Thank you to Pretty Prudent for including our veggie tanned leather keychains / luggage tags in their Holiday Gift Guide amongst some of our favorite other companies.  We love their ideas on gifts for the traveler!

Every year we add more of our favorite classics to our R.T.Co. Holiday Playlist (there’s even some great Icelandic ones)

Feel free to share with others & listen while you’re driving out in the cold or cozy inside baking or wrapping gifts! 

Happy Holidays from our families to yours.
-R.T.Co.

We took a small hibernation from social media. The time spent learning, exploring, camping, crafting & collaborating (amongst vast amounts of fine coffee) has put us back on the right track to move forward. Many great things have & will be announced soon…

But say hello again to one of our favorite veg tanned leather keychains / luggage tags that has seen the world over but always gets us back home safe to Iceland.

Get outside this weekend…

We’ve been working hard on private projects for restaurants, hotels, bistros & residences in Iceland & California the last few months so we’ve been sleeping a tad on the social media posting & focusing on making & crafting…

Lots of new goods are coming just in time for Autumn / Winter as well as the public launch of our web shop! Feel free to share & inquire about pieces through us or one of our many stockists around the world. Enjoy the weekend.

Minarc Living wrote a nice article in their latest issue about Reykjavik Outpost, the new home for our goods in LA.

RECIPE: CRISPY HAM AND CORNMEAL WAFFLES

We love winter for a few reasons: the weather, the cozy times spent inside & most of all, the baking. We’ve been collecting & trying recipes out to share with you over the last few months.

To start our series of recipe posts , we turn to one of our favorite magazines & friends over at Kinfolk.

INGREDIENTS
2 sticks (8 ounces/225 grams) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
8 ounces (225 grams) ham, preferably country ham, chopped or shredded by hand
1 1/2 cups (7.5 ounces/210 grams) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (1.25 ounces/35 grams) coarse yellow cornmeal
3 tablespoons (1.5 ounces/45 grams) granulated sugar
2 teaspoons (.2 ounces/6 grams) baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons (.16 ounces/4.5 grams) baking soda
1/2 teaspoon (.1 ounce/3 grams) salt 2 large eggs
1 1/2 cups (12 ounces/350 milliliters) buttermilk

METHOD
Note: Adjust one oven rack to the middle position and preheat the oven to 200°F/95°C. Heat 1 tablespoon of the butter in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the ham, stirring occasionally, until well crisped, about five minutes. Remove from heat.

Heat waffle iron according to manufacturer’s instructions.

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cornmeal, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs, then whisk in the buttermilk and remaining butter. Whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Stir in the ham.

Cook the waffles and transfer them to the preheated oven to keep warm.

Serve with Quick Pickled Peaches and Three Whipped Butters.

Make waffles up to one month in advance. Cool them completely and freeze them in zipper-top bags. Reheat the waffles in a toaster oven or an oven preheated to 300°F/150°C.

Notes: I use a standard waffle iron that makes one 7-inch round waffle. While you can use a Belgian waffle iron, the waffles won’t be as crisp. You can, however, bake the thicker waffles in an oven preheated to 350°F/180°C until they crisp. Can be made without ham or with bacon instead.

Makes about 8 (7-inch/18-centimeter) waffles

We’ve been away for a month gathering, crafting, traveling far & near so that we will be ready to introduce new goods for the spring! One of the things that people may not know about our Oak Serving Boards- we hand pour & wax each individual mineral oil vile…to us it’s the little things that matter.

Baby Reindeer. Winter is awesome.

Have you starting wrapping gifts yet? Use our milk painted Wooden Gift Tags-we have limited quantities left for the holidays! Either order from our Square Market online shop or message us so we can get them to you in time!

Thank you all who came to our holiday pop-up in Reykjavík, Iceland at the beautiful Harpa. We loved being able to show new goods & know that they will find some great homes this holiday season!

Setting up holiday pop-up shop in Harpa…

Busy getting our Fall / Winter stockist orders fulfilled! If you would like to special order one of our iPad or MacBook Icelandic Wool Sleeves, message us & we’ll get it to you.

Yesterday we made a lovely fall window display of Aeriums for one of our favorite clothing companies in Iceland, Aftur. Go by & check them out soon!

Inspiration comes in many forms. For the Colorblocked Oak Serving Boards, here is an installation piece of Icelandic hiking trail posts by Anthony from his 2010 exhibit in Djúpavík, Iceland.