Gum Tree Giveaway

FREE GIVEAWAY!!!!

Good morning, it's a beautiful but rainy Monday here in East Tennessee. We are enjoying the Fall weather with cool mornings and mostly beautiful sunny days, a little rain mixed in.
I'm so happy to share some exciting news with those who enjoy Free Giveaways! I love to win fabric and patterns don't you!!! Well, today you can visit the blog Gum Tree Designs and have a chance to win many fabulous giveaway!! Take a look, you'll be glad you did!

HAVE A GREAT MONDAY MY FRIENDS!!!

Stayin Home Saturday

A little sewing today on my applique

Weeding my flower garden
Placing mums around the outside edge this week

The morning glories have wrapped around my bird house.

Women of the Word

Today I'm praising God for the precious women He has placed in my life. It is during the many seasons of my walk with the Lord that they have given me such Godly wisdom. Reading God's word is very important but he also uses those people He has placed in our lives to lead, teach, and guide us in the smallest of life's situations.
So many times when I've been discouraged, tempted, and headed- in -the- wrong-direction, the door of FRIENDSHIP has opened with one of these precious women standing there to guide me through.
I only hope and pray that the Lord will often look down and see that He can use me to help others in a special way that only He can see. Many times we can't see how we have been any help to others but God knows our strengths better than we do. Now that my children are not so "little" any more I have more of an opportunity to reach out to others help.
My desire is to use God's precious Word as a guide for each and every day in all that I do. In order to put this into practice I must pray and ask my heavenly father for that strength and help each day.
Thank you Lord for all the special "Women of the Word" you have placed in my life!!
God is so Good!!

1 Peter 2:1-3

"Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious."

Saturday show and tell

Today's cake decorating class was fun and not quite so difficult as last week. With a little work, I think I will be making roses soon enough. Last week we all laughed because they kept falling off our little holder before we could get them made.

Today we made clowns and they are so cute.

The last picture is a new pocketbook I made. McCall's Pattern, quilted. Really quick and easy.

Chicken Casserole

Grandma's Chicken Casserole

I'm sure everyone has their own recipe for making chicken casserole but I think my mom's is the best. I thought I'd give it a try so I made a huge dish for our youth at church tonight.

6-8 pieces boiled chicken tenders, torn in small pieces
2 cans cream of chicken soup
1 - 1 1/2 cans broth from chicken
Peppridge farm cornbread dressing mix
Cornbread - Optional

1. Mix the two cans of cream of chicken soup with 1 can of water, thin if needed. Add enough to a casserole dish to cover the bottom.
2. If you would like to add cornbread to the stuffing you can do so now. I usually don't prepare my cornbread ahead and don't take the time but it's delicious if you do add the cornbread.
3. Add a layer of dressing mix on top of this and then the chicken pieces.
4. Repeat layers until all ingredients are used.
Bake at 350 degrees about 30 - 40 minutes.

Wonky Log Cabin

OK, so I am rested up and ready to begin a new week. The long weekend was truly needed! Yesterday I washed clothes, sewed between loads and just had a very relaxing day!
I'm so glad I was able to enjoy a day at home because this week looks pretty busy already as I look over my calendar.

My oldest daughter and I are taking a cake decorating class together. What fun we are having! So much laughing I think the teacher thinks we are a bit crazy! Last week she was so busy that I ended up making both cakes and 3 batches of icing for our class on Saturday! WHew, I was tired before we got there. We've both learned so much from the class and look forward to each Saturday.
I hope to post some pictures of our cakes soon. We had such a mess and were in such a hurry I forgot to take pictures during class.

Now, I want to share a wonderful tutorial with you! I came across the neatest blog, Quilt Dad, and love his tutorial on Wonky Log Cabin Blocks! I actually learned how to make these blocks a few months ago and have some blocks that are just waiting to be made into something useful. I think I love these blocks so much because they are so improvisational! OOOOHHHH, what a big word! Yeah, they are easy as pie! I really like working outside the lines, go against the grain, etc. That would be what makes these little cuties so fun! Take a look at his very visual step-by-step tutorial.

Enjoy Your Day!