We had a busy and fun day in the kitchen. We made as much Thanksgiving dinner ahead of time as possible:
Mashed Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes
Cranberry Sauce
Deviled Eggs
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Pecan Pie
I think we ran the dishwasher 4 times!
My constant companion.
We dusted the china.
And set the table.
My feet hurt, so I'm off to bed. Good night!
Thank you for your well wishes for Daisy. She is feeling much better! This past Friday, we hosted a Thanksgiving dessert party at our house.
We visited, sang songs and of course, ate lots of sweet treats!
Gingerbread with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting. I used my Gingerbread Cupcake recipe.
M&M cookies.
Chocolate Caramel Candy that my sister, Amy introduced me to. These squares taste just like snicker bars, only better. I have an extra pan in the freezer for Christmas presents. If they last that long. ;0)
I also picked up brownie bites and a cheesecake at Costco.
My mother-in-law has been staying with us for a few weeks and helped me set everything up. We also served coffee, apple cider and hot chocolate with marshmallows.
Thank you for stopping by for a visit. I'm sure many of us are busy with Thanksgiving plans this week. I need to finalize my menu and brave the grocery store!
Good afternoon! The weather has finally turned cold and we have pulled out our slippers and quilts.
Poor Daisy has infections in both ears and a UTI, so she is enjoying some extra snuggle time, too.
I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who participated in our ~Giving Thanks~ week. Thank you for opening your homes to us here in blog land, and for sharing such wonderful Thanksgiving blessings.
I used random.org for the giveaway and Gapgirl from If Only Everyone Thought This Way is the lucky winner. Congratulations! Please email your address and I'll get your prizes in the mail.
We have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, and I am especially thankful for all of you and your friendship. Thank you again, for joining in and I'm looking forward to another ~Giving Thanks~ celebration next year!
Please note: Paper Crafting Thursday and Show and Tell Friday will take a one week break due to Thanksgiving.
Welcome to “Show and Tell Friday!” Do you have something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, or a treasured collection. Look around your home for something to share; dig through those boxes in your closet if you have to! Share photos and the story that goes with your special item.
I was dropping off a few packages at the post office this week, and somehow found myself at a favorite gift shop near our historic downtown, afterwards. ;0)
I picked out a few sticker sheets and was checking out when I noticed some beautiful transferware tea cups.
I thought they were perfect for Thanksgiving and brought two of them home with me.
So many pretty details!
We've been enjoying lots of gingerbread spice tea. Thank you for looking at my show and tell!
Please read the Show and Tell Guidelines for step-by-step instructions on how to participate.
If you would like to join in, please leave your *permalink* below, along with your first name only (this makes the list easier to read). If your link has been removed from Mr. Linky, please re-read over the guidelines before re-posting. Have fun!
Links are now closed. Please join us next week!
The winners of last week's paper crafting are Tammy and Dana. Please email me your addresses and I'll get your prizes in the mail!
I am sharing the instructions for a Christmas ornament card this week.
You will need a 5 1/2" x 4" notecard.
Cover front of card with a 5 1/4" x 3 3/4" rectangle of scrapbook paper.
Cut out an approx. 2 1/8" circle from cardstock and a slightly smaller circle from a lighter cardstock or scrapbook paper.
Dab the edges with an ink pad, if desired and glue to larger circle.
Add a sticker or stamp.
Glue to front of card, as shown.
Attach a length of ribbon from the top middle of card, down to the top of the ornament with glue. I used hot glue.
Tie a bow with another length of ribbon and glue to top of ornament.
Send to a friend!
Another version.
Here are a few other things I made recently...
Gift card holder
Reindeer tags
Baby dress card
Items can be found in my Etsy Shop.
Thank you for taking a look!
Paper Craft Fun: Post any kind of paper craft (card, bookmark, tag, banner, journal, etc.) on your blog between now and next week and come sign Mr. Linky. Next Thursday, I will draw two of the names and the winners will receive supplies for a homemade card: blank notecard, envelope, and an assortment of scrapbook paper, stickers (or stamped images), and ribbon. Link back here in your post, so that others will know where to join in the fun, too!
