THANKSGIVING

Justin and I went to his parents house for Thanksgiving.  Hope everyone had a good holiday!!

LAUGHING WILLOW'S KITCHEN MILET & FLAX PIZZA WITH ROSTED RED PEPPER SAUCE

This Pizza is a dream come true for me!  It is tomato, wheat, gluten, dairy, corn, and soy free.  The most important part of this pizza is the red pepper sauce.  It is a little involved to make but totally amazing! 

SAUCE

1. Five or Six Red Peppers 

2.  Olive Oil

3. Half an Onion 

4. Five Carrots 

5. Four Cloves Garlic

1. Cut peppers in half

2. Coat backs of peppers in olive oil

3.  Place on a cookie sheet covered with foil backside up

4.  Set oven to Broil and cook until pepper skins are blackened 

5.  Place peppers in a bowl and cover with plastic for 30 min to an hour

6.  Slice Carrots.

7. Chop Onions, and Garlic

8.  Stir Fry Carrots until they are slightly browned

9.  Add Onions and cook until onions are clear

10.  Turn off heat and add in Garlic

11.  Peel the skins off the peppers 

12.  Blend peppers in blender with one half of stir fried veggies

13.  Pour into a pot on the stove and add the other half of veggie

14.  The sauce will be very thick and a little like a paste.  

CRUST AND TOPPINGS

1. For the Crust I used Sami's Bakery Millet and Flax Pizza Crust.  It is wonderful!!  It is super tasty and wheat free! 

2.  For the Cheese I used the best non dairy cheese ever: Daiya Vegan Cheese Mozzarella!!

3. We added mushrooms, onions, more peppers, and olives 

4.  You can use, at this point, any topping you might normally use on a pizza 

5. Enjoy!!

BRAIN-A-LOGICAL DOWNLOAD

★Sometimes I feel like my head is going to explode if I don't write stuff down.  Do you ever feel like this?  Since I started my little business I have filled up like four little notebooks with ideas, information, and more information.  

★I have re-discovered She-Ra Princess of Power this week thanks largely to Netflix It is still as good as I remembered it.

I can see why I loved it as a little kid: good guys always win, everyone has cool magical powers, She-Ra has not only a talking horse but a talking white horse with rainbow wings and a golden horn!  

I decided that my favorite is Madame Razz.  She is this little oldish witch with a talking broom. She rhymes and is always messing up her spells and  she talks with an accent like a NY Jewish mother!

I love how everyone works together to beat the bad guys and that everyone has their own special skills to bring to the fight.  The acting still holds up for me after all of these years and I even found myself  breaking out a laugh or two or three at some parts.  The show made me smile and a little wishful for that horse with the wings!

★Just want to say Thank you so much to all of my wonderful (Etsy, Zibbet, Farmers Market and all others) customers!!  I am almost to 75 sales and I could not have done that without you!!


Ok, well I guess I am off to do something productive!  So that is what is in my head.  Happy Sunday Everyone.

★GIVE A-WAY & NEWSLETTER★

Hello Everyone!!  I am announcing my new monthly newsletter. You will be able to keep up with all of the new products that I have in the works, sales in both my Etsy and Zibbet shops, special newsletter only coupons, herbal DIY and more.  

Sign up now to get a  newsletter only coupon for my Zibbet Shop and a chance to win some wonderful Sea Willow Herbs products!

GIVE-A-WAY PRIZE

Pick out three Lip Balms of your choice from my shop:

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 A 1 oz Aromatherapy Lavender Body Oil

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Holiday Sales and Specials

Happy Holidays!!! 

I have some great sales going on in both of my shops.  All sales run thru the end of December!  If you want to use the Zibbet coupon make sure you add it at check out.  For my Etsy shop sale just leave which lip balm you would like in the "notes to the seller" at checkout.  

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♥ MAKE YOUR OWN POTTERY DAY

Last week I went to "make my own pottery" with my two friends Helen and Rose. We went to  Front Porch Cafe.  The Front Porch in Kill Devil Hills, NC has coffee, make your own pottery and a bead shop. 

I have not done anything like this since I was about seven years old (I made a unicorn with a gold horn and I think I still have it somewhere!) and was not sure what to expect.  Since you are not creating the cup, or bowl itself; most of the art is in the painting of the pice.  I thought I would mind this but I did not.  I found it a ton of fun, super easy and we are going again this week!  I am always creating art with the idea of selling it later  and it was nice just to make something for me.  

(Helen)

(Rose)

STEP ONE: PICK OUT YOUR 

cup

or Christmas Tree

or cow

STEP TWO: PICK OUT YOUR GLAZE COLORS

STEP THREE: PAINT, PAINT PAINT

STEP FIVE: PICK UP YOUR FIRED WORK

ASHEVILLE TRIP ★ DAY THREE ★ FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND SHOES ★

For our last day in Asheville we had lunch at Doc Chey's Noodle House. It was super good and it is always the place makes me want to drive the whole 500 miles back to Asheville to go eat at!!

SHOES!  

Justin and I both needed new shoes so badly!  

FRIENDS!!

We went to the park with our friend Anne and her kids!  It was super fun!  

FAMILY

(my mom and dad)

The house I grew up in.   

GOODBYE ASHEVILLE!!  

See you next time!