About Me
- Brigide
- I am a frazzled mother of 2 (4yrs and 14 months)that stays at home and attempts to keep house while crafting.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Was it good for you too? We had a very nice holiday with my sisters on Christmas and my husbands family on the Sunday after. I did end up getting a camera...and a book on HTML :). Now I'll just have to figure them all out. I didn't get my enormous list of crafty projects done for Christmas but I'm fairly pleased with the quality of what did get done. How bout you? Get everything checked off your lists?
My husbands birthday is January 1st. We've celebrated with his mom and dad every year he's been in the States for it (he's National Guard, deployed 3 times in 10 yrs). They are going to be out of town this year so it falls to me. It will be nice to have a quiet time at home with his best friend and his friend's fiance. Frozen appetizers and homemade salsa....low stress :).
Now I plot craftiness for my niece's birthday. She'll be 7 in March. I'm making a lovely fairy dress and wings for her. I'm excited about it :). My youngest sister has a birthday in February and I'm plotting craftiness for that too, it probably won't be finished but she usually doesn't mind. That brings up a question, I haven't told my family about my blog because I don't want any spoiling of presents to happen. Do any of you hide your blogging for similar reasons?
Thursday, December 24, 2009
A quick and easy dinner
We got a smoker this fall and I am in love with it. We've smoked lots of chickens, a ham and even our Thanksgiving turkey breast. It is seriously nice to have a frozen bag of smoked chicken to make into a quick and easy meal. Here is my favorite.
This plate was for my little boy so it was light on the broth as to not let him get burned. It's the easiest thing to make, especially when you cheat. Here is my recipe.
This plate was for my little boy so it was light on the broth as to not let him get burned. It's the easiest thing to make, especially when you cheat. Here is my recipe.
- 2 cans Progresso Chicken Noodle soup
- 1 container of chicken stock
- smoked chicken, as much or as little as you like
- Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, Sea Salt, Pepper, Bay Leaf all to taste
- 1 package of frozen veggies, half steamed in the microwave.
Addictive..
This one is for some Olive Garden gift cards. These things (the card holders) could become addictive. I think it's because I love tiny things and making tiny things is even more fun. Little bits of embroidery and felt ? Check. Smiling like an Idiot? Check.
In other news, my husband had me open one of my presents early. Its a book on editing photos in photoshop, I have a strong suspicion that a camera is one of my other presents. Maybe soon the photos of my projects won't be so awful :).
Friday, December 18, 2009
A few more things finished. The idea for these was from this tutorial but I switched it up a bit. I made the Penguin out of felt sewn or glued together and the bikini is white fleece and black stretch velvet (I love the bow! Too cute!) The bikini one gets a Victoria's Secret card and the penguin gets a Target gift card. I love to give gift cards because they are practical but I also love giving handmade things, so this works out perfectly :).
Monday, December 14, 2009
Something finally got finished! My niece's stocking is done. These pics are awful but until I get a real camera this is likely as good as it gets. I did the quilting on it before sewing the pieces together. I like how it turned out.
This is a close up of the little Swarovski crystals I put in each of the criss-crosses.
And hiding under the B is a burn hole from the little heater I was using to fix the gems in place. I switched to an iron after that. Live and learn.
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