What's being Worked on for Friday July 20th 2012

It's Friday!  I will be spending the weekend crafting away as my hubby has to take the log truck in for a oil change and small amounts of work need to be done on it.  So I will be at home finishing up these 2 projects I started.  The first one is a small bear that need some revamping.  I am staining the bear and messing him up to look some what older or aged. The bear is made from some old dark red fake fur and I have filled with bear with fiber fill.  The nose and eyes are black safety eyes I found in fabric depot (my favorite place to shop) I did Cranberry bear up a while back and he has been just sitting around doing nothing so it was time for a revamp on him.  I am staining him with my coffee solution and rubbing cinnamon in him giving him a rustic look maybe?

The second project is of course a 18 inch rag doll, made from muslin and stained with my favorite coffee stain.  I will fill her with fiber fill and paint the facial features, she also has a buddy which is a cute rabbit for her.  The dress is a cotton blend/ rayon being the blend.  It is wrinkling nicely and staining pretty easily.  I actually started these yesterday but thought I would talk about them today being the house is so quiet even my little dogs are napping away.  I post again showing you all what they look like all finished.  I think in the next blog I will tell you all about the Butterfinger cookies I made!

Love being a Grandma, Pictures of JoJo at 21/2 Months

Hello everyone! I just had to share some baby pictures of my sweetie grand daughter! boy is she growing and developing a personality!   My daughter brought her to the house a few days back and I took pictures and video taped her.  I wanted to share the video with you also but for some reason it would not upload to blogger.  Oh well...  JoJo is 2 1/2 months old in these pictures and 10 pounds 23 inches is she growing like a little weed.  I have so much fun when she comes to the house, I am so busy playing with her nothing gets done!  I love what mommy dressed her in that day pink and cute!  These are only a few pictures that day I took about 60-70 pictures! and 4 videos, I love spoiling her but her doctor says you can never spoil them when they are this young.  Today I am at home blogging this but also sewing some new things that I will post later on, be sure still enter in the contest to win some great items http://www.oldfarmhousegathering.blogspot.com/

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Entirely Late Posting My Son's Graduation!

Howdy to everyone today! its finally a nice warm day on the Oregon coast and I have been busy with lots of chores this day.  Today I sat down because I have these photos from my sister, who I say big thanks too! phew! we almost did not have anything of my son's graduation which was June 18th 20012.  Yes I am late posting this....

I have learned that my husband needs lessons in electrons!  we wanted to record the graduation, I was going to do the filming,  well... you know those males at times like to take charge and my hubby did; except when he took charge he did not realize you had to turn the camera on!!  So I had no pictures, video of our son's graduation, my sister even said her camera was acting up but luck be on her side she did get some shots that came out! and yesterday I found them in my email! phew!

The first picture is my son and he is in the other photos as well.   I am so proud well... we both are so proud of of him!!  He did well in school, lettered in football, track and wrestling with a 3.2 grade average! yea!  He even broke some records! with other track members!  I love him so much he has a strong faith in the LDS Church, to choose the right and to stand out in a crowd and not follow others!  He has decided to serve his country and will be joining the Air Force and thinks he will leave in Oct.  I remember yesterday bringing home a 9 pound 11 oz. baby boy who all the nurses loved because of that dimple in his chin, I sorry about posting this so late but I just had to share it today,  Love you so much Mitchell!

What I have been Creating and working on this Week

I hope everyone had a great 4th of July! It was a quiet one for me so I decided to get in the mood for up coming holidays and I felt like doing a little painting. I whipped out my acrylic paints and oil pastels! and got to work with a fever! The first one is a painted plate with a silly black cat, can you tell what month I am thinking about?? I painted the plate with acrylics and added a cute saying or quote from an unknown author. After I finished painting the plate I baked it in the oven so that it is sealed. I still don't think one should eat off these plates they are just for decor only.

I was still in the Oct mood when I painted this scary mummy! Actually he is not so scary but on the side of scary cute! I get these cute chalk boards at Jo Ann's fabric store in the crafting section and I love painting them. I did the mummy in oils and acrylics, because I love mixing the two mediums for a great effect sometimes.

Suddenly my mood went from Oct to ... well you guessed it! Christmas! So I did another little chalkboard painting this time with snow and a little black crow with some strange decorated trees! The chalkboards are just little wall hanging decors for the seasons that pass by and that goes for the plates, they are meant just for a little fun with the holidays!

My next project is a doll I am finishing up and I want to whack out a quilt but I not sure what holiday, most likely for Halloween or I am thinking about doing a cute fall quilt. These will soon be in my Etsy store so I hope you will check out both my Etsy stores.

Happy 4th of July to All

I hope everyone has a great 4th and thought I share some great music with you two of my favorites by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. My heart is with our troops and their families may God watch over you. I hope you enjoy and will watch and listen to these video's

Upside Pineapple Bars

Yesterday I was busy doing some baking for my guys and I made them one of their favorites upside pineapple cake bars. This recipe is really simple and a bargain being I can get white cake mixes usually on sale for .89 cents at my local store.
There is 2 ways I make these either moist or crunchy! both ways are yum!
For the most ones I take one white cake mix add 2 eggs, dump a can of large sliced pineapples and the juice all in to the cake mix and mix it up. Next I spread the dough into a large well greased baking dish, then I will melt 1 to 1 1/2 cups of butter on my stove and then add the butter to 2 cups of brown sugar and mix until its moist but crumbly. I then sprinkle this onto my unbaked cake mixture and place in the over at 350 degrees or until golden brown and tooth pick comes out clean.
I do the crunchy simple by mixing either 2 boxes of white cake mix or 1 1/2 mixes, adding only one egg and slowly adding about 1/2 or less of the pineapple juice and pineapple the brown sugar mixture remains the same. The mixture should lots stiffer like cookie dough and this will be a little harder to spread into larger baking dish and the dough will not rise as much as the moist recipe. But baking is the same, bake at 350 degrees and until tooth pick comes out clean, let cool then slice and serve.
There is so much one can do with a cake mix, bake all kinds of cookies by just adding one egg and reducing the water and it's faster cooking, but simple for those who don't have lots of time. I like it because you get home goodies for less and more. I have to say the white cake mix is my favorite because I get great peanut butter cookies, oatmeal cookies and yummy cinnamon rolls.