Beautiful Blessings - 8/3/16

~ going to craft time at the library with the kids

~ seeing them have fun playing with partial decks of cards

~ a boyfriend who will do your chores so you can take a nap just because he loves you ;~)

~ teaching him Clock Solitaire

~ ending up at the playground on a walk together so I can swing

Beautiful Blessings - 8/12/15

~ Watching L-Jo meticulously color in a coloring book I had as a kid. 

~ Remembering the teas we went to at the Renaissance Festival.

~ Coming acoss craft supplies I loved to use as a kid.

~ Reshelving all the books in my room....and realizing I have a ton!

~ Vegging with a movie after the end of a busy day.

5 days till X'mas

Ornaments!!

They make great gifts.

You can make Cinnamon Ornaments.

Or paper ornaments with sequins, and more!

What do you like to make to give as gifts?

Candy canes??

12 days till X'mas!

12 days till X'mas 12/12/12!

We made Cinnamon Ornaments!!

(Sitting in the oven, just cause)

A friend gave us the dough, but you can make your own!

You need the ratio of 1:1. 

E.g. 1 cup of applesauce and 1 cup of Cinnamon.

Mix it up and roll it out. 

Cut it up with cookie cutters!!! :~D 

If it gets to sticky use some cornstarch to alleviate the stickiness. 

Bake @ 200 Fahrenheit until hard. (We haven't gotten that far).

My Mice

I used some candy canes, that I mentioned here, to create the candy cane mice. I will have a total of 7 when I am done, but right now only 3 are ready. Aren't they cute??

Wouldn't you like to wake Christmas morning

to see him peeking out of your stocking?

Aren't the adorable? I said it before. This is the cute kind of mouse! :~D Tasty too! My cat Ansel, tries to convince me the other kind are yummy, but I don't trust his shifty character. lol

37 days till X'mas

Every Christmas season I always look at the Martha Stewart website for Christmas ideas. I saw these today, and I will be making some VERY SOON! They are absolutely adorable.


(Photo Credit- Martha Stewart)

These are so cute! Don't you agree?

How to make them:
Mouse How-To
On a photocopier, enlarge mice template by 150 percent; cut out. With a pencil, trace ears and body onto felt; cut out. Cut inner ears and a dot for a nose from felt in a contrasting color, cut dots for eyes from black. Glue the face and inner ears in place. Make slits in body for ears and candy-cane tail where marked; to make cutting easier, fold felt across center of slits, and snip. Slip ears through slits at front; then slide wrapped candy cane through body slits, tucking the end underneath the ear piece at the back.

(Credit- Martha Stewart)

I see working on this, this afternoon or in a few days! They would be cute in the Christmas stockings!

Tutorial Tuesday

Today I made 2 things, I'll share both with you.

Project A)
A summer night gown....as fall comes....anyways, I added buttons that actually work and shortened the sleeves with pinking sheers on an old night gown.

I love it!

Project B)
No detergent for a load of towels, so unplanned, I made
LAUNDRY DETERGENT!

I love this recipe.

We usually use store detergent, but we ran out, and it is A LOT cheaper.

Ingredients:

1 shredded bar of Ivory soap (smells divine when you shred it!)
1 cup of baking soda (I used Arm and Hammer)
1 cup of borax (I used 20 Mule team borax)

Mix it thoroughly and use 1 table spoon per load!

Freshly cleaned towels!

Goals Acomplished.....(nervous laugh)......

Write a schedule; what we will do everyday..... I had one but it was too complicated.....

Start school, organize books, look over Math book, and finish my week to week planning 

Clean the quilt that has sat in the laundry room for forever and a day.

Memorize Ephesians 3:14-21

Prepare for a friend coming.

Not as much as I thought I had accomplished, but the day to day schedule is working.

Now enough boring stuff.

Blogging days theme.....

Munching Monday-recipes I have tried
Tutorial Tuesday-something I've made in the way of crafts
Wacky Wednesday-one odd thing I did/will do
Thoughtful Thursday-something I am studying or learning about
Friendly Friday-1 thing about me....quirks....like the fact I like to wear hats....
Silly Saturday-same as Wednesday
Sermon Sunday-something I have come across, anything slightly philosophical or biblical

:~D

My waterlogged goals, and bible verse tutorial

I had them written out on a pretty piece of paper. And they were ruined when a glass of water tipped over.

:~(

Thank goodness for blogging, I still have them!

Bible Verse tutorial:

• sharpie
• wood pieces (I used left over rectangles from a previous project. They were 3x5in.)

• painters tape
• a Bible verse

I wrote 1 letter on each piece of board. When I had the verse written out, I took the painters tape and made a loop of tape over my finger and attached it to my letter. And did the same for the rest. Nails would work too, but the painters tape does not leave holes or marks on the wall. 

Be joyful always. 1 Thessalonians 5:16.

I put them by the washing machine. 

What verse would you choose?