Happy Birthday to me!

I got this last month on my birthday.  A lot of people won't understand how exciting this was, or how beautiful I thought it was.

It was cottonseed mulch and sifted black dirt.  This is my second raised garden and I am hoping to have a lot more luck this year growing my vegetables.  I also got a pressure canner from Santa that I am excited to use.  Hopefully, these two items will work hand in hand with me to supply fresh food to the table.  Wish me luck! Until next time....

Making a Tutu

Well I did it!  I made some tutus for my smallest grand-daughters for Christmas. 
One likes to pretend she is a ballerina, while the other likes to be a princess.  Probably wouldn't find a need to ever make them again, but it was a cool experience,

The girls absolutely loved them.  Maybe I'll make a valance out of some material one day using this method.  Until next time......

Bread

It has been an exciting week for me.  I made my first ever home made bread last weekend.  It was a basic recipe and seemed a little dense to me, but everyone loved it and it only lasted about 2 days. I will try again soon, but maybe find a way for it to be a little more airy and light.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I got the recipe from allrecipes.com.  It was really quite simple.  This past weekend I got another recipe for some Italian Herb Bread, which I made on Sunday, and today (Monday) I only have half a loaf left.  It was really good and was less dense than the basic home made bread.  I cannot believe how easy it is or why I waited so long to try my hand at it.  It just goes to show that fear of failure is a poor excuse for not trying to do something.

My next attempt is going to be honey wheat bread, which I am getting ready to make now.  I'll let you know how it turns out.  Until next time....

Sunny Florida

Hello from the sunshine state again. We are apparently being warned of a hard freeze for the next couple of nights, so it makes one wonder where the Sunshine State gets it's name. We were cloudy and dreary all through the holiday season, and my holiday vacation to boot! Alas, now that I am back to work the sun has decided to grace us with his presence, albeit with below freezing temperatures. I actually don't mind the cold, in fact, I prefer cold weather to hot weather. I can always put on more clothes, hats, jackets, gloves etc. to get warm. At least we aren't expected to have an ice storm like we did last Jan. Thank goodness! Did you check out my Create page for some awesome Christmas gifts I made? My recipe page has a new dessert also. Until next time....keep warm and take care.

Pickled Onions

I finally did it,  I saw this on Martha Stewart's cooking school on PBS.  It looked delicious, and I can't wait to taste it.  It was really very simple to make also.

Until next time......

Big project....

Here it is, another new year.  Where has the time gone?  I haven't gotten to celebrate Christmas with my grandchildren yet but will be going the first new year weekend,  I was glad to have the extra time as it gave me time to make them all a drawstring tote bag, and filled them with goodies.  You can see pictures of the drawstring bags on my create page,  I was so proud that I was able to make them customized and did it all free hand.  Thanks to craftygemini.com for the pattern for the drawstring totes.  Until next time....be safe and have a Happy New Year.

Valances

Here are the valances I helped my niece make.  Did not have a pattern, so it was cool to be able to complete them and have them look this great!  I had some material left so I am going to make some simple drawstring tote bags. 

I'll try not to be gone so long next time.....I don't think the holidays are supposed to be this hectic?  Merry Christmas to all.....until next time.