Burlap Wreath

So here it is!  I really liked making this one...  Dealing with the burlap is messy, but worth it!

First you need your materials:

• Scissors
• Burlap (any colors you like)  I got a yard of each but used maybe half of it..  I found the fabric at hobby lobby and you will have extra so you can make one for a friend, or just get less....)  I also got 3 colors but decided to only use 2
• Wreath base (I got one for $1, but you can pretty much use anything round)
• Hot glue if you are planning to add any embellishments (I added my flower and ribbon)
• Ribbon, or anything else you want to add!

So now the fun part!  You will need to cut strips of the fabric.  About 1 inch wide or so and about 16 inches long.  Beware, this will get messy..  Put on your apron so you don't get it all over you...

Now, you just tie single or double knots all around your wreath  base with the fabric strips in any order you want.  Finish it up by fluffing it and adding whatever you would like to it!  Pretty simple huh...  Enjoy and good crafting!!

Here is mine!!



Pumpkin Wreaths

What You'll Need: 16" Styrofoam wreath form, cardboard, scissors, hot-glue gun, cotton batting, orange burlap, black adhesive-backed craft foam, green ribbon, fishing line Make It: Cut a cardboard circle to cover the back of wreath form; attach with hot glue. Place on flat surface, cardboard side down, and fill center with cotton batting until top of mound sits about 2" higher than the wreath form. Cut 15 to 20 3"x20" strips of orange burlap for wreath covering. Glue on end of each strip to center of cardboard back, then stretch all the way around the wreath and secure other end with glue. Repeat for each strip, working in a circular motion until form is completely covered with burlap. Cut out facial features from craft foam and adhere to rounded side of wreath with hot glue. Loop a 20" piece of green ribbon through the top strip of the wreath and know consecutively to create the pumpkin's stem. Hang with fishing line. Pumpkin Wreaths

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Squash Softies

 

Total Time Needed:

1-2 Hours

These warm and fuzzy fabric pumpkins will keep year after year. Try mixing textures and colors to create a mismatched patch of them.

Materials

• Fake fur, fleece, or other fabric (maybe some old fall sweaters??..!)
• Scissors
• Needle

• Dental floss
• Plastic shopping bag
• Short stick

 

Instructions

1. For each pumpkin, cut a circle from a piece of fake fur, fleece, or other fabric (ours were roughly 8 inches in diameter).
2. Thread a needle with dental floss and make a knot several inches from the end (you'll use this tail to tie the floss together). Make wide stitches around the circle as shown, about a half-inch from the outer edge. Pull the floss to gather the edges, and stuff the resulting pouch with a plastic shopping bag.
3. Place a short stick into the hole for a stem, then pull and knot the floss so that the fabric is cinched around the stick.

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Holiday Tutus

Now taking orders for  fall, Halloween, and Christmas!   


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Michaels personalized pumpkins...

Think I will go!

LOVE

 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Don't throw away your pumpkin seeds!!

When you carve a pumpkin, save the seeds!!

 

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds
• 2 teaspoons butter, melted
• 1 pinch salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2. Toss seeds in a bowl with the melted butter and salt (or anything else you like). Spread the seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for about 45 minutes or until golden brown; stir occasionally.

* This is what i do...  I take the seeds out into a colander, and put the guts elsewhere...  Rinse the seeds and some of the guts will be stuck on there.. If you let them dry on a cookie over night, it will be much easier to remove the extra stuff from the seeds..  and you can season with your favorite flavors. (garlic salt, cinnamon, chili powder, ect...   Enjoy!!

Autumn Planters

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Martha Stewart Living, October 1997

When cold weather arrives, gourds, winter squash, Indian corn, and small pumpkins can fill the planters that once overflowed with flowering annuals; tuck some colorful leaves into any gaps. There's no better way to capture the spirit of the fall harvest season.


    Or decorate for Halloween too!

LIBBY'S® Pumpkin Roll

LIBBY'S® Pumpkin Roll

By:

LIBBY'S PUMPKIN

214 ratings

Prep:

45 mins

Cooking:

13 mins

Level:

Intermediate

Cooling:

60 mins

Yields:

10

Dazzle family and friends with Libby's® Pumpkin Roll; moist and creamy, with a tantalizing aroma and beautiful presentation.

• Ingredients

• CAKE
• 1/4 cup powdered sugar (to sprinkle on towel)
• 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 large eggs
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2/3 cup LIBBY'S® 100% Pure Pumpkin
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped (optional)
• FILLING
• 1 pkg. (8 oz.) cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
• 6 tablespoons butter or margarine, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Powdered sugar (optional for decoration)

Directions

FOR CAKE:
PREHEAT oven to 375° F. Grease 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan; line with wax paper. Grease and flour paper. Sprinkle a thin, cotton kitchen towel with powdered sugar.

COMBINE flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt in small bowl. Beat eggs and granulated sugar in large mixer bowl until thick. Beat in pumpkin. Stir in flour mixture. Spread evenly into prepared pan. Sprinkle with nuts.

BAKE for 13 to 15 minutes or until top of cake springs back when touched. (If using a dark-colored pan, begin checking for doneness at 11 minutes.) Immediately loosen and turn cake onto prepared towel. Carefully peel off paper. Roll up cake and towel together, starting with narrow end. Cool on wire rack.

FOR FILLING:
BEAT cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, butter and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until smooth. Carefully unroll cake. Spread cream cheese mixture over cake. Reroll cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least one hour. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving, if desired.

