Are you looking for a good, hearty soup to feed your family for supper? One of our family’s all time favorite soups is homemade bean soup. It’s a delicious, stick to your ribs soup that will have everyone going back for seconds. And I always have a jar of the mixed dried beans on hand to make it with. You…
This Bean Soup in a Jar Mix is a pantry staple that I always make sure to have on hand. And while it was originally intended for making delicious homemade bean soup. It can also be used to make baked beans, chili or a number of other dishes that call for beans. If you’re wanting a quick easy food gift…
I’ve got a super quick post for you today. My Prairie Point Star Ornament Tutorial is the most popular of all the tutorials I’ve posted. Over the years, I have occasionally received emails from readers asking if I can suggest an alternative to the button centers as their hands were no longer strong enough to pull the needle through the finished ornament…
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…
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…
We all have our pet peeves, don’t we? Well, one of my biggest pet peeves are sewing tutorials that claim you can sew something in 10 minutes. Now there may be superpeople out there who are speed demons that can actually complete those projects in 10 minutes. I’m here to tell you that I’m not one of them! If you’ve…
If you’re looking for a quick and oh so fun gift to make for the little ones in your life, then I’ve got the perfect project for you! After six years of living and teaching pre-school and elementary school in China, our oldest daughter, Krystal and her partner, Robert decided it was time to move back to Canada. Over those…
Love bread but don’t have time to make a traditional yeast bread with all the mixing and kneading and waiting for it to rise? Then I’ve got the perfect quick bread recipe for you! The recipe for this Herbed Beer Bread was given to me by a friend when Dave and I were first married. It’s one of our family…
