Fabric Carrots

I just love my little Fabric Carrots I made... My favorite quilt shop sold them in kits to make it super easy! They got the idea & pattern from this! I think I'll make a bunch more to fill a basket up for next year!

Toddler Busy Bags

A few months ago I joined a Toddler Busy Bag Swap with a bunch of my neighbors. I found this really fun idea for a Clothesline Busy Bag with Felt Cut outs for the clothes on moneysavingmom.com You can download everything you need including the pattern & instructions!

Valentines Quilt... Only a few days late ;)

Here is my most Favorite quilt so far... I actually had this done in plenty of time to get it up for Valentines Day but the quilter was quite backed up and it took her about a month to quilt it...Uggg So I hurried & binded it just in enough time to put it away for next year... Bummer!! My most favorite part of this quilt is my Hubby's & My initials carved on the tree ;)

Wooden Love sign!

There's this great little wood shop in West Haven, Ut called Wood Creations! I have always loved to do wood crafts so when I heard about this place I was all over it ;) I used Cosmo Cricket Scrapbook Paper and I LOVE how it turned out!

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I-Spy Quilt

I Love I-Spy Quilts for little ones... So I decided I must Make one for my little guy who is really into the "Whats That?" phase!  I love how it turned out! I found an I-Spy blanket on makeandtake.com that used the Thomas the Train material on the back & knew that was perfect for my little Train Loving 2 Year old!

So I am getting a little addicted to this quilting gig... I have learned so many new techniques at my Favorite Quilt shop www.mygirlfriendsquiltshoppe.com Here is my Winter Snowman Quilt I did through the Quilt Shops Mystery Quilt by Kimberbell designs.

Reindeer Thumbprint Ornaments

I found this cute idea for these Reindeer Thumbprint Ornaments on sassysites & thought they would be perfect to make for the Grandparents Christmas Tree's! I think they turned out so great. Super easy too! All we did was used Acriylic Paint for the Thumbprint & nose & a sharpie pen to draw on the antlers. I printed out vinyl for his name & year!

Peace, Joy & Soap!

My Sweet Neighbor & Friend brought over this super cute Gift for Christmas! The Tag Reads " Wishing you a Holiday Season full of Peace, Joy & Soap! (Hope crossed out & replaced with soap!)

Santa Hat Chex Mix

So I decided to make the Santa Hat Chex mix I seen on Studio 5 (See video Below) It was easy to make & turned out great! Ohh and it tasted good too!

Studio 5

I LOVE Studio 5!! Here is today's Segment on Holiday Treats!!

Stef

Wendy

Billie C.

Carrie

Rachelle

Renee

Kara

Carrie

Here are our Beautiful Ornaments from our Blog Swap! Thank you so much for participating! Can you say WOW! I was so impressed by them all! More pics to come of our Neighborhood Ornament Swap!!

Christmas Notes by Clint G. Cox

I would like to tell everyone about a very special book I received in our Ornament Swap..

 Christmas Notes by Clint G. Cox.

I generally don't take the time to sit down and read.. I'm usually multitasking and doing several things at a time.. But I was totally enthralled with this book! The way the Author describes the characters in great detail & sets the scene in amazing. I felt as if I was right there with them throughout the story! Here is a little bit about the Author: Clint G. Cox is a Plumber by trade that has severe Dyslexia. He is a motivational Speaker & has been featured on Disney Radio. Most of Christmas Notes was wrote on cut up two by fours and ripped up cardboard while he was on the job site..He was inspired to write the book when He was buried in paper work from the four businesses he owned back in 2009. When two weeks before Christmas his 8 year old daughter came up to him and said she was not that excited about the holiday. He knew it was his fault! He had not even taken the time to put up Christmas lights. That night the story line was formed for all three books. Christmas Notes has been ranked with Richard Paul Evens, and Glenn Becks' Christmas Books in the Deseret News this last week under new novels for the season.

If you are interested in purchasing Christmas Notes you can get free shipping throughout the month of December through the Authors Website.. http://christmasnotes.org/ These would make Fabulous gifts for your Family, Friends, Neighbors & Coworkers ;)

My Christmas Quilt

I am so excited that I finished my Christmas Quilt! I Love that our Local Quilt Shop my girlfriends quilt shoppe does "Mystery Quilts! They send us home with 1 Block a week to do and also very easy to understand step by step instructions by Kimberbell designs. It's so nice that it is managble for Newbies like me ;) I have learned so much from doing these Fun Mystery Quilts!! I never though "I" the non-sewer could possibly put together something so fun!

