tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498097871004032972024-02-07T00:33:43.287-05:00Creating With The J'sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-11834885657977564822014-01-04T21:49:00.000-05:002014-01-04T21:49:27.158-05:00I'm backHey All! I just wanted to let you know that I am back and think life is ready to let me blog regularly. If you most the long lost last post, I can be found at <a href="http://just-asmalltown-girl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Just A Small Town Girl</a>. I hope to see you soon!!!<br />
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JenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-3302353035460732352013-02-22T15:15:00.000-05:002013-02-22T15:15:57.825-05:00Psst!! Over here....HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!! I have missed you! Thanks to those of you that emailed to check up on me! Such sweet gestures!!!!! I am fine!<br />
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I do have some news. This will be the last post here at Creating With The J's. I know, sadness! There is some good news though. I will still be posting, just on a new blog. Some things will definitely be different. I will be blogging for myself, as myself. I have moved "home." Home to where I grew up and where most of my family still is. Yes, I have come home alone. It was a hard decision, that wasn't made over night and was more than likely 6 months plus in the making. I wish Jim and Jynx nothing but the best, but it was time for me to come home.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The new blog is called "Just A Small Town Girl" and can be found <a href="http://just-asmalltown-girl.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE!!!</a></span></div>
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I hope you will stop over and follow from there and continue to share your love.</div>
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This means that I will also start showing my face around your spaces again!!!</div>
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Thanks again everyone!! </div>
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~Jen</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-40073087578807344042012-12-23T16:35:00.002-05:002012-12-23T16:35:48.959-05:00Merry ChristmasHello followers and friends.<br />
I am writing to say I am taking a little break and hope to be back in a week or so. There won't be a Monday post. I am finishing up a few things and then Christmas with Jim's family on Christmas Eve and Christmas with my family on Christmas.<br />
I hope you enjoy the time with your friends and loved ones.<br />
Merry Christmas to everyone!<br />
Hugs!<br />
The J'sAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-14986582058214423982012-12-17T16:38:00.000-05:002012-12-17T16:38:34.539-05:00Moon Pie Magic #2Hello Dear Followers!<br />
I apologize for the lack of posts last week. Just some craziness going on. I will hopefully get caught up on the Christmas posts this week, in between more craziness, but I will manage. I hope life is a crazy good for you!<br />
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Moon Pie Magic #2. Kinda crazy. I know it will be much crazier when that number is in the double digits though. I told you I thought #2 would come from <i>Betty Crocker's Cooky Book</i>. My thoughts were correct.<br />
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This cookbook was used by my Great Aunt while she was taking care of her father.</div>
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(There is a note in the front stating so)</div>
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The last sentence says "Remembering the motto "happy the home with the fully cooky jar," we hope you'll turn to this book often."</div>
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Do you always have a full cooky jar or at least cookies at the ready?</div>
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I know Jim's Grands always have cookies in the freezer.</div>
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The Cooky Primer has lots of hints, tips and how to's.</div>
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You can even find solutions for dry and soft cooky dough.</div>
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"Sticky fruits can be cleaned from your food grinder quickly and easily by running a few small pieces of dry bread through it."</div>
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That nifty tip was found on the page with the some filled cooky recipes.</div>
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The recipe we are going to look at today is on the right hand page in the above photo.</div>
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Do you see my Great Great Aunt's handwritten notes??</div>
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Again... LOVE THEM!</div>
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Yes, we are going to make chocolate crinkles.</div>
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That is them pictured in the lower right hand corner!</div>
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4 squares unsweetened chocolate (4 ounces)</div>
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"Make small don't spread much"</div>
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This furthers my love affair with most things vintage!</div>
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Pretty and fun and yes those are the chocolate crinkles in the lower right!</div>
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I look forward to sharing more from this book.</div>
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Definitely some fun and interesting looking recipes and tidbits inside!</div>
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Wait what???</div>
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You are upset because I didn't show you how the cookies turned out?</div>
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I didn't forget, I saved that picture for last!!</div>
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THEY ARE DELISH!</div>
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I wish you lived closer and we could share them.</div>
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If you missed MPMM #1 you can read it <span style="background-color: #93c47d; color: red;"><a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/12/moon-pie-magic-monday-1.html" style="background-color: #93c47d;" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div>
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Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will leave some comment love so I know you were here!</div>
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Do you make chocolate crinkles as part of your Christmas cooky list?</div>
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Do you call them something else?</div>
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Oh, I am going to research the spelling of cooky!</div>
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Hugs!!!</div>
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~Jen</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-87156834569221861032012-12-10T17:55:00.001-05:002012-12-10T17:55:32.971-05:00Moon Pie Magic Monday #1Hey Blog Followers! It seems we have made it through another Monday! Thank goodness for that!!!<br />
Well, I am FINALLY getting to one of the weekly posts you have read about here and maybe even on Facebook. The decision making process was tough, so tough that we will have at least two weekly posts, possibly three...all from the awesome titles everyone suggested! Thanks for your creativity!!<br />
