Q-tips for Cell Phones and more
Today I’m sharing a short video on how I use Q-tips to clean my cell phone and keyboard. I started using a Q-tips way back to clean my first well loved cell phone and it still rocks cleaning my iPhone…
End of Summer Quilt Lessons
Our summer has almost come to an end. My kids start school in one week. After a few weeks of us all staying up WAY too late to watch the Olympics, it’s time to get back a semblance of order. …
Aunt Ev’s Favorite Dish Cloth Pattern
A few people have asked for the dish cloth pattern that my mom knitted for my birthday. The pattern comes from her Aunt (and my Great Aunt) Evalyn. I’ve gotten started knitting dish cloths to give as gifts for birthdays…
How to Pick a Watermelon
A few months ago I was at the store buying watermelons for a teacher luncheon. I was tap, tap, tapping away on the melons when I saw another mom from my PTA watching me. She said, “Can I give you…
Bees Knees Block for July
Since I’m just getting around to posting my Bees Knees Bee Block from July, you might say that summer is getting the better of me. July’s block was for Nedra of Cactus Needle Quilting. My mom knows Nedra and has…
Mission Giveaway Winner and some birthday goodies
Before I share the winner of the Mission Gift Package and $50 Visa Gift Card, I wanted to share a few fun goodies I got this week. This was a birthday gift from my mom. I really needed a new…
One Quilt Block – Two Ways
A month or so ago, my mom and I talked about a block for a quilt she was interested in making and possibly teaching at a retreat. We looked around for a pattern, but couldn’t find one. We drafted out…
Visa Gift Card Giveaway by Mission
Do you remember the yummy Hawaiian Fish Taco recipe I shared for the Eat Interesting Contest for Mission? The contest goes through August 6th and you can vote once a day on Facebook. But this week on Make it Do,…
Hurrah for London Olympics
We’re pleased as punch about the start of the London Olympics around here. With opening ceremony tonight I’m planning a fun little English meal of Fish and Chips. Since my husband lived in England for a few years I hope…
Q-tips in the Kitchen
The past few weeks I’ve been working my way through my home cleaning with a vengeance. You know I really mean business if I break out the Q-tips for deep cleaning. There is seriously no better, cheaper way to deep…
Home Again
We spent a long weekend camping near beautiful Capital Reef National Park. Oh, how I love my home state of Utah. We stayed in one of our favorite cool, high-mountain, pine-shaded campgrounds. It was out of the heat and perfect…
Summer rolling along
It’s been such a hot, dry, hard summer. But despite that, there is always sweetness to be found. Like in this box of apricots that came from a friend yesterday. I’ll be putting up a batch of apricot jam this…