Silly Saturday

I LOVE this movie so much!!! I have to watch Elf every Christmas...I laugh and laugh every time that I watch it! :) If you don't have plans this weekend, why not gather your family and/or friends together, make some hot cocoa, and watch this movie? I just know you'll have a FANTASTIC time, have lots of laughs, and make WONDERFUL memories in the process!

Blessings,

Girly-Girl Gift Idea...

Hi, All! Do you have girls on your gift list that you need to get "just one more thing" for? If so, here is a cute, fun and inexpensive project that you can whip up in just a couple of hours...a hand mirror that's been decorated and personalized:

This would be a great gift to add with a gift card to Sephora or Ulta, or maybe with a gift card to a spa/nail salon. Also, if you've got any tween girls in your family and are trying to come up with a project for them to make at a sleep over or birthday party, this is perfect for that too! Click HERE for my original tutorial which gives step-by-step instructions on how to make these. (I broke the first mirror that I made, so I had to make myself another one...after all, a plain 'ole mirror just wouldn't do after having one of these pretties hanging in my bathroom cabinet - ha! ha!)

Have a SUPER day!

Recipe of the Week: Cinnamon and Applesauce Ornaments

Happy Monday! I had a wonderfully productive and fun weekend! I got a lot of little projects tackled around my house and I got to spend Saturday afternoon with my favorite 4th grade girl, Heather F. (Heather is the youngest daughter of my friend Megan; and the little sister of my son's girlfriend, Hailee.) We made Christmas gifts for her family, baked up some cinnamon applesauce ornaments, drank spiced cider and played several games of a card game called Rack-O...and yes, Heather beat me fair-and-square at most of those games - lol!

These ornaments smell absolutely wonderful!! Here's how we made them:

Ingredients:

• 1 cup ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup applesauce

Method:

Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Combine cinnamon and applesauce, stirring until it makes a sticky dough. Sandwich half of the dough mixture between 2 sheets of waxed paper and roll out to about 1/4" thickness. Cut shapes out with a cookie cutter and place on parchment lined cookie sheet. Using a wooden skewer, poke a hole at the top of each ornament to create a hole for hanging. Bake at 200 degrees for 2 hours. Allow to cool and then tie a ribbon through the hole of each ornament and hang on your Christmas tree. At the end of the season, store ornaments in an airtight container or a plastic Zip-Loc bag and they will retain their yummy smell for many years to come.

Have a blessed week!

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Silly Saturday

HA! HA! HA! Have a fun and safe weekend, friends! :)

Recipe of the Week: Christmas Jam

Hi, friends! Last weekend I made a little batch of Christmas Jam, so I thought I'd share the recipe with you today:

My pal Robbi R. shared this recipe with me several years ago, and it is a delicious way to top off hot-from-the-oven biscuits! Let's get started...

Ingredients:

• 1 - 12 oz. package of fresh cranberries
• 2 - 10 oz. packages of frozen, sliced strawberries with sugar
• 4 cups granulated sugar
• 1 package Sure-Jell
• 7 - 8 oz. jelly jars with lids and rings

Method:

Sterilize jars, lids and rings. Process cranberries in a food processor until well chopped. (I freeze the cranberries first so that they don't become mushy while in the food processor.) Combine the chopped cranberries with the strawberries and sugar in a large pot. Bring to a boil and allow to boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and add Sure-Jell. Bring to a full rolling boil and boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat, skim off foam and pour into prepared jars. Wipe rims with a clean, damp cloth and place prepared lids and rims on jars to seal. Invert jars for 5 minutes, then turn upright to completely seal. Jars are sealed when the lids do not spring back when touched. Yield: 7 - 8 oz. jars.

Have a great week!

Blessings,

A Little This and A Little That...

Happy Monday, All! I hope that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving holiday with family and friends! We had a great day and ate waaaaay more than we should have - ha! ha! Mike went deer hunting on Friday and harvested a nice 8-point buck:

Our freezer is really full now...with Mike's deer and Justin's elk and deer! (Justin doesn't have a deep freezer at his house yet, so he's been putting all of his game in ours...he's gonna have to invest in one of his own soon!)

Along with getting our house decorated for Christmas, I've also been working on some gift projects that I can't post yet. (I promise to post them in the very near future, though!) I made some Christmas Jam yesterday, so be sure to drop back by my blog in a couple of days, as I'll be posting the recipe.

Have a TERRIFIC week, friends!

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Silly Saturday

LOL! The guilty look on that poor dog's face just cracks me up! Have a great weekend! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you a day filled with much love and laughter and we come together with family and friends to give thanks for the wonderful bounty that we have received over the past year. Happy Thanksgiving, friends!

Blessings,