Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Dec 6, 2009, 2:27 pm
Yes children it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in Maine. Last night we had our first real snowfall. I have to admit I am still really excited about the first snowfall and I love sit...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Nov 25, 2009, 11:14 pm
YEA!!! These beauties were saved from the table this Thanksgiving by my lovely neighbour Rita, she was planning on having them for dinner but decided they were just too friendly and gorgeous to say "g...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Nov 15, 2009, 12:55 pm
It's about that time of the year here in Maine when you start to get that sinking feeling about how long it's going to be before you see flowers again in your yard...oh my goodness, we are tal...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Nov 6, 2009, 1:13 pm
And so the Christmas Cake odyssey begins...the ingredients are gathered in one place and now they must be strategically arranged and manipulated into a faboo Crimbly Cake the likes of which you have n...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 31, 2009, 6:44 pm
Yum, here is a well lighted close up of the finished creamy, deliciousness of a fruity, spice spiked, vanilla infused pumpkin bowl of divinity!! ...and here is the uncooked pumpkin custard 'pie&#...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 31, 2009, 10:08 am
from the dead centre of Belfast, Maine!! It's the perfect Fall Halloween day here today in little ole Belfast...blustery, windy, warm, leaves tumbling around, slightly misty...a delicious day to g...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 29, 2009, 10:06 am
Here is a picture of Camden, Maine. A lovely little village on Penobscot Bay. A few years ago a friend of mine was over from Blighty and when we drove through Camden she said (and here I am dating mys...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 25, 2009, 6:07 pm
Here are some of the ingredients for a Lancashire Apple Pie that I made for Great Maine Apple Day which was, admittedly, yesterday October 24th...BUT maybe I bought my apples yesterday and I am contin...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 21, 2009, 10:30 pm
The last couple of days here in Mane have been those pristine, bright, crispy, clean BIG BLUE sky days...perfect for wandering in cemeteries to look at the autumnal foliage...above is the cemetery in ...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 18, 2009, 1:34 pm
"Hermit Thrush" an altered book by Maine artist Abbie Read created for the following poem by Jonathan Skinner Hermit Thrush am I sending am I receiving earth tunes tinkle or reall...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 8, 2009, 6:23 pm
Pictures taken in and around Belfast, Maine...no commentary necessary!
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 3, 2009, 1:03 pm
It's a delightful rainy Autumn afternoon here in Maine, I am sitting by the wood stove (or should I say woodBURNING stove, a wood stove wouldn't be much use would it??) crackling and crinkling...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Oct 1, 2009, 11:28 pm
WHAT a grand movie...I just loved it, Meryl Streep is fabulous and so lovable as dear old Joolia. Would happily go and see it again tomorrow. So sweet when she leaves the pound of butter!!...brought a...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Sep 28, 2009, 10:57 pm
So last Saturday James and I went off to the Common Ground Country Fair held by MOFGA (the Maine Farmers and Gardeners Association) in Unity, Maine about 12 miles away from us. A beautiful day for it...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Sep 21, 2009, 4:01 pm
The roadsides here in Maine are alive with lovely fluffy asters, the last of the goldenrod and Queen Anne's lace .....it's a beautiful sight!!...looks like a fairy forest, at least that's ...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Sep 18, 2009, 10:21 pm
Welcome to planet Earth Little Maddie!! This is a picture of my friend Elizabeths' niece's daughter, Maddie, jauntily sporting one of my 'Freshly Baked' onesies, organic no less!! Wel...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Sep 11, 2009, 5:42 pm
So there I was thinking I had missed the deadline for a submission to the MOFGA (Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association... a marHvellous organization which puts on the wonderful annual "Commo...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Sep 7, 2009, 11:05 am
A little field of giraffe cake toppers by Carrie Lynn Fields of Fields of Cake fame, these sweet little guys were just shipped all the way to San Francisco and yea they made it safely!! Carrie is a s...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Aug 26, 2009, 9:12 pm
Goldfingers!! Ha ha. These last few weeks here in Maine have been a flurry of gold leafing activity.... ..the shapes, which are aircraft grade aluminium (does that mean anything to you...means nothing...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Aug 16, 2009, 1:46 pm
First of all here is my, Lucie and Eleanor's 'homage' to one of the cutest logo's going....have you seen the picture of the real Kate on Kate's packaging, it is truly adorable.... ...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Aug 2, 2009, 5:25 pm
In North America they are called wild blueberries, in England and Ireland they can be called by any of the title names....whinberries, whimberries, whortleberries, blaeberries, fraughns, hurts, hurtle...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Jul 21, 2009, 10:37 pm
After featuring this watercolour design in a recent post I suddenly had the bright, sparkling idea of using it to actually help Maine farmers. I headed downtown here in Belfast and went to the offices...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Jul 16, 2009, 2:32 pm
For all you crazed cupcakes lovers out there the bumper sticker of your dreams has arrived at my online store...please click here www.cafepress.com/patriciashea to procure your proclamation . Thank yo...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Jul 13, 2009, 5:04 pm
For the longest time I thought I didn't like delphiniums and I have to admit it was a prejudice against the name....I made the assumption that the name alluded to some kind of leafy aspidistra loo...
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Patricia S. posted an article on Pattern Patisserie-A Design Confection - Jul 7, 2009, 12:42 pm
Here is a design I did on spec a few years ago for my 'dinnerware' portfolio. I used to develop a portfolio of designs 'in the round' which I then took down to my tabletop (any item th...
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