Every morning Dalton wakes up much earlier than he needs to in order to make me a delicious latte. I assuage my occasional pangs of guilt about this by periodically baking a fresh batch of these biscotti, which he has with his coffee.

5 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 cup slivered almonds
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 eggs

Preheat oven to 325°.
Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Combine sugar, vanilla and eggs; add to flour mixture, stirring until well-blended (dough will be dry).Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead. Shape dough into four long rolls. Place two rolls on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Place the other two rolls on another baking sheet covered with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Bake at 325° for 30 minutes. Remove rolls from baking sheets to a wire rack, and let cool 10 minutes. Cut rolls diagonally into 1/2-inch slices, and place, cut sides down, on baking sheets. Bake 13 minutes. Turn cookies over, and bake an additional 13 minutes (cookies will be slightly soft in center but will harden as they cool). Remove from baking sheets; let cool completely on wire rack.

Yield: 10 dozen

Notes: Recipe is easily halved. The biscotti will keep, stored in tupperware or ziploc bags, for about four weeks

I’ll be joining about 19 of my fellow members of the {New New} Team this Sunday November 16 at Brooklyn Indie Market.

We’ll be there from 11am-6pm. Come on by!

DIRECTIONS:
Under the red and white striped tent on Smith and Union Street, Carroll Gardens,Brooklyn. Via subway: take the F or G train to Carroll street. Exit at the President Street exit of the station. You will see the the tent! Via car from NYC: you can take the Brooklyn Bridge. Turn RIGHT onto Atlantic ave. Turn LEFT onto Court street. Turn LEFT onto Carroll street. Turn LEFT onto Smith street.

I was inspired to make this little ofrenda out of a fruit box, a wooden ice cream spoon, some tiny tissue paper flowers, hand colored stickers, and hand cut and colored paper.

Also at BIM this weekend:

Saturday

Via Nativa
rocks and salt
Wonderthreads
Karen’s Monsters
KnitKnit
betterthanjam
Lovely Day Designs
ninecakes
warpeDesign
teeshirt gnome
Brooklyn Jr.
fofolle

Sunday

Brooklyn Indie Market is under the red and white striped tent on Smith and Union Street, Carroll Gardens,Brooklyn. Via subway: take the F or G train to Carroll street. Exit at the President Street exit of the station. You will see the the tent! Via car from NYC: you can take the Brooklyn Bridge. Turn RIGHT onto Atlantic ave. Turn LEFT onto Court street. Turn LEFT onto Carroll street. Turn LEFT onto Smith street.

Crafter extraordinaire and fellow {New New} member Kayte Terry is on the latest episode of Craft Sanity. I am psyched to listen to it on the way to work today!

Check out Kate’s book Complete Embellishing:

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Also at BIM this Sunday:

rocksandsalt
fofolle
betterthanjam
lovelydaydesigns
imhandmade
teeshirtgnome
anotherworkinprogress

DIRECTIONS:

Under the red and white striped tent on Smith and Union Street, Carroll Gardens,Brooklyn. Via subway: take the F or G train to Carroll street. Exit at the President Street exit of the station. You will see the the tent! Via car from NYC: you can take the Brooklyn Bridge. Turn RIGHT onto Atlantic ave. Turn LEFT onto Court street. Turn LEFT onto Carroll street. Turn LEFT onto Smith street.

I’ve long admired Pulp Sushi’s lovely Octopus Necklaces and now I have the chance to win one in the {NewNew} Monday giveaway!

I think poet Jack Prelutsky says it best:

I’m Wrestling with an Octopus

I’m wrestling with an octopus
and faring less than well,
one peek at my predicament
should be enough to tell.
It held me in a hammerlock,
then swept me off my feet,
I’m getting the impression
that I simply can’t compete.

I’d hoped that I could hold my own,
but after just a while,
I ascertained I couldn’t match
an octopus’s style.
It flipped me by a shoulder,
and it latched onto a hip,
essentially that octopus
has got me in its grip.

I tried assorted armlocks,
but invariably missed,
and now I’m in a headlock,
and it’s clinging to my wrist.
It’s wound around my ankles,
and it’s wrapped around my chest—
when grappling with an octopus,
I come out second best.

from A Pizza the Size of the Sun

And that is why I want the necklace.