Saturday, March 27, 2010

4th in Garden Series....

Happy saturday to you all. I just completed by 4th In the Garden Series Dolls and think she may be my last of the flowers. I`m feeling the itch to move onto other garden goodies :) Here`s a sneak peek at Daisy Mae. She will be going on my ebay this evening. I hope you`ll pop on by for a closer look and be sure to keep checking back to see what my next creation will be.
Enjoy your weekend.


Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Spring is in the Air....

Happy spring all!! We had a beautiful weekend here. Can you believe I managed to get a little sunburn doing yard work saturday. I can`t believe we`re nearing the end of March, but thats a good thing. I absolutely love spring and all it has to bring.

With spring in mind I have my 3rd "In the Garden" series doll ready to go on ebay this evening. Her name is Delia the Daffodil and here is a sneak peek.




I hope you`ll all stop by my ebay and take a closer peek.
Have a fabulous day all!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

In the Garden Series...



Wow it feels like forever since I`ve completed a new doll. I`ve decided to welcome in spring with an In the Garden series of dolls. To launch off the series I`ve made Patsie the Pansy. She comes bearing the gift of seeds to plant some pansies in your own garden. Hmmm what flower to make next... I will have to give that some thought. Suggestions are welcome ;-)Maybe some little garden critters will follow ;) I miss my inch worm and grasshoppers!

Here`s Patsie you can find her on my ebay today.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

A New Way of Eating....

Hubby and I have decided it`s time to start eating healthy. Not just for weight purposes (although I`d like to drop about 10 pounds, but for overall health. Ya see I`m a big cheese freak so for me that will be the biggest challenge. I`ve decided to go to reduced fat cheeses, mayo`s and sour creams and eventually fat free. We`ve been eating alot of salads and for lunch I only allow myself a lean cuisine sandwich meal. I`m not quite sure how good those really are for you, but we shall see. I highly recommend the chicken philly....YUM :)

I`ve always been good about having veggies with dinners and such so my kids will eat just about any kind except beans. I also want to start weaning out the white potatoes and switch to sweet potatoes. That I know will be tough and the kids.....well not sure how crazy they`ll be with that, but it`s better for them in the long run.

So I thought if we`re going to try and do healthy I`d start with the dogs too :) Especially for Bella being she suffers from dermatitis. So today I ran to home goods bought me some dog cookie cutters and hit the grocery store with recipe for homemade biscuits in hand. Ok today was the first batch I made and they seemed to have liked it. The recipe was real simple. I think for the next one I`ll try one with more ingredients. The dogs gave me two paws up.












Geez if I could just get them to cooperate for a picture.

Heres the recipe for anyone who would like to try these. I found them on recipezaar.com

Ingredients
2 cups whole wheat flour
3/4 cup rolled oat
1/2 cup powdered milk
1 egg, beaten
5 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
2 jars strained baby food (, any flavor, all natural and no preservatives)
Directions
1 Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
2 In a large bowl combine all ingredients together and make a thick dough.
3 Knead on a slightly floured countertop for about 4 minutes until the dough is nice and smooth.
4 Sprinkle a little more flour over the dough to make rolling easy.
5 Roll out the dough to about 1/2 inch thickness.
6 Use cookie cutters or a small drinking glass.
7 Bake on a ungreased cookie sheet for about 22 minute.
8 Let doggie biscuits cool for at least 1/2 hr before serving.
9 To keep fresh, package these in sealed containers.
10 Try different flavors of baby food.
11 Yield- depending on size.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A Sweet Magnolia`s Farm Giveaway...



Look at this beautiful handmade giveaway over at sweetmagnoliasfarm. This is in honor of their 100th follower! Congrats ladies. Be sure to enter for a chance to win.