tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27121933487774254812012-01-27T08:00:05.171-05:00A Wife, Mommy, and Daughter trying to make it in the crafting world!lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971981591752511165noreply@blogger.comBlogger3251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712193348777425481.post-16472476632293765982012-01-27T08:00:00.000-05:002012-01-27T08:00:05.179-05:00

For ages my Mother-in-law has been telling me that I needed to write down things that my son says.  So when I saw a guest post by I Am Momma Hear Me Roar on Tatertots & Jello, I knew I had to pin it for future reference.  And it came in handy this Christmas.  Here is our version.  I painted the background to save time.  I let someone else do the sides.  On the left is the dogs and on the right

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Source: cubiclerefugee.tumblr.com via Alejandra on Pinterest I never realized how much I want coffee in the morning until our coffee pot broke.  I miss it so much that I think I need the above print in my kitchen.  How cute would that look over a coffee station?  So we spent all week last week without coffee.  I looked around, but couldn’t make a decision.  I even went and browsed the

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This school year I haven’t been able to put as much thought into teachers gifts as I would like.  The main reason is because it jumped from 2 to 5 different teacher gifts!  Kind of hard to do on a budget.  So of course I went to Pinterest.  And then when I found a deal at Kohl’s on gloves from one of the many money saving blogs I follow on my reader I knew it was perfect.  The original idea is

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A while back I decided to try my hand at shopping a a restaurant supply store.  I had heard that there were wonderful deals to be had on ramekins, glasses, and storage pieces.  So I decided to take a trip into the big city.  The first shop we tried was more like a gourmet store.  And the prices reflected that.  I asked if they had the screw on lid for growing sprouts, which they didn’t.  They did

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When I saw this post I was shocked!  Apparently “The Martha Stewart Show” is . . .(gulp) canceled.  Production is suppose to end April 2012.  The post says that the show has struggled with low rating since moving to the Hallmark channel.  I must confess I think I’ve only watched a couple of episodes after the move.  It just wasn’t as convenient and the content didn’t seem as good.  And by that I

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What was crafting like before Pinterst?  Honestly, I’m not sure.  I feel just like I did when I first discovered Martha Stewart Living.  Changed!  Here is the latest pin-tastic craft that I’ve conquered!  After dragging the tree to the back porch I told my husband tat I needed him to cut off a section of the base.  After about 2 minutes of that he came back in and told me that it was my turn.

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I’m not sure this is the perfect word for me, but here is what I’m thinking for 2012. Climb.  To go upward with gradual or continuous progress.  To rise, to ascend.  To raise oneself especially by grasping or clutching with the hands.  To draw or pull oneself up, over, or to the top of by using hands and feet.  Sounds like a lot of hard work doesn’t it?  I’m ready!

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Well hello 2012!  I can’t exactly say it snuck up on me, however I’m still surprised its here.  I can’t say either that 2011 was a bad year, yet I’m glad to see it go.  There are still plenty of things that I would have liked to have gotten done in 2011.  Again this year after Christmas, I started thinking about what my one word resolution might be.  In the past I have chosen Harvest (2011), Keep

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Today is National Ice Cream Day!  Now this is a holiday I can get into!  To celebrate, for dinner I made homemade ice cream.  Nothing too fancy, just the basic vanilla recipe from Cuisinart.  Just look at that!  Delish! I would have shared pictures of it all heaped up in a bowl with caramel and chocolate sauce, but . . . it didn’t last.  Happy Ice Cream Day!

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Do you ever realize that the things that you agonize over and schedule down to the minute  never turn out the way they are suppose to?  But the things that just happen come together without a hitch?  Or maybe it’s just me.  A few weeks back I got everything ready to share some the projects that I have been working on.  I got it all planned out and then my computer wonked out me.  It’s amazing how

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I can’t believe that it is almost Christmas time already!  Wow have I lost time!  Remember how as a kid, it seemed time was slow and you couldn’t wait for it to hurry up?  Winter brakes seemed sooooo long?  What ever happened to that?  Now, the older I get it’s like time is gone in a wink.  It feels like Halloween was just a couple of weeks a go.  Ohie! You know what I blame?  One word. 

