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HA! HA! HA! Hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend!

Wreath for My Sis-in-Law Sandy's Birthday...

Today is my lovely SIL Sandy's birthday, so I'm sending a big 'ole HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout-out to her!! I made a wreath for her to hang the front door of her home for her birthday present...here's how it turned out:

I hope that you're having a TERRIFIC day, sis!! Mike, Justin and I love you bunches!! XOXO!

Wishing the rest of you a TERRIFIC day as well!

Quote Sunday

Silly Saturday...

Corny, I know, but so cute!! ;) Have a relaxing weekend!

Microwave Heating Pad Tutorial

Good morning, friends! I hope that you had a FANTASTIC 4th of July weekend! My folks came to our house on Friday, and Mike grilled burgers and hot dogs for us to eat - YUMMMM! We enjoyed a nice, restful 3-day weekend...no hurries and no worries! :)

Today I'm going to show you how to make rice-filled heating (or cooling) pads to soothe your aches and pains. These make great gifts, too!!

Let's get started! Here are the materials that you'll need:

• A piece of muslin cut 9" wide by 18" long
• A piece of fleece cut 9 1/2" wide by 19" long
• 10" long piece of wide ric-rac or a piece of wide grosgrain ribbon
• 2 lbs. of uncooked rice
• Scissors
• Straight pins
• Coordinating thread
• Sewing machine

Begin by pressing the muslin, pressing a 1/2" hem at the top. Fold the pressed muslin in half lengthwise and pin sides together:

Stitch the hem in place, leaving the hemmed side open. Stitch around the outside of the raw edges of the muslin liner to form a bag. Turn right-side out and press out any wrinkles. Pour uncooked rice into a mixing bowl with a handle and spout, then carefully pour the rice into the muslin bag. Fill bag approximately 2/3 of the way full and stitch the top (hemmed end) closed:

Follow the same steps with the fleece cover, adding a decorative trim to the open/hemmed end if desired:

Slide the muslin, rice-filled bag into the fleece liner. Pop the whole thing in the microwave for about 2 minutes and apply the warm bag to a sore neck or achy tummy. (NOTE: The bag can also be frozen and used for reducing swelling in place of a drippy ice pack.)

The fleece liner can be washed in cool water and line dried when it gets dirty...just be sure to remove the muslin rice bag first!

Thanks for dropping by today! Have a TERRIFIC week!

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Silly Saturday...

Hee! Hee!! Have a SUPER DUPER weekend!!

Happy 4th of July!

Wishing everyone a fun and safe 4th of July!! Enjoy the festivities of the day and don't forget to say a little prayer for our service-men/women stationed around the world protecting our American freedoms!

Pant Leg Waste Basket For My Car

Happy Wednesday! Recently I had to shorten and hem a pair of capri pants because they were too long for me. (Yes, I am short and yes, sometimes even capri pants are too long for me!) Anyhoo, after cutting the bottom of the capri legs off, I had an idea to use them to make a cute trash bag for my car:

To start my project I cut and hemmed the capri pants so they would fit me:

I then took the 2 bottom parts of the pant legs and placed them so that right sides were together to form a tube. I stitched them together at the bottom, forming a square shaped bottom:

I then turned the bag right side out and folded the top down to create a cuff. Using a scrap of tasseled trim, I attached it to the cuff with iron-on fuse-able web.

To cover the seam on the front of the bag where the tassel trim met, I attached a coordinating button:

To make the handle, I cut and stitched a piece of cording to the inside of the bag. Be sure to use fray-check on the ends of the cording so that it doesn't come apart after you've cut it:

My cute little trash bag was then ready to hang in my car...cool, eh??

Now for the rest of my short-girl-sisters out there...get to cutting and hemming those pants that are too long and recycle the bottom of the pant legs into useful projects! :)

Have a blessed day,