Category Archives: Gift ideas

Button Trimmed Dishtowels

January 10, 2014Decorating, For the Home, Gift ideas, Sewing, Valentinesbeginning sewing project, button trimmed dishtowels, dishtowels, Dunroven House dishtowels, for the kitchen, gift idea, how to make button trimmed dishtowels, kitchen decorating idea, sewing project, Valentines decorating idea, Valentines kitchen dishtowels, Valentines sewing projectRita

I used to decorate for all the holidays when my children were at home, but now I usually decorate a lot for Halloween… a little bit for Thanksgiving… for Christmas I still go all out… and then I kind of just go spring/Easter and Summer/Patriotic.

But I still like to have a few decorations and candies in my kitchen for each holiday! So for Valentines day, I decided to make up these darling button trimmed dishtowels! I got the supplies for these last spring, when we went on our trip to Arizona. My husband basically took me on my very own, private, quilt shop hop on that trip! We went to about 15 different quilt shops while we were there for Spring Baseball, it was like having the best of both worlds! :)

So here are my button trimmed dishtowels:

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Blanket Purse

January 7, 2014Crafts, Gift ideas, Organization, Patterns, Sewing, Tutorialsblanket purse, car blanket, game day blanket, gift idea, how to make a blanket purse, how to make a blanket purse with fuzzy blanket, how to make a game day blanket, how to sew a blanket purse, pattern, pattern for blanket purse, sewing, sewing craft, tutorial, tutorial on how to make a blanket purseRita

I received this for a Christmas present from a dear friend and I loved it so much that I decided that I had better make a couple of them to have on hand for gifts. (I might even save them for next Christmas!)

It is a blanket that is rolled up and has a pouch with a handle attached to it with velcro! How cute is this? My friend filled the pocket full of goodies and said just to keep it in the car! I can think of a dozen different places that I could use this! Continue reading →

January 2014 Visiting Teaching Handout

January 2, 2014Church, Gift ideas, Printables, VT Handoutscold hands warm heart tag, gift idea, January 2014 visiting teaching handout, January 2014 VT idea, January VT handout, printable, printable card, printable tag, printable tag cold hands warm heart, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, visiting teaching, visiting teaching handout, visiting teaching message, VT handoutRita

I hope that you all had a great New Year’s Day!

We had a great day and went to the movie, “Frozen”. It is a darling movie and I can see why all the kids love it…I loved it!

I was also able to start organizing a little bit, but I have a whole lot more to go! I still have not put all my Christmas away, which is not like me, but I just cannot seem to jump in tackle it quite yet. But I will! :)

Here is the Visiting Teaching handout for this month for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the title of this message is, “The Divine Mission of Jesus Christ: Exemplar”

I really love the title of this and that is why I included it on this month’s handout. I looked up the word exemplar and thought that I would include it here for you:

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ex·em·plar

igˈzemplər,-ˌplär/

noun

a person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model.

“he became the leading exemplar of conservative philosophy”

synonyms: epitome, perfect example, paragon, ideal, exemplification, textbook example, embodiment, essence, quintessence

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I love this definition and especially the word quintessence! Click on that word to see what I mean.

So here are the printables for this month:

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Star Quilts

December 30, 2013Christmas, Gift ideas, Patterns, Quilts, SewingChristmas gift idea, Christmas quilts, country threads pattern, country threads quilt pattern, easy pieced quilt, easy star quilt, easy to make flannel quilt, easy to piece quilt, flannel quilt, gift idea, pattern, pieced star quilt, quilt, quilt gift idea, sewing, star quilt, star quiltsRita

I am back from my Christmas break! I hope that everyone had a great holiday and that you got to do something you loved or be with someone you love!

I mentioned that I was making quilts for Christmas, well we ended up making 5 of them! I bought a kit last summer and it had the pattern and everything in it for a complete quilt. It was such an easy pattern that I was able to put the top together in an evening! There was actually enough fabric in that kit to do the star and the border for a second quilt! So that is what got me on a roll! My husband was out of town for about a week and during that week I was able to put 4 of these quilts together and my daughter did the 5th one for her husband for Christmas!

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Merry Christmas to “Olive” You!

December 23, 2013Christmas, Gift ideas, PrintablesChristmas, gift idea, merry Christmas to "olive" you, Merry Christmas to "olive" you printable tag, olive oil, olive oil Christmas gift idea, olive oil gift idea, printable, printable Christmas tag, printable tagRita

I have one last Christmas Gift idea for you, I know that it is very last minute and you may just want to save this idea for next year, but I could not show this before now, because this is what I gave some of my neighbors. This is a fun idea for those who are watching their health. (Which should be all of us, right?) It is a very easy, yet great idea, because it is something that most of us would use, but don’t always buy!

Just get a bottle of olive oil and tie a big bow or two around the bottle along with this tag!

