Rings and Things

[ My sparkly cocktail rings in an Anthropology flower saucer ]

This week has been refreshingly easy going and I've finally had a chance to be a bit of a homebody while checking off a few to do's around the house. High on the list was to organize my overflowing jewelry box. I decided to store the pieces I never wear and display the everyday favorites on some props pulled from the kitchen—a square cake platter and a flower saucer. Besides a little organizing I baked, shuffled around in my new favorite Mongolian slippers and enjoyed some left over flowers from the baby shower.

[ One of the flower arrangement from Maren's shower ]

[ This cake platter was just too pretty to sit in the kitchen ]

[ My friends over at Stewart+Brown brought these back for me from Mongolia ]

[ My friend Kristian finally gave up her Banana Bread recipe so I gave it a whirl. Every morning has been coffee + b bread... bliss]

1/2 butter softened

1 c. sugar

2 eggs beaten

2 bananas

1 tsp. baking soda

2 c. flour

1/4 tsp. salt

1 c. vanilla yogurt

1 tsp. vanilla

cream butter and sugar

add mashed bananas, eggs, yogurt, butter and vanilla

sift in flour, salt, baking soda

add chocolate chips and or nuts

pre heat oven 350º

Pour mixture into greased loaf pan

sprinkle cinnamon sugar on top and choc chips

bake for an hour