Power’s out!!!

Wonder why I’ve gone “dark”?

We’ve been in the “dark” the last two days in half.  We were hit hard by the bomb cyclone Tuesday night and the winds were insane!

See the picture above? 

That’s a power line down right at the entrance 

of our driveway.

The other pictures are 100 yards to the left of us where a massive tree fell and took out all the power lines all the way across the neighborhood.

The neighbors all banded together to cut the tree and do clean up, they also jimmied up the power line down at our house.

We are getting reports that we won’t have power til after Saturday. 

At this point it could be worse but right now we are sitting with no heat or power.

Hopefully I will be back in soon with some fun holiday ideas for you!

Happy weekend!!! 

Pumpkin pie hack

Happy monday!

I had so much fun this past week hosting two pie/coffee day, and wine/pie night with friends and Mom's and daughters. 

I literally was so busy I didn't get any pictures, I kid you not!

But, I did take pics of the pie idea I saw on Pinterest that I thought

I'd share.  I made mini pies for both events and they were a hit!

I feel like by the time Thanksgiving dinner is over I can rarely eat any 

of the desserts so why not host a pie party!

You are talking to someone who bakes her own pies, but once

I took a look at the Costco pumpkin pie price and size I caved.

It's a mere $5.99 for a large pie.

So start with the Costco pie and using a biscuit cutter cut little rounds of pie and put them into pie tins.

One of the get togethers I put them in tins, the other right

on the platter.  I also cut one of the pies with a bigger 

cutter and a smaller for the other party. 

I was able to get over 12 mini pieces cut from one pies with the smaller cutter.  Take all the left over pie from the cutting and mix and make cake pops with it.  Just mix it up, roll into balls and dip into either white or milk chocolate. 

I ordered these cute mini size 2.6" tins from Amazon,

 PIE TINS HERE

You can bake right in these tins too.  They make the cutest little pies.

Here they are without the tins....

And the different ones that I made...

These ones I made are pumpkin, apple-cranberry crisp,

and mixed berry pies. 

It was a fun time and so easy to eat these small portions

over pieces of pies. 

Christmas tags

It's time for a little holiday crafting!

Let's make some christmas tags.

Start with some kraft paper, white acrylic paint 

and a brush.

Take a small your brush and lightly dip into your paint,

making sure that you get very little paint.

Go to the paper and gently dry brush the paint right onto 

the paper, being sure to completely cover the entire

paper. 

Like you see here.....

I covered the whole sheet.

Let dry.

Take your sheet, and cut your into pieces of

tags that measure 2'x 4', the remaining small pieces

will be a bit smaller, you can still us them for tags

they won't be as long. 

Here is what I came up with for designs...

try looking through what you have to see

if any of your christmas stamps will work.

These little tags are sure cute!

And easy to make too~~

Count your blessings

It's time to count your blessings not your calories!

Here's a fun little card to make for t-day.

Start by using a scallop punch for the crust of the pie,

then a round punch for the filling of the pie, and a small

scallop of white for the whip cream. 

before assembling the pieces use a sponge dauber

to "brown" the crust. 

Now assemble the pie, isn't it cute! 

cut yourself a piece of pie before you attach

it to the card.

I added the greeting by using microsoft word

and printing it out on my computer. 

So fun! 

 

Candy wreath

These little treats will sure to sweetin up someone's day.

Grab yourself a package of the Lindor chocolate's.  You can use any flavor (color) you'd like to make these wreaths.  I chose the red for 

holiday colors. Let's get started.....

You'll need some chocolates, cello wrap, ribbon, tape and scissors.

Cut your cello long enough to hold five of the candies. 

Lay out all five of the candies. 

Roll up the candy and tape it on the ends and in the center.

Bring both ends together like in the picture below. 

Tie the two together with your ribbon into a bow. 

How cute is this!

You could add a little tag to gift someone too!

 

Christmas garland

Happy friday!

Are you already christmas shopping or making projects or gifts?

I realized that Thanksgiving is very late this year, the 28th which 

leaves us three weeks until Christmas!

I can see why so many people are already putting up Christmas

lights and some their trees already! It will come and go fast!

Anyways, have you seen vintage Christmas garland before?

I was recently at the Great Junk Hunt which is a type of holiday

flea market for the holidays with many vendors with both vintage

and new wares.  They happen to have these garland which were going

for $39 on up.  So, naturally I had to try a diy of them.

I took a trip to our Homegoods locally and found this box

of glass vintage blubs, $14.99.

They're just the right size, not too big.

I chose the color as I have a special person in mind

I am making this for. 

Find a spot to set up your blubs, I chose the kitchen table

so I wouldn't have to bending over the entire time!

I laid them out every other design, cut some jute or ribbon to

start assembling them.  To do this, slide one blub at a time

and tie a little knot at the top of the wire of the blub and contine

til you are completed.  Be sure and leave a good 12" on each side

so that you can hang your garland. 

You can display these beauties many ways,

across your mantle, in doorways, on your trees,

across windows, you can also hang them vertically anywhere.

They also make a beautiful gift.  When buying them you 

will find that the varities are glass and plastic, you can also

choose the plastic ones if you are worried that they may be heavy

for the spot you will be using them.  The glass ones I bought

are not heavy, but some that I had looked at were much heavier. 

vertically displayed....

Even across a cabinet or hutch.

I hope you give this a try and if you do, send me your pics!

Happy crafting! 

Thanksgiving tablesetting idea

Sharing a little favor idea I did for our Thanksgiving

table.  These are cute little plastic domes I ordered on Amazon

that I filled with some chocolates and pumpkin spice jojo's from Trader Joe's.   I tied some jute around them and added some baby's breath.  I love how simple they turned out.

We put them on everyone's plate

The table decor is a very natural and simple,

I always try and use what I have on hand.

That means I like to look around the house and in drawers and cupboards to bring out things maybe I haven't seen or thought about

in sometime before I go and buy more things. 

I used a natural brown tablecloth in the center of the table

and just scrunged it up to set the candles and dried leaves on top of.

You get to choose!  Use what you have and get creative!

It's always fun to add your own style and personality to your table. 

Even take some time before Thanksgiving to set your table and try a few different ideas, remember you can also bring the outside in too!

I have dried grasses I use from my yard as well as rosemary and lambs ear to decorate with.  Whatever you do,  just have fun trying! 

Dino birthday card

Well, finally you say,  she's posting a card!

We have a sweet 3 year old in our family.

Little Miles turned 3 this weekend, our niece's

son.  What three year old doesn't like dino's.

I used some numbers background paper that has been retired for I would say YEARS.  Layered it up and stamped the dino and numbers.

Time to celebrate this little man! 

Halloween Fun!

A few days late but here we are in all the spooky fun!

Muuuuwaaaahhhhh!

It's been a tradition for years even when

my girls were little that I do a spooky halloween

dinner.  Every year it is different.

I always decorate the table and make a creepy dessert. 

On the menu for dinner was bloody rat....

(meatloaf)

His ears are thin sliced red potatoes, the eyes

and nose are olives and the whiskers, spaghetti noodles and

the fangs are carrots. 

As disgusting as it looks, it was delicious!

I made mashed potatoes that I piped through a baker's tube and added peppercorns for eyes. 

And last but not least, 

green creepy deviled eggs.

Until next year, it was a fun Halloween!