COOKING TIP:Be sure to put enough powdered sugar on the towel when rolling up the cake so it will not stick.

 

Thanks Lisa!!

How Romantic... Read on...

One of my most favorites!


Romeo:

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou her maid art far more fair than she:
Be not her maid, since she is envious;
Her vestal livery is but sick and green
And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
It is my lady, O, it is my love!
O, that she knew she were!
She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?
Her eye discourses; I will answer it.
I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return.
What if her eyes were there, they in her head?
The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!
O, that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!

Beauty under $10: 6 Drugstore skin products even doctors buy

March 2011 issue of Glamour

1. For a happy scalp: Head & Shoulders 2-in-1 Classic Clean ($4.99)
“Calms scalp inflammation due to stress, climate and styling.”—Dr. Marianna Blyumin-Karasik, Miami

2. For pampered eyes: Garnier Nutritioniste The Refreshing Remover Cleansing Towelettes ($5.99)
“Won’t leave an oily residue.”—Dr. Francesca Fusco, NYC

3. For silky skin: Jergens Skin Smoothing Cellular Renewal Moisturizer ($4.99)
“Love the smell, and it exfoliates, too.”—Dr. Sherry Shieh, NYC

4. For a fresh face: Cetaphil Gentle Cleansing Bar ($3.49)
“Gives great suds and retains skin’s natural moisture.”—Dr. Mona Gohara, Danbury, Conn.

5. For daily SPF: Coppertone UltraGuard SPF 50 Continuous Spray ($9.99)
“Feels light and nice for on-the-go.”—Dr. Emma Taylor, L.A.



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Shoe Dazzle

  Okay, at first i was a bit skeptical about "Shoe Dazzle"...  After reading reviews, it seems like a pretty good deal! 


   Here is the deal.  You sign up at shoedazzle.com and take a quick style quiz and they basically gather all of the shoes that fit your personal style!  You pay $39.95 for every pair each month, or you can cancell a month if you don't want to overload your closet..  Free shipping too!  Right now, if you sign up for Shoe Dazzle, you get 20% off your first pair.


  Not your typical, comfy shoes, so if heels and bling are not your thing, probably not your type of club.. 


  Check it out!!

Two-Tone Sandwiches

Ingredients

• 2 slices of bread (one white and the other whole wheat, roughly the same size)

• Cookie cutters, 1 large and 1 small (ours measure 3 1/4 inches for the hand and 1 1/2 inches for the heart)

 

Instructions

1. Set the 2 slices of bread on a cutting board. Cut out the centers of each with a large and a small cookie cutter.
2. Swap the center cutouts, so the wheat bread has a white bread design and the white has the wheat, then assemble your sandwich.

From Disney Family Fun

Kendall belle is back in action

It took long enough,  but i am back!  August 22, first day of school and it is the day my beautiful daughter started kindergarten!  What a joy to see how anxious and eager she was to go to school.  I wasn't worried, i knew she would do great this morning.  I think i was more worried about her waking up on time!  The Lord has indeed blessed my life with these beautiful, amazing girls and i am such a proud mommy.

Savannah's First Day of School!
Go Bulldogs!

Mother's Day

For it was you who created my inward parts; You knit me together in my mother's womb.  I will praise You, because i have been remarkably and wonderfully made.  Your works are wonderful, and I know this very well.

My bones were not hidden from You when i was made in secret, when i was formed in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw me when i was formless;  all my days were written in Your book and planned before a single one of them began.

Psalm 139:13-16

"I like the night. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars."
— Stephenie Meyer (Twilight)

"Coffee: Drinking a single cup of coffee daily may lower your risk of developing skin cancer. In one study of more than 93,000 women, published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention, those who drank one cup of caffeinated coffee a day reduced their risk of developing nonmelanoma skin cancer by about 10 percent. And the more they drank—up to about 6 cups or so per day—the lower their risk. Decaf didn’t seem to offer the same protection"

Old Remedies for New People

Teething is a time that might leave both parent and baby sleepless and slightly frazzled.  Here is how to soothe your baby.
If you are a nursing mom, try drinking catnip or chamomile tea.  But herbs are quite calming.  You can also soak a wachcloth in the cooled tea and allow your child to chew on the cloth.
Unsulfered dried apple rings make handy teething food.  One the their virtues is that you can put the fruit rings arond your babys fingers, thus, prolonging the time before the object falls on the floor.  Several kinds of teething cookies are also available.  Always be present when you allow your baby to chew on something to avoid choking.

Herbs for Colicky Babies

The following herbs help with digestion by increasing the circulation of the digestive tract due to the presence of essential oils.  These herbs can be taken by nursing mothers, by drinking the teas or taking capsules three times daily.  These herbs can also be taken in tablespoon doeses in bottles by infants older than 3 months of age.
Anise seed
Cat Nip
Chamomile
Cumin seed
Dill seed
Fennel seed
Lemon Balm
Peppermint
Spearmint

A few good things

I was thinking that a way to share a few things good for the soul, was to create this blog.  A favorite recipe, a crafty idea, my faith in the Lord....  Just a few things that make me who i am, they make me happy.  What makes you happy?  Take some time today to do something for you!  Stop and smell the rain, notice the beauty all around.  Sometimes we get caught up in life and forget to notice the small, but beautiful things...  Kevin, my husband, mowed the grass this past weekend and as silly as it sounds, when i stepped outside i just took a moment to smell the fresh cut grass..  Life is beautiful!