Thank you for stopping by!
Links are now closed. Please join us next week!
Welcome to the last day of our "Giving Thanks" celebration! We have taken this week to prepare our hearts and homes for this wonderful time of year. I am thankful that so many of you have joined in and shared such special things. My Thanksgiving project, daily cleaning challenge and poem, are located directly below this post, along with Paper Crafting Thursday.
I would love for you to join in the fun! Mr. Linky is available for you to sign and here are some things you could share on your blog:
-What you are thankful for
-Thanksgiving traditions or memories
-Recipes
-Craft Ideas
-Decorating ideas
-Your menu
-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "after" pictures
-Anything having to do with Thanksgiving!
Everyone who participates and signs Mr. Linky will be entered into a drawing at the end of the week! Go HERE to see the prizes. Each day you participate, your name will be entered into the giveaway drawing. If you participate two days, your name will be entered twice, join us all four days for four entries, etc.
Please read the participating instructions carefully:
1. Write a Thanksgiving post on your blog. Link back to There is No Place Like Home so that others know where to join in. You may use the "Giving Thanks" button located at the top of this post. Go HERE for the picture code.
2. When signing Mr. Linky, link directly to your "Giving Thanks" post and not your homepage URL. People will be looking through these links all week long. If you link to your main page, it will be harder to find your post. Go HERE for instructions on how to do this.
3. In order to make the Mr. Linky list easier to read, please type your first name only and a 1-2 word description. Example: Kelli-Recipe.
We are looking forward to what you have to share!
Aren't these little acorn cakes sweet? Many of you know how much I love acorns, so when I saw this Williams Sonoma pan, I couldn't resist it.
It was ridiculously expensive, especially for someone who is used to finding muffin tins at the thrift store, but we've been using it often and have each cakelet down to 20 cents
each. ;0)
Last week I made some buttery brown sugar cakelets filled with maple cream cheese and topped with crunchy turbinado sugar.
The good news is, they can be made with mini muffin pans and are just as yummy!
~Maple Cream Cheese Cakelets~
Makes 24 mini muffins
For the cakelets:
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ginger
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1/2 cup milk
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
8 tbs. (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs, lightly beaten
For the glaze:
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup maple syrup
2 tbs. water
For the frosting:
2 tbs. butter, softened
2 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 tbs. maple syrup
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
Raw (turbinado) sugar for decorating
1. Preheat oven to 350F. To make the cakelets, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the flat beater, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 30 seconds.
3. Add the brown sugar and white sugar and continue beating until light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
4. Add the eggs a little at a time, beating well after each addition.
5. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk mixture and beginning and ending with the flour. Beat each addition just until incorporated, stopping the mixer occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
6. Spoon batter into 24 greased mini muffin pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakelets comes out clean, about 10 minutes.
7. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then removed to wire rack.
8. Meanwhile make the glaze: In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the sugar, maple syrup and water. Cook until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture is slightly thickened, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
9. Set the rack with the cakelets over a sheet of waxed paper. Using a pastry brush, brush the warm cakelets with the glaze. Let cool completely.
10. To make the frosting: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk, beat the butter and cream cheese on high speed until light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce the speed to low, add the maple syrup and confectioners' sugar and beat until combined, 2 to 3 minutes, stopping the beater occasionally to scrape down the sides of the bowl.
11. Frost cakelets and sprinkle with tubinado sugar.
Let me know if you try them!
More Thanksgiving Recipes:
Pumpkin Roll
Refrigerator Dinner Rolls
Today, I will be organizing my kitchen hutch drawers.
I try to keep the napkins neat, especially for unexpected company.
This has turned into another junk drawer!
All cleaned up...
Are you working on any projects today?
Welcome to the third day of our "Giving Thanks" celebration! We are taking this week (Monday-Thursday) to prepare our hearts and homes for this wonderful time of year. My Thanksgiving project, daily cleaning challenge and poem, are located directly below this post.