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I would be remiss if I didn’t share some photos of the local pumpkin decorating contest.  One of my favorite things during Halloween!  Ok here we go! The last one looks a lot like this one!

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See!  I haven’t just been sitting with my eyes glued to the Pinterest Boards.  I’ve been actually making stuff too! Here are the spidey cupcakes I made for our Halloween party at school.  The invitations said to not wear costumes  with ghosts and witches and the like, but I didn’t think these were too scary . . . The inspiration photo just has a regular Oreo, but I accidently picked up

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This year Sarah from Makin' Projiks hosted a Halloween Ornament Swap!  Two of my favorites, crafts and Halloween!  And lovely handmade ornaments back to me!  Yes, please!  So I signed myself up.  Then I realized . . . I would actually have to make ornaments. . . . and send them to Sarah . . . who is a mad crazy skilled crafter . . . who would send them to other crafters that probably had mad

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Who forgets their own birthday?  Me!  That’s ok right?  I think I am at that age (past 30) when age no longer starts to matter right?  That’s what I keep telling myself anyway.  I really don’t feel that old.  Except when I start trying to explain what a big wheel is.  I mean really!  What are they teaching these kids anyway?  I digress.  Without further adieu here is my much anticipated birthday

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I know many of you are probably familiar with Mabel’s House and how great it is!  It was one of the first blogs that I started reading.  In fact there are still some posts that I have booked marked to read when I need a good laugh (Coke Tsunami, and yes it is as funny as it sounds) and when I need a good cry.  And now even better for us, Liz has wrote a book!  AND even better than that she is

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When you think of the South and food a lot of different things come to mind.  Cat head biscuits, biscuits and gravy, biscuits covered in butter and honey,  corn pone, fried chicken, grits, watermelon with salt, collard greens, pecan pie, and of course sweet tea.  (I know tea isn’t typically a food, but when you have enough sugar in it to float a horse it’s a food).  And I’m sure there are more,

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Tuesday I had to be out and about early.  A lot earlier than normal.  When I finished my errands I thought I would make a stop at the local thrift.  I didn’t realize that I was arriving about six minutes before it opened.  Can you believe what I saw? I don’t know if it’s like this every morning but it was crazy!  It was like black Friday at the thrift store!  When they didn’t open right on

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Can you believe that it’s the time for school to be starting back?  While I’m ready to get rid of this heat, I almost didn’t realize that it was that time already!  This year I am going to have to pack snacks, which I have never done before.  Oh, sure sure I’ve packed snacks for family use occasionally, but somehow when you have to pack it every day ( or three days a week) it adds on a little

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Here is book three on my night stand.  I haven’t gotten to it, yet but I’m really excited to crack it open. I was really surprised when I came up on this at a random big book book store.  I hardly ever buy new books.  My husband goes through them like . . . . well like I have no idea what.  Let’s just say he had totes in the basement that I’ve been trying to talk him into doing something with.

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One of my favorite parts of summer has always been reading.  Every summer I would faithfully go to the local library and sign up for the summer reading program . . . even when I was in high school!  Yes I did!  Summer reading was something that I really wanted to pass on to my family.  While I was at the library signing us up I noticed this  . . . You may have noticed from the lack of

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This is a project that I have been thinking about for a long time.  Every week I seemed to struggle with what to make for dinner.  I would comb through cook books trying to find something to make, and writing up elaborate shopping lists only to do it again the next week.  It just seemed like a big waste of time.  When I would ask Hubs for some suggestions  for dinner, the answer was always “I don

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922TR3D2EZN9 I really think the heart of any home is in the kitchen.  And that’s why a lot of the projects that I have tackled have been in the kitchen.  1.  Fridge Organization Source: goodbyehousehellohome.blogspot.com via Lulabellsdaughter on Pinterest When I saw this picture on Pinterest, I knew I had to do this!  I know when some people looked at this they thought it was a little

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  Did you know this is Simply Your Life Week!  You may remember that I have been  trying to simplify things around me for a while now, so I was pretty excited when I realized this was coming up.  At first I thought about organizing tasks around the house and asking you guys to do it along with me.  But then I realized that it would be just too much work.  And not simple at all.  Kind of defeats

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Are any words necessary?

