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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Just wanted to wish all of my faithful blog followers a very Merry Christmas!! Have a wonderful day and enjoy all of your family and friends. I know I am. :)



Friday, December 19, 2014

FINISH WHAT YOU STARTED




I know this time of year is so hectic for all of us, but I thought I would pass on some information that I was reading the other day. Seems this lady was listening to a talk show and the doctor on the show proclaimed, “The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started and have never had the time to finish.”

She thought about this for the longest time. Then looked around her house to see all the things she started and hadn’t found the time to finish. She decided that today was the day to change, so before leaving the house that morning she finished off a 2-liter bottle of Mt. Dew, a bottle of some unknown alcoholic beverage, a package of Oreo’s, a pound package of peanut M&M’s , the rest of last night’s strawberry cheesecake, some Dorito’s, and a box of chocolate truffles left over from Valentine’s Day!!!!


I really think that doctor knew what he was talking about! I can relate to this……………..hmmm may have to try it tomorrow!!

So hang in there and enjoy life!

Friday, December 12, 2014

CHRISTMAS BAKING

Wow....can't believe it has been so long since I have posted anything! :(    I have been busy doing my local craft shows so that is a pretty good excuse I guess. :)  I have finished with the shows and they were very successful. I am very happy with all the shows I did. Now I need to finish up packing the gift boxes to get them ready to ship then I can start baking. :)

Speaking of baking.....how about this recipe. It sounds absolutely delicious! Only bad thing is that I would probably only be able to make half the batch as I would eat half the cookie dough, half the peanut butter cups and half the brownie mix before I even got close to the pan!! HA!HA! 


Ingredients:

Refrigerator chocolate chip cookie dough
Mini Reese's peanut butter cups
Box of fudge brownie mix
               *egg
               *water
               *oil

Instructions:

Prepare brownie mix according to box using the eggs, water and oil.

Smash the refrigerator cookie dough into the bottom of the muffin pans


dessert


Unwrap and place peanut butter cups on top of the cookie dough. Top with prepared brownie mix.


dessert



Bake for 18 minutes in a pre-heated 350 degree oven. Walla......you have a great dessert. Now.....if we can keep it from attaching to our hips when we eat them. :)  I may have to try these, but first I have to get those sugar cookies done!

Happy Baking!

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Just wanted to wish all of my wonderful followers a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving. Have a great day with family and friends enjoying everything we have to be thankful for!! :)




Monday, November 24, 2014

HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOWS

WHOA........can't believe it has been so long since I have posted! Man oh man where does the time go! I have been busy sewing and doing local craft shows so I haven't had much time to post. The first one was last weekend and to our surprise we did very well. It is a small one and we usually do ok, but this year we did really well.....yeah!! :)





Since Black Friday is coming and the shopping season is starting in full force I am sure many of you will be going to your local craft fairs. So for those of you who do go to them I think it is time to revisit the rules of craft fair shopping.....:) LOL! :) :)






TEN THINGS NOT TO SAY TO AN ARTIST OR CRAFTER  :)

10.” I’ll just get my friend to make one of those”

9.  “You know what you should make….”

8.  “Do I get a price break if I buy two?”

7. “I can make that myself.”

6.  “Why does it cost so much”?

5.  “How do you make this?”

4. “Will you donate your artwork to our event? We can’t pay you, but it will be great exposure.”

3.  “My nine-year-old makes this kind of stuff  too.”

2.  “Kids, this is what happens if you don’t go to college.”

1.  “I can buy that at Walmart for $3.99.”



So all of you who do craft shows how many of you have heard these??? I know I have heard them all more that once. :)  So if you do visit the craft shows remember the rules and thank you for shopping local!


HAPPY SHOPPING! :)

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

HAPPY VETERAN'S DAY!!

To all of the Veteran's of our country I just wanted to thank you for your service and wish each and everyone of you a Happy Veteran's Day!!





Friday, October 31, 2014

WITCHES AND GHOST AND GOBLINS...OH MY!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN to everyone out there!! Hope you have fun. This is the only time of the year that adults can dress up and act like kids and get away with it....wait....I do that all year long! :)


Wednesday, October 29, 2014

WILD CRANBERRY SYRUP

We got our wild high bush cranberries picked and processed for the year. We didn't get the raspberries this year as they weren't very good and the tall grasses took over so bad as we have had so much rain over the last 2 years....hence...all the flooding around here. 

This year we picked wayyyyyy to many again for just jelly so we made syrup also. Hubby likes this on his pancakes. You pretty much make it the same way as jelly, but just leave out the pectin. Now these berries aren't like your store bought berries so I don't know for sure how it would work with those types of berries. 

Here is the recipe. 


Ingredients:


Wild cranberries
Sugar
Lemon Juice


Instructions:



Measure berries-4 cups of berries to 1 cup of water and put in saucepan. I use a stainless steel pan as it works best.






Bring berries and water to a boil. 