I would love for you to join in the fun! Mr. Linky is available for you to sign and here are some things you could share on your blog:
-What you are thankful for
-Thanksgiving traditions or memories
-Recipes
-Craft Ideas
-Decorating ideas
-Your menu
-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "after" pictures
-Anything having to do with Thanksgiving!
Everyone who participates and signs Mr. Linky will be entered into a drawing at the end of the week! Go HERE to see the prizes. Each day you participate, your name will be entered into the giveaway drawing. If you participate two days, your name will be entered twice, join us all four days for four entries, etc.
Please read the participating instructions carefully:
1. Write a Thanksgiving post on your blog. Link back to There is No Place Like Home so that others know where to join in. You may use the "Giving Thanks" button located at the top of this post. Go HERE for the picture code.
2. When signing Mr. Linky, link directly to your "Giving Thanks" post and not your homepage URL. People will be looking through these links all week long. If you link to your main page, it will be harder to find your post. Go HERE for instructions on how to do this.
3. In order to make the Mr. Linky list easier to read, please type your first name only and a 1-2 word description. Example: Kelli-Recipe.
We are looking forward to what you have to share!
It looks like the Mr. Linky website is down right now. Hopefully it will be up soon, but in the meantime, please leave your link in the comments and I will add it later.
I first heard about these fabric fall leaves from my friend, Clarice. She sent me one last year and it was so pretty. The girls and I made quite a few this past October, along with acorns. I think they make wonderful Thanksgiving gifts for a friend, hostess gifts or decorations.
Fat quarters and fabric scraps are perfect for this project.
Clarice has the instructions for the leaves, please visit her to make some of your own!
For the acorns I enlarged a template in my word processor and printed them out.
Add a little fabric glue to attach the top to the acorn.
You could sew a small bead on the very top.
Or glue a bit of ribbon to the back. If I had thought of it earlier, I would have tucked it between the fabric, while making the acorns.
I also made a tag and and tied it around the leaf stems.
Thank you for taking a look!
Phillip's mom has been staying at our house while she recovers from surgery. Yesterday, I was telling her how this portable island cart in front of my laundry room door makes me claustophobic.
She had the great idea of moving it into the far corner of my dining room, where the tree is.
Much less cluttered now.
It makes the perfect tea cart! We moved the tree into my bedroom and hung a picture that I already had. Thank you for taking a look!
Grocery stores have great sales on holiday baking staples right now, so this is a great time to stock up. Take a look at the recipes you know you will be preparing, and make a master list of the ingredients. Keep the list in your purse, along with any coupons, so each time you go to the grocery store, you are prepared. By purchasing a few items each week, you won't break your budget!
~Pantry Staples~
Basics:
All-purpose flour
Baking soda and powder
Salt
Brown sugar
White sugar
Confectioner's sugar
Cornstarch
Oats
Yeast
Vanilla
Cocoa
Baking chocolate
Chocolate chips
Nuts
Dried fruit
Coconut
Graham cracker crumbs
Pre-made graham cracker crusts
Almond bark
Canned Goods:
Evaporated Milk
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Pumpkin
Dry Seasonings:
Allspice
Cinnamon
Ginger
Cloves
Nutmeg
Condiments:
Molasses
Corn Syrup
Peanut Butter
Honey
Oils:
Vegetable oil
Shortening
Cooking spray
Feel free to add to the list in the comments!
Welcome to the second day of our "Giving Thanks" celebration! We are taking this week (Monday-Thursday) to prepare our hearts and homes for this wonderful time of year. My Thanksgiving project, daily cleaning challenge and poem, are located directly below this post.
I would love for you to join in the fun! Mr. Linky is available for you to sign and here are some things you could share on your blog:
-What you are thankful for
-Thanksgiving traditions or memories
-Recipes
-Craft Ideas
-Decorating ideas
-Your menu
-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "after" pictures
-Anything having to do with Thanksgiving!
Everyone who participates and signs Mr. Linky will be entered into a drawing at the end of the week! Go HERE to see the prizes. Each day you participate, your name will be entered into the giveaway drawing. If you participate two days, your name will be entered twice, join us all four days for four entries, etc.
