Bits and Pieces

Don’t you just love laying out your quilt blocks to see the progress? It also helps me to see what my quilt needs as far as color and pattern. I’ll finish this quilt in bits and pieces. I love setting…

Don’t you just love laying out your quilt blocks to see the progress? It also helps me to see what my quilt needs as far as color and pattern. I’ll finish this quilt in bits and pieces. I love setting…

In the summer heat when I can hardly bear to turn on the oven, nothing makes me happier than a good salad for dinner. This salad is out of this world good, easy enough for dinner tonight and lovely enough…

I’ve have loved being part of the Arm & Hammer Switch & Save Challenge. But I must admit to feeling a little daunted when I knew a tube of toothpaste was on it’s way for me to use and review.…

We just got home from a wonderful trip to the Tetons. We got super lucky and scored a campsite at the lovely Jenny Lake Campground. Our site was wonderful, large and secluded with wildflowers all around and shade to be…
I am off enjoying the beautiful Tetons this weekend, but I wanted to post the winner of the $25 Visa Gift Card. Cogratulations Kathy, send me an email with your address, so I can get it sent out to you!…

This post was originally created for Skip to My Lou’s Craft Camp. I am running it today so the tutorial is here on Make it Do too. Today I’m sharing a project that most of us have made or tried…

This sweet baby belongs to one of my girls. She is near and dear to our hearts. And doesn’t she look nice? My girls’ Bitty Babies are very WELL loved… So well loved, in fact, that last week Bitty looked…

I’ve started making a new quilt for my family room sofa. I just know it’s going to be used, abused and loved. The blocks are so quick and easy. But without a lot of a time to sew lately, I…

More today about Arm and Hammer Baking Soda as part of the Switch & Save Challenge. My mom has often talked about her mother’s kitchen in the 1950’s, how cheerful and sparkling clean it was. She had yellow wallpaper with…

No matter how I try or how late I stay up, I usually wake up bright and early- with the sun. This summer I decided I didn’t want to get up and try to be productive. Instead, I head out…

See that delicious plate of Snicker Doodle cookies? My son said they were the best cookies I ever made. Except that I didn’t make them. Doh! My girls did. They measured. They cracked eggs. They mixed and scooped and rolled. …

I’m making Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Streusel Topping on Tasty Kitchen Blog today. And me oh my! This is one delicious pie. It’s easy to make and deliciously tart and sweet. The Streusel topping takes it over the top. I…