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This morning before the heat over took us, I decided to go out and dig up our tators.  It was a plentiful harvest ya’ll! Here is the first tator of the season. Taadaaaaaa! Not bad for our little 8 x 16 backyard raised garden . . . or the back 40 as we like to call it.  Ok, so we’ve never actually called it that, but I think we will start.  We got two, count um, TWO little baskets of

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Last Saturday I went on a thrifting adventure!  I have been scouring Craig's List, consignment stores, and antique markets for a cabinet to fit in our kitchen with no luck.  So when I saw that Rhoda of Southern Hospitality was hosting an  I Love Thriftying Party, I had to go.  Maybe it would be just the thing to break my bad luck. source: Southern Hospitality We visited several stores and then

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I decided to have a little blog makeover!  What do you think about LBD’s knew look?  I’m not sure yet. There is something about the time when stores start to stock back to school supplies that makes me what to go clothes shopping for a whole new wardrobe.  Since I really can’t do that, I thought giving my blog a restyle was the next best thing.   I hope this is easier to read.  I would love

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WOW!  Where did June go?  Really!  I was expecting to have free time this summer to work posting about some of the projects that I have been working on.  What was I thinking?  I never understood why Moms seemed to have so much to do during the summer and why they were ready for school to start back.  Now I get it.  It’s not because they are tired of putting up with their rowdy kids (thought that

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Today we attended a Memorial Day service presented by several of our veteran groups.  It was very humbling.  I am so grateful and proud of our Soldiers, past and present. I think this song is a perfect song for today.  And Zac’s video I posted last year.  Or this post over at (in)courage. Bar-B-Q’s are good.  Picnics are great.  But the best way to celebrate the day is to remember the

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I had every intention to write a post for yesterday and today. And take pictures of some of the things I plan on sharing. As you can tell there was no post yesterday. That’s because I was busy setting up my Pinterest site. Oh yes. And I LOVE it! I went through my favorites on my computer and through the posts I had saved on my Reader and pinned them up. It took me all day (because I had a ton of

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Time and time again I have seen bloggers apologizing for using photos that they have taken using their phones.  I find this very puzzling what with the capacities of camera phones these days.  In fact my 8mp phone takes better pictures than my husband’s first 3mp digital camera.  Maybe it’s because the camera phone isn’t seen as a real camera.  Then it got me to thinking about how many bloggers

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Remember when I made the trip to Craft Market and picked up this? And was so tickled that this was inside? Well, it got me thinking about my relationship with Birgita.  In fact, chapter two is titled You and Your Machine A Love Story.  When I first got her, I had never used a sewing machine before.  Ever.  At.  All.  In fact when I got her, I didn’t even know what I was looking for in a

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Since you are reading this, I am sure you are aware for my adoration of all things Martha.  I guess that would make me a  . . . Martha-phile?  Maybe I should add that to my about-me section.  I think I shall . . . I digress.  I’ve spend the last couple of days going over some of the projects that I’ve  done  during my two month hiatus and making a list.  I realized that I had a few themes going

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Look at this deliciousness I found at WM of all places! Looks like watermelon, oranges, swimming pools, kiwi pie, and glorious sunshine to me!  Hello summer and sewing projects!

