Valentine take out boxes

I decorated these little take out boxes with cardstock, a heart die cut, and ribbon. I filled them with valentine m&m's and I will be giving them to my daycare children.

Valentine treat boxes

Today I thought I would share with you some cute little Valentine treat boxes that I made. I purchased the white boxes from Target in the Wedding section. I cut cardstock to fit all 4 sides and the top, and punched out the little hearts to embellish the box. Quick, Easy, and Cute.

Flower Magnets

Today I am sharing 4 sets of glass tile magnets that I made over the weekend. Each set contains 9 1x1 glass tiles. I embellished each tile with a mulberry flower and a faux pearl bead for the center. I think they will look cute on a fridge, in the office, or on a locker. enjoy!

cookie birthday card

Here is a birthday card that I made for my nephew. I'm giving him a box of my home-made gourmet chocolate chip cookies as part of his gift.

snowmen

Thought I'd share some photo's of some snowmen that I made this year for Christmas. The top photo is a snowman made to sit on a table, mantel, shelf, etc. The bottom photo is snowmen that my children in daycare made for their parents. The clear glass ornament is filled with mini marshmallows.

Has it really been almost a year?!

Wow, it's been almost one year since I did anything with my blog! Well that is going to change starting with today! Every now and then I get into a baking mood. Here are some yummy treats that I have made recently - enjoy!

Snickerdoodle Muffin Sugar Cookies

Gourmet chocolate chip cookies

Valentine cookies

I made these cookies for our Daycare Valentine's party. The recipe that I use comes from a 1963 Betty Crocker book called "The Cooky Book". It uses a lot of powdered sugar is is so yummy!

Daycare Valentine gifts

This is what I will be giving my daycare children for Valentine's Day. M&M's for the older ones, and cookies for the little ones.

baby sweater

Here is the finished baby sweater that I knit for my new great nephew.

baby booties

Here are some baby booties that I just finished knitting. They will be for a new baby that's due anyday now! Now onto the matching hat and sweater!

25 random things about me

1. I got married 9 days after turning 18
2. I had two children by the age of 20
3. I'm scared TO DEATH of spiders!
4. My favorite color is black
5. I'm not sure what I want to be when I grow up
6. I love antiques
7. My favorite author is Stephen King
8. I like to knit
9. If I could pick anyone in the World to hang out with for one day I would pick Ozzy Osbourne
10. I don't like going to the movies
11. Slow computers drive me insanely mad!
12. My favorite memory as a child is spending 2 weeks every summer at Viletta's resort in Alexandria
13. My favorite food is lobster
14. I've been to Hawaii
15. I've parasailed and almost died doing it (not kidding either!)
16. I've had 4 surgeries in my life
17. The only people I've lost to in leg wrestling were my boys
18. I love Thunder storms
19. I've been skinny dipping
20. I'm glad I never had any girls
21. I have a clean driving record
22. I like the smell of gasoline
23. I like to paint my toenails in funky colors in the summer
24. I've never had a broken bone
25. I've never drank a long island iced tea

My 1st "REAL" sock!

I am so excited that I figured out how to knit socks!! Here are some pictures of my very first one that I just finished.

Close up so you can see the color

Fits me perfectly!!!

daycare x-mas gifts...

Here is a picture of my daycare children wearing the hats that I knit for them for Christmas.

blog candy!

Want to try for some fun blog candy? Then go here http://papercraftsbyrach.blogspot.com/ and leave a comment!

Snow...

This is what I woke up to today in Hutchinson, MN. The trees are also beautiful!

My blog - my thoughts...

This is my blog and I am entitled to write about whatever I want...so if someone happens to stumble upon today's post and doesn't agree with it - so be it! I'm really ashamed at how many people are saying that every person who voted for Obama is stupid. We are Americans, and with that comes the right to vote for whoever we feel is the best person to become the next President. We all had the chance to listen to the debates on T.V. and to decide who to vote for. Just because some people thought one candidate was better than the other doesn't mean that they are stupid. Several blogs are saying that the people that voted for Obama only voted for him because he became a celebrity, that they didn't do research on him, etc....what??? Others are saying that they wish they could move to another Country. Come on people!!! I'm sure that if McCain would have won, there would be people saying the same things about the people who voted for him. But why? Why do people have to say anything about who you voted for? What makes one persons view better than the next persons? I for one am hopeful that the next 4 years will be good ones, I am NOT going to spend the next 4 years crying over who won the election and I for sure am not going to be telling people that they were stupid for voting for who they did. Get over it!!!

MSUM knit hat

I knit this hat for my son who attends Minnesota State University of Moorhead. He wanted a hat in the school's colors. It's knit from 100% wool.

I broke my crop-a-dile!

I haven't used my cropidle more than maybe 10 times. Last night I wanted to add some holes to a thin leather dog collar. I tried punching through it with the large hole first and snap!...it broke it into 2 pieces (shown in picture below)


Since it was broke, I thought I'd might as well try the smaller hole and crack...it broke, but not completly off. (Shown in picture below)



Now this makes me one unhappy person! It states right in their directions that it is ideal for paper, tin, fabric, LEATHER, chipwood, wood, plastic, acrylic, and poly!

* UPDATE: I contacted customer service and they said they would mail me a replacement crop-a-dile. Now that's awesome service!

What a difference...

In with the new....

Out with the old (and UGLY!).
What a difference new light fixtures can do to a room!

hat and scarf set

Here is a hat and scarf set that I made to go with my black dress coat. You can't really see in the photo but the hat has ribbing around the bottom edge. I can't wait to wear it!