Elizabeth, Author at Simple Simon and Company

Ella from Cinderella Costume

If you've been around these parts for Halloween....you will know that this girlie likes to be a pretty unique costume every year. We've done Audrey, The Birds' Woman, My Fair Lady and Jane from Tarzan are all back in the archives somewhere. And this year, she decided she wanted to be Ella from the new Cinderella movie....but not the gown dress...she wanted the peasant dress girl dress. So, we found some pictures and a similar pattern and went to town this week making the ... View the Post

Quilting

Halloween Mini Quilts–Part II

At the beginning of October I got the idea to make some modern mini quilts to hang up for decorations around the house. And then one day I stumbled upon some darling quilt blocks from a quilt block of the month club (I think it was in Arizona???) and knew they would be the cutest mini quilts. The original designs were paper pieced, but I decided to change them up to use bigger sized blocks and not paper piece them. So, I got out some graph paper and went to town sketching. I have spent the last ... View the Post

Quilting

Halloween Mini Quilts–Part I

Recipe

High Altitude Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

One of the hardest things about living in the mountain west when I moved here was finding good baking recipes. I found that my cookies and cakes never came out right...they were either flat pancakes on the cookie sheet or they turned out hard as rocks. But over the years I *think* I have tried and found some recipes that work super well for higher altitudes. Although there is one that I am still lacking....a moist and dense chocolate cake recipe made from scratch. That one is still a ... View the Post

Home Decorating

Teen Room Makeover

We kind of did some room swapping this summer to give everyone a little more space...and I think they worked out great. Most of the things we used in the teen room makeover were re-purposed from other rooms, but a few runs to Target and Home goods helped out too for the accessories. Here's what we did.... ... View the Post

Quilting

Granny-Squared Quilt Block Tutorial

Today we get to take our turn on the Wistful Winds Blog Tour in showcasing Doohikey Designs new fabric collection. And I had such fun making this Granny-Squared Quilt Block out of her fun and playful fabrics. If you were alive in the 70's or 80's you probably had at least one afghan in your house that was a granny square. I remember several....one was an olive green background with shades of pumpkin, rust and mustard granny squares woven into it. It was warm and soft and I ... View the Post