Handmade Christmas Ornament Swap!!! Closed!

UPDATE: 12/5 Your Ornaments have been shipped!! I hope you all enjoy them!! Just a quick note: I hope you all enjoy your Beautiful Ornaments!!! I will be posting Pictures in about a week so everyone can see what a great job you all did. Not everyone will be receiving the exact same ornaments where we had more that the 6 in the group.. I just swapped them randomly & made sure you didn't receive your own back ;)  Have a safe & Happy Holiday!!!

I have started to recieve some packages!! And I am SO excited!! All I can Say is WOW!!
Handmade Ornament Swap!! I am going out on a limb & hosting my 1st Christmas Tree Ornament Swap!  So here's all the details!!!

1- You will make 6 Handmade Ornaments (Under $3 each to make)

2- You will recieve back 6 different ornaments (You will not recieve one of your own back, so make sure to make one for yourself!)

3-Mail or Hand deliver your Ornaments to me by November 30th & enclose a return envelpe with enough stamps to get your ornaments back to you. I will have them on their way back to you within a few days. (No late ornaments will be excepted as we want everyone to get their ornaments back to display on their Tree's so make sure you mail them in enough time to get here by November 30th

4- Please do your Very best work! Be proud of what you make!

5- Please email me at love4literacy@netscape.net by November 15th to sign up or leave a comment with you info & email and I will send you my address.

Group #1 
 1- Stef (Me) Recieved
2- Wendy (From CraftGoodies) Recieved
3- Rachael Recieved
4- Connie (greenappleorchard)
5- Billie C. Recieved
6- Vicki greeneyedgirlcrafts
7- Renee Recieved
8- Carrie L Recieved
9- Kara Recieved

My Christmas Pillow

I have went a little pillow crazy lately! I LOVE this Believe pillow I finished up yesterday! I used all scraps of fabric from previous projects.. Love it when you can make something for nothing! The pattern is by kimberbell. I'm going to make a few of these as gifts as well. More pillows to come ;)

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Homemade Applesauce

I love this Goose berry patch cookbook called Super-Fast Slow Cooking! So many great recipes. I have never made my own applesauce & I have to say it was scrumptious! This recipe made about 2 pint jars that I just stored in the fridge... But it didn't last long, it was quite a hit at our house.

Applesauce

3 Lbs. apples, cored, peeled and sliced
1/2 C. brown sugar, packed
1 t. cinnamon
1 1/2 T. lemon juice

Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. Cover & cook on high setting for 3 hours. Stir occasionally; mash with potato masher until desired consistency. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Always a day late...

Here is My Halloween Table runner I made! I got the pattern & kit to make it at My Girlfriends Quilt Shop! Love Love Love that cute Shop!!

Home is Where the Haunt is...

I finished my First Quilt!! This Quilt is called Home is Where the Haunt is... We have this Awesome Quilt Shop in our town called "My Girlfriend's Quilt Shop". They always have the most Beautiful Quilts & Fabric. The Girls that work there are so friendly & helpful! I want to make everything in there!! I feel like I have learned soo much going to their classes & doing their Mystery Quilts. I can see this is going to be very addicting!

Yummy Peach Pie

I stumbled upon this recipe for this simple-peach-pie- & it is really good & easy!! My kind of dessert!

Ingredients

pastry for a double-crust 9-inch pie

5 cups fresh peaches, sliced
1 cup sugar
1/3-1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4-1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons sugar

Directions:

1Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. 2Stir together flour, 1 cup sugar, and cinnamon and set aside. 3Wash, peel, and slice fresh peaches. 4Mix together peaches with the combined dry ingredients. 5Turn into pastry-lined pie pan and dot with butter. 6Cover with top crust, cut slits in it, seal the edges. 7Sprinkle top with 2 tablespoons of sugar. 8Cover the edges with foil to prevent over browning; remove foil for the last 15 minutes of baking. 9Bake 35 to 45 minutes or until crust is brown and juice begins to bubble through the slits in the crust. 10Pie may be frozen for future use.

Construction Party

For my 2 year olds Birthday Party we decided to do a Construction theme. Everything was easy to decorate as we just stuck to the Orange, Yellow & Black Colors.

 Cat dump truck filled with ice to chill the drinks!

 Chocolate Suckers in a Flower Pot.

 Chocolate Tools, Hard Hats & table cloth made to look like a road.

Applique Dump truck shirt I made & the Handsome Birthday Boy!

And the Awesome cake! I first seen this on Ucreate.com and knew this would be the perfect cake for Jax's party. So I send a picture to my Mom & she had it made for us!