Do you love adding beach or coastal touches to your home decor? Now that the holidays are upon us, would you like some simple, yet elegant ways to bring the beach into your Christmas decor? In my post 20 Beautiful DIY Sea Shell Home Decor and Gift Ideas, I shared several different ways to incorporate sea shells into our…
There is nothing better on a cold, blustery or blizzarding day than to come into the house and be welcomed by the smell of a hearty soup or stew cooking in the slow cooker. Put this beef stew on first thing in the morning and let it cook all day. When you come home, it will be ready and waiting…
These Charm Square Soup Bowl Cozies really are such a great way to use up all those charm square packs you’ve been collecting! Over the years while I was travelling from contract to contract with Dave, I managed to collect quite a few. My reasoning was that they were small so didn’t take up much room in the suitcase. And sometimes…
Do you have a tub full of quilt batting scraps waiting for you to find a use for them? Every quilter I know has a container full of batting strips from when they square up their quilts after quilting before attaching the binding. I’m no exception! We all just hate to throw out that much batting, don’t we? After all……
As we get closer and closer to Christmas, those of us who sew and craft may be starting to realize that the list of gifts and holiday home decor we planned to make just isn’t going to happen or at the very least that list will need to be greatly shortened. If Christmas Stockings happen to be on your list,…
If you’ve been on a beach vacation chances are you might have spent some time collecting sea shells on your beach walks. Or maybe you’re lucky enough to live close to the ocean and walking on the beach is a daily activity. Ever since we lived in Maui, my happy place has always been the beach. I love going for…
Welcome to the 2017 Ornament Exchange & Blog Hop! I can’t wait to share with you the Sawtooth Star Ornament with Applique Center that I made for my partner. This year, there are 47 amazing bloggers participating in the exchange. The rules of the challenge were simple: be partnered with a fellow blogger, create a handmade ornament for $15 or…
Today’s Vintage Workbasket Embroidery Pattern is sure to make you smile. These adorable small Christmas motif embroidery patterns for Santas, Elves, Angel and Bells are just too cute for words. I can see them stitched on so many different things… a crazy quilt block, bookmarks, the pockets of an advent calendar or ornaments just to name a few. They’re small…
This recipe for Gluten Free Baked Scotch Eggs is one I came up with a few years ago when I was looking for something new and interesting to make with a package of pasture raised ground pork I had in the freezer that I wanted to use up. I searched through several different recipes and found one for Baked Scotch…
Do you have candy leftover from Halloween? Or perhaps your kids collected more candy than they could possibly consume before Easter! Turn Halloween treats into Christmas party favors with craft supplies you probably already have on hand. This year we had way more candy than trick or treaters. Having it sitting around the house could seriously sabotage the progress I’ve…
