I am only 15 hits away from 10,000! woohoo! So it's time to celebrate! I thought since I make jewelry, I'd try my hand at making some clip-on mono pulls. They are so handy. How many times do you have your desk in disarray, you're searching & searching for your mono/snail adhesive & just can't find it, until you look under your cardstock & voila there it is. No more searching if you clip one of these on your clothes!
These little scissor charms come in handy especially when you're at a crop or event & need to be able to find
your scissors and not have them mistaken for someone else's!
NOW for the giveaway - I want to give away a set!!!* (*mono & scissors are not included, and you may receive a different style than the ones featured in this post) Please leave a comment on this post & share with me your favorite crock pot or soup/stew recipe. I LOVE cooking in the crock pot during the FALL/WINTER and I have my favorite 3 (and just got another - Chicken Tortilla Soup from
Heather at a Secret Garden Grows Here) Which was great, by the way! I will share my all-time favorite one with you: I will draw a winner on Friday night at 6:00 p.m. (central time). Please leave your email
or be sure you have an active link from your blog so I can email you for your address.
Black Bean & Sausage Posole, which I made for the gals who attended my World Card-Making Day event on Saturday and everyone loved it.
Black Bean and Sausage Posole
12 oz Jimmy Dean sausage
(2) 14.5 oz cans low salt chicken broth
15 oz can black beans- rinsed & drained
14.5 oz can golden hominy
(1.5) 14.5 oz cans Mexican style tomatoes
1 cup loose-pack hash brown potatoes
1/2cup chopped green pepper (1/2 pepper)
1/3 cup chopped onion (1/2 onion)
1 clove minced garlic
1 tsp oregano
1/2 tsp chili powder
In a large saucepan, brown the sausage - drain fat.
Add to the crock pot along with remaining ingredients. Cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4
love to eat with Jif Corn Bread (2 boxes) jazzed up with a can of cream style corn, shredded cheese & small can of green chilies (I only added 1/3 cup milk & 2 eggs to the mix) and it was AWESOME!
*insert sad face* Well, here it is - my Anything but a Card challenge project on Cornish Heritage Farms Forums. I intended (without realizing, to use my Tyson earrings from the other day for this challenge that I stamped on polyshrink & realized duh, I didn't use a backgrounder). So I had to come up with another idea {all week I thought about it but it wasn't until the MIDDLE of the night - so inconvenient when you're trying to sleep - that this idea came to me} I HAD to make it this morning BEFORE I left for work because of this addiction I have. I stamped my Pretty Pattern backgrounder in white StazOn on black polyshrink and cut it with my Nestabilities scallop circle - how cool, huh? I think I will make a set of matching earrings next. I realized I can't use hemp (looks so neat though) because it irritates my skin too much. So I will transfer it to some tiger tail soon. But, it would make a nice gift for someone whose skin was not weird like mine. Hope y'all have a great weekend! 
Here is a picture of my Almost 2-yr old Niece Princess Gabriella (Gabby) - this photo taken a few weeks ago playing dress up. Her Princess party is on April 26 (her real birthday) yea! But we have to miss it *boo hoo* but we will be out there to greet our new nephew on May 21 and be there to take Gabby for an ice cream! It's so cute when she says without prompting, "Auntie Donna coming, Nino John ice cream" because that's what we've been telling her. She is so cute! Don't you just love her cheesy smile? She got it when she started getting teeth & my sisters showed her how to smile to be sure to show them. She's been smiling like that ever since.
This is her special Princess gift I am going to send soon. I used Melanie's What's In Your Tin 2 by Gina K , Stampin' Up!'s retired Pretty Princess and their current Perfect Princess set. I used the Prints Pack for the princess background, used stickles on her dress, crown & wand.
On the inside are her goodies - I was so proud of the fact I know how to make jewelry & have stamping supplies to make her something really special she can wear on her special day. She will be so happy to have a necklace because she's been asking for one. She loves jewelry. She's had her ears pierced since she was 8 months and see the gold bracelet she's wearing in the first photo? She doesn't like taking it off anymore. 
At Hobby Lobby, I also got this adorable Princess Tin purse for $4.99 and at Target found her 2 sets of Princess pajamas. I was so excited everything fit inside the purse! I know she's going to LOVE it all! Can't wait to see her open it on the webcam soon! 
I am only 15 hits away from 10,000! woohoo! So it's time to celebrate! I thought since I make jewelry, I'd try my hand at making some clip-on mono pulls. They are so handy. How many times do you have your desk in disarray, you're searching & searching for your mono/snail adhesive & just can't find it, until you look under your cardstock & voila there it is. No more searching if you clip one of these on your clothes!
These little scissor charms come in handy especially when you're at a crop or event & need to be able to find your scissors and not have them mistaken for someone else's! 
This gift was made for my best friend Lori. She & her husband Dan came for dinner last night & I gave it to her, she really liked it! This was my first attempt at Beate's One Sheet Box Template I love how it turned out! 
"Filled with Blessings to you" (on the inside) with a die cut flower. I made this set of earrings & matching necklace to send to my oldest sister, Val. She told me she likes brown & blue together, so I thought this would be perfect. I just thought of the little card to present them in the baggie, but have to work on stamping it next time. I really need to get it in the mail because her birthday was last Wednesday. She likes chocolate cake - so of course the lady is carrying one (yum).
