The Intersection of Design & Motherhood
Something about these tiny watermelon slices (made from jello and lime peels) made me laugh. Perfect for a miniature party. Don’t they look absolutely summery? Find directions at Chocolate on My Cranium.
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My name is Gabrielle Blair. I'm a designer and mother of six. We are currently living in a dreamy farmhouse in the French countryside. (I have to pinch myself each morning!) I post on the intersection of design and motherhood.
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We've used our base in France to do lots of traveling. It's addictive! Here are some of our adventures:
A trip to Amsterdam.
Canoeing on the Dordogne River.
A Belgian Waffle Tour.
A wintery visit to Cologne.
Three cheers for Barcelona!
The tulip fields in Holland.
We saw the final match of the French Open.
One of our favorite spots is Mont St. Michel.
I wonder where we'll wander next! To see more of our travels, click here.
Here's something fun. Our family was featured in an episode of House Hunters International! Spoiler: we choose the gorgeous French Farmhouse. It's called La Cressonnière and we take pictures of it all the time. If you're curious, try these links:
The Kitchen
Summer at La Cressonnière
The Halfbath
The Stairwell
The Neighbors
Ralph's Bedroom
The Studio
Springtime at La Cressonnière
The Living Room
Maude's Bedroom
The Artists
Oscar & Betty's Bedroom
The Exterior
The Floors
Olive's Bedroom
The Treehouse
The House: La Cressonnière
I hope you enjoy the house tour! Oh. And if you'd like to see the episode, you can find it on Youtube here (it's in four parts).
I write a weekly column called Inspiration Scout on Cafémom. Find new posts on Thursdays.
I write a daily post (Monday through Friday) for Babble's Family Style blog.
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OMG, those are the cutest things ever…
How adorable at a backyard BBQ for a treat!
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Those are adorable. I can just see my kitchen exploding in mess as I try (unsuccessfully) to make them. how did they do it????
Those are the cutest things I've ever seen! I love tiny food.
Thanks for the shout out, Gabrielle! My kids are pros at making these now. They love to serve them at their doll tea parties.
SO CUTE.
precious for an alice in wonderland party!!
oh wow those look so cute! Why do I have a feeling those were REALLY hard to make!
cute idea!
I just sent this to my sisters, my friends, my mom, my grandma…. Thanks for the great idea!
These are cute – they reminded me of these fun watermelon slice cookies we made as kids. My mom and I were just talking about these cookies and how we got the recipe from Seventeen magazine (how funny that your previous post is about Seventeen!).
I couldn't find the original recipe – but this one looks similar. We used mini chocolate chips instead of raisins:
http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Watermelon-Slice-Cookies
Those are adorable!!! I can't wait to try and make them… Now to find a function to make them and bring them too…
What a brilliant idea – seems like something out of a vintage NY Times cookbook, circa 1950's!
Saw these on HBO about a year ago (or maybe more I think?) and instantly made them. One of those things that just look too much fun to not make :)
Oops, I just realised I typed HBO instead of HAO (How About Orange). LOL.