Gathered Clutch

My new gathered clutch!

The back!

The fabric matches the baby quilt and bag I am making for my little addition. I thought I needed a clutch to put my goodies in or it could be used for small baby things that might get lost in a diaper bag.

An Indoor Playhouse Made of Felt!

A playhouse made of felt in the foster children's bedroom!

Fully equipped with a kitchen, table and chairs, and toys.

A nice large tree for plenty of shade outside.

This was a Christmas present for the kids. Many hours of fun!

A Few Sweets!

I enjoy making cakes! I make them for my children's birthdays and other special occasions. Here are a few...

Polka Dot Birthday

GA Tea Lamb Cake

Fish Cake

Flower Cupcakes

Easter Bunny Cupcakes

Recycled Crayons

Do you have a lot of broken crayons like I did?

Why not make recycled crayons?

Fill foil muffin tins with broken crayon pieces. I also made crayons using paper bathroom cups (they won't burn at such low temps) but they did melt a little to the muffin pan so make sure you use an old one. Putting the wax in letter or shape tins would be cute also.

Melt in oven at 250 degrees or lower for 20-30 minutes or until melted. Just keep an eye on them.

Now you have new crayons.

You can also mix colors to make multicolored crayons or unique colors.

Have Fun!

New Camera!

For my birthday I received a new camera. This new camera had a strap, a boring strap! So I made a strap cover that is much more beautiful.

I used the tutorial from here.

Cloth Letters

The kids love these! They are helping with letter recognition or for pot holders in the play kitchen.

I cut an alphabet panel apart and layered with fleece and blue polka dot fabric on the back.

I threw the squares in the washer and dryer to make the edges ragged.

Freezer Jam

What can you do with a bucket of fresh, juicy strawberries?

I tried something NEW!

Freezer Jam!

Although when I had them cut up, I ate a few. Don't they look delicious?

My plan was to give away the jam and make more, but have you ever tasted homemade jam? I need to make more to pass along! :)

Go ahead and try it. You will not be sorry! I can't wait until the blackberries and damsen berries are ready to be picked to make more varieties. But until then STRAWBERRY it is! YUMMY!