Crafts for Sale---Crystal

Check out my new blog for homemade crafts for sale. Refer friends and family to some great homemade jewelry and purses for sale. Here's the address: http://handmadecrafts208.blogspot.com/

Flowers--Crystal

I found a website that did a whole month of different ways of making crafty flowers. Here's the link to the website's flowers. They are way cute. I will definitely be making some for sure. You could make some of these and put a pin on the back to pin to a necklace, bag, or as a broach. You could also put a hair clip on the back to put in your hair or your daughter's hair.

I also found this awesome necklace I want to make which also has some very cute flowers to make.

I will post some pics of the ones I make after I make them. Look for updates occasionally.

Also I found this organizer on a craft website and I want to do something very similar. Very cute. One day it will get done, I hope.

New Blog--Crystal

Check out my new blog about children.

I'll be adding things periodically.

If you have any suggestions for topics or websites to check out.

Please email them and I'll look them over.

http://playforchildren.blogspot.com/

;) Crystal

Christmas Treats--Crystal

I made the following treats for Christmas!

Toffee colored red, Kenna didn't want it to be brown:

Brownine Cupcakes with buttercreme frosting and fondant snowmen:

Cinnamon Rolls with buttercreme frosting:

Muddie Buddies with M&M's:

Pics to come soon!

Bday Cake--Crystal

My birthday cake. Yellow cake mix, chocolate frosting, Kit Kat's on the side, and M&M's on top. Delicious.

Knitting Bag/Purse--Crystal

I will be making this bag. I have two different fabric styles I'll be trying. They will be birthday presents for family. I'm starting now to give me something to do while off from school. I will update the blog with pics of the purses when they are done. Here's the link to the website I found the pattern at.

Flower Barretts--Melinda

For these clips, I modified the pattern here so the flower would have 6 petals. I got the idea from a friend who sells them, SOOOOOO if you aren't a crocheter and think these are cute, go HERE and you can buy ya some (prices are fairly modest too).



Melinda-- I'm going to post this, because it's cute. If you still need to add anything you can edit it at any time.

Halloween Treats!--Melinda

So I actually made these last year, but I was looking for pictures of things to post here, since it's been awhile, and saw these and thought it was timely (I've been using that word alot lately). The instructions were out of a Parenting magazine, but I don't know if it's posted. Here's what I remember:

Place white melties (or white chocolate) in a double boiler (I make a make shift double boiler by putting a bowl on top of a small pot of boiling water) or melt in microwave (stirring often), add a couple drops of green food coloring (I used the Crayola Neon colors green I think). Coat one end of pretzel with chocolate mixture, then roll one side in desired "hair" (coconut flakes-you can color that too, stirring in food coloring with the flakes, but I'm the only one who loves coconut, so we used chocolate sprinkles). Then put a hersey Kiss at the top ( make sure that there is enough white chocolate on top so it will stick!). Set on a wax paper or parchment lined cookie sheet and draw on a face!


Put em up as decoration, I filled the cup with beans to hold the pretzels up...although if you have little ones, you will probably end up with a bunch of pretzel stumps because they will snitch them and only eat the tops off :-)

Applesauce--Crystal

I went to my mother-in-law's house on Thursday. She got some apples for the both of us to make applesauce (Kenna's favorite). I got to make some and take it home. Pics to come soon.

Here are the steps:

1. Wash apples.
2. Cut apples.
3. Put apples 3/4 full in big pot with 12 cups water.
4. Cook on medium heat until soft, stirring occasionaly.
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5. Take the apples out of pot and separate using a _____(I don't remember, I'll find out) into 9x13 dish to catch the juice.
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6. Then take the juice part and put into another pot and add 1/2 cup per 9x13 filled.
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7. Cook until boils and simmer for 5 minutes.
8. Fill quart or pint jars with 1/2 inch remaining on top.
9. Put on the lid and ring tightly.
10. Place into another pot full of water just to cover the jars.
11. Let the water boil for 20-30 minutes accoridng to your altitude.
12. Take jars out of pot and let cool on the counter. (make sure the lids are sealed, some will seal while they cool)
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Kenna helped. She thought it was cool that we were making applesauce. She got to be a taste tester and loved it. I didn't get a pic of that, I wish I would have. I'll take one of her when we open our first jar.

Kenna's Cake--Crystal

We did a ladybug theme for Kenna's 4th birthday. She loved that we had a ladybug shaped cake. It turned out pretty good. She wanted cupcakes too. So I put grass on with tip 233. Then I made chocolate red ladybugs and piped dots and a head in black. Kenna loved it.