Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Wordless Wednesday!

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Walk On The Wild Side with On Fire For Handmade Members


A treasury of orange and purple items
 from the members of the group On Fire For Handmade.
Over at Etsy.com

Sharing the Love Featured Artisan is Kim of "VA Beach Quilter"






This Week's Featured Artisan isKim - Va Beach Quilter.. darling creations for you by a very talented lady!
Everything from A-Z! You can find Va Beach Quilter on:



Kim also has a Destash Shop and a Guild on Artfire for Shops with less than 15 sales.



Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Cream of the Crop Collection


Handmade Soap

Beautful "Cream of the Crop" Collection of items on Artfire.com,  with items from the group called On Fire for Handmade.  Our curator s Anne Hopfer from Made For Me by Oaklie.  Check out any and all items by just clicking the pictures.

Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese


Nothing beats a good old fashion tomatoe soup and grilled cheese sandwich on a cold winter day.  No fancy recipe here, just Cambell's tomatoe soup with a 1/2 can of 1% milk with a 1/2 can of water.  I did this to save calories.  My grilled cheese was 2% Borden American cheese, and 100% whole wheat bread.  Made without butter, just Pam and a frying pan.  Yummy!

2011 Winter Blizzard


Backyard

The worst of the blizzard of 2011 for us is not the frozen yards or streets but when your pipes freeze and you can't use the bathroom.  Yes, our upstairs bathroom pipes froze.  The tub, sink and even the toilet pipes are frozen.  Luckly we have 2 bathrooms downstairs that are working just fine.  Now, we have added heaters to the bathroom and pray and wait for them to thaw out. 

What is odd is you would think the upstairs would be the safest place because heat rises.  But aparently there is a draft from the overhang out the backdoor patio and is open to drafts.  You can't see the opening but you know ts there. We need to figure out what to do to prevent this from happening again in the future.


Front yard



Ice in the bath tub.