're with him in Alaska...but when they were living here, we used the recipes in the 'Baking' one almost every Sunday. and it did NOT disappoint!

and happy birthday grandma chris!!!

hope you have lots of fun and cake!!!

we love you!