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My go-to summer dessert is David Lebovitz's Easy Jam Tart recipe, but filled instead with sugared cherries (and either a touch of salt or a little brandy, depending on the crowd). It was the first such dessert I made from a recipe that wasn't my mother's, and sparked a kitchen rebellion in my heart!

http://www.davidlebovitz.com/2008/07/jam-tart/

@Emmi - you can absolutely do strawberries in a container! They're the only thing I've ever had success with (gardening category), and I grew some in a big pot on the patio, and the others in one of those Topsy Turvy planter things. I'm still a little shamefaced over it, but it was a well-intentioned gift, and hey, it worked!

Definitely hung it in the backyard, though. :)

@SkerlieB - we have two of the Tupperware scoops that we're waiting to trade in, as their lining pitted like @ITMAYBEJJ described. They still work just fine, but they do NOT look pretty anymore.

Looking at all the comments about how dated it will look in a few years, I really wonder if that's actually the case. It seems to me that, when done like the pictured rooms - stark white everywhere with the pop of color - isn't that going to be classic? (In the same way you can tell when a Chanel bag was made, but you're never going to be ashamed to carry it!) Sure, maybe not to the next dweller's taste, but I don't think the wash-of-white-with-punch is ever going to bring up the same disgust that I have for the marbled-mauve tub, surround and sinks with brass fixtures from one rental, or the avocado green toilet, tub and sink I had in another.

But then again, I could well be wrong.

Absolutely gorgeous - I've had the book on my to-get-list for a while now...this may well push it to the very top.

Great idea on the "portable" wardrobe - works great for now, and can transition back to its original purpose as she gets older. On a non-post note, I love the name Evangeline - so very pretty!

I'm honestly surprised there weren't more from Sweetapolita - her stuff is gorgeous, every bit of it. I can only read her blog in short bursts, because I start feeling inept after a while. That said, I LOVE the nautical birthday cake! Absolutely adorable, and so clean and simple looking.

One of the little boys from the Sunday School class likes to sit with me during services, and LOVES to draw - this will be a great little something to slide in my purse and have ready for him!

Love the first three, but that last one...Saved by the Bell is right. Wow. I have a smoked glass lamp from Target that I love, but can't find exactly the right shade. May have to try and DIY the Anthro one with some greys and see how it works out.

I had the Collard Cobbler recipe bookmarked for a long time, and have now made it twice within the space of two weeks. It be awesome. (Because internet is the only language that will let that flavor through.) Highly recommend.