St. Patrick's Day Milk

Surprise you family

with a glass of green milk

this St. Patrick's Day!

Wouldn't this be a cute upgrade

for your cookies and milk!

Simply add some green food coloring

to your glass of milk and voila! 

You could also add this to

cereal or a hot steamer.

Such a fun and simple treat.

Gold Cutlery

I am just drooling over this

Rondo Gold Cutlery set

found at Horne.

Free People

Doesn't the March 2012 Free People Lookbook

just make you want to take a vacation!

Liberty Umbrella

It's suppose to rain
here in Montana today.

I'm happy about this because that means
it's warming up outside!

Yeay for no more snow!

But since were on the topic of rain...

I would love to be
carrying this around today!

Via: Liberty

Raspberry Swirl Tart

Here is a lovely recipe

to get your Monday morning

off to a good start!

Raspberry Swirl Tart 

Crust:

1 egg yolk

2 tbsp cold water

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/4 cups flour

1/3 cup sugar

1/4 tsp kosher salt

8 tbsp butter, cut into small cubes

Filling:

2/3 cups cream cheese

1/2 cup sour cream

1/4 cup honey

1/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

lemon zest to taste

Raspberry Swirl:

1/2 cup raspberries

1/2 cup sugar

1. To make the crust, whisk the egg, water, and vanilla in a small bowl and set aside. Then in an electric mixer, beat flour, sugar, salt and butter together until a coarse meal is formed. Add the egg mixture and beat until it just comes together. Form into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and set in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.

2. For the filling: Beat all the filling ingredients together in an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.

3. For the Raspberry: In a small sauce pan, over medium-low heat, bring raspberries and sugar to a boil and simmer until it thickens slightly. The let cool. 

4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Once crust has set for 30 minutes, take out of fridge and roll (on a lightly floured surface) about a 1/8 inch thick. Place in tart pan and cove with foil. Bake 5 minutes, then remove the foil and bake another 15 minutes.

5. Once completely cooled, pour the filling into your tart shell. Add 5 or 6 dollops of the raspberry to the filling mix and swirl in with a tooth pick. 

6. Cool again for another hour, then serve! 

Sunday Morning Breakfast

I love that I can have

Huckleberry Pancakes in March.

Some may call it a waste of time,

others may call it "fruit-hoarding",

but to me and my friend Mary, we simply call it

"stocking up for the winter months".

 

Because to us, the summer is fruit picking time!

So whether we are climbing up a mountain

and venturing into 'Bear Territory"

to gather Huckleberries...

Tromping through an abandoned apple field

with ladders and baskets in hand...

 

Or praying that the cherries we picked

from one of the many Cherry Orchards here

don't have worms in them...

Summer-time is "fruit-hoarding" time

and in the winter, it's glorious!

ISWAS+WILLBE

Loving this
beaded jewelry from...

ISWAS+WILLBE

Anthro Outfit

I saw this dress the other day
on Anthropologie
and just fell in love.

It inspired me to put together
a little summer vacation outfit for you.


I would pair this dress
with these shoes...

Add this bag...

And stack these lovely bracelets
on my writs to top it off...

Doesn't it just make you want to take
a vacation to some place warm!

Carly Waito

Can you believe

that these are paintings

and not photographs!

That is how talented

Carley Waito is.

I think these oil paintings

are just pure beauty.

Oscar Favorite

I know it has been like 5 days

since the Oscars...

But I just had to share with you

my pick for favorite dress!

I know most people either have a
"love it" or "hate it" opinion
about Rooney Mara's style...

But I am definitely in the

LOVE IT category!

I think she has amazing style.

And her dress is Givenchy...

c'mon...fabulous!

DIY Coffee Syrup

One of my favorite coffee shops
is called Barista.

It's located in Portland,
so when Micah and I
take a trip out west to visit family,
we try to make a trip
at least once (or twice).

One of the best things about Barista
is that they make there own
Vanilla Bean Coffee Syrup.

It truly is amazing.

So I decided to replicate it!

 Here is what you need...

 2 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 vanilla beans

First, you'll want to get all those yummy,
fragrant vanilla bean seeds out of their pod.
So split the bean down the center
and scrape the seeds out.

Next, bring the water, sugar, and vanilla bean seeds
to a boil on the stove top, stirring vigorously.

Once the sugar is nice and dissolved to form a syrup,
let it cool for a few minutes.

Pour the syrup in a bottle
and when the liquid is completely cooled,
seal the lid with a pour spout.

Enchantment by Ruche

Oh Ruche...

How I will

always love you.

And your new

Enchantment LookBook.

Happy Leap Day!

What are you going to do

with your extra day?

I have tons of catch up work to do,
but I do get to work from home.

So while I'm finishing up paperwork,
organizing an Easter Party,
and planning an upcoming
jewelry party... 

I at least can relax
in my home.

Image Via: labour of heart*

I've Been Featured!

My work here at Wuthering Iris

has been featured on the amazing blog

The 36th Avenue!

Check out my Vanilla Extract Post

on the lovely Desiree's Blog...

and then spend some time browsing around the site,

gaining tons of inspirational ideas.

Inslee By Design

Oh!

I get so excited

when I find a lovely artist...

Especially

when the art is fashion!

This art is created by:

Inslee By Design

This art makes me

miss summer.

Photos Via: Padgett Hoke

Padgett Hoke

Loving this
handmade jewelry
by Padgett Hoke

Semi-Homemade Doughnuts

So, I had a tiny doughnut craving

yesterday morning.

So I decided

to make some...

as quickly as possible.

Semi-Homemade Doughnuts

1 can of biscuit dough (yep, any kind but the flaky kind)

vegetable oil, for frying

1 stick butter

2 cups sugar

1 tbsp cinnamon

1. Heat vegetable oil in a fry pan until about 350 degrees.

2. While oil in heating, punch or cut round holes into biscuit dough.

3. Fry each until golden brown and done in the center, a few minutes on each side. 

4. Let cool on a cookie rack for a few minutes.

5. While doughnuts are cooling, combine cinnamon and sugar in a shallow dish. Then melt the butter in another shallow dish.

6. Take each doughnut, dunk each side of it in the melted butter, then coat it in the cinnamon sugar.

7. Let dry on the cooling rack again for a few minutes. 

8. Lastly, try not to eat every single one of them!

Sunday Morning Breakfast

Happy Sunday!

Eat something sinful
today...

Something like a
homemade doughnut!

Vintage Market

Boy, is it snowing outside.

Spring is definitely still far away

for us here in Montana.

But even though we had a fresh dusting

of snow on the ground,

and it's been snowing steady

ever since...

I woke up, got dressed, and ventured out

to go to a Vintage Market!

I came away with the most lovely broach

and glass antique milk bottle!

Kate Spade...New Arrivals!

I am just loving the new jewelry line

from Kate Spade!

And the new floral design...

Florence Broadhurst Japanese Floral

Gorgeous!