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IF YOU ARE LOST by the first paragraph, please read further before moving on to your next blog! The first of October we received not one, but TWO 35 pound boxes full of recipes!!! Books, magazines, clippings, boxes, and handwritten recipes. All of these recipes, books, magazines, belonged to either my Great Great Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Great Great Aunt or Great Aunt. My Great Aunt is the only one of these wonderful ladies still alive. She told me she didn't send me any of her books because she is still using them, but it seems she slipped one or two in the boxes! Here is a look at the boxes the day they came...<br />
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<a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-first-of-many-family-recipes.html" target="_blank">THE ORIGINAL POST</a> about those boxes has the first recipe that was shared. It was a hot dog sauce recipe. We froze a good bit of the recipe that night. It made great chili cheese fries over the weekend. YUM!<br />
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I still can't get over the age and condition of some of these books. Yes, there are some that nearly disintegrate just by looking at them, let alone touching them, but there are others that make me shake my head at the thought of how old they are. Truly quite the treasures!<br />
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Moon pie Magic Monday is the nickname for "Moon Pie Magic and other tales of food gone by." Moon Pie Magic Mondays will all come from any one of the cookbooks in our house. We also have cookbooks from my Grandmothers, Jim's Grandmother and Great Grandmother. We shouldn't have to eat the same meal twice in this house! Sometimes you will get to see how the recipes worked (or didn't work) in our kitchen and other times I will just be sharing tid-bits from one (or more) of the cookbooks.<br />
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I was hoping to share pictures of a recipe with you this time, but as I started pulling the ingredients out I discovered that we didn't have them all. {big sad face}.<br />
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Without further ado...Moon Pie Magic Monday #1 is about the <u>Farm Journal's Christmas Book</u>.<br />
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I did a little consulting with Dr. Google and there are definitely copies out there in better shape than this one, but...</div>
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It is packed full of pictures, recipes, crafts and tips and hints.</div>
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Ah, the fruitcake. Do you have one in your family? Oh wait, I meant for that to say</div>
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Do you have a fruitcake maker in your family?? (he he he)</div>
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It provides 6 different fruit cake recipes.</div>
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Crackled Sugar Cookies.</div>
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YES!!! YES!!! YES!!! You see handwritten notes.</div>
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I think the handwritten notes are one of the best parts of these boxes full of treasures.</div>
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I am still learning the differences in handwriting, but I believe this to be my Great Great Aunt's handwriting.</div>
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Her notes are this:</div>
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* Grated rind of 1 lemon or 1 orange and 1/4 cup sugar to roll in</div>
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* The first time - failure</div>
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*2nd time- great success use 1/4 cup flour more</div>
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How neat! The first time she made them, it didn't work out. </div>
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Oh and the Betty Crocker Book, I believe that is going to be MPMM#2 and will definitely have results from the kitchen. A couple recipes have made their way to the list for Christmas cookies.</div>
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When we get these crackled sugar cookies made I will be sure to let you know!</div>
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"For your Christmas table, here's the perfect decoration! Festive cakes baked in the shape of miniature Christmas trees, trimmed with frosting and fancies. They're easy to make, good to eat - children will love them. A wonderful gift idea, too -- carry a decorated cake to friends nearby. Or mail cake molds to faraway friends, so they can bake and trim their own little trees! If you're serving guests at small tables, place a cake tree on each table for a conversation piece dessert. Tree cake molds have been fully tested by home economists and are easy to use. Tree cakes can be baked any size up to 7" high and the molds can be used again and again. Use any packaged cake mix or your own recipe. The complete cake mold kit consists of 3 aluminum molds and an assortment of imported gold and silver dragee fancies (like those used on wedding cakes) PLUS a colorful array of sugar crystals. All enough for several cakes. Cake mold kits are perfect birthday, bridge or holiday gifts and are unusual club door prizes. ORDER NOW and enough cake mold kits if you want to be sure of early delivery. 1 complete kit $2.75; 2 kits $5.25; 3 kits $7.50; Additional kits over 3, $2 each. Send check, cash or money order to:"</div>
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Tips and tricks for the gift-giver. </div>
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There were craft instructions, cookie centerpiece instructions, table top trees, crafts for kids...</div>
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It was definitely a trip back in time!!</div>
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"When cracking nuts for holiday baking: In a thick sponge, make a hole the size of the nuts you wish to crack. Place sponge on hard surface; place nuts in hole; crack with heavy hammer. This method keeps pieces of shell from flying"</div>
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SO!! What are your thoughts on Moon Pie Magic Monday?</div>
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The 1966 Farm Journal Christmas Book?</div>
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The cookies?</div>
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Thanks so much for stopping by!!!</div>
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I hope you will be back soon!</div>
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Hugs!</div>
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~Jen</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-42109581500738796102012-12-08T10:47:00.001-05:002012-12-08T10:47:57.358-05:00It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas...Many of you know that we have been decorated for Christmas for awhile now. I wanted to wait until December got here to share all this Christmas with you. I am not sharing any of the 'finished projects' in this post. The title says it all. I am sharing the photos of what our home looked like as it started looking like Christmas.<br />
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There are many words that come to mind when I look at these photos, but...it is all part of the Christmas fun!<br />
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The dining room BEFORE the madness!</div>
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Last Christmas there was a church pew in front of those windows on the left side of the picture...</div>
