Quote Sunday

"Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at at time".

~ Leo F. Buscaglia ~ 

Silly Saturday...

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Frosted Designs Challenge..."Cardstock Only"

This week's Fabulous Friday challenge over at Frosted Designs is to create a project using cardstock and no patterned paper. I created the monogrammed cardset above using various colors of cardstock that I random stamped a design on. (I saw a similar design on a website a couple of years ago, but I don't remember the name of the website...sorry!) I attached the stamped cardstock to plain white card bases, along with a knotted piece of black grosgrain ribbon. I then stamped and punched out the letter "B", and used 3-D dots to attach it to the colored cardstock. Easy peasy!

Thanks for looking! I hope that you'll enter a cardstock project in this challenge...I'd love to see your creations!

Blessings,

Recipe of the Week...Cream Cheese Baked Spaghetti

I know that I am not alone when I say that I have become a Pinterest junkie! While browsing Pinterest one afternoon, I stumbled across a recipe for Cream Cheese Baked Spaghetti so I decided to make it for dinner that evening. We all LOOOOVED it!! You can find the recipe HERE; I just know that you'll want to try it too. (Your family will thank you!)

Photo from the Plain Chicken website.

Have a fantastic day!

And the Winner is.....

Good morning! Thanks to those who participated in my whimiscal fleece scarf giveaway! The winner's name was drawn this morning and the scarf is going to.....Stacie!! Congrats!! I've got your address, Stacie, so I'll pop your scarf in the mail this week! Enjoy!!

Wishing you all a blessed day!!

Giveaway!! Whimsical Fleece Scarf...

NOTE: This is a "sticky post" and will remain at the top of my blog through January 1st. Please scroll down to read current posts - thanks!!

Recently I found a tutorial HERE on how to make the super cute felt flowers shown above. (Fair warning...these become addictive to make!) So, in the evenings while watching TV with Mike, I have stitched up A LOT of these cuties and I decided that I needed to come up with something really fun to attach them to.

Hobby Lobby had fleece-by-the-yard marked 30% off, so I thought "why not make some scarves"? I bought a yard of pretty, soft blue fleece and brought it home. Using my rotary cutter and self-healing mat, I cut the yard of fleece into 4 - 9" wide pieces and then cut fringe in each of the ends:

I then proceeded to stitch my felt flowers to the fleece scarf. (Say that 5 times really fast...felt flowers fleece scarf - hee! hee!) To make the fringe have a "curly-q" effect, simply pinch each piece of fringe and pull it to stretch and form the "curls":

 

Here's a close-up of the curly fringe and flowers:

These are so quick and easy to whip up, and they make great last-minute gifts! (You could add blanket stitching around the outer edges of the scarf, but I decided to just leave mine with a plain edge). I posted this project as part of Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge for this week, which is to create something using cloth/fabric. The challenge ends at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 28th and I hope that you will enter a project in their challenge - I'd love to see your creations!

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Now for the giveaway part of this post!!! Just for fun, and to thank my wonderful followers and blog friends, I am giving away one of these cute, soft scarves! Here's what you need to do to have your name entered in the drawing:

1. Between Friday, Dec. 23rd and Sunday, Jan. 1st, become a follower of my blog and leave me a comment to let me know that you are.
2. Post a link to my blog/this giveaway on your blog and leave me a comment to let me know that you've done so.

That's it!! Just two simple things to have a chance to win this fun scarf!! Giveaway ends at midnight, Jan. 1, 2012. Winner will be posted on my blog Monday, Jan. 2, 2012.

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On a final note, I thought I'd show you something else that I did with one of the felt flowers. I attached a pin to the back of one and pinned it to a hat that is part of the hat/scarf/glove set that I bought for my sister. Here's a picture of how the felt flower dresses up a plain gray fleece hat:

Pretty cute, huh??

Thanks for reading/following my blog!! Wishing you a blessed day!

Quote Sunday

Happy New Year! I wish you and your families a wonderful year filled with peace, joy, love and prosperity! Thanks for reading my blog, sharing your thoughts and inspiring me...I value your friendships more than you'll ever know and I look forward to another fun year of blogging with you!

Blessings,

Silly Saturday...

Have a fun and safe New Year's Eve!

Blogaversary Giveaway From Ann's November Rose...

Happy Friday!! My blog buddy, Ann over at November Rose is celebrating her 2nd blogaversary - congrats to you, Ann!! To celebrate her blog turning "2", she is giving away Fancy Tags from Spellbinders Shapeabilities® and A Typeface stamp set from Close To My Heart®, which are shown in the photo above. Please take a moment and hop over to Ann's blog to check out her FANTASTIC crafty ideas and register for her giveaway! She will select a winner on Monday, January 2nd.

Thanks! Have a SUPER weekend!!!

Recipe of the Week...Beer Cheese Dip

Awhile back I stumbled across this recipe on the Hidden Valley Ranch recipe page. I recently whipped up a batch to take to a party, and it was a hit, so with New Year's celebrations just a few days away I thought I'd share this quick recipe with you.

Ingredients:

• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 - 8 oz. packages softened cream cheese
• 1 - 1 oz. packet of Hidden Valley Original Ranch Dip Mix
• 1/2 - 3/4 cup beer
• Chopped green onion
• Crackers, pretzels or fresh veggies

Method:
Combine cheddar cheese, cream cheese, dip mix and chopped green onion in mixing bowl. Gradually blend in beer until mixture reaches desired consistency. Refrigerate. Serve with crackers, pretzels and/or fresh veggies.

Yield: 3 cups dip.

Have a FANTASTIC day!!