Nothin' Says Lovin'

Hello Friends!  I love this homemade sign that hangs in my kitchen.  It holds my array of tea strainers so they are handy also.  I love tea, and have started growing some different herbs for tea which is fun. :)  I found this sign at a free store and I'll never be giving it away. :)  Helps me to keep in mind that what I do in the kitchen is loving and caring for my family. 

One thing that my family loves to do is to try new things.  One new thing that we found at the grocery was blue potatoes.  Have you tried them?  We thought that since they were so small that we'd slice them up and bake them like we do our  homemade french fries.  So we put them through our food processor (much faster than slicing them by hand). 

Aren't they so pretty on the inside?

We laid them all out on a cookie sheet, rolled them around in some sunflower oil and tucked them in the oven.  They cooked much faster than the regular Yukon Gold ones we are used to and had a stronger flavour as well.  Very delicious!

I served them with meatball sandwiches on homemade buns and it was a great combination.
Yes, we did eat some more vegetables with our meal...but I forgot to put some on the plate. :)

Thanks for dropping by!  I hope  you have a blessed day and remember that working in your kitchen providing good healthy and delicious foods for  your family is a way of loving them.  The Lord Jesus has given us such a wonderful job in caring for our families!  Let us joy in it and not let it be a chore for us. 

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Window of a Heart

Hello Friends! Today is the birthday of my sweet friend just over the fence. :)  So I had a good reason to play in my craft room. 

I created this card with a Stampin' Up card base that I was given by a sweet online friend! I chose this card base for it reminds me of the lace stenciling art that we saw once at an exhibition of lace stenciling on vehicle hoods.  It was amazing and she and I both agreed that having something like that hanging in our house would be fantastic!  Here's a glimpse.

I inked the heart portion so that it came through on the inside to create the pattern there.  Then I cut out the heart on a piece of lovely Bo Bunny paper that my daughter bought me at a garage sale. :)  I added some lace and ribbon, choosing the measuring tape one for she loves to sew.  Then I made a crochet flower to match the paper.  It's a new flower pattern that I used and you can find it HERE!   It's free and so easy!  I popped a brad in the center and put the flower over the lace. 

Here's a look at the inside.   I think it looks charming.

One final pic that shows the colour of the paper a bit better.

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A Snugglie Quilt

Hello Friends, I want to share with you a snugglie quilt I made.  Well I made two of them, one for each of my boys to go on their beds.

As you have probably caught on if you have followed my blog for a bit.  I love finding uses for used, scavenged, free things.  The Lord always seems to bless us with things that we can use or re-purpose.   I happen to have a friend that finds LOTS of things for me and smuggles them in to the house.  I have a husband that likes to have more things leave the  house than come in...but that's just not as fun. LOL  I'm not a junk collector though, I just love things that can be given a practical use.  If they have no use, they leave quickly.

So with that in mind....my friend brought me over on separate occasions a couple flannel leaf sheets and a couple cloth table cloths.  So what else would pop into my head but matching quilts for the boys.  Here in the Yukon it's good to have lots of warm blankets.

I found a sheet of quilting batting at the free store (recycling section) of our dump so that went for one quilt and then I purchased a king sized quilting batting and doubled it up for extra warmth on the second.  I didn't do anything fancy, just sewed some...fairly straight lines and then made some binding out of the extra pieces of the flannel sheets.

I could hardly get them finished before the boys were snuggling into them.  I'm so glad they like them and that they'll keep them warm on cold Yukon nights.

Do you love finding ways to use things that are given you or that you find? 

Thanks so much for dropping by!  I hope you have a delightful day!

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