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This would be the Christmas section. Yes, I said section. HA!</div>
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The upstairs is still waiting to be a work in progress and that is how I explain the missing floorboards!</div>
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(those boards were removed when the house was rewired)</div>
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How about the creepy Santa?? I picked him up at a yard sale this summer.</div>
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He wasn't for me. He was for our friend Steph, the one that finds my elves really creepy!</div>
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Oh, by the way, her son LOVES this Santa. he he he!</div>
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YES! The trunk is full too! </div>
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The trunk has been in my family forever. There is a number on the leather.</div>
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It is a neat old trunk. It served as a table in my apartment that I had before we moved into this house.</div>
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The trunk holds pieces like the nativity scene, the ceramic tree, and other odds and ends.</div>
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Alright! Did you enjoy the pinterest links? I hope so. Today I am sharing the gift tags I was hoping to share the other day. (The fundraiser went well, thanks for thinking about it!)<br />
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I didn't know what I was going to do with them, but had to have them none the less!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-31347063530936421742012-12-03T16:58:00.001-05:002012-12-03T16:58:56.498-05:00What I'm liking on Pinterest this week!Hey Everyone! I promised myself I was going to blog today. I am not blogging about the Christmas tags that I thought I was going to blog about though. We are having a fundraiser/information session for Relay For Life tonight! Between the work day and getting ready for tonight's event, I seem to have run out of time, and I know I won't feel like it when I get home. I promised myself I was blogging today and I feel bad when I neglect you. SO!!!!! I thought I would share some of the wonderful things I've seen on Pinterest over the last few days!!! This way, I kept my promise to myself, I have said hello to you for the day, and MAYBE, just maybe, you will find something inspiring below!!!<br />
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A cute pillow!</div>
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Using pallet wood to make a card holder!</div>
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Gifting cookies in a mason jar!</div>
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Here's the link to my <a href="http://pinterest.com/jmtuley87/christmas/" target="_blank">Christmas Pinterest Board</a>.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-31587204103911677422012-12-01T18:43:00.000-05:002012-12-12T09:43:35.271-05:00An Elfin Christmas CenterpieceHi Everyone! It is December 1st. That means it is officially all things Christmas around here! It has been about Christmas for a little while now, but I have refrained from sharing it here on the blog!!!<br />
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Today I am sharing a super simple centerpiece! You may or may not know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE elves! When the centerpiece from last year wasn't acceptable due to the Christmas tree being in the dining room this year, it was operation "new centerpiece" without buying anything new!!! Half the fun right??? I knew I wanted one of my elves in the centerpiece. I had a bunch of ornaments leftover because I didn't display them this year like I did last. Hmm....elf...check....ornaments...check. What to put them in?? Upstairs I went, and I found a bowl!!! Something to put them in...check.<br />
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I'm one happy elfin' Mama!</div>
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Whatcha think?</div>
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Is it operation Christmas mode at your house?</div>
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(today's grocery store run got us a good start on the supplies for all the confectionary madness that takes place around here this time of year!!!)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-70712994730330352392012-11-26T07:00:00.000-05:002012-11-26T07:00:11.415-05:00Christmas TraditionsAre there certain places near you that are tradition-like places? We have this place called Kraynak's. They have a section of their store space that is transformed into a holiday wonder at Easter time and again at Christmas. Easter Bunny Lane and Santa's Christmasland.<br />
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There is this "lane" you walk down and it is all decorated for the holiday. The trees are numbered. Santa is at the end for pictures and then EVERYTHING you just walked is on display for sale once you reach the end.<br />
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SOOOOOO? Is there anywhere like this near you? If you are coming to Western PA, here is <a href="http://www.kraynaks.com/" target="_blank">Kraynak's Website</a>!! Hugs!!! ~JenAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-29476721709022214232012-11-25T19:55:00.003-05:002012-11-25T19:55:26.837-05:00Cardinal Christmas CardsThere was snow on the ground when I woke up this morning! It all melted by early afternoon, that is almost a perfect snow in my world!! Was there snow where you are?<br />
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Some of you know I have been having fun with the K & Company die cuts. Earlier this month I bought some birds made by K & Company. I sorted the cardinals out and made a set of Christmas cards to give to my Grandmother as an early Christmas present.<br />
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A look at the birds, I sorted out the cardinals for Grandma's cards.</div>
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Grandma has already received her cards and she loves them!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Just add it to your list of things to be thankful for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I had found some funny photos to share, but since I haven't shared my turkey cards, we will take a look at those instead!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The turkey stamp on the upper left card is from Lawn Fawn.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 'give thanks' seen with the turkey on the upper right is from Studio G.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am going to make some more and will make a tutorial when I do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wasn't completely thrilled with the tutorial I found, so I have to make it better if I am going to share with you!!! I LOVE the way it looks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think this is my favorite card of the bunch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Speaking of bunch, no wait that is brunch...I need to walk away from the computer and get started in the kitchen. Brunch here and dinner elsewhere later!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for your blog friendship!!</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-8849618060259366332012-11-20T21:21:00.002-05:002012-11-20T21:21:13.709-05:00...NAME PLEASE...If you read the <a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-first-of-many-family-recipes.html" target="_blank">POST</a> about my two 35 pound boxes full of family recipes, you know I want to have some discussion.<br />
