Baking

 

 

1 pumpkin pie

6 mini pumpkin pies

1 loaf of bread

6 cinnamon buns

2 rolls

1 cake

 

And no, we did not do school that day! :)

Sleeping

Cousin

My new baby cousin!

Puppy

 

 Banjo joined our family over one month ago.

He is a ton of fun!

 

 

 

 After a hair cut

 

Too cute!

 

Christmas

Merry Christmas!!!

Results

The Results of the poll are as follows:

Outfits	0 (0%)
Sewing Projects	1 (25%)
Sewing Stuff/Tools	0 (0%)
Skirts	1 (25%)
What is in my closet?	2 (50%)

So, the winner is "What is in my closet?"
Maybe I will do these posts on Fridays???

Poll: Blog Posts

Check out the new poll on the side of my blog! Please vote for what series of posts you would like to see on my blog.

Love

 

Blue Striped

I recently wore this to church during a cold snap.

 

 

Details-

White headband

Silver cross necklace

Long sleeve white shirt

V-neck blue striped shirt

White skirt

I put the long sleeve shirt under the striped shirt to make it more modest and warm.

Sewing:Work Skirt

Recently, I made myself a work skirt.  It is not fancy, but is suitable for outside.  I made it, thinking it would be perfect.  After all, I made it myself!  Turns out, it didn't fit so well.  When I walked, the skirt was tight around my legs.  So.......

I ripped it apart!  I had made a front and a back piece so that was no problem.

I added in two triangular pieces which looked like this:

 

The finished product:

 

 

Note- I made it with some leftover fabric that is see-through. 

Therefore, I always wear something under it.

Sewing:Tool Belt

Hello!  One of my recent projects was a tool belt for a little boy as a gift.

 

 

What I did-

1.      Found suitable fabric in my fabric stash. I choose a tan frog print and some leftover denim
 

2.      Sewed two of the frog print pieces together
 

3.      Sewed the other two frog print pieces together
 

4.      Rounded off the two bottom corners of both pieces
 

5.      Cut two inches off one of the pieces
 

6.      Cut the denim into two inch strips

7.      Ironed the denim to make the trim

8.      Attached some of the trim to the top of the smaller frog print piece

9.      Sewed the smaller frog print piece on top of the larger frog print piece

10.  Sewed lines through both pieces to create pockets

11.  Attached the trim

12.  Made the ties with the extra fabric from step 5

13.  Attached the ties

 

 

 

Baking

I'll take a break from all my sewing posts and tell you about one of my latest baking projects. :)

 

 

Recently my little brother turned 10!
Baseball is one of his hobbies and he was so thrilled to see the cake.  Mom and I tried to keep it a secret and we managed fairly well......

The cake is a double layer 9 inch round cake.

Funny thing about the frosting: We had a few of his friends over and once they looked at the cake they asked who made it.  I said that I had made it and one of the boys said, "Well that's why it is pink!"  It turns out that the "stitches" were a reddish-pink!  I could not get the white frosting to turn red!

Sewing: Baby Blanket

Sewing: Apron

1.      Found suitable fabric in my fabric stash. I chose an orange flower print and some white fabric

2.      Cut the flower print fabric using another apron

 

 

 

3.      Cut the white into 2 inch strips

4.      Ironed the white fabric to make the trim

5.      Attached the trim

6.      Attached the ribbon

 

 

 

 

Welcome Back!

Hello Everyone!

It is so good to be back!

 

Here is what I have been doing recently.............

School

 

Baking

 

Sewing!

And somewhere in between I found time to turn 13!

 

More to come!

 

Technical

I have had a few people tell me they could not post a comment on my blog because the don't have a blogger profile.  So I'll walk you through the process.

 

 

Click on the Blog post title.

 

You should come to a page that has just the blog post and the side bar.

Scroll to the bottom.  You should see "Post a Comment".

 

Type your comment in the box.

Then hit the down arrow in "Select profile".

 

Pick "Anonymous" and hit "Publish".

Your comment will not appear right away as I have to approve it first.