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Hello friends.  What I thought was going to be a few weeks off, turned into two months!  The longer I was away, the harder it was to get back into the swing of things.  I continued crafting and coming up with things that I wanted to talk about, but actually getting the spare time to actually sit down and get on the computer was just too hard.  Plus, where would I start? Well, I’m going to

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A whole month.  It’s been a whole month since I have been able to post.  I have thought for a week now about pushing things aside, and actually writing a post.  But it’s been a little like getting the nerve up to contact an old friend.  Sometimes you aren’t quite sure what to say to explain why you haven’t stayed in touch.  But the simple truth of the matter is that sometimes life has a way of

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Are you covered in snow?  It didn’t hit us here for once!  I’m glad, because I don’t think I could take another week snowed in.  Because it always seems to be followed with colds.  And I’ve had enough of those too! I can’t believe it’s February.  Where did January go?  I’m here still trying to get caught up.  I really intended to have a very cool craft post up last week.  I’m still only half way

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I love using my Swiffer Wet Jet.  Especially for spot cleaning.  I don’t like how some of the cleaning solution would leave a residue on my floor.  I already use vinegar and water for my counters, so I was excited when I found out you could use it in your Swiffer too!  Here is how! First I took an empty Swiffer solution container.  I removed the label to make sure I kept it separate from my

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Here in the south we are not use to snow.  Usually it snows once a year, tops.  We are lucky (or unlucky some would say).  This year it’s snowed twice already.  And I haven’t left the house since Sunday.  Cabin fever is really kicking in.  I could have probably have gotten out a few days ago, but decided why chance it.  We have been enjoying it here, but I must say I’m ready for it to be over. 

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I started thinking about my word for 2011 the day after Christmas.  I wanted to be prepared.  I thought about my past one word resolutions (Simplify for 2009 and Keep for 2010), and whether or not I had been successful.  I thought about what I had gained for keeping these words in mind, and what I had lost.  Maintaining the housework has become easier with less clutter.  I’ve realized that I don’

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I always get busy and never post my Christmas crafts until way after Christmas.  Oh well.  Better late then never, right? I wasn’t really as into these as I was the Halloween bags.  There was already a gift swap for the festivities, so I decided to keep it simple and basically do the same things that I had before but with a Christmas twist.  I also waited until the night before to make these, so

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  Samantha! Thanks to everyone who entered.  And check back soon, because I will be doing another giveaway!  I’m thinking Martha Stewart themed.  I know!  Exciting!

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By now I’m sure you have heard of CSN’s family of stores!  Right?  If not, CSN is a company with over 200 online stores where you can find everything from stylish furniture, leather messenger bags, or great cookware!   And even better they have graciously offered a $20 promotional code to one of you!  And just so you know, I could have kept this just for me.  I could have bought this Aeromax

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Sometimes it’s better when crafting plans don’t pan out.  You start on something only to realize that it’s not going to work.  That’s usually when the best crafts happen because you have to be innovative and use what you have. That’s how I made these!  It was my third attempt at making a gift card holder and I love it!  After my second attempt at drawing out a stocking  my husband said “can you

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Remember these milk glass lamps that I found way back when?  Remember?  Well, I finally got them rewired!  It wasn’t hard, but it was a little more involved then I thought.  While taking them apart I realized that one of the lamps had been broken.  As I was washing off the milk glass it came apart in my hands.  Luckily I was able to glue it together.  And the other lamp was wobbly and missing

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A few ago, we made a trip to Indie Craft’s Experience’s Holiday Shopping Spectacular in Atlanta.  Or as I like to call it Craft Market.  I had really really wanted to go to this, so bad that I decided to go even though I hadn’t been feeling the greatest.  Probably wasn’t a good idea on my part because I paid for it later.  But it was worth it because I got some great loot!  This is basically half

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And speaking of pumpkins the other day, I had to share these.  We trick or treat on our small town’s main street every year, and one of the activities that they have there is voting for the best decorated pumpkin.  This is so much fun!  I love seeing all the great ideas.  The pumpkins and contest is sponsored by the local 4-H (a super great organization) and entrants are from the elementary

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Have you thanked a Veteran yet?  If not go to my side bar and click on the Letters for Lyrics link! And to any service member or their families who happen to read this, Thank You from the bottom of my heart!