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We did have discussion on our Facebook page. Now it is time for discussion here, and then a decision on our part. (UGH)<br />
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We have been blessed with so many family treasures, recipes, heirlooms, photos, knick knacks, etc. etc. These two boxes of recipes were the icing on the cake.</div>
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I want to do a regular post or two about these treasures. I was originally thinking just the recipes, and then my Aunt mentioned all of the other treasures we have (like Grandma's china cabinet that I still haven't shared with you...it is now waiting for a post name before it is willing to be shared) SOOOOOOO....<br />
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Do we come up with ONE name that encompasses ALL of the treasures, recipes included</div>
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Do we come up with TWO names, one for recipes and one for treasures?</div>
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That is the first question to be answered.</div>
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The second question is "What should this series of posts be called?"</div>
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Here is what we came up with on Facebook.</div>
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Please offer your opinion on the ones below and/or offer a new suggestion!</div>
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1. Monday's Love From Grandma</div>
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2. Friday's Family Reflection</div>
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3. Revolving Recipes</div>
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(this one we wouldn't be committed to a certain day of the week, just whenever it happens)</div>
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4. Wooden Spoons, Recipes, and China Cabinets</div>
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5. Wisdom from wooden spoons, recipes and china cabinets</div>
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6. Wooden Spoon Wednesday</div>
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7. Memorable Munchie Monday</div>
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8. Remember The Times Tuesday</div>
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9. Times to Remember Thursday</div>
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10. Flashback Food Friday</div>
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11. A pot full of golden memories...A food lovers walk down memory lane</div>
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12. Moonpie Magic and Other classic tales of food gone by</div>
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Alright.....what are your thoughts??????????</div>
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Awhile back I received not one, but TWO 35 pound boxes from the UPS Man! He carried them both to the house at the same time! I thanked him A LOT!!! He told me someone knew how to pack! I told him what was in the boxes and he said "I'm glad I didn't lose these two. These boxes are filled with treasures!" Yep! TWO boxes FULL OF TREASURES!!!!!<br />
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TWO BOXES full of recipes. Recipes from my Great Great Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Great Great Aunt and Great Aunt. The boxes were sent to me by my Great Aunt.</div>
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There are some AMAZING AMAZING things in these boxes.</div>
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The boxes have been emptied and thrown away.</div>
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Most of the cookbooks have been given homes around the house.</div>
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There are some that need me to make a trip to Staples or another such store and buy some plastic sleeves.</div>
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There are others that are sitting in a pile because I am just not sure what to do.</div>
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There are cookbooks galore! One was published in 1890!! LOVE IT!</div>
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There are handwritten recipes...from my Great Great Grandmother.</div>
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Her handwriting was BEAUTIFUL!</div>
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In the second picture you can see a box in the lower right hand corner.</div>
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Yep, a recipe box. Plenty of handwritten recipes there!</div>
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That isn't the only place one will find handwritten recipes.</div>
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The most recent place I found a handwritten recipe was on the inside cover of a cookbook.</div>
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There will be many posts coming from these boxes of treasures.</div>
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There is also some discussion to be had about these boxes of treasures, and I think I am going to make that a post all it's own.</div>
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The first recipe I am going to share with you is a hot dog sauce recipe.</div>
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The recipe is titled "Texas Hot Sauce"</div>
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I suppose the hot is all in the eye of the beholder!</div>
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This was a family recipe that came from a hot dog shop that is no longer open.</div>
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1 tsp paprika</div>
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2 tsp salt</div>
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1 tsp cloves</div>
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2 TBSP mustard</div>
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4 TBSP war sauce</div>
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What we didn't take was a picture of the chili cheese fries we made!</div>
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They were pretty AND pretty tasty!</div>
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We made our chili cheese fries the night we made this. **Ok, OK!! I was working, Jim made the recipe AND took the pictures. I ate the chili and am writing the post!** And we froze the rest in a couple sour cream containers for later consumption. Yep, it makes enough to go around!<br />
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<a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/11/name-please.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">Please go to this post and offer your opinion on what to name the posts about all these wonderful treasures!</a><br />
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Hugs<br />
Jen<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-54937729715473869862012-11-19T14:57:00.001-05:002012-11-19T16:36:11.317-05:00Another Chinese Auction basket of cardsI promised it wouldn't be three weeks before the next post! I wouldn't want anyone to contemplate another search party! I am most thankful for awesome blog friends like you!<br />
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During my blog absence, I put together another "basket" of cards for a Chinese Auction that was taking place at a benefit dinner. The dinner took place the same weekend my Aunt and Uncle were here. I felt making a basket was the least I could do since we wouldn't be attending.<br />
