Homemaking Mondays: Made for You

 

Hello!  

Don't you just love when there are things that are made just for you? 

That is one of the beauties of handmade things...

they can be tailor made.   

I was able to finish this blanket and then I added a sweet tag on it.

A dear friend of mine gave me a few of these tags and this is the 

first one that I've sewn on.  

They are nice and sturdy and will be good and durable.

Baby blankets often get lots of washing.

My husband bought me this wonderful thoughtful gift. 

It is a fan for our wood cookstove!!! 

It doesn't require electricity and it does work quite well to help 

disperse the heat from the stove to other parts of the room.

It really gets to going when the stove is hot.

I'm so glad that we have this!

As the stove was hot this week we slipped in a sheet of pumpkin seeds to roast.

I learned that if you wash them, boil them for a bit,

and then roast them they turn out much crispier. 

I tried it this year and yup...they are super crispy and delicious.  

They don't last long...too bad that there aren't more in the pumpkins.

Today I also pulled out my spices and mixed up some

Pumpkin Pie Spice. 

I roasted the pumpkin in my crockpot and it's all ready to go into 

a pumpkin pie.  

 I hope to get to that soon.

I like my crockpot for cooking the pumpkin for I can stick it in 

and then walk away for a bit. 

I thought all the spices layered in the jar were pretty...

and then I shook it up.

I also labeled it...very important!!!

Do you ever use odd things in the kitchen as serving bowls?  

I have come to like my pie plates to serve fruit and veggies in when needed. 

It's also kinda fun. 

Today we had peaches and apples with our snack.

Thanks for dropping by to see what I've been up to.  

Praying you have a beautiful day!

Love and Prayers,

Jennifer