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This is our Pumpkins on the porch!  We didn’t have them carved until the 31st so is it any surprise that I don’t post them till the now?  Ha!

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So what do you have for breakfast on Halloween?  Pumpkin Pancakes of course! We have made these several times.  I say we because I make the mix and Hubs cooks them.  De-Lesh-Us!  I would love to share the recipe on here, but I got it from a a cookbook, The Pancake Handbook, Specialties from Bette’s Oceanview Diner.  Yes.  Our family has a whole cookbook just for pancakes.  That’s how we roll!

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I thought of this while I was writing the post for my birthday.  I was going to say what my theme song was, but then realized that this would take a lot longer than a couple of sentences.  Remember how on the show Alli McBeal (which I never watched and I don’t know why I know this . . . except everybody talked about this show . . . but me because I never watched it) there was this music that

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Well I’m back at McD’s again trying to get caught up.  My heart was both elated and crushed when I read this post at Craft: Handmade Contest to be a Potential Vendor at Martha Stewart's Holiday Craft Sale. Elated because WOW!  What an opportunity.  Then crushed because the date is November 5th.  While I don’t consider myself a ‘vendor’ how great would that be.  Maybe I could have entered and

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I was so excited about the Halloween party at school that I asked about signing up weeks in advance.  When the sign up list came out, our name was typed in.  Yeah.  You already saw the pumpkin crayons , so now on to the bags. I really wanted to find an image online of a pumpkin that I could print onto the bags so that the kiddos could color in a jack lantern.  After searching all morning,

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Here are some pumpkin crayons that I made for our gift bags for this years school Halloween party.  Fun, fun!  I love making crayons! It all started several months back with some crayons I found at the thrift. They were Halloween treats that someone had bought marked down and then never used.  Score!  I could have just used them like this because the bag had never been opened, but why stop

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That’s right, another birthday has come and gone.  I had planned on doing another birthday post, but just haven’t gotten around to it yet.  I think partly because I will have to actually have to count how old I am.  I know!  You would think that I would be able to remember my own age.  But I can’t.  I actually told my family that I was 35 . . . . and then didn’t realize that I had added a few

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I finally have a craft completed to share!  And I really like this one. If you have a pair of these that goes into a gym bag . . . then these baking soda inserts are the perfect thing.  And to top it off,  a shoe bag!  And when you are making it for a guy, what better than an old T-shirt?  Perfect!

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  When I saw this sign, I should have known better.  We went on a group trip to an apple orchard Friday, and as luck would have it a stinging caterpillar fell on my neck.  Not knowing what it was,  I wiped my neck with a baby wipe.  Yeah, not a good idea.  There were black hairs on the wipe, but I thought they must have been from the baby goats (see below).  It took me two hours to figure out

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  I stinking LOVE this shirt.  We had to have a yellow shirt for school, and of course there were none in the closet.  So we stopped by and picked up a Garanimals shirt from WM, which I love.  (It’s hard to beat a shirt for $3.50, and these are super soft.  The only thing is, they don’t always keep the plain t-shirts in stock.  This one was long sleeved which is fine, but I would love to have

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Here is something else that I have been busy doing!  Finding great deals!  A few weeks back Target had printable clothes coupons.  By shopping in the clearance section I found some GREAT deals. See this men’s shirt?     That’s right, it was marked down to $3.74.  Good deal right?  But wait, I had a $3.00 coupon.  $0.74!  Woot woot!  And it didn’t stop there! Denim for me . . .   Marked down

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  I am constantly amazed at the great ideas and projects that I find in the blogs I read.  And I’m always surprised when I have been thinking about something, then I open up my blog reader and find a new post someone has written about that very thing.  This happens a lot!  And usually it’s with the same people.  The past few weeks, for instance, I have been thinking about school.  School