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This basket had a variety of cards much like the <a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-cards-for-chinese-auction.html" target="_blank">last basket</a>. Since the benefit was close to the upcoming holidays, I included some holiday cards in this basket. Ready to take a look?</div>
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These two cards are blank on the inside. These two and the wedding card were made using die cuts made by K & Company. Those packages of die cuts are a great way to make cards! I have been waiting for them to go on sale at JoAnn's and then walk in armed with a coupon for an extra discount. YEP! I'm that girl!</div>
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The Thanksgiving cards.</div>
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The paper is from the stash (Do you believe me that I have a paper problem??)</div>
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All the cards were put in this bowl, along with some stuffer and then wrapped in plastic!</div>
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I hope the cards help make someone's day!</div>
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For those of you that read about the <a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/02/10-cards-for-chinese-auction.html" target="_blank">first basket</a>...</div>
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Our friend has finished her treatments and has received good news from the doctor.</div>
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Thanks for the prayers and kind words!</div>
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Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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What kinds of things do you hope to see when you buy tickets for a Chinese Auction??</div>
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(we recently won a prize at one, that post is coming soon)</div>
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Hugs!</div>
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I believe I mentioned (and if I didn't, I'm sorry) awhile back that I am now on the leadership committee for our local Relay For Life event. I am the "online chair." This is part of the reason I haven't been around. I work in front of a computer all day, I come home and catch up on email, news, Facebook for myself and then do some Relay stuff. I have to walk away from the computer and that generally happens before I make it to Blogger. Don't worry. We are still taking pictures of our projects and I am still pinning ideas on Pinterest. In the three or so weeks since my last post, there has been a lot going on. My Aunt and Uncle came in from Florida, so we decorated for Christmas... a little early :). The house is beautiful and we had a lovely time (despite the reason for their visit not being an upbeat one) So there are Christmas photos to come. There are also some recipes coming. I had even taken pictures of us cleaning out the gutters and downspouts as Sandy approached. I did delete those pictures off the camera, I don't feel those need to be shared this far after the event, but I did think about you as we were in the rain. I had a great post planned, it just didn't happen. I do apologize. Alright, back to Relay.<br />
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One of the churches downtown hosts a Festival Of Trees. That festival of trees started Thursday night. Wednesday night, Jim and I went to this church downtown to set up the Christmas tree. I will admit that I think it turned out quite lovely! Before I get to the decorated tree though, we have to make ornaments.<br />
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I contacted our Staff Partner with the American Cancer Society and asked her if she had some "printables" we could use for decorations. She did and I picked those up at our last meeting. Our Event Chair had some miscellaneous purple and silver ornaments/decorations/etc that she gave to me to use as well. We were moving along. I liked the tree top on this one but wasn't sure how I was going to copy it. I showed the picture to Jim and he disappeared. A little while later he comes up stairs with what you see in the picture below. My tree top problems had been solved!!!</div>
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The Relay crescent moon and star! Now all it needs is a coat of purple paint and we will be good to go!</div>
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I put everything on the wreath over our mantel. (Good thing I hadn't decorated this wreath for us yet!)</div>
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I posted this picture on our Relay Facebook page. The snowflakes all have a Relay trinket or pin attached!</div>
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WE NOW HAVE RELAY THEMED ORNAMENTS!</div>
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This was the picture I posted our Relay Facebook page Wednesday morning, the morning of the day everything would be moving to the church. The tree was donated so I hadn't seen it before. Yep! We acquired and made ornaments/decorations for a tree that had never been seen before. The lights were some we had picked up on clearance on year or two ago. We were pretty sure it wasn't going to be enough, but decided we would get the tree up first and go from there.</div>
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The tree is up and the lights are on!!!! </div>
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We left the church to come home and make some dinner and then on our way back to the church we picked up some more lights!</div>
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THE TREE IS DECORATED!!</div>
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It looks pretty good for not knowing anything about it!!!</div>
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A daffodil bear and a purple ribbon help trim off the top of the tree!</div>
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THRILLED! Yes, I am THRILLED with how our Relay tree turned out.</div>
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Hopefully someone will tell us they are joining our event because of this Christmas tree.</div>
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If you are near us, the Relay Tree, along with many other trees decorated by the community, are on display at the First United Methodist Church in downtown Sharon, PA. The Festival of Trees will be available for viewing through Christmas.</div>
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Our Relay Facebook page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShenangoValleyRelay?ref=hl" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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Our Relay page through the American Cancer Society is <a href="http://www.relayforlife.org/pashenangovalley" target="_blank">www.relayforlife.org/pashenangovalley</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-53439366597417867262012-10-23T18:09:00.003-04:002012-10-23T18:09:34.803-04:00A favor please. Let's help scare cancer away for this little boy!Hey Everyone! I am asking for a few moments of your time to send a card to a 9 year old boy who is suffering from a recurrence of brain cancer. See the story and information below. His address is included to send him a card. His family needs this support as much as he does!<br />
