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Fun Craft Night with… Landee See Landee Do!

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Last weekend my friend Sharee and I went to Bountiful for a fun craft night with Landee from Landee See Landee Do.  She is a cute, fun, energetic girl, and was so sweet and kind to us.  She has a darling blog and you really should check it out!

We made these darling subway art boards. Sharee’s daughter met us there for a little while, she is at Weber State going to school and she had her mom bring her a few necessities…like homemade cookies!

Sharee and I had so much fun on our girl’s night out.  You would think that we had not seen each other in months, the way we talked all night long.  Never a dull moment!  I love that this board is double-sided!  It makes for better storage…one board, two holidays, you can’t beat that!

This is the Halloween side.This is the Thanksgiving side.  I love it!

Thanks Sharee and Landee for a fun evening!

French Cocoa

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It is a cold, rainy, dreary day outside today.  Perfect for staying indoors with  a big mug of hot chocolate with the fireplace going and a good book to read, wrapped up in your favorite quilt!  At least until you have to get on with real life!  But you could at least make a big mug of hot chocolate!

A  few years ago my friend, Leslie, gave me this recipe for French Cocoa.  I really was not a great fan of hot chocolate…but I guess that I am now!

To make this French Cocoa you will put the unsweetened chocolate squares, sugar and water into a pan. (I am only making 1/2 of the recipe, because it is too big for my empty nester family.) Bring to a boil and let it boil for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.  Then let it cool to room temperature.Whip your cream until it is very stiff.Fold the cooled chocolate into the cream.This is heaven, folks!  At this point you can just refrigerate until you want to make French Cocoa. (Try not to eat the whole bowl before you make the cocoa. I may or may not have had a few tastes!)Or you can take a large icecream scoop…And scoop onto a cookie sheet.  I lined mine with parchment paper so they would come right off after freezing them. Flash freeze for about 2 hours, then put into a freezer container. (Half of the recipe makes about 12 servings)To make your cocoa, heat milk in a mug until very warm.  Add one scoop of the chocolate mixture and watch the foam start to form!

This truly is a great comfort drink and warms you all the way to your toes!  You need to try this recipe.  It is Heaven!

Here is the printable recipe.  To print-right click on the image, go to copy, then open your favorite program, like word.  Right click again and go to paste.

 It is a 4 x 6 format so it will fit in your recipe box!

Hobble Creek Barn Boutique!

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My friend, Sue and I went to the Hobble Creek Barn Boutique in Mapleton.  It was great to spend most of a day with a good friend!  I have not been to this boutique in many years and it was a fun liitle place with some things that I had never seen before.  We got several ideas for new projects as well as some great purchases. We went to several other stores and to lunch, it was totally a friend’s day out together and it was great to get away.

I love the metal and vintage things that they had outside on the sidewalk before you even go into the building!

We saw pumpkins, snowmen, americana flags, bird houses, framed mirrors,all kinds of jewelry, clothes, and  of course yummy treats.  They had a little bit of everything!This was one of my purchases of the day.  Does anyone know what I will do with it?  Stay tuned for a project that is yet to come!

 

Dog Kennel Quilt Show

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I went to the Dog Kennel QuilIt Show last weekend.  The name comes from the fact that when they started this guild, they met in an old dog kennel! Thank goodness they have evolved into meeting somewhere else!

This quilt is at the front gate and it is a fun dog quilt. (sorry about all the shadows in this pic!)They have a few booths there and a wonderful luncheon!  They have tons of yummy salads and desserts!  It was a beautiful fall day with good food and friends!This was only one wall of the display, there are a lot of talented ladies out there!  I loved looking and drooling over some of these quilts!Enjoying a beautiful fall day and just relxing.It is so fun to be with good friends and enjoy their company.After lunch they had a trunk show with many beautiful antique quilts, some of them were from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.  It was fun to see them and to realize that most of them were hand sewn as well as hand quilted!  I love to look at quilts and to make them.  I am so grateful that I had a mother who took the time to teach me how to sew and how to quilt.  My mother made many, many quilts and gave them away to family and friends and I am grateful for her example in doing that!  She was a great seamstress and a great teacher!Sorry about some otf these pictures, they were half in the shade and the other half in the sun and I was having a hard time getting a decent picture, but you can still see some of the beautiful details.

 

Hello Friends

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This is my first post on my new blog!  I am so excited to get started, but boy do I have a ton to learn!  I am a mother of four, grandmother of 9, and married to my best friend!  Grandma’s score is boys-6…girls-3.  And these are my darling 3 granddaughters!  I look forward to starting this new journey and to tell our story.