Featured items- November

Handmade for Christmas!
Trim your tree with an Africa ornament or mark your room with an Africa door hanger.
These are now in the shop.
More colors coming soon!

Feeling left out?

If you're not an adorable twin boy, there's not much coming your way these days.
Sorry to leave you out.

Decorate with Starbursts!

Inspired by this photo, I made the cake for a recent baby shower. I chose one of Martha's lemon cake recipes, added a little lemon curd in between the layers, and iced with a lemon buttercream. On top- Starburst polkadots!


1. Microwave each candy square for about 20 seconds, depending on your oven. I worked with one square at a time because they "dry" fairly quickly.

2. Roll out the candy using a glass or bottle.

3. Cut out shapes. I used the top of my salt shaker and some glass bottles. The bottles didn't work as well because of the threaded tops. Next time, I'll spend more time looking for some more lids with a cookie cutter edge.

4. Cut different sizes from each color. (Do you see those scraps? Those are for you to eat.)

5. Arrange your dots by gently pressing them onto the icing. My icing was still wet, so they held on very well.

Photos by drew.
Tah dah! Fake fondant polkadot decor!

Pssst. Look here!

Robin's Heart

White Cottage Designs

art by Sarah

bijou girl designs

gathering spriggs

Tomorrow! Come see these artists and more!

Upcoming show

Hope to see you there!
Saturday, November 7th
1-9pm

www.twistgallery.com

Pumpkin a la blender

What became of my Trader Joe's pumpkin:



(Yes, those are green tomatoes in the egg carton. No, we're not getting eggs right now. It's a long story...)





Happy Fall!

The hen is happy!

Thank you very much for participating in the first ever giveaway AND for those of you who used up some of your personal blog space on my behalf! Your comments were lovely. All you people are first-class.

And now. The envelope please.

And the winner* is...
bdrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr........
Digital Misfits!

Congratulations!
DM- send me an email at sharon@urbanhen.com with your mailing address and your very own vintage zipper pouch will be on its way!

Thanks to everyone for supporting handmade wares!
-uh


*How winners were chosen at uh: Entry names were logged accordingly (once or twice), randomly sorted, and assigned a number. The hen shouts into the living room, "Sweetie. Pick a number between two and thirty-three." The number 5 is shouted back in return. Number five is declared the winner. Fancy stuff, here.