Posts by Annie Holland
How to make dozens of cookies without really trying
This is going to be a long post, don’t say I didn’t warn you. Why is it every year when I say that I’m not going to bake any Christmas cookies something always happens and I end up making even more than I thought humanly possible? This year I even got the perfect excuse- I…
Read MoreChristmas tree ornament tradition
Since the very first Christmas Alex and I spent together we decided to create our own family tradition and each year buy a single Christmas tree ornament. A couple of days before Christmas the whole family goes out and picks up that ornament that we hang on Christmas day. Our Christmas tree might not look…
Read MoreA wish
This post is not going to be funny, it’s not going to be witty, it’s not going to be clever or long.My heart is heavy with sorrow, my eyes are heavy with tears. I’m hugging my two children, I am bewildered how to talk about the tragedy that took innocent lives today, how to explain…
Read MoreThe spirit of Christmases past
I was thinking today how we used to celebrate Christmas when I was little and I was going for a completely different angle than what this post became. As a matter of fact I had to go back and rewrite the beginning, since the post kind of took on a life of its own. Thinking…
Read MoreAdvent Calendar
Ever since I started preparing items for my Etsy Store I was toying with the idea to include an Advent Calendar in the list. My biggest issue was that I could not find a wooden item that didn’t look flimsy. I wanted something sturdy, something that would last for a long time and could be…
Read MoreThanksgiving 2012
Thanksgiving preparations are afoot in our house. Groceries shopping, bags hauling, fruit and vegetables slicing, dicing, and spicing, bread baking, turkey brining, appetizers arranging, deserts baking….Sounds like mad house? Sounds like your house? Yep, that’s us today. In the middle of all the preparations and creative chaos, I decided to stop and smell…
Read MoreAnnie’s Art Book Very Own Etsy Store
Dear friends, When I opened my blog ” Tandoori’s journey” in 2007 I never imagined I would be making such an announcement in 5 years. It took 210 000 pageviews , more than 800 Facebook likes and hundreds of e-mails to convince me that my blog is so much more than a hobby.…
Read MoreFaces
While I was looking through my old picture stash I found these and I wanted to share. There aren’t that many people who agreed to pose for me through the years, so these are definitely special. I rarely draw people. I don’t know why, maybe because it is too time consuming, too frustrating if the…
Read MoreCorel Painter 12 Test Drive
Now is the time to announce that there are many changes coming up in the beginning of 2013 connected with my website and more. What is more…will remain a secret for now. Trust me, it’s not easy for me to keep it a secret since it wants to burst out of me like an alien,…
Read MoreThe Casual Vacancy
This is exactly how I imagined JK Rowling’s comeback. It is a TRUE book that should be judged on its own merit ( I love HP books, if that matters). Once you clear your mind of any expectations about what this book should and shouldn’t be, you will find a rare and profoundly moving literary…
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