Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter in Portland, Oregon!

{my primrose brownie bites}
I had the pleasure of jetting off solo from New York to Portland, Oregon to spend part of Spring Break and Easter with my sister S and her family. They just purchased a gorgeous new home, and our Easter feast included these brownie bites I made topped with marshmallow fondant flowers.

{a little buttercream holds the fondant in place}
Homemade marshmallow fondant is so easy to make- and molding it reminds me of playing with Play-doh. It tastes so much better than commercial fondant!

{Portland Spring drizzle outside the windows}

A nice way to spend Easter morning making the little flowers. I was inspired by the colors of Spring primroses.  Husband took my kids down to his parents in Westchester county, New York and we kept in touch everyday by phone. The big excitement was their Easter egg hunt where crows did much of the hunting. (Lesson: Don't hide eggs too early)



{too cute!}
Our Portland egg hunt went much better. It was a huge Saturday gathering for all the kids in the Forest Heights neighborhood. Here's my Nephew J hunting eggs...

{got one!}
...and little Nephew B! I'll post more Portland photos as the week goes on.

How did you spend the holiday? 

Loretta

14 comments:

  1. What a great trip it looks like you had! Your little nephew looks adorable. At that age everything seems to be so interesting. By the way I wanted to let you know that I have hit a milestone on my blog and am having an all natural organic giveaway. I hope you will enter.

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  2. Awww your nephews are so cute! And I would love a few brownie bites please. Have fun in Portland and I love your new picture up above!

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  3. Alicia- A milestone! Wonderful, I'll head over!

    Debra@ Acquired Objects- Thanks for noticing my new profile pic! Finally put it up!

    Loretta

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  4. So adorable, another chubby cheek just like the one I posted on my blog today! Glad you are having a great time!
    x
    Maria

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  5. I love Portland so much... and your nephews are such cutie pies!

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  6. Loretta, Those fondant flowers are so beautiful and the little boys are too sweet!

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  7. Those brownie bites look delicious! So pretty. I'm glad you didn't have a rain-soaked egg hunt. Up in Seattle it was pretty soggy. It's just not as fun hunting for eggs indoors! Enjoy your visit!
    Jeanne

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  8. I am so glad that you got to spend time with you sister, what a beautiful day! I love your brownie bites and flowers, beautiful and they look so good! :)

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  9. Loretta,

    Love the pics of the boys! And those fondant flowers are amazing! Will you please teach me how to make those sometime? :)

    Carrie

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  10. Wow! You made those? They are absolutely beautiful as is your family. I am so glad you had fun with your sis! Really, need to work on my baking skills. Great post@
    xx hooper

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  11. What gorgeous brownies, mmm I really want one now. Your nephew finding the easter egg is just delicious! I've forgotten how cute they are are at that age...

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  12. Cute. I'm going to link to these from the blog. I think our readers would love these.

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  13. Thank you SO MUCH for posting my little yummy project on your blog Crafty Life and Style! Maybe I should start one of those "As Seen On.." columns on my sidebar!

    Loretta

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