delicious dinner and dessert!

Ian made the most wonderful sweet and sour pork for dinner yesterday.  What a lucky girl I am to have him cook dinner 2 weeknights in a row :)  It was a real treat.  I felt useless not doing anything so I decided to make some Strawberry Shortcake for dessert.  Who doesn't LOVE fresh strawberries in the middle of winter?  It gave me hope that someday spring will come :)  It was tasty... and still is!

finished?

I have finished the fall blocks.... well, as finished as they are probably going to get!  The letters should be filled entirely with beads... but I was silly and bought really small beads.  It became very tedious and boring so I opted for just an outline of the letters.  Maybe in the future I will fill it in... but for now they will remain 'as is'.

If you make this project USE LARGE BEADS!  I still like it though and think it will be cute next fall up on our mantle with some fall leaves and candles :)

Soup Day

I found some great soup recipes online that I am going to try today!  First up is the Corn and Leek Chowder found on this blog.  

(oh, missing a couple ingredients for this one... it will have to wait)

Next is this Taco Soup that looks delicious!  Found on this blog

I'll let you know how fabulous they are after the taste test :)

Craft catch up

Since Thanksgiving I have had a lot of projects piling up.  I even have all of the supplies to make them with.  What am I waiting for then?  TIME!  I have only 2 precious hours a day while H naps to get things done (okay, after 8 pm too but I usually like to spend some time with my husband on a daily basis).  For the past 4 mths however I have needed to nap when Hailey does.  I think I am over the sleep slump and am determined to finish my fall/winter/Christmas projects before spring hits... Here is the list!

Fall Blocks

Almost complete... just gluing on the beads

Autumn Wreath

Yet to begin

Cookie Sheet Countdown Calendar

Almost done, just finishing the pieces to go on each day

Treat Jars

Need to start

Two other Christmas countdown calendars (one just needs a way to hang it and it is done, and the other has only the hanging pieces complete)

This is my motivation..... WORK JEN WORK!  I'm glad to have some crafty time to myself again.... SO FUN!  Also hoping to start the monthly craft group with friends so I can speak to adults once in a while.

Vinyl projects!

Here are a few projects I just finished working on for some friends!

Picture wall

I have been humming and hawing over what to do with this long empty wall in our kitchen.  The plan that has been going for a few months now was to make it into a 'family tree' / picture wall.  I knew I wanted to use the tree canvas' I had made a while back but thought it would be too many large items for the wall.  I found a way to make it work though.  This isn't finished yet as I have more 4x6 and 5x7 photos to add but this will be the centre of it.  I'll post when the rest get put up as well.

the photo is crooked, not the pictures ;)

I am going to add black/white/tan frames to keep with the colour scheme and once all the pictures are up I will be adding some vinyl wording.

I bet I finally get it done just before the baby is born then I will have to get new family pictures with the baby to make it 'up to date'.

The WINNER is.....

Thank you to random.org for making this selection unbiased and therefore me 'unblamable' for choosing the winner of the Christmas Countdown Calendar giveaway!

The winner is...

 Number 9 on the list is:

 

Tasha said...

I follow too :) I thought I already was, but apparently that was a figment of my imagination, lol. This is totally cute!

November 28, 2010 6:08 PM

Natasha you are now the proud owner of this cute little kit.  

I'll be sending it in the mail to you and posting a 'how to' tutorial on this blog so you know how to put it together when you get it.  All you need is modge podge, a sponge paint brush (little one) and some sand paper!

Congrats I hope you and the girls have fun with it!!!!