December Daily...

Hello everyone...

I am excited to share a journal kit that I won over on

Donna Downey's blog.  This kit was donated by

Elizabeth with handmade: modern

I plan to use this kit to put together my

2011 December Daily

Please come back to see my Daily in progress

You can see my 2010 December Daily HERE...

Scrappy Moms Challenge...

Happy Monday and Thank You for stopping by...

I would like to share a project that I created for the
Scrappy Moms Challenge this week.
The challenge was to create a 3D project using twine and or a button...
Here I created a tissue box cover...

I did not design this template, my friend Mary found this project at Splitcoast Stampers and I thought this would be fun to create...

I've added a butterfly cameo, mulberry flowers and some pink flatback beaded trim...

This tissue box cover was SUPER simple to create and I think this will look cute on my Mom's nightstand. 

Have a Blessed week...

Thankgiving Card...

I colored this image using my Copic markers in sepia tones and I LOVE the way it turned out...

I decided to add a fun little element to the top of the card...

I kept the inside simple, just a sweet little sentiment...

Thank you for stopping by...

Blitzen Christmas Card...

Happy Sunday and thank you for stopping by...

I would like to share a Christmas card that I created for a class which I taught at my local scrapbooking store.  It was inspired by the autumn card that I created for the Scrappy Moms challenge and here it is...

I used the Bo Bunny Blitzen paper collection and craft cardstock for the base...

I used acetate for a "floating" card effect...

Blitzen is cut from the design paper and adhered to the card at the antlers and hind legs...

here is a close up of the darling little bell ...

I thought this Scrappy Mom's sentiment was perfect for my card...

Have a Blessed Sunday!!!!

Everyone LOVES tomatoes!!

I wanted to share these DARLING pictures that Diane took of a family of deer that stop by her house every evening for some fresh water from the her fountain and maybe even a little snack... 

here is Mommy...



one of the TWINS...

and here is the other one...

Isn't this the cutest thing???

Green Tomato Jam...

I found a recipe for Green Tomato Jam

and since I had a blast making the Jalapeno Jelly

I thought I would give this recipe a try

This recipe is from Marye Audit

and SO super easy...

I put the two together so that you would be able to see the difference in the Jalapeno Jelly and the Tomato Jam...

My friend thinks that my Jalapeno Jelly is a bit dark and I think I MAY have gotten a bit carried away with the jalapenos...lol

It is really Yummy on toast...

It has been fun trying NEW things

Be sure to stop by tomorrow, I have some AWESOME pictures to share...

Yummy Green Tomato Cake...

WOW!!!
I would never think to add green tomatoes to a cake but...
it is AMAZING!!!

it tastes like zucchini cake...

I was so surprised at how moist and yummy this cake is

I followed the recipe EXCEPT for one ingredient, I was completely out of pecans so I added walnuts and it worked out perfectly

This recipe is from Marye Audet

and super easy to make...

See you tomorrow  :-)

Tomatoes...

Remember last week I told you that it was freezing here in

New Mexico?  

Well I wasn't kidding...lol

We had a HOT & DRY summer and our tomato plants didn't do very well at first but once it started cooling down they just took off..

I have been enjoying my cherry tomatoes and so has
EVERYONE else...lol

I ALWAYS let my tomatoes ripen on the vine,

well until NOW!

I went out on Wednesday evening and picked a basket of RED tomatoes, then I came in and Diane had sent me a message to let me know that she had brought in ALL of her green tomatoes because it was going to freeze.  Well I thought about it for a minute and ran back out there to try and save as many of my babies as
I could...

I was out there for about 1 hour and the more I picked the more I found.  We started out with 8 plants but only the cherry tomato plants survived the 110 degree
summer days...

So when I say my 2 tomatoes plants were covered I mean they were COVERED!!

I picked a bushel of tomatoes and finally decided to give up...

Now the fun part,

What shall I do with these babies...

Everyone tells me that fried green tomatoes are AWESOME but these are too little, so I started surfing the web LOOKing for ways to use or preserve these little guys and I came across a couple of recipes...Yes!!

I am NOT going to do a Green Tomato Week but I do think that these recipe are worth sharing so I hope that you will come back to see what I have been doing...