Friendship

Sharing some beautiful poetry with you that I came across as I visited The Feathered Nest today. She has an amazing talent for vintage designs and creations. Not only is she creative, but very generous as she shares photographs and designs for you on her blog.
There is also a link to her friend's blog at Faith's Vintage Vanity for a giveaway!! Take a look!

To all my lovely blogging friends


True Friendship

True friendship isn't seen with the eyes, it is felt with the heart.

When there is trust, understanding, loyalty, and sharing.

True friendship is a rare feeling, but when it is found

It has profound impact on our well-being, strength, and character.

True friendship does not need elaborate gifts

Or spectacular events in order to be valuable or valued.

To ensure long-lasting quality and satisfaction,

True friendship only needs a few key ingredients:

Undying loyalty, unmatched understanding, unsurpassed trust,

Deep and soulful secrets, and endless sharing.

These ingredients, mixed with personality and a sense of humor,

Can make a friendship last a lifetime!

This is just a thank you, my friend, for all the wonderful and colorful

Special ingredients You've brought to my life!

Pass this on to such a friend!


Author Unknown

Around the House

To start our summer off with a bang we took a week off to do some much needed work around the house.
Landscaping, gardening, adding plants to the outside areas, painting, fix a few broken things, etc.
Yes, we've been pretty busy!
In my free time I've also been sewing and will post a few pictures soon. I made a cute little froggie for my niece, cut out a bag and scrub top for my daughter but haven't sewn them yet.

Card creations made by my daughter
My love for arts and crafts have rubbed off on her

Adding a little bit of beauty to our deck and back yard

Birds and Butterflies my daughter photographed

Fun Recipes

Organization

With spring in the air and the warm weather here at last I'm drawn outside to work and play. Weeding my flower bed, filling the bird feeders, and enjoying the nice weather. The cleaning/organizing bug hits me once and a while, usually springtime and so I'm organizing my sewing things. Moving to a new room for the summer so there's no progress in the sewing area, but...... my kitchen actually looks like a kitchen. Table cleared with tablecloth and flowers. Oh yeah, and food I've made with a little more time to focus on baking.

Recipes

Strawberry Pretzel Salad

First Layer:
2 cups coarsley crushed pretzels
3/4 cup melted margarine
3 tablespoons sugar

Second Layer:
1 (80z) cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 small container cool whip

Third Layer:
1 package (6 oz.) strawberry flavor gelatin
2 cups boiling water
1 (10 oz.) box frozen strawberries

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Put fist layer in 9x13x2 inch pan.
Bake 8 minutes. Remove and cool.
Second Layer, Beat sugar into cheese and stir in cool whip. Spread over pretzels.
Third Layer, Mix gelatin, boiling water, and strawberries together. Set aside 10 minutes, pour over cheese mixture. Chill thoroughly.


Honey Bun Cake

1 Box yellow cake mix

3/4 cup oil

4 eggs

8 oz. sour cream

1 cup brown sugar

1 Tbsp. cinnamon

Mix together first 4 ingredients, stirring by hand. Pour half of the batter into an oblong pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and cinnamon. Pour remaining batter on top. Swirl batter with fork. Bake in 325 deg. oven for 40 minutes.

Icing: Mix together 2 cups powdered sugar, 4 teaspoons milk, and 1 Tablespoon vanilla. Pour over cake while hot.


Both these recipes are so very easy! ENJOY!

Quilt Giveaway!

The sun is shining beautifully and the birds were singing outside my window as I woke early this morning, 6 a.m. What a blessing!
This month has flown by! Wow, I can't believe tomorrow is May!


Camille at Simplify is having a fabulous quilt giveaway!
Who wouldn't want to win this gorgeous quilt? Check it out and tell her I sent you!

I tried and tried to link to her blog without any luck, you can link from Luv2stitch's blog!
Sorry about that.

Have a Great Day!

Doggie Bath

Over the weekend the girls gave our dog, Rocky his first Spring bath for the year!! What fun they had! Poor baby, doesn't look like he's having much fun huh??


Bubble Mohawk!!

Splish, splash! We're giving a bath!

Please hurry, I'm dying to get back in the dirt!

Allison's stitching completed and ready for binding. I will post her friend's later, we didn't get a picture before he left.

Sewing and Picnics

We've had such fun today sewing! The kids have enjoyed this neat little project. First, I was inspired by Amanda Soule on her blog to have the kids make a drawing, preferably nature, and then trace onto fabric. They chose birds, after skimming through our favorite magazine, Nature Friend. O.K. then they stitched over the tracing. We added a border and it is amazingly beautiful!! Here are some pictures of the magazines and books we were searching through, along with a few of the kids working on their stitching.
Tomorrow I will post the pictures, we have a few last minute stitches to go!

Yesterday our Homeschool group met at the park for a picnic. The kids had a wonderful time playing kickball, tennis, shooting water guns, and some of them were brave enough to examine and disect this creature from the creek. Yikes!!!!

How Deep the Father's Love for Us

Our homeschool group presented their end of the year program last weekend and sang this beautiful song. I wanted to share the words with you, it's been on my heart and the melody on my lips ever since.

How Deep the Father's Love for Us

How deep the Father's love for us, how vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son, to make a wretch His treasure
How great the pain of searing loss, the Father turned His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One, bring many sons to glory.

Behold the Man upon a cross, my sin upon His shoulders
Ashamed, I hear my mocking voice cal out among the scoffers
It was my sin that held Him there until it was accomplished
His dying breath has brought me life; I know that it is finished.

I will not boast in anything; no gifts, no power, no wisdom
But I will boast in Jesus Christ; His death and resurrection
Why should I gain from His reward? I cannot give an answer
But this I know with all my heart; His wounds have paid my ransom.

My oldest daughter and I went shopping for material for her quilt. I will be using the same pattern for the one I made my younger daughter. This is what she chose.