After berries are boiling cook approximately 5 minutes until the berries burst. The take a potato masher and mash all the berries in the pan. Pour the mixture into a cheesecloth bag and squeeze out the juice into a bowl. 






Then take the juice and pour it into the pan. I use 1-1 ratio of juice and sugar. I usually use 2 cups of juice to 2 cups of sugar. Stir until dissolved. Add 3 teaspoons of lemon juice and bring all this to a boil. Cook approximately 5 minutes. Pour into sterilized jars or whatever you are using and seal tight. 







There you go.................wild cranberry syrup. :) 





Now it depends on the ripeness of the berries and the growing conditions that year on how thick your syrup will be. The natural pectin in them will determine how thick the syrup is. 


Happy eating! :)

Monday, October 27, 2014

Time to Celebrate!!





Time to celebrate with the Old Farmhouse Gathering Team!! We are having our Brrrr.....It's Cold Outside Celebration. Lots of great items and great gift ideas. Get a jump start on all your holiday shopping. There is always so many wonderful goodies from this team so follow me here to see everything that is being offered. Or if you would like just type in BICOFG in the Etsy search bar and that will take you there also.

Below is a sample of what you will find during this celebration!


HAPPY SHOPPING! :)



Christmas Sign Word Blocks -...
$22

CHRISTMAS, Elf, Elvin the El...
$26.95

Primitive Snowman Ornament b...
$15

Primitive Black Santa with H...
$37.95

Christmas Fabric Sculpted Bo...
$24

Primitive Folk Art Doll Whim...
$24.99

BICOFG, Christmas, Snowman, ...
$8

Primitive Christmas Gingerbr...
$16.95

Country Holiday Christmas 14...
$15

6 Star Snowmen Christmas Orn...
$24

Rick Rack Primitive Christma...
$20

Primitive Santa, Prim Santa ...
$42

Christmas Tree Bowl Fillers ...
$17.5

Shovels, cat, snowmen, snowf...
$24

Coiled Fabric Basket Bowl Ch...
$25

Painted Snowman Sign, Painte...
$33
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Friday, October 24, 2014

CELEBRATION COMING

Looks what's coming!! A Celebration!! Just love these celebrations!! The Old Farmhouse Gathering Team on Etsy is having our Brrr.....It's Cold Outside Celebration starting Monday, October 27th. There are going to be lots of great gift ideas and so many nice things from this talented team. I will post a link as soon as we go live on Monday so stay tuned. :)





Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Craft Show

I did my first craft show of the season. It went fairly well. It was in the small town nearby (not that my town is so huge! LOL!) so my expectations weren't really high, but it did go better than expected. The spaces were a little smaller than I usually have so I couldn't put out all my product but we did get a lot of it out. 


craft show


I took the fabric bowls I have been making and did sell some of those which made me happy and some of my fall quilted items sold too. :)


craft show


My husband does woodworking and makes these cutting board and birch burl bowls. Both of these items do good in the summer, but during the holiday shows they do really well as people buy them for gifts and they didn't let me down. Sold several of them. :)


craft show


So....the first show is done. The next one will be in a few weeks so I am working on some new items for that one. More fabric bowls and I think I will do a couple of Christmas tablerunners and wall hangings. Well let's say I will "TRY" and get some of them made. :)

Have a great week! :)

Friday, October 17, 2014

START OF THE SEASON

Well tomorrow starts the beginning of the fall and Christmas shows I do locally. This is a new one in a town by me. Hopefully it goes ok. I have been working on lots of new items for this season. One thing I have been sewing my little fingers to the bone for is these fabric bowls or baskets as some people call them. I originally took the class on making these to make one for my daughter, but then I liked them so much I thought maybe people would like them for gifts so I made some more. I just kept making and making them! 

They just kept rolling off the sewing machine!



fabric bowels


And then there were more!!


fabric bowls



Hopefully they will sell well and I can make more! Hope you all have a great weekend!


Wish me luck! :)  

Monday, October 13, 2014

CARMEL APPLE BARS

Now that fall is here and Halloween is getting closer it is time to start making the traditional fall apple recipes. This one here is great for having the kids and grandchildren to help with. I use to make caramel apples all the time...hmmmm....maybe I will have to make us some of these. :)


Ingredients:



  • Caramels
  • Granny Smith Apples
  • Marshmallows
  • Mini M&M's
  • Mini Chocolate Chips
  • Reeses pieces
  • Candy corn
  • Toothpicks
  • Sprinkles
  • Any other desired toppings




caramel apples



Instructions:


1. Pour each topping into a separate bowl.

2. Core and slice the apples.

3. Push a toothpick into one o the ends of the sliced apples.

4. Melt the caramels in a separate bowl.

5. Holding the toothpick, dip each sliced apple into the melted caramel. The hotter the caramel, the better it sticks to the apples.

6. Immediately dip the apple with hot caramel on it into the desired topping.

7. Let cool and enjoy. 


apples





Hey these look pretty good. I especially like the one's topped with the chocolate!! :) Hope you have fun making these with the kids and grandkids!



Have a great week! :)

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