A New Hobby

I saw on an online friend's (Robyn) blog http://thepinkstamper.blogspot.com/ that she sometimes made her own bracelets. She inspired not only me but my daughter to learn how to make bracelets. Today I made one for my 95 yr old Grandma upon her request for a bracelet with blue beads. I also made one for my daughter's stocking even though she has not believed for yrs! As she saw me making it she said "OHHHHHHH I want that!" I said it is "Mine!" She begged and pleaded and even counted out $10.00 worth of money from her piggy bank!! I finally caved and said it is yours I was going to put it in your stocking! So now she has a new bracelet! Hers has shades of blue, pink and purple. (the top picture) Thanks to Robyn for inspiring us!

Gingerbread Men

Today was a cold and windy Winter day. We are under a Blizzard warning so are staying in. A good day to decorate Gingerbread Men! I bought this kit at the store. The kids loved to decorate their own Gingerbread Men. The frosting decortators are from Pampered Chef.

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My Aunt's Carmel Marshmallows

42 Carmels
1/2 can sweetened condensed milk
1 stick of butter
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1 pkg. large marshmallows
Rice Krispie Cereal

Cook on low the first three ingredients. When carmel sauce is melted dip marshmallows in carmel mixture and then rice krispies. Set on wax paper to dry.

My Aunt's Chex Mix

6 tablespoons butter
4 tablespoons worcestershire
1 teaspoon salt/garlic
6 cups chex mix
{rice chex, corn chex, wheat chex, cheerios, pretzels, crispix}

Bake and 250 degrees for 45 mins. Stir every 15 mins.

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Angel's among us?

This is my second Christmas without my Aunt Sharon. As I decorate our home for Christmas I am reminded of her over and over. So many things I decorate with were gifts from her. Tonight as I opened yet another box of Christmas decorations I saw it. The Angel tree topper my Aunt had given me years ago. I always thought it looked a little like her.

As I began to clean up from my night of decorating I saw the plastic container that my husband had found downstairs. A container I had not laid eyes on for some time. As I opened this container I saw it! The wicker mini picnic basket that she had given me filled with recipe cards for our wedding. I had kept the cards in the kitchen with her recipes but had lost track of this recipe box. I was sooooo happy to have found it! Over the next few days I will post my Aunt's recipes.

I wanna scraplift this!

Olivia on the cricut forum made this~ I soooooo want to scraplift this idea!!

Keep watching for my version!!

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Uppercase Living Gift

This is for a substitute teacher my daughter has had this year. Tomorrow is her last day subbing! She has been more than a teacher and will be missed by my daughter.

We used one of our rub ons that are given at Uppercase Living parties. Filled the jar with Hugs Kisses and it is now ready for gift giving.

Max

This is our new pet hamster Max. Max is a winter white dwarf hamster. He is dark gray and his fur will lighten to white over the Winter months.