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I do not know this little boy, but he's a member of the Relay For Life family. That is close enough for me! This information was copied and pasted off facebook. The blog world is a great place and I know a number of you will drop a card in the mail for Seth!! Thanks so much! If you want to share your card you can always share on our facebook page!!! You will find the address below! Let's give this family some HOPE!!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-44012045077833256432012-10-22T09:55:00.001-04:002012-10-22T09:55:18.920-04:00Halloween cards...round two!I am hoping to do a 3rd round as well. That depends on how many of the cards I took to work have sold. I forgot to take pictures of those cards before I took them to work and put them on the craft table. I will be happy as ever though, if I have to report back to you that there isn't a 3rd round! {just saying}<br />
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There are many different cards here. I am not going to say a lot about most of them. This isn't going to be one of those this is how I made it posts. This is a "this IS what I made" sort of post. If you have questions on any of them though, I will be glad to answer them!<br />
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These first three are made with die cuts from a K and Company package.</div>
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The witch was a huge hit.</div>
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This last one was made from a set of stickers.</div>
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We were walking down the sticker aisle and he just jumped in the basket.</div>
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Do you ever have products just jump right on in to your baskets or carts?</div>
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Doesn't that look pretty cool.</div>
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Seeing the picture reminded me we had a door sitting in the basement.</div>
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A FREE door at that!!! The neighbors had given it to us a couple years ago.</div>
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I grabbed the "upstairs" measuring tape (because I knew where IT was) and went downstairs to do some, well, measuring!!! The door was in <strike>this</strike> <strike>pile</strike> inventory!</div>
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Of course, the door I wanted is the one actually leaning against the wall.</div>
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So I measured! I came upstairs and measured the dining room wall. The window part of the door would fit on the dining room wall. However, the more I thought about what I want that wall to look like and how much I love this door, cutting the door and using it on the dining room wall didn't seem like the best idea.</div>
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BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE! </div>
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(you know you just laughed at that!)</div>
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Back downstairs I went and measured the WHOLE door and back upstairs I came to measure this decorating PAIN IN THE BOTTOM wall in our bedroom. Soon Jim hears "WE DON'T HAVE TO CUT IT!! IT WILL FIT ON THE BEDROOM WALL!" </div>
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Um, the neighborhood might have heard that too, but hey!</div>
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I do love the door as a door and would really like to find a way (someday) to use it as a door, so cutting it really just didn't seem like the best way to use it. We talked about painting it antique white and hanging it on the bedroom wall. When we pulled it out we discovered that one side was already painted.</div>
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I took a picture of the painted side and I took a picture of the unpainted side</div>
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If you were here, you would have seen me standing in the bedroom turning the camera this way and that and flipping back and forth between the pictures. After getting a small idea of what the painted door would look like, I decided that I didn't want the door painted. (Thank goodness for it already having a painted side!)</div>
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Life just got a little easier too. No need to paint and wait for the paint to dry.</div>
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Get out the Murphy's Oil Soap and some window cleaner! This puppy is going on the wall today!</div>
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(As soon as we figure out how to do so!)</div>
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So we got the door all washed up and windows all clean!</div>
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While cleaning it, Jim suggested we just turn the hinges around and hang it by the hinges.</div>
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This thought frightened me a little bit since we would be hanging it on these awesome old plaster walls!</div>
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But hey, don't know unless you try right?</div>
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Try we did, and success we had!</div>
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Here is the wall the door was going on.</div>
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I would show you a picture of the ridiculous shelf that would laugh at me every night because it knew it was hated, but that is how much I hated the shelf. The shelf was a classic example of "This will be sooooo cool" and then it is about the furthest thing from cool possible. Problem solved now! Goodbye little shelf.</div>
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Jim's Dad happened to stop by about this time. (thank goodness too)</div>
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Jim asked him if he would mind helping hang a door on the wall.</div>
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Yep! He said Hang a what where???</div>
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The door is up. The wall didn't crumble. No one got hurt. Jim's Dad said, "Wow! Who knew a door could look so good on a wall! I don't know where you guys get all these ideas, but I would never think of them, or do them!"</div>
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I used a wreath/door hanger and hung a basket on it and filled the basket with some wheat/oak looking filler.</div>
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It looks pretty cool just like this don't you think?</div>
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This was the color of the door on one side, just as we got it!</div>
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Now we have to wait to get the pictures printed.</div>
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Pictures have been put on cardstock 'mats'.</div>
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Glue dots were put on the front of the mats and then stuck to the glass on the back side of the door.</div>
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I thought I had photo corners, but I didn't. Glue dots did a fine job too!</div>
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The next time we do a project like this, the pictures will be adhered BEFORE the big heavy object gets attached to the wall. Just sayin'</div>
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I love it, love it, love it!!</div>
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Don't you?</div>
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Alright so, I wish I could take all the credit, but like I said earlier, I was inspired by "<a href="http://athomewithsweett.blogspot.com/2012/09/photo-door_2.html" target="_blank">At Home with Sweet T</a>.</div>