Please read the participating instructions carefully:
1. Write a Thanksgiving post on your blog. Link back to There is No Place Like Home so that others know where to join in. You may use the "Giving Thanks" button located at the top of this post. Go HERE for the picture code.
2. When signing Mr. Linky, link directly to your "Giving Thanks" post and not your homepage URL. People will be looking through these links all week long. If you link to your main page, it will be harder to find your post. Go HERE for instructions on how to do this.
3. In order to make the Mr. Linky list easier to read, please type your first name only and a 1-2 word description. Example: Kelli-Recipe.
We are looking forward to what you have to share!
Today I am sharing some ideas for Thanksgiving place settings. Phillip's mom gave me this china a few years ago and I love getting it out for family dinners. Menu cards are extra special touches for your table and are very easy to make.
I printed out my menu on scrapbook paper, and glued it to cream cardstock.
Then finished it off with a bow. Size: 6 1/2" x 3 3/4"
Matching place cards. Size: 4" x 2" folded in half.
Thank you for taking a look!
More place setting ideas:
Place Cards
Napkin Rings
More Place Cards and Napkin Rings
I'm concentrating on my kitchen drawers today. Sorry for the dark pictures, my kitchen light wasn't working.
Here are my "after" pictures...
For my kitchen junk drawer I found this neat organizer at Walmart. The top tray slides up and down and there are plenty of little sections. I measured the width, but never thought to measure the depth and length.
No matter how hard I tried, I could not get it to fit. I ended up using the smaller section, along with another organizer I had. It's amazing how much "junk" I ended up getting rid of!
A few weeks ago I found a big bag of vintage hem bias tape and lace trim at the thrift store, so I put all of it in the larger section of the organizer.
I moved my wooden spoons to a mason jar on my stovetop.
I also gave Phillip's office a deep cleaning. Daisy likes to sneak pencils under his desk and chew them up. 
She also likes empty milk dud boxes.
Can you tell she gets away with anything and everything? ;0)
Our poor doll house has been empty (except for junk and dust) for several months. When Daisy was a puppy she liked to eat the furniture, so I put everything up until she was older.
Grace had fun going through everything this afternoon.
And she did a *wonderful* job setting everything up again!
Welcome to the first day of our "Giving Thanks" celebration! Let's take these next four days (Monday-Thursday) to prepare our hearts and homes for this wonderful time of year. Each day I will share a Thanksgiving project, daily cleaning challenge and poem, all of which are located directly below this post.
I would love for you to join in the fun! Mr. Linky is available for you to sign and here are some things you could share on your blog:
-What you are thankful for
-Thanksgiving traditions or memories
-Recipes
-Craft Ideas
-Decorating ideas
-Your menu
-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "after" pictures
-Anything having to do with Thanksgiving!
Everyone who participates and signs Mr. Linky will be entered into a drawing at the end of the week! Go HERE to see the prizes. Each day you participate, your name will be entered into the giveaway drawing. If you participate two days, your name will be entered twice, join us all four days for four entries, etc.
Please read the participating instructions carefully:
1. Write a Thanksgiving post on your blog. Link back to There is No Place Like Home so that others know where to join in. You may use the "Giving Thanks" button located at the top of this post. Go HERE for the picture code.
2. When signing Mr. Linky, link directly to your "Giving Thanks" post and not your homepage URL. People will be looking through these links all week long. If you link to your main page, it will be harder to find your post. Go HERE for instructions on how to do this.
3. In order to make the Mr. Linky list easier to read, please type your first name only and a 1-2 word description. Example: Kelli-Recipe.
We are looking forward to what you have to share!
A cornucopia is a traditional Thanksgiving centerpiece and I put together a very simple one this year.
I set a cornucopia basket on the table and wrapped a fall leaf garland all around. Then I placed a small pumpkin inside.
I scattered three gourds and lots of pinecones around.
Along with a few acorns.
The figurines are yardsale finds from many years ago. If you have a Hobby Lobby nearby, very similar ones are 50% off right now.
All ready for Thanksgiving. Thank you for taking a look!
