tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57177609182141329142024-03-04T23:52:46.713-05:00Hot Flash'n Craft'ncgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-75941729600103981402018-11-16T09:56:00.002-05:002018-11-16T09:59:14.097-05:00Hanging towel patternHi Friends,
I want to let you ALL know that I'm more then willing to share my pattern for my Easy Hanging Towel. I can not email the pattern to
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Please remember this pattern is for personal use only, not for resale. Thank you.
Happy Sewing.
cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-27839014776295750902016-06-21T16:16:00.000-04:002016-06-21T16:18:30.304-04:00Bench to beauty
I was visiting a friend in Golden, CO, when I passed a house
in her neighborhood that was seemingly getting rid of the stuff, you know free
stuff by the road, well I noticed this bench on the porch. Knocked on the door and asked if they by
chance wanted to get rid of this bench...... $5 later, it was in the back of my
truck.
Well, this bench having been outside in CO, forcgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-8198884601923174372016-06-09T16:25:00.000-04:002016-06-09T18:51:30.294-04:00Creating a Pin Board
The same weekend I got the Pig had to go, my sister Cheryl and
I went to an antique barn, we both bought an old map/blueprint or printers drawer. She made a printer box chalk board out of hers (see on State-line Crafter's); and me, I sat on mine for months, contemplating the project. I finally decided a pin board.
With all my supplies, I first measured, then cut cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-68094242322751658382016-05-31T14:31:00.000-04:002016-05-31T14:31:08.286-04:00The Pig Had to GO!
My sister Cheryl invited me down for a weekend and sent this table home with me hoping I could save it.
Apparently her
grandchildren had gotten a hold of her antique farm table, and went crazy with
the paint. Yes, I love piggy's, but I've never heard of "chuby the pig",
This piggy had to go!
First, I removed the rusty hardware, and soaked it in rust remover.
Then Icgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-61746631005484903452016-04-10T22:32:00.002-04:002016-04-10T23:58:02.444-04:00Special Events
I attended two very special events this weekend. First
event, the Annual Girl Talk, God
Talk TEA PARTY, at the Methodist Church, here in Durand, IL.
It was so much fun.
Of course I dressed up in
a
tea party ensemble
I throw together complete with
vintage hat, vintage
sweater, vintage gloves,
with vintage necklace I restrung with the cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-55953556787933914422016-04-04T23:59:00.001-04:002016-04-05T00:05:14.466-04:00Pattern TracingWhen I buy patterns for the kiddos, they usually come in size 1-4, of 6-12, whatever....
Simplicity 9968
once you cut size 3 out, you can no longer use the pattern for any size larger. So, I trace my patterns. Like this adorable pair of summer jammies for Miss Eden whose birthday is coming up....
I cut around the piece I need, iron it smooth....
.
Then I take cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-45823243162668326042016-03-24T14:24:00.004-04:002016-03-24T14:31:39.133-04:00Something Special for Eden
Spring is in the Air..... It's my youngest granddaughter'ssecond birthday coming up and I wanted to make something
special.
How about a twirl-y
dress for tea parties with
Grammy Bear......
I bought this pattern to make this dress for Ella, but with all my travels, I never got to it. It's called the addison.
Here's the back of the dress.
I can't wait tocgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-41863796885323563392016-03-15T09:12:00.002-04:002016-03-15T15:58:50.399-04:00Preserves Filled Cream Cheese Pound Cake
My favorite food is CAKE.
My Mom and I both like cake with our afternoon tea. Since I've been here with her, I've made 6
different cakes, 5 bunts from scratch. 2
Coffee, 1 chocolate, and this one, apricot filled, rather I changed it
to a Strawberry Rhubarb-filled
cream cheese pound Cake.
It's a recipe out of the Kraft Food and Family magazine, it's also on-line at&cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-89618165205728419952016-03-08T22:34:00.001-05:002016-03-09T08:53:23.191-05:00Tea Cozy for Hot Tea
I
attended a Tea party with my Aunt Junie, last year. The hostess of our table had a tea pot I'd
never seen before, it was an Insulated Metal covered Teapot with cork stopper, love it!! Of
course I had to have one! With the insulator it keeps your tea hotter
longer, that's awesome. I priced them
online, brand new they were $100....
cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-66161457967785414222016-03-02T22:52:00.003-05:002016-03-03T23:29:05.839-05:00Scads of Scraps
What do I do with scads of scraps from kitchen towels I cut to make my world famous Easy Hanging Towel, well maybe I exaggerate, a little, it's famous.... in the
family.
My Sisters, my Kids, my Nieces
all just love it. I make and give
them away for almost every holiday. For
Christmas gifts I sat down and whipped out 13 towels quickly, they had to be
wrapped and cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-57106379003753526332016-02-28T19:42:00.000-05:002016-03-01T09:26:49.558-05:00Basket Liner
I love these old bushel baskets.
Years ago you could purchase liners at your local drug store...... times sure have changed......
I’ve been wanting to make this Basket Liner. I had one for years, every time I visit my daughter in CO, oh look, there it is….. anyways,
I wanted one for myself. I found this pattern cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-63759197072833645172014-03-19T19:46:00.001-04:002014-04-04T19:47:00.749-04:00Grammy Bear's Tea Party
Alex, Harmony, Elias, Grammy Bear, Suzy, Ella, Erin and Deby
"TEA TIME"
Every time I
visit with my grandchildren, I always plan a tea
party. It's a big deal. We have been doing these parties since Miss
Harmony
was around 6 years old. We all dress
in hats, and jewels and skirts; we plan a
menu with tea sandwiches and sweeties,
along with yummy tea.
&cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-7474182201589897832014-01-14T14:00:00.003-05:002022-11-16T15:26:15.185-05:00Cabo CrittersThe wild life here in Cabo is simply spectacular, so bright and
colorful, and a plenty; of course you wouldn't want to get too close to most of these
critters. The small lizard hung out in our condo for a few days and
the blue heron sunbathes atop the Wyndham hotel.
All of the rest of the photos were taken at the job site.
Birds - Blue Heron, Buzzards, Pelican
cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-788116795967494832013-12-29T14:22:00.002-05:002014-01-14T17:01:48.474-05:00Hanging Towel with added Flare
Easy Hanging Towel
With my sewing supplies in WI, while I was there I was determined to bring something back with me to Mexico so I could sew, (even though I know I have to hand sew.) I went through my sewing bin for all I need to make
my Hanging Towel. I don't have one on my stove here, I miss my towel not falling off when I'm cooking.
While cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-61676927175301355392013-12-23T11:47:00.000-05:002014-01-01T18:20:15.294-05:00Holiday Travels
I honestly had no
intentions of traveling during this holiday season. Bill and I
haven't spent Christmas together in 5 years and I was excited that this year it
would be just the two of us. I got word that my Mother had a severed nerve in her
neck and had to have it operated on ASAP.
I bought a one-ticket on Saturday, and then on Tuesday I flew into
Chicago, from Cabo. It cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-12016382171647951632013-12-15T14:09:00.001-05:002013-12-16T12:43:42.557-05:00Organizing Blog
I'm not a very organized person. I know where everything is, I remember where I put things.... they are just not organized. I've decided to (try to) organize my blog to make it easier for friends and followers.
With that in mind I'm re-posting a recipe from March 2012, so that it can put into my Recipe Box. This Recipe is a big hit with my family. I, cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-256582211398945522013-12-12T16:57:00.000-05:002013-12-16T13:15:28.475-05:00Santa Craft Stick OrmamentI'm having so much fun designing and making these stick ornaments. I'm trying to keep them simple, but with details.
We will be spending Christmas in Cabo, this year. With that in mind, we will not be having a traditional Christmas Tree, because with that comes all the trimmings, the expense, then what to do with all you have acquired........ Well at least we'll have 3 ornaments.
cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-19284776177704809472013-12-05T21:37:00.001-05:002013-12-09T08:32:15.729-05:00Cabo Sunsets
The sunsets here are so beautiful. It's hard to truly capture an entire sunset with just one photo. I discovered a button on my pse (Photoshop Element), Photomerge panorama. I love this element. It is so cool to load your photos, watch the program take your photos, match up where each one left off, for one extremely large photo. Of course I had to resize this for the postcgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-63697530816742357212013-11-27T15:18:00.000-05:002013-12-15T03:13:20.755-05:00Elf Craft Stick Ornament
I love Christmas time... the lights, the trees, the
decorations, the music.....the food...I can not wait to see how they celebrate Christmas
in Cabo. We stay in downtown Cabo; we do
not have a vehicle so we walk everywhere.
I discovered a craft store about ten blocks away, they have the cheapest
crafts supplies I ever seen. For all the
supplies I bought, the foam (8 sheets), cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-30053634186102742062013-11-23T16:47:00.000-05:002013-12-13T08:39:05.778-05:00Christmas Bear Craft Stick Ornament
I love spending Christmas with my daughter and the grandchildren.
Every year before my trip I would spend endless hours searching websites and
blogs for fun Christmas crafts to share with the kids. After doing crafts with the kids and they are
in bed, My Daughter and I get busy with some craft of our own.
Time for Cocktails and Crafts! Our favorite late evening cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-52810379105930359472013-11-12T10:13:00.000-05:002013-11-29T15:11:49.477-05:00Mother's Cranberry BreadThis recipe has been in Mother's recipe box for as long as I can remember. Mother bakes this bread every Thanksgiving holiday. It's the best cranberry bread, ever. Not being home for Thanksgiving so much anymore, I bake it myself, only I add mini dark chocolate chips to the recipe.
Mother's Cranberry Bread
Bake at 350 for 50 minutes
Makes 1 loaf.
2 cups sifted flour
1/2 cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-65808773934774543372013-11-09T15:48:00.003-05:002013-11-13T02:24:43.814-05:00Lethal Holiday CocktailIn honor of my temporary holiday header, I would like share an awesome holiday cocktail. I named it Lethal because they taste so good you don't notice how much you've drank.
Lethal
Holiday Cocktail
Ingredients:
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<!--[if !supportLists]-->· &cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-50540556308365604962013-07-25T15:10:00.004-04:002013-07-25T15:10:59.436-04:00PostingYou know, of course that I haven't posted since before Christmas, and yet my stats show that I had:
Pageviews last month
6,745
That amazes me!
I really haven't done much crafting, that's why I haven't posted. I moved back to NC in Jan to work out my 10 year relationship , and just got back to NC again, after a 2 month trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, where my cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-39521249265423889082012-12-22T21:45:00.002-05:002013-11-09T14:16:06.179-05:00Merry Christmas Everyone!I haven't craft much these past few weeks, except that I'm making my Hanging Towels as gifts for my family. I've also been stripping and sanding an old antique dresser my Mother bought for me. Simply gorgeous. I will share it with you all when it's finished.
Happy Holidays!
cgammeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289614742738322414noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5717760918214132914.post-79903274573286720012012-11-13T18:20:00.000-05:002012-11-19T17:53:35.619-05:00Magazine Bowl
Last Christmas I made
homemade gifts for everyone in my family. For my Mother I made a recycled magazine coiled bowl and of course filled it
with chocolates. My Aunt June emptied it to look it over and fell in love with
it. I just made this for her.
I had first seen this project at Saved by Love Creations, but I could not find the post to share her projects and tutorial.
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