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Mistle”toes” Gift Idea

December 20, 2013Christmas, Gift ideas, PrintablesChristmas, Christmas gift idea, cute socks, cute socks gift idea, gift idea, hoping your mistle"toes" stay warm this season, how to make Mistle "toes" gift, Mistle "toes", Mistle "toes" socks, Mistle "toes" socks tag, Mistle "toes" tag, printable tag, sock gift ideaRita

I have seen this fun idea out there in blog land and thought that it was so cute that I needed to do it for my granddaughters! It seems like all the kids have crazy sock day at school, so they could use these for that, right? I found these darling snowman socks at Target and just had to get them, and these socks are just so soft and warm that they can wear them for slippers.

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Thursday’s Thought – Glory to the Newborn King

December 19, 2013Christmas, Gift ideas, Printables, Thursday's ThoughtsChristmas, Christmas gift, Christmas gift idea, Christmas printable, frameable print, free Christmas printable, free printable, Glory to the newborn king, glory to the newborn king printable, printable, Thursday's ThoughtRita

Can you believe that this is the last Thursday’s Thought before Christmas?! Where did December go? How are all of your Christmas preparations coming? Are you in panic mode, or enjoying the season mode? I am somewhere in the middle of that. I have most of the projects done and the shopping done, now I just need to get the wrapping and the delivering done! :)

I thought that I would save this thought for right before Christmas because this is the

Real Reason for the Season.

This is formatted to 8 x 10 for any of you that would like to frame it! This would be a great gift if you need a little last minute gift for someone!

To print, right click over image and go to “save image as” then save in a folder. Or you can right click over image and go to “copy image” open your favorite program like word or presentations and right click again and go to paste.

I hope that during this Christmas season you will have the real meaning of Christmas in your heart and in your home!

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Christmas Candy Roundup

December 16, 2013Candy, Christmas, Gift ideas, RecipesAnise candy, Candy, candy recipes, Christmas candy, Christmas candy recipes, cookies and cream fudge, fudge recipe, gift ideas, how to make peanut clusters, peanut clusters, recipes, salted caramelsRita

I thought that it would be fun to just do a round-up of some of our family’s favorite Christmas candies! Some of these recipes go way back and some are pretty new, but they have all become favorites!

Of course most anything with sugar in it, is a favorite around here! :)

I have fond memories of making candy for the holidays with my mom. We used to make all kinds of fondant and dip our own chocolates, we would make BIG batches of it and give it away to all of our friends. I also remember making anise candy, fudge, caramels and peanut brittle, those were great times and we had fun doing it all together! It still brings back good memories when I make them for my family now.

I don’t dip my own chocolates anymore but I do make fudge and peanut clusters, they are two of my favorite Christmas candies!

Easy Fudge

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Thursday’s Thought-May Your Days Be…

December 12, 2013Christmas, Crafts, Gift ideas, Printables, Thursday's Thoughtscard idea, Christmas, Christmas card, Christmas craft idea, Christmas printable, Christmas tag, frameable print, free printable, gift idea, how to print a printable, may your days be merry and bright printable, Thursday's Thought, Thursday's thought -may your days be merry and brightRita

How is everyone doing with all of your Christmas preparations? I am going a little bit crazy about now! I am realizing that there are only two weeks left until Christmas and really I only have a week and a half for all of my family gifts, because we will have our Christmas party a few days early because it is not our year for Christmas.

(We do every other year for Christmas and Thanksgiving to try to accommodate the in-laws.)

I have been sewing like a crazy lady the last three days! I have sewn 3 quilt tops and quilted two of them! I will get the other one quilted tomorrow and then I will have to do all of the bindings! That is what takes me a long time because of all the hand stitching, but I guess that I will just have to put on couple of good Christmas movies and see how much I can get done! :) I will post about them after I have given them to the recipients!

Here is my thought for today.

I hope that all of your days are Merry & Bright and that all of your Christmas wishes are coming true!

This is formatted to 8 x 10 for those of you that would like to print it. To print, right click over image and go to “save image as” then save in a folder. You can also right click over image and go to “copy image” then open your favorite program like word or presentations and go to “paste”. You can then size and print however you wish!

This could be used for the front of a card, a gift tag or as a print!

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Jingle All The Way Picture

December 10, 2013Christmas, Crafts, Decorating, Gift ideasChristmas, Christmas craft, Christmas decorating idea, Christmas gift idea, Christmas picture, holiday craft, holidays, How to make a jingle all the way picture, jingle all the way picture, jingle bell craft, jingle bells, vinyl, vinyl patternRita

My friend gave me this darling picture for Christmas this year and I am absolutely loving it! She cut the vinyl on her Silhouette machine and used darling paper for the back of the frame and added a few red glittery snowflakes!

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