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  So, it seems I still haven’t been able to keep up with my posts.  That’s because I’ve still been busy.  No, not crafting, although I have been working on my Project 30 quilt (hopefully it will be done this week Samantha!).  I have been making weekly (and sometimes bi-weekly trips to the farmer’s market.  I was hoping to buy a bunch of veggies to can, but don’t quite trust my skills yet.  So

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Here is a project that I have been meaning to share. It’s my version of a felt board for a kids room. Here is the my version part, a cloth pocket on the back! Perfect for those little pieces of felt. Here is what you need Cheap Canvas – I used a size 20” x 16”Felt – from a bolt in the fabric depart not the craft sectionFabric – for the pocketWrights Jumbo Ric Rack or other trimAlleene’s

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I was going to link to this post on my last post and then realized I never put it up.  Woops.  It’s a few months behind, but I loved the recipe below for baked beets so much that I paid the lady double at the Farmer’s Market last Saturday for all she had.  And I can’t wait.  Yum! I am lucky enough to have a local restaurant that tries to serve locally grown organic foods.  I love eating going

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It’s funny how somethings make you stop and think how luck you are.  Today it was watching A-Team Season 2 while sitting on a Darth Vader Beach towel playing with Captain America and eating boiled peanuts with one of my favorite guys.  Ah Heaven! The boiled peanuts came from the mondo trip we made to the Farmer’s Market this morning.  I bought a ton of peaches, tomatoes, okra, beans, grapes,

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I’m really excited to be participating in Project 30!  What is that you ask?  It’s a great idea for a great cause.  It’s Samantha’s (of The Life and Times of the Smith Family) goal to collect 30 blankets for Project Linus, a charity that gives handmade blankets to seriously ill children.  While I haven’t had experience with this charity, I know how special it is for someone who is hospitalized

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I totally missed the premiere!  I didn’t know that it was coming on yet.  I was thinking I had lots of time before the next season and then Wham-O!  If it hadn’t been a heads up from Made I wouldn’t even know that’ it’s on. I decided to watch it today.  I love the beginning.  Trying to decided who you are going to like.  Who is going to be the first one off.  I love one of the designers said

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After our long hot day at the Savannah zoo,  we were starving for some lunch.  I decided to drive toward Tybee Island and stop at the first restaurant I could find.  It just so happened that I passed Uncle Bubba’s, the seafood restaurant of Paula Deen’s brother Bubba.  After a U-turn and a short wait we were in.  I was excited and STARVING!  This was going to be great! You see, Paula Deen is

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Here are our last set of pictures from our trip.  Yes I drug my family to two forts in one day . . . on Easter no less.  I’m just crazy like that.  But aren’t these interesting?   Look!  A moat!              These holes were made from cannon balls that were fired miles away on Tybee Island.   

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Do you remember the post about the zoo in Savannah?  The one were I asked if anyone knew what this was?  No one even guessed!  I guess it was too hard.  It’s a sugar cane press.  There would be mules attached to both ends of the long horizontal pole, and as they walked in circles the gears would turn and sugar cane would be passed through squeezing out the juice.  Sugar cane is yum!  Here

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I had full intentions to restart posting yesterday.  Well, it didn’t happen.  I got involved with this.  I found a great deal (I hope) on a used table saw, and although it took some maneuvering and bargaining (and a little bribery) it’s now sitting in my basement.  It’s has a little rust on top, but I’m told with some sanding and bar soap it should work great!  I also have to fix the wood and

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I know it has been a long time since I have posted.  Apparently I took a summer break, because it seems that summer is almost over!  Can you believe it?  I must say that I for one can’t wait to see it go.  I know it means no more summer break, but it will hopefully be a break from this heat!  I know, I know, it’s still hot through August here, but back to school sales means that it will be fall

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I haven’t really been to that many Zoo’s in my lifetime, but I must say the Oatland Island Wildlife Center was one of the best.  It was all tree roots and dirt paths instead of concrete.  And the animals were more regional.  Here are some of our favorites . . .    Is there another zoo where you can just walk out onto a marsh on a boardwalk?  I don’t know of any.    There was also this  neat

