Barbara Pagani's Tresor Cache 101

for years I have kept my dad's old ladder and some of his tools too. The ladder has seen it's days and it's not really safe to climb anymore but I felt an attachment to it because I don't have many things that belonged to him. My husband kept insisting that I throw it away but I knew one day a great project would come out of it and here it is thanks to Nancy @ all pulped out :  http://allpulpedout.blogspot.ca/2012/08/diy-project.html?showComment=1343934058619#c3855583564321956958 Now all I have to do is find the room to put it and of course add it to my project pile Here are some other ideas below which I found on pinterest

source:  http://imgoingtotexas.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2010-10-07T22:28:00-05:00&max-results=100 Potstickers  (serves two) Filling  2 Tbs safflower or peanut oil 3/4 pound ground pork 1/2 cup rough chopped shitake mushroom tops 1 garlic clove 1 inch peeled fresh ginger 1/4 cup thin sliced scallions 1/2 cup finely shredded cabbage Sesame oil Soy sauce Microplane box grater (this thing scared the heck out of me when I first got it, but now I use it all the time) Slice green scallions into thin rounds.  Finely shred the cabbage using a medium-sized microplane blade. Heat the oil in a saute pan, throwing in the pork and shitakes first.  As the pork begins to cook, gently break it up with a wooden spoon (I used an old bamboo paddle that came with a wok that has long since departed ... it's one of my favorite cooking tools). Grate the garlic and ginger on the finest microplane blade and toss them into the pan, turning the heat down to medium high if...

I have been thinking about making some rain chains for a while because I found them to be pretty costly at most of the garden centers. Here are some of the ideas that I have found via: http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2012/07/tutorial-rain-chain-from-wire-wrapped-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-59864 Project Materials: 2 spools of floral wire, $1 each 5-10 coils of thick decorative floral wire, $1 each 1 bag of decorative river rocks, $1 Paper clips, on hand Pencil, on hand Wire cutters, on hand or $1 Needle-nosed pliers, on hand or about $3 p Note about Supplies: Wire:  You can find the thin, green floral wire, the thick decorative wire, and wire cutters in the floral section of the dollar store. If you can't find the thick decorative floral wire, pick up a spool of colored  20-Gauge Wire  in the jewelry-making section of your local craft store for about $5. You can also use plain silver floral wire instead of green floral wire if you prefer. How much wir...

I came across these 2 stained glass pieces on the weekend at a garage sale for $2.00. I know I have no where to put them, but I just could not resist them. Each piece has some slight damage on small sections of the glass but this can be repaired. Instead of just soldering some hooks and hanging them in the window with chain, I am going to look for some old windows to put them in and then add some thicker chain and hang them in my diningroom. This will sit in the project pile for a bit but it will be a good project in the fall or winter when there is nothing else to do outdoors.

My very first fasination with door knobs and keys was because of my grandfather, on my dad's side know as my Nanoo,  who kept all his secret stuff ,whether it was his chocolates, dried friuts , little shot glasses or his whiskey, wine or some soft drink that just came on the market, he had some special treats locked in the hallway closet.  Of course being slightly curious living with my grandparents I could not help myself by looking what was behind those locked, closed sacred door. It took my months of planning to see what times my grandfather would go to lie down, but I finally established what his pattern was and I went across his room all the while trying not to breath or knock into anything. My hand was on the key and my heart was racing so fast and hard that I thought it might wake him from his sleep. Now I was almost racing across to the other side of the bedroom anticipating what I would find in this closet only meters away. I turned the key very carefully so not to...

Ingredients *Please note: If you do not have access to Nudo Italian olive oil with mandarins, use a high quality olive oil that you have on hand and add the zest of two oranges or three or four mandarins. This substitution also works for lemons. 7 oz / 200g hazelnuts, ground and blanched 1/3 cup /50g polenta 1/3 plus 1 tablespoon /50g of 00 flour* 8 tbsp extra virgin olive oil crushed with mandarins 7 tbsp /100g butter 3 eggs 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 cup /100g soft brown sugar 1/2 cup /100g caster sugar mascarpone, a spoonful for each serving *all-purpose white flour will work fine here Preparation 1. If you are starting with whole, unroasted hazelnuts (better), heat the oven to 200°C. Lay out the hazelnuts on the baking tray, no more than a single layer deep, and cook for 5–10 minutes, when the skins should start to peel off. Take them out of the oven, pour onto a clean tea towel and rub to remove the skins. Grind the nuts in a food p...