the pears are on

Our pears were beginning to fall so we went ahead and picked the tree this week. 

So far I have made two Pear Pies and we have dried two batches. We'll have more to dry once the rest of them ripen up. 

Happy Friday!

Little Wallets {special order}

I made these Little Wallets for a special order back in May. They were used as gift card holders for End of the School Year teacher and classroom helper thank~you gifts.  The purple wallets were for 3 high school freshman girls so we decided on fabric in school colors, an animal print to represent the mascot and a music motif on the inside since the girls are very involved in music in both school and church. I also personalized the inside with some words that were special to all three girls. The other 3 Little Wallets were chosen from my inventory as well as matching tissue pockets. 

This week I started working on another fun Little Wallet special order. I finished the sample yesterday so now I am ready to start on the order and, if I have time, maybe I'll make a few extra's!

Blessings~ 

SWEET Surprise!

I found a Grand Surprise on our kitchen counter when I got home yesterday!

Beautiful, freshly baked cupcakes with a sweet surprise hidden inside. 

Can you guess what it is??

OREO cookies!!

Miss E made these yummy

 OREO Cupcakes 

for dessert last night. 

LUCKY US!

An Oreo cookie on the bottom covered with vanilla and Oreo cookie crumb cake batter, topped with buttercream frosting.

They are amazing!!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!

chicken parmesan

Since Chicken Parmesan takes a little extra time and effort to prepare I like to make it on the weekend, especially on Sunday when everyone is here for Sunday Supper. 

This is

 most definitely 

a 

family favorite!

Have you noticed the leaves on the trees are beginning to change color?? 

Fall is in the air! 

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Water Ski Tournament, BBQ and Concert {more weekend fun!}

After the Tamale Making Party on Saturday I headed to the country for a BBQ and Concert at a private water ski lake.

They were having their annual Water Skiing Tournament and Ron was there to help our friend with the BBQ.

This year they had a private concert by

Hot Tamale! {neighborhood Tamale Making Party}

Saturday I spent the day with our neighborhood friends learning how to make 

authentic Mexican Tamales. 

About a week before our Tamale Party we all signed up for different jobs so that there was help during the entire process. The schedule actually began on Friday with a shopping trip to several stores to pick up the needed ingredients and then some prep work such as soaking the corn husks, cooking meat and chopping vegetables. On Saturday there was

doo•dle¹ {verb, doo•dled, doo•ling,noun}

noun

1. a design, figure, or the like, made by idle scribbling or drawing
2. an aimless or casual scribble, design, or sketch; also : a minor work

Just for fun I thought I would share my latest doodle.

 I was inspired by a picture in the new edition of American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine drawn by the featured artist and quilter Tula Pink. I loved her designs and sketches on page 20 so I decided to try and freehand her cute little squirrel. Pretty soon I was adding flowers and then creating my own designs. Fun, Fun, Fun.

Happy Friday!

another 2" cakestand

I finished another 2" cakestand quilt block over the weekend. 

Only 29 to go!

Happy Monday!!

Discover Beauty~right where you are! {weekend gifts from the yard}

 from my list of one thousand gifts:

::flowers::sleeping bees::working bees::

butterflies::doing yard maintenance together::tomatoes::cucumbers::squash::

pears::apples::

Have a beautiful Sunday!

2" cakestand {summer sewing challenge!}

There are some mornings that I'm up even earlier than usual and this was one of those mornings. It was 4am and was I was trying to figure out something quiet to work on when I remembered my mother telling me earlier in the week about A "Little" Summer Sewing challenge she started in July. The challenge was to piece one, 2" cakestand each