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Hubs says that anytime I pick a place to visit we are always surrounded by older folks.  I guess he is trying to call me old fashioned, which is fine with me.  I say it’s because I like history, and love museums and parks.  And a good deal. So when we had to make a trip to Savannah, the first place I decided to visit was the Roundhouse Railroad Museum.  Every kid loves trains right?  Well, I

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I know this might be a weird picture, but it was a lot better than it looks.  Someone was weird with the last apples that I bought.  They were a little mealy.  And some of them were red when I peeled them.  But when I  saw this recipe I knew that it would be perfect for these.  But like every time I follow a recipe, I gave up half way and started guessing at measurements.  And you know what? 

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It’s no surprise that I am a fan of Martha Stewart Crafts.  And that I get a little . . . we will just say carried away (like here, here, and sadly here) when it comes to marked down Martha Stewart Crafts.  So I couldn’t pass up some deals I found at a Wal-Mart.  It looked like they were doing an aisle reset, and had a few things marked down.  Some of the items were still a little pricey, but

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Yesterday night after coming home from a long car trip, Hubs  and I settled down to watch a movie that he picked out for us last week.  It’s way over due.  The movie he picked was The Road . . . DO NOT watch this film.  It was the saddest most depressing movie I have ever seen . . . And I’ve been to film school . . . and had to take feminist film  . . . which was pretty gross and depressing. 

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Maybe instead of choosing the word “keep”  for my one word resolution this year I should have chosen “purge.” A few weekends back  we had a our first yard sale at this house and the second in our marriage.  I was still trying to get rid of our bachelor things.  We also had somethings that were left here by the other owners and some stuff that we had changed out since we moved in (front door,

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A few months back we had a rock star party at our house!  First I decided to make a birthday shirt.  I freezer stenciled a guitar with a three in the middle.  I hand drew the guitar and three.  I used white Speedball screen printing ink.  I was hoping to try the Jacquard brand, but the only place I have seen it has been Joann’s, and there isn’t one close.  I had to do several layers of the

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This is a great video in honor of our troops.  I am so proud of Zac and the guys in his band and so proud of our soldiers.  And if you haven’t submitted your Letter for Lyrics or want to know of more information go here.  What is a better way to celebrate Memorial Day than to thank a soldier?

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Ok, this post is not pleasant, not pleasant in the least.  It’s not pleasant to write or to think about.  This is not for the faint of heart people . . . you’ve been warned.  I almost thought of continuing on with my life and not looking back . . . but how can I not blog this?  A few weeks back I was weeding, and saw a hole underneath a bush.  I peered into the hole and this is what I saw . . .

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I know this doesn’t have anything to do with the post but I hate not having a picture.  I just found a screw in the floor underneath our high chair.  This irritates me to no end!  I hate . . . no loath our high chair.  As hard as I tried to pick good products on your registry, it seem like I got so many things wrong.  Our high chair was one of them.  It is a fold up one by Graco.  It was great

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Here is what my view on my front porch has been the last few weeks. And here is Momma waiting on me to quit taking pictures of her hungry babies so she can come and feed them.  Several times she would come swooping in but then change direction at the last minute.  But not in a flying at my head way, but more of a reminder of her presence.  I don’t think she minded me taking pictures really

lisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971981591752511165noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712193348777425481.post-6885394912401856812010-05-16T23:51:00.003-04:002010-05-16T23:53:02.614-04:00

I am almost finished with the bed.  I only have the rails and cleats to attach and the slats to cut.  And then I have to sand and put on some mineral oil.  I hope it fits!

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Well, I thought it would be better to go ahead and share this project.  I thought that if I went ahead and said what I was doing that I would have more motivation to finish it . . . unlike  some of the other projects that start it the basement.   Like that rocking chair that you can see in the back ground.  It is finally finished, after at least two years.  And all I had to do was put it together

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So . . . I got mine!  Have you got yours yet?  No!  Then you better go here to find out how you can!

