Comments on: For Solstice, the Cohens get crafty http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/ a memo from today to tomorrow Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:59:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kate http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/comment-page-1/#comment-316 kate Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:51:14 +0000 http://www.thenitenote.com/blog/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/#comment-316 Ilana -- great about the Dino paintings! I know the boys will love them. Re: the Mermaid, if it inspires you to paint, that's all you need to know! Rita: I'm so glad you sampled the cakes. I love them! We can thank Laurie for the recipe. Thank you both for checking in! Ilana — great about the Dino paintings! I know the boys will love them. Re: the Mermaid, if it inspires you to paint, that’s all you need to know!

Rita: I’m so glad you sampled the cakes. I love them! We can thank Laurie for the recipe.

Thank you both for checking in!

]]> By: ilana http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/comment-page-1/#comment-315 ilana Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:46:36 +0000 http://www.thenitenote.com/blog/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/#comment-315 Wonderful, you sure are using your time creatively. Keep on the good work which you seem to enjoy very much. It is catching. Also reminds me of our house in England when I put citrus peelings in the fireplace to get the house to smell good. Just completed two small painting of Dinozauroses, one for Zeke and one for Sam. They are on their final drying. Expect to ship them for X-mas. Started a painting of a Mermaid (no explanation of why this subject caught my attention. Best regards, Mom Wonderful, you sure are using your time creatively. Keep on the good work which you seem to enjoy very much. It is catching.

Also reminds me of our house in England when I put citrus peelings in the fireplace to get the house to smell good.

Just completed two small painting of Dinozauroses, one for Zeke and one for Sam. They are on their final drying. Expect to ship them for X-mas. Started a painting of a Mermaid (no explanation of why this subject caught my attention.

Best regards, Mom

]]> By: Rita http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/comment-page-1/#comment-314 Rita Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:14:34 +0000 http://www.thenitenote.com/blog/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/#comment-314 Very pretty, clever, and artistic. Enjoy! I made your crab cakes tonight. Very pretty, clever, artistic and DELICIOUS. Thank you, again, for sharing. Very pretty, clever, and artistic. Enjoy!

I made your crab cakes tonight. Very pretty, clever, artistic and DELICIOUS.

Thank you, again, for sharing.

]]> By: Janice http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Janice Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:27:09 +0000 http://www.thenitenote.com/blog/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/#comment-306 yep, one handed typing. cuff is in better shape than expected, rehab will be shorter. because of my 5 and a half weeks in a sling and swath this summer, I'm pretty good with one handed operations. I should be able to handle the citrus decorations.. maybe next weekend when I'm less cranky. it will cut it close for a solstice celebration but still be in time. yep, one handed typing. cuff is in better shape than expected, rehab will be shorter. because of my 5 and a half weeks in a sling and swath this summer, I’m pretty good with one handed operations. I should be able to handle the citrus decorations.. maybe next weekend when I’m less cranky. it will cut it close for a solstice celebration but still be in time.

]]> By: kate http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/comment-page-1/#comment-305 kate Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:15:05 +0000 http://www.thenitenote.com/blog/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/#comment-305 Hi Janice -- I was thinking about you all day yesterday. How's the cuff? Are you typing away at the nitenote one handed? Anyway the citrus ornaments are very pretty. Their sunny look and circular shape is perfect for the solstice season. We overcooked our first batch this year, but we are putting a new batch in and I will post a picture. <a name="citrus-direx" rel="nofollow"></a><b>Here's what you do to make citrus ornaments:</b> Preheat your oven to its lowest possible setting. Slice orange and grapefruit into discs and lay them onto cookie sheets. Put them in the oven to dry (usually overnight). Nice side effect: the house smells great. They must cook very slowly or they darken and become opaque (still, even the opaque ones look nice on the the tree). When gently dried, the slices are stiffened and the pulp looks like stained glass. Then get yourself some embroidery thread, thin ribbon or raffia and thread a loop through the center of the discs to create a hanger. our citrus ornaments always last the whole season. Once I had some hanging on a screen in the kitchen for six months. Anyway -- I will post pix when ours are done -- and feel better, J. Hi Janice — I was thinking about you all day yesterday. How’s the cuff? Are you typing away at the nitenote one handed?

Anyway the citrus ornaments are very pretty. Their sunny look and circular shape is perfect for the solstice season. We overcooked our first batch this year, but we are putting a new batch in and I will post a picture.

Here’s what you do to make citrus ornaments:

Preheat your oven to its lowest possible setting. Slice orange and grapefruit into discs and lay them onto cookie sheets. Put them in the oven to dry (usually overnight). Nice side effect: the house smells great.

They must cook very slowly or they darken and become opaque (still, even the opaque ones look nice on the the tree). When gently dried, the slices are stiffened and the pulp looks like stained glass.

Then get yourself some embroidery thread, thin ribbon or raffia and thread a loop through the center of the discs to create a hanger.

our citrus ornaments always last the whole season. Once I had some hanging on a screen in the kitchen for six months.

Anyway — I will post pix when ours are done — and feel better, J.

]]> By: Janice http://thenitenote.com/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Janice Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:22:39 +0000 http://www.thenitenote.com/blog/2007/12/08/for-solstice-the-cohens-get-crafty/#comment-303 explain these citrus decorations. it sounds like a great idea. We do solstice around here, mostly due to Nancy's (my oldest sister) insistence that she find some non religious way to raise a kid when everyone around her wants to shower him with gifts this time of year. explain these citrus decorations. it sounds like a great idea. We do solstice around here, mostly due to Nancy’s (my oldest sister) insistence that she find some non religious way to raise a kid when everyone around her wants to shower him with gifts this time of year.

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