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Her door has more windows than mine. It looks very cool where she hung it and she put more work into hers than we did. I hope you will stop over and check out her door and the other cool projects she has!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-79713939260817548852012-10-14T10:14:00.001-04:002012-10-14T10:14:22.673-04:00Wooden Witch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The weekend is almost over. Why do they go so quickly?? I hope you have had a good weekend.<br />
My weekend has been pretty good. The canner has been put away until next spring...YAY!!!!!!!<br />
We will definitely enjoy all that hard work, but I was grateful to see the thing leave the kitchen and know it won't be on the counter for awhile!!!<br />
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A couple posts ago I shared this picture with you and told you to wait and see where she ended up.<br />
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She was originally cut from paper using the Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge.</div>
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Jim took her downstairs and cut her from wood.</div>
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I think she's awesome!</div>
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Here she is in her new home!</div>
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This was one of those "by chance" sorts of things.</div>
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I set her in the middle of all these plants because this corner needed some Halloween.</div>
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I wish I could say I set her here because it would look like she was flying by the moon, but I can't say as though that thought crossed my mind until the light was turned on.</div>
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Pretty cool though huh?</div>
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The big plant/tree is the tree my friends from work got me when my Granddad passed away.</div>
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The little cactus like plant is from my Grandmother and violets were from Jim.</div>
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Isn't the witch cool??</div>
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Thanks for stopping in!</div>
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Hope to see you back soon!</div>
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~Jen</div>
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There are Gals from work that have learned they can ask for a card for most any occasion and I will "whip" something up. I never would have thought it could have happened, but I love it!!!!</div>
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I put this card together.</div>
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The "Gal" that asked about the cards is a 24 year survivor!</div>
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That is AWESOME!!!!!!</div>
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I made this one FOR her.</div>
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I didn't expect she would cry when I gave it to her, but she did.</div>
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A good cry, but I hadn't thought about my card making her cry.</div>
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The stamp is one from a set by Inkadinkado that I picked up at TJ Maxx!!</div>
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The card base is a 5x7 base.</div>
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The rest was in "the stash."</div>
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The inside said Happy Halloween and I wrote her a note.</div>
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Have you made cards for those in your life affected by cancer?</div>
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Are you a breast cancer survivor? If so, this card is for you too!!!!</div>
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Are you a cancer survivor?? That is awesome!!! HUGS!!!</div>
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Speaking of cancer. (blech)</div>
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I haven't shared some exciting news with you.</div>
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I'm now a volunteer on the committee for our local Relay For Life event. I was asked to be the "Online Chair" If you ask me, that is a pretty boring way of saying the Social Media Chair.</div>
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I'm guessing this means you will be seeing Relay related posts and projects in the future!</div>
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Happy Weekend Blog friends!</div>
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Hugs!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-25091918613496079262012-10-12T11:02:00.001-04:002012-10-12T11:02:06.254-04:00Halloween around the houseWe've looked at the <a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-halloween-mantel.html" target="_blank">mantel</a> and at the <a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-witchs-potion-buffet.html" target="_blank">witch's potion table</a>, it is time to look at some tidbits around the house.<br />
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There is a future post in the works about china cabinets. As some of you know, I am still needing to share my Grandmother's china cabinet. It hasn't happened yet, because I'm still pondering how to do so and now those ponderings have taken a new twist. We now have three china cabinets in our home. Each with a story.<br />
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There is a little spider living in them. I told him he's allowed to stay until Halloween is over and then he's getting evicted!!! This china cabinet is in our dining room.</div>
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This china cabinet is one of the first things you see when you walk in our front door.</div>
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Are you creeped out by the spider on the wall? Me too!</div>
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This is the top of my Grandma's china cabinet, also in our dining room.</div>
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This was the day that my Great Grandmother's, Great Great Grandmother's and my Great Great Aunt's recipes came. Yep! You read that correctly. Those recipes have possibly added a twist to the china cabinet reveal. We are trying to come up with a weekly post idea. A name that would allow posts about recipes, family treasures, wisdom etc. Please stop over to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creating-With-The-Js/206708989392144" target="_blank">FACEBOOK PAGE</a> and get in on the conversation about what to call these posts.</div>
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Thanks for stopping in and checking out some more Halloween.</div>
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How is Halloween going in your house?</div>
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~Hugs!</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-84193536570122910162012-10-10T19:04:00.000-04:002012-10-18T16:59:59.987-04:00A Witch's potion buffetWe have looked at <a href="http://creating-with-the-js.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-halloween-mantel.html" style="background-color: #fff2cc;" target="_blank">this year's Halloween mantel</a>. Are you ready to take a look at what was brewed up in the dining room? I hadn't really thought about what kind of feel the dining room was going to take on and then I did some sightseeing in Blog World and saw that little kick I needed!<br />