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I know this isn’t a super duper craft, but I think that sometimes the best crafts to make are the simple things that make life a little easier And so the Serving Bag was born.  Although we do have a good bit of cabinets, it seems like we still don’t have enough space.  Luckily though we have a small room in our basement that I like to think of as our pantry.  That is were we keep extra

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I know it has been forever since I have been able to post anything, but as you can see above I’ve had a good reason.  I’ve also gotten my new computer, but haven’t quite got all the kinks out.  I know that eventually it will make things smoother, thus making my life easier, but I’m not really sure when that will start.  I finally figured out wireless, and outlook conversion, but have yet to

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Letter’s for Lyrics starts May 10th! I hope you guys decided to participate. Not only will you be receive a free CD (Breaking Southern Ground) for taking your letters to a Dodge Ram dealer or a Zac Brown Band concert, but you will be supporting America’s troops! Win win! I know that I will be taking mine! Their goal is for one million letters. I really pray that the goal is totally blown out of

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I just read this from the Zac Brown Band website . . . . Zac Brown Band Skips ACM Awards for USO Tour Although nominated for the Academy of Country Music's entertainer of the year, the Zac Brown Band won't be able to make the awards show this year.  The group will be halfway around the world on a USO/Armed Forces Entertainment tour in the Persian Gulf. But those watching the ACM Awards (CBS,

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Well it’s down to the last episode for this season 7 of Project Runway.  I haven’t been able to keep up this season, what with traveling and computer issues.  I think I’ve missed three episodes.  I was hoping that I would catch the marathon (Lifetime April 22nd 9am-10pm if you are interest), but it looks like I will miss that too. So far I have 119 points and in 2280th place for the season.  

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Some of ya'll will remember that I use to have Chicken Fried by the Zac Brown Band playing on my blog.  Although it went perfect with the blog, there was another reason that I wanted to have it here.  It pays tribute to America’s Soldiers.  And I think we just don’t do that enough. There is also another small reason.  I happen to know Zac.  We haven’t been in touch in a long time, but I’ve

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  I know it’s been a long while since I have posted, and I do have a few things that I’ve been wanting to share. Some of it will have to wait until the new laptop arrives. Yeah! For now it's homemade bath paint! I’ve seen some recipes that called for using food coloring but that seems like a bad idea to me, but tempera paint seems perfect for something like this. It’s non-toxic AND washable.

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I had intended text to be in this post when I first uploaded it, but my computer froze before I could include it.  It seems that everything around here is still feeling under the weather, computer included.  That is part of the reason that I haven’t posted in a while.  We have been visited by the stomach bug, and now cough.  And I’m afraid that I might have to be purchasing a new computer soon.

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Here is my pick for this week.  I will probably regret this one too.  Oh well.  Fingers crossed.

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Since I haven’t been feeling up to much lately, I thought this would be a good time to share some of the things on my ‘to blog’ list.  Here are some of my attempts at freezer paper stenciling.  They were for Hubs.  He is a fan of John Wayne.  The first is a copy of a picture that he had hanging on the walls of his bachelor pad when we first started dating.  The first turned out pretty well. The

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  I am so stinkin ready for this weather to be over.  And for this cold that I have been hanging on to for a month (yeah that’s right a MONTH!) to go away.  I’m ready to get out!  I’m ready to wear shorts and cute t-shirts and flip flops and plant the garden and do yard work and have a yard sale . . . yeah it’s gotten that bad.  So please pray for me before I start breaking out my summer clothes,

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I can’t remember where I originally saw this idea (maybe Family Fun Magazine), but I thought I would give it a try.  We have a very picky eater in the house.  I thought this might be a great opportunity to try something fun and new.  It was easy to make.  You just need to push hard spaghetti noodles into sliced hotdogs, and then boil.  Instead of regular hotdogs I used turkey dogs. Verdict: It

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