vintage style, cottage living, home cooking
Well, hello and welcome to What Meegan Makes. Today I am happy to show you a few of my January Highlights. If you are new here you will see various DIY projects, recipes and crafts that keep me busy here in my cottage in the desert.
How are you this fine January day? Is it cold where you are? We have been having unusually cold nights. Down to the low 30s every night recently. That IS cold for Las Vegas. I thought it would be fun to adorn our front door with an EASY Framed Winter Wreath to celebrate our cold weather.
*This post was updated November 2025.
Well, hello dear friends! My migraine is finally leaving and I am back to cleaning, cooking and creating a home for Hubby and me. It’s that perfect time of year for comfort food, isn’t it? And that is why I have made my own recipe for Creamy Potato Soup from Scratch recently.
I MUST tell you a story about the first time I made potato soup. We had only been married a few weeks, and it was a cool Fall day. An ideal day for soup, right? I thought I would dive into one of the many cook books I had received as a wedding present. (Yes, they gave cook books as gifts back then.) (HUGE SMILE)
Anyway, Hubby liked potato soup with lots of cheese and cornbread. I worked in the kitchen most of the afternoon making sure I timed it just right, so everything was ready when he got home from work.
I had never made either one before, but I was confident I was making a great meal.
Mistake number one. I baked the cornbread in a loaf pan. Um..don’t ever try it. It will take hours to bake fully. And/or the top will be burnt to a crisp and the middle will still be doughy. Yep, You guessed it-That is EXACTLY what happened to me. I was SO embarrassed!
Well, hello my blogging friends! How are you doing this first week of January? Is your Christmas tree down yet? I took mine down yesterday, but left a few things up to share my Winter White Home Ideas.
Do you decorate for Winter, too? It has been a passion of mine for about 4 years. I would look in store windows and shops and see beautiful and inviting Winter White decorating. So, I decide to bring that same feel into my own home.
