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Mar 19, 2014

Grammy 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.

This tea party happen to fall on Valentine's Day, so in preparation for

party decorations, the grandkids and I did some valentine's

day crafts after school up until the big day.

First we made these

hanging hearts and hung

them from the dining

room light.

Then we made these

colorful doilies.

Both Crafts are from

MarthaStewart.com

The day before the party, I

made the cookie dough,

rolled it out and let the kids

cut and decorate the sugar

cookies.

I had the girls decorate the table, Miss Harmony invited a friend.

Tea Party Menu -

Cucumber Cream Cheese

Square Sandwiches

Chicken Salad Heart Sandwiches

Sweeties - Sugar Cookies (BHG recipe, made by the kids), Brownies (made by Suzy), Cake Pops (made by Erin), Double Almond-Blackberry Blossoms (recipe online, made by me and Ella Bear)

Tea Served - Black Tea, Plum Black Tea and Pomegranate Passion Tea

Then of course comes

the photos! Suzy, Ella,

Deby.

Harmony and Alex.

Yep, Deby can not pose

with a straight face...

Elias is a real trooper. He

does all of the crafts

with us, and shows up

for the yummy food, then

checks out....

he's a good sport.

Ok, so Deby can pose

with a straight face.

This is Erin, she is my

son's new bride.....

(I'm sure she thinks we

are nuts.)

Welcome to the family, Erin.....

Our tea parties are great family fun.

Thanks for stopping By!

Linked to: Friday - Common Ground, Romantic Home, nancher row
Wednesday: Fluster Buster, My girlish whims

Nov 27, 2013

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), the paint's (7 small jars), the paint brushes (2), the ribbon (3 yards), the Christmas decorative pieces (2), the pack pom poms, a pack of jingle bells, the sharpie marker, the glue; I spent under $10 usd. I manage to find everything I needed to make my craft stick ornaments...except felt, as it turns out the color foam works better for me.

Trying to take picture of my Elf hanging from a tree is a trick, downtown Cabo is mostly dust and concrete, with very tall palm trees. I found a little park three blocks down, two blocks up, with trees. Yes, the people watching me take pictures of this little guy think I am crazy.... My Elf is little more detailed then my Christmas Bear Craft Stick Ornament, but he is fun to make.

Elf Craft Stick Ornament

What you need:

Craft stick (if pre-colored green, no need to repaint)

Paint - green, flesh color, red and white, black

Foam - green red, brown, flesh color

Decorative object: ie, small package, garland, small golden balls

in center of flower

Ribbon

Glue, Scissors, Paint brush, toothpick

1 Paint stick green,

2 Draw line on bottom center. Cut and glue on shoes, draw line down center of shoes.

3 Paint face and neck.

4 Cut out ears, hat, hat band, collar, hair, arms and mittens. Glue hat band to hat. Glue mittens to arms.

5 Glue on ears, paint red checks and red neck line. Paint white checks.

6 Cut small gold balls off decorative objects glue onto tips shoes and tip of hat.

7 With toothpick, dot eyes and draw smile.

8 Glue on collar.

9 Glue hair, hat, and arms onto stick.

10 Small package came off of decorative object. Glue package below collar.

11 Pull arms around small package and glue.

12 Cut and tie small ribbon, glue to back of stick.

I've made three so far.... I was thinking an entire tree with just Elves would be so adorable....just not sure we will be able to have a Christmas Tree here in Cabo..... this year.

FYI: I went to trouble to make a pdf file, if anyone would like one for the craft collection, please email me at cgammeter@yahoo.com and I will be happy to email.

Other Variations of Elf

Happy Crafting

And Happy Holidays!

Sunday The Chicken Chick, Pink When, Life on Lake Shore Drive, One More Time Events

Monday Create with Joy, Creatively Living, Cherished Handmade Treasures, A Pinch of Joy, Craft-O-Maniac
Tuesday Funky Polkadot Giraffe, Not Just a Housewife

Oct 10, 2012

Backyard Halloween Golf

Have you ever seen Remco's backyard putt putt set from the 1950's, back when family's spent more time together....... (I know I wasn't even born yet). I saw this in an article in Country Living Magazine, Vintage Lawn Games, it sent me searching for ideas to make mini putt putt golf for the grandkids.

(this was a long drawn out search)

This summer I came across this set of KIDS GOLF CLUBS, $4, at a garage sell.

I know, what a deal! I gave them to the grandkids to play with.

Now that I'm here living with them, I was back to thinking of ideas for the putt putt golf.

For a game at my grandson Elias's 7th birthday we played

"Backyard Halloween Golf".

I downloaded large Halloween coloring pages and printed them. Placed the picture on cardboard, cut out the outlines of the pictures; some of them we had to tape first to make them sturdier and painted them. (Suzy and I painted them)

We bought lawn stakes at the local hardware store, to keep them in place in the yard. There are 7 holes. We strategically placed them around the yard, Let's Play!

We kept score by how many strokes it took to get the ball to each hole, and if it went through the hole you got the bonus 1 point subtracted at the end of the game.

You'll never guess who won? Miss Harmony, the poser. I was shocked, too. I thought for sure I was gonna win.

Project Cost: $4.00 for golf clubs, $2.50 for the lawn stakes, family fun, Priceless.

To find these Halloween pictures online, in any search engine, type in Free Halloween coloring pages.

Happy Halloween!

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May 15, 2012

Easy Carry Picnic Blanket

I saw a beach blanket that had the coolest handle with straps on it. I was thinking, what an awesome idea for a picnic blanket. After all, I have that awesome Great Find picnic basket, I want to picnic this summer.....

I stopped at one of our local thrift stores and found this tablecloth. It was priced at $8.00, but I happened to walk in on half price day (sweet), so $4.
For this project
1 tablecloth (rectangle)
1 package rug binding (white)
4 inches of hook and loop velcro
sewing machine, thread, scissors, pins

Instructions
1. Lay an H on the folded end of the tablecloth, these measurements are 17" for straps and 8" for handle.
2. Pin velcro on both ends of strap; hook up, loop down on the opposite side of the strap, opposite end. Then sew around all 4 pieces of the velcro to the straps.
3. Double the handle to make it sturdier; sew two 8" pieces together.

4. Take finished pieces and form H onto tablecloth, pinning down, with the Hook side of the velcro straps up. Leave the loop side (down)unsewn, (you may want to pin them out of your way.)

5. Sew close to the edge, sewing over the handle, then stopping.

6. Sew all the way around the handle end forming a square, then sew corner to corner, to secure the handle. Repeat on the other strap.