*You will also receive a 10% off coupon code in the first part of the mini-course to use in our store!… Read the rest...
10 Attributes of the Fierce, Fearless Femina
10.) She’s meek.
She’s powerful, but self controlled. But her whit and wisdom keep her power in check, she keeps a tight reign on her force. She understands that power restrained builds empires, where unleashed force can only destroy.
(Didn’t you see Frozen? Yeah, don’t let that go…)
9.) She … Read the rest...
Hey Jude!
Thursday night just before midnight the Lord brought our grandson, Joshua Jude, into the world, weighing in at 8.9.
The Lord was so very gracious in many ways through labor and delivery and even before that because last week on his due date we had snow on the ground, which … Read the rest...
life, learning, working… all intertwined… naturally!
You may have noticed I haven’t been blogging much, or maybe you haven’t.
Our life has gotten so busy, so industrious that the blog is waaaay down on my list of priorities. It’s not because I don’t have anything I want to blog about, actually, I keep saying, “I’m going … Read the rest...
Cherish’s Baby Quilt
Baby Jude (our newest grand-baby) will be here in about 4 weeks and we can’t wait. We are busy sewing and crocheting gifts for him.
Cherish (11), made her new nephew a quilt. This was her first time to use a rotary cutter and quilting rulers. She also got … Read the rest...
Ninja Turtle Birthday Cake
I made this cake last weekend for a little 3 year old’s birthday!
It had buttercream icing on a vanilla cake.
The turtles were made of fondant.
Once you learn the basic skills of baking and decorating it is easy to learn new techniques and be more creative and elaborate … Read the rest...
Yankee T-Shirt Quilt
So what do you do with all those t-shirts you’ve saved from high school, teams, concerts, races…whatever… ?
You make them into a quilt!
Here is one I made several years ago that included adding this boy’s scouting patches to the boarder. He took it to college with him!
There … Read the rest...
Elegant Wedding on Family Silver
Last weekend’s wedding was so beautiful!
A beautiful southern wedding with finger foods.
The bride’s cake was elegant with a lot of delegate trim work.
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The cake was layers of vanilla, strawberry and Bride’s white.
Although cake decorating is VERY stressful there is much … Read the rest...
Christmas 2014 in Review
Blessed indeed!
We enjoyed our advent season of reading and singing.
We did a LOT of baking!
See more gingerbread pictures here.
I had a couple of big orders that kept me up late at night. 
These were for a Christmas party for a railroad company.
We went … Read the rest...
Our Gingerbread Homestead
The key is to place your cutouts in the freezer for 10 minutes before you bake them, they will hold their shape.
We dipped our sides in melted almond bark.
Let the sides dry and harden for a few hours, then added the … Read the rest...