Last Thanksgiving's Cornucopia
I will be cleaning and organizing my kitchen and dining room this week, since it's the messiest. Well, there's the linen closet, but we won't talk about that. ;0) Maybe if I'm feeling extra energetic, I'll get to that, too.
This spice rack over my stove, was a wedding present from my parents. It is in major need of dusting and I know for a fact that the ground coriander is 14 years and 5 months old.
I will give everything a good cleaning and fill up the jars with fresh dried herbs and spices. Oh, and hopefully locate the missing jars in my pantry.
I will also be cleaning and refilling my glass canisters. I will post "after" pictures later this afternoon.
Here are my "after" pictures...
All ready for holiday baking! Several of you asked about my canisters. I got them at World Market (Cost Plus), but I know Target has them, too.
Are you working on any cleaning projects today?
Tomorrow is the beginning of our ~Giving Thanks~ celebration. Let's take these next four days (Monday-Thursday) to prepare our hearts and homes for this wonderful time of year. Each day I will share a Thanksgiving project, daily cleaning challenge and a poem.
I would love for you to join in the fun! Mr. Linky will be available for you to sign and here are some things you could share:
-What you are thankful for
-Thanksgiving traditions and memories
-Recipes
-Crafts
-Decorating ideas
-Your menu
-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "after" pictures
-Anything having to do with Thanksgiving!
Everyone who participates and signs the daily Mr. Linky will be entered into a giveaway at the end of the week! Each day you participate, your name will be entered. If you participate two days, your name will be entered twice, join us all four days for four entries, etc.
The prizes are a collection of gifts for you and your home, to welcome in the Christmas season...
Two Christmas plates and matching mugs; perfect for hot chocolate and cookies.
Peppermint Room Fragrance
Pinecone candles
Two berry wreath candles
A Christmas kitchen towel, a selection of 6 Christmas teas, chocolates and mini scottie dog notecards.
Feel free to use the "Giving Thanks" button on your blog. Here is the code:
<a href="http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1862088856_8b77801b21_o.jpg" alt="Giving Thanks" border="0" height="150" width="200" /></a>
I hope you will join me as we prepare for Thanksgiving!
Good morning! I would like to say a special thank you to whomever nominated me for the Best Homemaking/Recipe Blog. I really appreciate you thinking of me! Click here to vote!
I will be sharing the ~Giving Thanks~ week giveaway prizes soon, so check back.
Welcome to “Show and Tell Friday!” Do you have something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, or a treasured collection. Look around your home for something to share; dig through those boxes in your closet if you have to! Share photos and the story that goes with your special item.
Today, I would like to share some special things in my bathroom. Some of them you will recognize from past show and tells.
The gold mirrored tray was a yard sale find.
It's just a little spot to keep my perfume, trinket boxes and jewelry.
These two perfume bottles were gifts from my mom and sister.
Another gift from my mom: a tiny rosebud cup.
The perfect size for rings.
More gifts and special jewelry.
A mini plate with a pretty scene.
It holds several pairs of favorite earrings.
Thank you for looking at my special things! Also, thank you for your comments on my simple fall pleasures and homemade cards. I got the set of chestnut kitchen soaps at Marshalls.
Please read the Show and Tell Guidelines for step-by-step instructions on how to participate.
If you would like to join in, please leave your *permalink* below, along with your first name only (this makes the list easier to read). If your link has been removed from Mr. Linky, please re-read over the guidelines before re-posting. Have fun!
Links are now closed. Please join us next week!
The winners of last week's paper crafting are Tara and Bugzmommy. Please email me your addresses and I'll get your prizes in the mail!
This week's card is quick and easy to put together and you can get lot of different looks, depending on the paper and stickers you use.
You will need a 5 1/2" x 4" notecard.
Thank you for your comments on the corn husk dolls! I hope your week is going well. I still can't believe it's November. Partly because it's been so warm, but a cold front is coming in later this week. Today, I thought I would share some simple fall pleasures that I've been enjoying...
Sweet pumpkin potpourri: a gift from my mom.
So tiny!
Orange mums.
Crunchy apples, a basket of new dishcloths and pretty napkins.
