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…
Do you ever have recipes that come about as a result of a happy accident? Well… these Christmas Light Shortbread Cookies were a very happy accident! I was making our regular shortbread cookies for Christmas and decided I would add a few sprinkles of some holiday non pariels that I had leftover from another decorating project. But after I’d added…
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…
The holidays can be a mine field of gluten laden treats for those who are Celiac or gluten sensitive. Whether that holiday is Christmas, Valentine’s, Easter or any number of other celebrations, it can feel like a person is faced with temptation at almost every turn. I’m not Celiac but I am gluten sensitive. These gluten free Cherry Coconut Drop…
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,…
