Sunday Leisure Reading

I love reading Lee's post of the month but I'm so half-organized. Today I give you the posts that made me click the star last year:

• Not Martha's Christmas Tree Ornament Mobile in the shape of a Christmas tree. Christmas without all the vegetation. And the how-to.
• Make a Flip Top Fabric Notepad Cover on Lark with the Sewing Editor from Craft Gossip.
• A perfect little gift for the hostess or your grandma, and quick! Doily-Covered Soaps on Craft.
• If I collected ceramic sculptures of ladies in pretty dresses, it would be these. {Craft}
• Margy's Pecan Bars
• Awesome "Snow Globe" finishing technique from Tatyana. Sadly without tutorial. {in Russian}
• Skeleton wreath to guarantee you get no trick or treaters--or that they all stop in--from Craft.
• A tile pendant necklace you can make with photos or scrapbook paper.
• Betz White shows us how to knit with cashmere sweaters.
• Pioneer Woman gives a recipe for beer-braised beef--perfect for Sunday dinner, now that I have Jersey, His Royal Fussiness, to contend with.
• Edgar makes Hawaiian cookies, and I did mean to make these for my sister's birthday. Poo. She'll just have to wait.
• Papercrafters will be interested in shiori ningyo Japanese bookmark dolls. {whip up}
• Duck feet baby socks...as cute as they sound. {Craft}
• A collection of baby knitting. It's not just 'cause it's cute...my sister is getting married, people! (She's not getting married because she has to, but the production of off-spring is one of their immediate goals.) {whip up}
• Beautiful embroidered pin cushions on Szentpyr. Purchased? Stitched? I can't tell. {in Hungarian} 
• Gorgeous compact raised garden, for when the dog stops digging up the yard. (I blame the chipmunks. They just smell so good in their network of tunnels.) {Craft}
• I bought all the ingredients to make this once, and the bread went off before I managed it. Someday we'll eat Savory Gruyere Stuffed French Toast. {Margy, again}
• More food: Satay-Spiced Peanut Butter Sandwiches. {Craft}
• Stop me if I've told you this before, but when my mother used to run the craft fair at my high school, I was called upon to make all sorts of things. She'd hand me a craft magazine and say, "Make this." But I also quilled at that time. I used to make quilled ornaments that she would sell for a quarter. (Bitter? Who, me?) So my past life includes quilling, and this idea for quilled monograms is inspiring. {Craft}
• I'm always looking for ways to show off how fashionable Stella is at heart. Ruff House collars, not cheap but beautiful. Right now, she's sporting looks from Lucky Fiona. {Craft}
• Planning a trip to Paris? Let Isabelle be your guide to fabric, yarn, and notions.
• Remember when my sister returned the dress she wore at my wedding for recycling and I was looking for a project? Found it. {Craft}
• Cool envelopes. Because making cards isn't enough? {Craft}
• Julie Jackson of Subversive Stitch on organization. {Craft}
• Lavender Fleur de Sel Caramel Sauce at Martha Stewart via Angry Chicken. You know how I love salt in my caramel.
• Sampler Girl's Tenderness of Heart freebie that I wish I had remembered for Valentine's Day. 
• Superhero headband. I wish I had remembered this for last Christmas. Someday soon my superheros will outgrow the need for costumes. {Whip Up}
• I have a scrapbook that has wire binding, and I haven't used it for fear of not being able to move the pages. Fear no more. Future Girl tells us how.
• I did think of these superhero capes this Christmas, but I thought the style might be too girly. And now, perhaps, the moment has passed. {Craft}

Maybe this will help me remember all that I mean to do? I don't really think so either.

Yesterday the only mail in our ugly mailbox was for Maggie. I'm keeping a list in the right hand sidebar. Watch for your town to show up. If I get two from the same place, I'll think of something but for right now this will do.