New kitchen soaps.
Perfect for all the way through Christmas. If they last that long!
Comforting soups bubbling away on the stove. We enjoyed Mrs. H's Potato Soup last week.
A fall banner inspired by Claudia's beautiful crafting.
Thank you for stopping by for a visit. Are there any simple fall pleasures you've been enjoying lately?
Thank you for your comments on my dad's childhood books this past Friday. I will make my way around to your show and tells; a weekend migraine slowed me down. I'm excited to see that many of you will be joining in for our week of "Giving Thanks!" I have added a few more details to the post, along with the code for the small picture.
Today, I am sharing our corn husk dolls. In our Faith Keeper's group, we are working on our American Heritage badge and all of the girls wanted to make dolls for the craft project.
Lots of busy hands! Here is what you will need to make your own dolls:
~Corn husks (found in the produce department of many stores. I found them in the Latin foods section at Walmart.)
~String
~Scissors
~Hats and tiny flowers are optional (I found them at Hobby Lobby)
You will need 6 husks for each doll. Soak husks in sink or bowl of warm water until they are soft and bendable. This takes about 15 minutes.
Lay husks on towel. You will need to make your doll while they are still wet.
Choose four husks about the same size and lay them down on top of another.
Tie the pointy ends together close to the top. It helps to have a buddy when making the dolls. Make sure you get the string very tight and tie several knots. Trim ends.
Separate the husks into two sections (two husks in each hand) and flip them over so that the string is inside.
This forms the doll's head.
Tie a string around the husks to make the head.
Take another corn husk and smooth it flat. Trim the pointed end straight across with scissors.
Roll the husk into a tight tube and tie each end of tube with a piece of string. This forms the arms.
Separate the husks again (two in each hand).
Place the tube between the body husks, right below the head, so that an arm sticks out on each side.
Make a waist for the doll by tying a piece of string around the body husks below the arms.
Take another husk and roll up, loosely.
Warp it around the back of the neck and criss-cross across the chest.
Bring back around to the back and secure with string.
Your doll is finished and should have a beautiful corn husk skirt. Set aside to dry.
You can also make pants by cutting up the center of husks.
And tying string at the ankles and knees.
Corn husk doll faces are usually left blank, but we added a little blush to their cheeks.
We also gave our dolls tiny straw hats decorated with flowers.
Grace and her doll.
Emily and her doll.
Thank you for taking a look and let me know if you make some, too. They would be so cute added to a Thanksgiving centerpiece or place even card holders!
The month of November has arrived and with it comes the wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving. Over the river and through the woods, we gather with family and friends to give thanks for our many blessings.
It is time for the 2nd annual "Giving Thanks!" Many of you participated last year and it was so much fun! November 17-20 (Mon.-Thurs.), I will post a daily cleaning challenge (with before and after pictures!) a poem or prayer, and a Thanksgiving project (craft, recipe, decorating idea).
Everyone who participates and signs the daily Mr. Linky will be entered into a giveaway at the end of the week! Each day you participate, your name will be entered. If you participate two days, your name will be entered twice, join us all five days for five entries, etc.
Here are some things you could post about:
-What you are thankful for
-Thanksgiving traditions and memories
-Recipes
-Crafts
-Decorating ideas
-Your menu
-Cleaning/Organizing "before" and "after" pictures
-Anything having to do with Thanksgiving!
The prizes will be collection of gifts for you and your home, to welcome in the Christmas season. I will share pictures next weekend.
Feel free to use the "Giving Thanks" button on your blog. Here is the code:
<a href="http://kellishouse.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1862088856_8b77801b21_o.jpg" alt="Giving Thanks" border="0" height="150" width="200" /></a>
I hope you will join me as we prepare for Thanksgiving!
Welcome to “Show and Tell Friday!” Do you have something special to share with us? It could be a trinket from grade school, a piece of jewelry, or a treasured collection. Look around your home for something to share; dig through those boxes in your closet if you have to! Share photos and the story that goes with your special item.
I have four special books to share with you today. They belonged to my dad when he was a little boy.
