Getting Busy with my crafting!

It is November! Which means my cooking and crafting mode seem to really seems to be full on!! I have been trying new recipes from THM and I have found several really good new meals to add to my list. And it is good for us! With the holidays coming soon, the food thing can get out of hand, so hopefully this THM will help me not overdo the sugar.

Crafting is my Jam!! I really love to create all kinds of things. Baskets have always been one of my favorites. You can use them in so many ways. The green with the holly and berries and the red with the trees and snowflakes are 8 x 8 and work great when putting together gift baskets for those special friends! I also like to use them for goodies - I will serve muffins in them or pack them with holiday cookies and take them to church! Or put your Christmas cards that come in the mail this December in them. The other one (it is navy with cranberry and gold) and it is about 11X8. I got these baskets at a hamper house and when I went back to get some more - gone!!! I bought a dozen and there are only two left now! #Christmasgifts

This is my most recent project. It is a shadowbox with lights and I LOVE it!!! A beautiful snow scene with the deer. I also did a manger scene in a shadowbox that is so sweet. I sold it, but plan to make some more.

Tell me what you are making! Are you in a crafting mood yet? I would love to see what you are working on. I have so many projects I really want to work on. The next one will be out of burlap. Once it is done, I will show you.

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From Twigs to Trees!

OK, girlfriends, I'm ready to show you what I have been working on for weeks and weeks. I told you I was working on something for two special people - it is done! Let me tell you who, what, when, where, and why. For as long as I can remember I have given my girls a "Happy December" present. I just love the Christmas season so much that I am ready to begin the celebration. So on December 1 I would have a gift for my kids. They might come home from school and find a Christmas shirt on their bed or I would present them with Christmas socks or a Christmas trinket, maybe cookie cutters or sticker book. Just something. For fun! This year I made: Grapevine Christmas trees!!!! I had lots of help! My sister, Nancy, Mark, and Hank all helped me gather the vines. Poor Hank got poison twice from helping me find vines! Then I wrapped the vines around a tomato cage using the vines and thin wire. ...

Sister's Birthday Gift

I just had to do Mark's idea - and he helped me - to make a gift for Nancy for her birthday. I had seen this little poem about growing up with a sister and thought it was perfect. So we went to several thrift stores looking for the perfect sized canvas picture and after only two stops - found it! This is the canvas with the letters I stuck on it and I began there in the bottom corner to paint it a dark brown. The canvas is a golden with thin trees and some words in cursive in a light brown. As you see, I was using a paint brush, but I changed to a small roller. It worked much much better. Completely painted the top and the sides of the canvas a brown color. Then I let it dry - probably about 30 minutes. Then pealed off the letters! Here is the finished product: And it's true. I did tell on her - it was for her own good. :)

Nutella Stuffed French Toast with Strawberries

Breakfast was great! Your family will love this! I had my sweet, fun, crazy kid grandson for the night. So I wanted to do something fun for breakfast. I found this recipe on Pinterest so I can tell you - good, simple, really good! 1 cup sliced strawberries 2 tsp sugar > mix and set aside juice of half a lemon 4 thick slices bread > cut pocket in bread, 1/2 cup Nutella insert Nutella 1 large egg 3/4 cup milk 2 TBSP melted butter >mix with whisk, 1 tsp vanilla dip bread i...

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