Pumpkin Tutorials, Make Your Own Pumpkin Spice

MyFrugal Friday tip is the whole week of PUMPKIN RELATED information this week! Look back over the post from this week and read the comments,there are some neat ideas in there!           TODAY IS THE LAST DAY for our Pumpkin Potholder giveaway! Leave a comment

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The Great Pumpkin- A Pumpkin Bowl- A Cake

The Great Pumpkin- A Pumpkin Bowl- A Cake

  I saw this cake this morning and am just LOVIN' IT! Now I would NEVER, EVER pay $110 for a cake, but this could be easily made, not only for  Halloween Reformation Parties, but for Thanksgiving and harvest get togethers! Of course, having a few cake skills helps, but I think anyone c

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Pumpkin Powerhouse

Pumpkins are a Powerhouse of Nutrition! ONE SERVING OF PUMPKIN HAS: 7 grams of fiber More than 100% of your daily vitamin A (a lack of vitamin A can lead to night blindness) beta carotene (lowers the risk of age-related macular degeneration) carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin (w

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To Answer a few pumpkin questions

I am thinking about making the pumpkin bread. Can you advise me on how much time & at what temp. Thanks Blessings, Michelle My Answer: Bake on 350 for about 15-20 minutes. Rebekah asked:  How do you store pumpkins and how do you know when they are unusable? My answer: I cook up the pum

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Oh My Goodness…another Decorator!

 I received this today! Devildog's wife bought our Cake Decorating DVD and this was her daughter's results:     I am SO IMPRESSED!!!  I believe she's got some natural talent in those little hands!   GREAT JOB Munchkin!  You can read more about her cake h

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Pumpkin Prayer- Choosing and Cooking a Pumpkin

Thank you for sharing all your pumpkin ideas and stories yesterday! For those of you that commented yesterday about cooking your pumpkins, you can not use a Jack-O-Lantern. If you want pumpkin to eat/freeze you need the small 'pie pumpkins'.  Here is one of my favorite sites demonstrat

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New Items in Our Store

I finally have the gift baskets added to our store. We can ship these anywhere and even include a personal gift tag with your message on it. These would make great gifts that keep on giving as the recipient will use these skills to give to others! Gift Baskets   This basket comes with the ba

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Pumpkin Week 08~ Triva, Quizzes, Gems and a Giveaway!

I did this last year and received a great response, so I thought I'd do it again!   ~~~   This week I will be posting about PUMPKINS, a little trivia, decorating ideas, fun for the kids and of course RECIPES!!!   GIVE AWAY Leave a comment (preferably with a suggestion, a

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Marriage

Marriage

God has set the type of marriage everywhere throughout the creation.--Every creature seeks its perfection in another.--The very heavens and earth picture it to

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Sunday...REST!

Sunday…REST!

This past week was good, but I sure am glad it is over!       The quilt guild that I am president of had our annual quilt show Friday and Saturday. It was a TON of work, but the show went off smoothly..well, except for the wind and rain on Friday, which is even worse when you are on

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Out of the Loop

    I'll be away most of the next few days. It is our Guild's annual Quilt Show. Our family is providing security for the two nights. Hope Jeff has checked out those blow up mattresses. ;o) We are also operating the concession stand. I need to finish up some baking before we head

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Reading Plans?

Here is a GREAT site to help with your Bible reading. You can choose from different plans, the important thing is to be reading and listening.   I like this one the best. I like that I can read and listen at the same time. This is good if you have struggling readers too. What works best for you

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Fast and Pray

Our church will be fasting and praying tomorrow. I'd like to invite all of you to take part, no matter where you are in the world.   This is an email from an elder at our church that may encourage you:   Dear Families of Christ Church,  As we prepare for the Day of Fasting and

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The Days Ahead

I, like most everyone else, am very concerned about the state of our country, economically,  politically and spiritually. Things seem so uncertain, even scary at times. I look around me and wonder what our lives will look like a year from now or five years from now.   I refuse to be fearfu

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Start ‘Em Young!

One mom who bought our Basic Cake Decorating DVD sent me some pictures of her daughter at work.   I can't stress enough how important it is to ignite the excitement in children, even at a young age, to be busy with their hands, to be creative! After watching the DVD a few times and PRACTICI

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Salsa Slideshow

Yesterday, after I sent Olivia off to Florida for 2 weeks with some friends to help with their children, Emma and I got busy canning salsa and tomatoes. It was a lot of work, but we really enjoyed doing it. There is nothing like working elbow to elbow with your children to bind hearts!   Je

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Bavarian Cream Cake

  I posted the recipe for the Bavarian Cream Cake over on my Cakes and Candy Blog.     .

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Demographic Winter -You’ve Got to Watch it!

If you are concerned at all about the future of our nation and the future of our children and grandchildren you really need to watch Demographic Winter  .   You can watch the whole thing online.These are non-Christians that put this out, they are Harvard graduates that simply looked a

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Soup, A Movie and Dessert!

Soup, A Movie and Dessert!

 Tonight a few families are getting together to eat soup/chili, watch a very important documentary, and of course enjoy dessert!!!     Having get-togethers at night are always hard on my early-bird hubby, which usually means we don't go out much at night, so maybe this cake and so

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Children-Making Money- Having Fun!

Children-Making Money- Having Fun!

What a great weekend we had!     Olivia and I were vendors during the Fall Festival at the John Looney House, a local pioneer homestead.  Along with us were three other families that are friends of ours. These families have the same vision we do as far doing things as a family, teachi

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