They are filled with wonderful stories and sweet drawings.
Another Thornton W. Burgess book: The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel
My favorite!
I read this book to the girls and Benjamin a few years ago and we all loved it.
I also want to share a pair of old glasses that I got at an antique store when I visited my family a year ago.
I wonder who wore them and what books they read!
Thank you for taking a look at my show and tell! Have a wonderful weekend!
Please read the Show and Tell Guidelines for step-by-step instructions on how to participate.
If you would like to join in, please leave your *permalink* below, along with your first name only (this makes the list easier to read). If your link has been removed from Mr. Linky, please re-read over the guidelines before re-posting. Have fun!
The winners of last week's paper crafting are Kayla and Krissie. Please email me your addresses and I'll get your prizes in the mail!
Today I am sharing the step-by-step instructions for the Little Women journal I made last month. You could easily turn it into a card instead, though.
I use a cardboard template that I found at Michaels awhile back, but the main size is 9" x 6"
Cut a 9" x 6 " rectangle from cardstock.
Fold in half.
Cover with a 5 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of scrapbook paper.
Photocopy a picture and quote from a favorite book.
I add a paper frame around the picture, but this is optional.
Glue to front of journal.
Tear around quote.
Dab edges with matching ink pad.
Glue to front of journal.
Cut a 4 1/2" x 1" strip of matching scrapbook paper. Trim top and bottom edges with decorative scissors.
Make small pencil marks at the following measurements (from left to right): 1/4", 1/2", 1 1/4", 1 1/2", 2 1/4", 2 1/2", 3 1/4", 3 1/2", 4 1/4"
With a craft knife, make small slits at the pencil marks.
Thread a 28" length of ribbon through slits, as shown.
Glue ribbon strip to front of journal.
Add stickers or other embellishments.
Bring ribbon around the back of journal and tie a bow on the right side.
Tuck folded sheets of cardstock inside journal for pages to write on. They are not attached in any way, just held in by the ribbon.
I also made a Secret Garden version.
And a recipe journal.
Here are a few other things I made this week:
Toile Christmas tags
Christmas Lace Bookmarks.
Items can be found in my Etsy Shop.
Thank you for taking a look!
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Thank you so much for sharing your plans and favorite things about November with me! Another fun thing we do this month is make a Thanksgiving Tree.
It's a wonderful way to record your family's many blessings.
I used two 12 x 12 pieces of brown paper: one for the trunk and the other for the branches. Both rough drawn and cut.
Taped to the kitchen wall.
In the past I have traced cookie cutters for the leaves.
This year I was lazy and found these already cut out ones in the Target scrapbook section. :0)
Every day we write down a couple of things we are thankful for.
And add them to the branches. By Thanksgiving our tree will be full!
Now the autumn days are gone
Frost is sparkling on the lawn,
Windows winking cheerful lights
Warm the cold November nights.
Welcome November!
November comes
And November goes,
With the last red berries
And the first white snows.
With night coming early,
And dawn coming late,
And ice in the bucket
And frost by the gate.
The fires burn
And the kettles sing,
And earth sinks to rest
Until next spring.
~ Clyde Watson
Dull November brings the blast,
Then the leaves are whirling fast.
- Sara Coleridge
I'm going to whip up a batch of these Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Squares soon!
Dark Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Squares
2 1/4 c. flour
2 1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
4 beaten eggs
1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. butter
2 c. canned pumpkin
1 - 2 c. (dark) chocolate chips
Spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with cooking spray, or butter. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Sift together dry ingredients. In another bowl cream butter and sugars. Add eggs, beating well; add pumpking filling and mix. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and blend. Add 1 cup chocolate chips & mix together. Spread into prepared pan and bake for about 45 minutes.
The year has turned its circle,
The seasons come and go.
The harvest all is gathered in
And chilly north winds blow.
Orchards have shared their treasures,
The fields, their yellow grain,
So open wide the doorway-
Thanksgiving comes again!
This is such an exciting month with lots of things to celebrate. Thanksgiving is right around the corner and as we spend time with family, we count our many blessings. What are you most looking forward, to?