 

Please note- These pictures are from the old blog format 

 

Poll

Take a look at my new poll featured on the side of the blog!

BibleReadingPlan:New

As I mentioned in Update, I have started a new Bible reading plan along with my brother and mom.

New Plan:

Try to read one chapter or more every week day during Quiet Time starting in the Gospel of Matthew.
We have gotten to Chapter 7 in Matthew.

StrawberryLemonade

I have been making homemade strawberry lemonade for a while now.

Playing outside!

Strawberry lemonade+ Chocolate= Yum!

 

Recipe-

1 1/2 quarts of lemonade (I make mine with the Country Time Lemonade Mix.)

Frozen sliced strawberries (You choose your amount of strawberries depending on how much strawberry flavor you want)

 

Put the strawberries into a blender and add a small amount of lemonade.

Blend until smooth.

Mix the rest of the lemonade with the strawberry mix.

Drink!

 

Update

Hello Everyone!  Sorry I haven't been posting for awhile............

Anyway, I am going to try to be more regular.

So for an update:

I have............

• Started a different plan for reading my Bible. 
• Been wearing many new church outfits.
• Sold about 3 puppets!
• Sewn a lot of things!
• Made some new recipes!

More to come on all this!

Happy V Day

Happy Valentines Day!

Bible Gateway

Sorry I'm so late!

I have been using Bible Gateway  for a while, but have just discovered that you can sign up for a reading plan for the Bible that is delivered right to your e-mail!  There is generally 2 chapters from the Old Testament, and a half of a chapter from the New Testament.

I am working on Exodus and Matthew right now.

Exodus- The rules for making the Tabernacle and priests' garments

Matthew- Parables

What have you read in the Bible lately?

January 26, 2014

This is what I wore to chuch this week:

 

White headband

Cross necklace

Long sleeve brown shirt

Not quite long sleeve blue shirt :)

Very pretty/full/sequins/brown/cream/blue skirt :)

Cream leggings

 

This has to be my favorite church outfit! It is so warm!

 

Shopping Trip

Mom and I went shopping recently and here's what I got:

Some more sewing machine needles

 

Some Christmas fabric and ribbon.

 

A three piece cutting set. 

It has a rotary cutter, a self-healing cutting mat, and an acrylic ruler.  The straight and angled lines are awesome.  $55 dollors normal price, but I had a coupon for 50% off on one item so it was only $27.50.  I was SO needing this.  : )

Philippians 3 & John 15

In Sunday School my youth pastor challenged us to read Philippians 3 and John 15.  So I did. 

Philippians is a letter written to the people of Philippi by Paul.  Chapter 3 has two parts: No Confidence in the Flesh and Following Paul's Example.  Verses 1-14 talk about how Paul was the good guy in people's eyes and then he gave it all up for God.  Verses 15-21 talk about how we should all follow Paul's example and live for God.

John is written by John and is one of the Gospels.  Chapter 15 has three parts: The Vine and the Branches, The World Hates the Disciples, and The Work of the Holy Spirit.  Verses 1- 8 I am sure you are familiar with.  If not I'll paraphrase it: Basically, God is the Gardener, Jesus is the Vine, and we are the branches.  We have to stay connected to the Vine (Jesus) or the Gardener (God) will discard us.  Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15: 4.  Verses 9-17 can be summed up in one verse:  This is my command: Love each other.  John 15:17.  Verses 18-25 talk about how since we are different from the world, we will be hated and persecuted.  Verses 26 and 27 talk about how the Holy Spirit will help us to testify to others.

Goals

Hello!

This year I made some goals, one of which is that I will use this blog to post what I have been reading in the Bible that week.  I am going to post each Friday about my Biblical thoughts.  So will you all help by commenting what you think each week?  Bye for now!

Puppets

For Sale!

 

Cat

Bear

Pig

Monkey

Dog

I have recently started a sewing business!

These hand puppets are $12

and come in a variety of colors.

Made to order!

Just tell me the colors of the

animal you want.

You know how to contact me

if you know me personally.

Otherwise, please leave a comment.

Thanks for your business!

First

This is my first blog post!  I am so excited!