Welcome to Mountaintop Quilting Studio

This is where you find me exploring a variety of creative adventures mostly about but not limited to quilting. I'm a firm believer that one increases their creativity by being open to and playing with a variety of cretative endeavors ... at least that my excuse for today. Enjoy your sourjourn through my studio playroom. May you find encouragement and inspiration, and on occassion, a little pin-prick that may be thought-provoking or spark your imagination. Thank you for stopping by.

I must confess, I have a love-affair with mugs and tea cups.  Celebrating the seasons with special mugs is one of my ways to treat myself. I saw this mug at Anthropologie last year but didn't get it because it didn't feel right in my hand. I put it back on the shelf and forgot about it.

Eryn I went by Anthropologie on our way home from the airport. As I wandered the store while she was in the fitting room I was drawn once again to THE CUP. I had totally forgotten about it until Eryn reminded me later.

"Hooray, you finally got your cup!"

I think I'm so ready for sunshine and spring flowers to start poking their heads through the snow there was no hesitating with the cup this year. I love the detailing with the little yellow daisy on the handle and the painted flowers in the bowl of the cup (they match the flowers on the outside of the cup.) Doesn't it look perfect on the fiesta ware saucer in scarlet ... new treasures to find!

And now, for some more goodness from Chef Eryn's kitchen ... her Garlic Herbed Chicken was a mouth-watering taste of heaven for lunch on Wednesday. We had brocolli and baby red potatoes for a side dish and fresh lemon sorbet for dessert.

Garlic Herbed Chicken Goodness

You need:

• 4 chicken leg/thigh pieces
• ingredients for Garlic Heb Goodness

Garlic Herb Goodness

• 1 T fresh rosemary (sliced)
• 2-3 cloves fresh garlic (minced)
• 1/2 T fresh sage (minced)
• 1/2 T fresh thyme (minced)
• salt (kosher) to taste
• pepper )to taste
• olive oil enough to make the mix spreadable)

Loosen the skin from the chicken leg. Put 1 teaspoon of goodness between the skin and meat of the thigh/leg.

Bake at 375 for at least 45 minutes or until chicken is done.