I have been to Joann fabrics and they had their fall stuff out not just fall but Thanksgiving items were out too, a turkey that was for an entryway or front door greeting was great fun to think about. I had a blast just browsing while I was there thinking about the options around here of things I could do to spruce it up a bit while I was there to get ribbon for more gift bags I've been on a roll with making them this week. I have a few more recipes and things to think about, one new thing that will be fun is some plastic mayonnaise jars that are square it will be interesting to see what uses we can come up for these.
I’ve been in the sewing room and I have done another holiday festive table cloth I've been putting fringe on it I'd forgotten how long that takes! I put the bobbins in a clear container so they are not spread all over the sewing counter now. My holiday notebooks are in good shape and I have been working on tweaking my lists and reminders.
I’ve been in birthday mode here for the past two weeks and have been painting shelves, chests, filling gift bags, and getting ready for these occasions.
The red wheel burrow for the younger grandson is kid tested and approved by his cousins they found it in our bedroom and I had to tell them to stop playing with it! They were having too much fun! They love anything with some wheels on, they it to pick up toys and put them in it before putting them away, they can wheel them in to their room and it become part of a game and makes this chore a fun one. Mom’s and grandma alike love these too! We have discovered that shopping carts, small mini wagons also work for this.
Working with festive holiday prints this past month has really gotten me motivated and inspired to get going on the holiday prep. stuff. When I was at the store I noticed a new product cookie mixes by one of the cake mix companies "Betty Crocker" I think it was. You might want to give these a try and see how they work for you. We like the slice and bake or break and bake cookies I used to be the slice and bake cookie queen, and I was having a blast with that a couple of years ago but our waist lines grew too much so we had to focus on more healthy foods for snacks during the holiday season.
I still want to try some cake mix bread recipes, I have been thinking of the different ones I can do, lemon, apple sauce, date, pumpkin, cranberry cherry, pineapple coconut, and chocolate mint, to name a few. I like to experiment not all of my concoctions are a success but we have come up with some that are sure fire hits and keepers!
I still need to put the rest of the black berries in the freezer, and a cobbler topping mix might be just the thing to pun in a jar mix for those 1 qt. square plastic jars I can use the apple cobbler in a jar mix and use the topping recipe for these!
One of the gifts I ordered mid – summer came today an ugly stick gear bag, so we promptly filled it up with picnic stuff and tried it out and it worked great, they will be a hit for the guys when the rest of them come, but this on was mine! Now I’m thinking of other places that I can go picking black berries tomorrow maybe! I just love the challenge I think.
We've starting to might keep our eye out for camping gear and long fire place matches for some of the camping gift bags and baskets for loved ones on our lists that need these items they will be in stock now too for hunting season.
I think it’s time for me to make another trip to the bait and tackle shop to see what they have in that is new! I can’t wait that’s where I found my mini webber grill for the camper. Freeze ahead meals work great for camping too you can warm up things on the grill too! Hubby is already thinking of a bunch of places that we can go camping this fall now that the temps. have dropped below 100* here!
My apple tree is blooming again for a 2nd crop! I'm feeling SO blessed right now!
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