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I stopped by <a href="http://debbie-dabble.blogspot.com/2012/09/halloween-decorations-part-one-2012.html" target="_blank">DEBBIE-DABBLE</a>. I ended up sitting quite a spell. This photo to left is from her blog and was the inspiration for the buffet in our dining room. I do hope you will go sit a spell (again, only after leaving comment love here) She has plenty of pictures to inspire you. You have to at least go and check out her "Minerva." I think I need to work on getting my own "Minerva." She's pretty cool!!! Of course the witch sitting near this table is pretty cool too!<br />
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DEBBIE-DABBLE's decorations are just the right amount of fun and spooky. I do hope you will pay her a visit.<br />
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If you read the mantel post then you know there was some spray painting that took place. Not all of that spray painting was for the living room. Some of those made over items were headed to the dining room.....for the witch's potion table...of sorts!<br />
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If you read about the mantel, then you know I used some<br />
graphics from the Graphics Fairy. She has great graphics and the ones I used can be found <a href="http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com/2012/10/old-french-photo-spooky-looking-child.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I ran out of spray paint so I used some craft paint. The glittered bottles are empty Simply Lemonade bottles. {LOVE THAT STUFF} We reuse the bottles for any number of things, but these two have been given a different purpose. Both bottles and the old bbq sauce jar you see here, were painted with craft paint and then I sprinkled some of my Martha Stewart glitter on them. Super sparkly. I sprayed them with a clear coat so the glitter wouldn't end up EVERYWHERE like glitter has a way of doing. If I make more for next year, I will take the old labels off and then cover them in glue and sprinkle the glitter on...only after I have cut the bottoms off them. A friend suggested they would be cool with twinkle lights inside them so they looked like a bubbling potion.<br />
That won't work for these bottles since they were already painted black, but I did learn from it!!! They grey bottles are from a Starbucks product! I think we have a whole shelf of those bottles in the basement. They work great at Christmas time for gifting tasty sugary confections from our kitchen. They don't host tasty sugary confections here, but I think they turn out pretty neat!<br />
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Here it is all put together! The picture on the right even includes the black cat in the window. Yep, it was a nice fall day here in Western PA the other day. I did turn the mirror so it was straight, but it was still missing something ANDDDDDDD, every time I walked in the room I wanted to straighten it!<br />
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I strung some purple lights and then put cheese cloth over them!</div>
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One of the beakers is holding the SILVER spoons from my Grandparent's silver set.</div>
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Halloween just happens to come before all those dinners, so they spoons are on the witches table!</div>
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Mortar and pestle, spoons, bottles, vases, etc. It was kinda fun to go "shopping" around the house!</div>
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The tray contents include bottles, empty and full; vases, candles, feathers, sticks etc!</div>
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Under the tray you can find measuring cups, a jar of spiders, skeleton parts, mini pumpkins and who knows what else in tucked in there!</div>
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I'm pretty happy with it. I have yet to take a picture of it that makes me happy, but I like the real deal!</div>
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Thanks for stopping in and sitting a spell!</div>
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~The J's. Did you see Jynx in the last picture???</div>
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It took the better part of a week, due to all that life has to offer, but the Halloween decorations are up! I'm pretty sure I'm in love with them too! You ever have one of those projects that just seems so much better than others? I think this year's Halloween displays fall in to that category for me.<br />
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The mantel started out a little something like this.</div>
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I wasn't happy. It didn't matter how many times Jim told me "The mantel is looking good Babe."</div>
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The skeletons spent the night on the mantel, while I thought about their future and that of the mantel display.</div>
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There was a trip to the local Goodwill store to see what sort of inspiration might be found there.</div>
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This is what we came home with.</div>
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That awesomely (yep a word!) tacky orange, but very classic, pumpkin did just the trick, or is it a treat?</div>
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Isn't the gargoyle cat cool?? She is super cute and with a black cat in the house it seemed fitting.</div>
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She was a little scuffed up in places, poor thing. A makeover came a few hours later!</div>
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It reminded me of a picture I had "pinned" onto my Halloween board on Pinterest.</div>
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I did look around while I was there. There is plenty of vintage greatness to be found at </div>
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<a href="http://verymerryvintagestyle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Very Merry Vintage Style</a>. I hope you will stop in and give a look around and maybe even say hello.</div>
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I knew I had a couple other similar pumpkins. I was hoping I could pull something similar to this off.</div>
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What do you think? Is a mantel full of these pumpkins for you?</div>
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To each their own, but I'm going for it! Or as close as I can get with the 3 pumpkins I have!</div>
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But first...spray paint!</div>
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The Gargoyle kitty needed a makeover!</div>
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Between Jim spray painting the gargoyle and the thought processes going through my head for the dining room, I broke out the spray paint the next night. I wish I had taken a photo of my hand with spray paint all over it. I didn't, but my left hand was showing several shades of spray paint. /sigh</div>
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Even these frames would receive a spray paint makeover.</div>
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All of them had been sitting upstairs feeling completely and utterly unloved!</div>
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Do you like my fancy pumpkin drying rack?</div>
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Hey, it worked!</div>
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Alright, back to the mantel!</div>
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The other thing I did was download this cat</div>
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He came from <a href="http://freevintagedigistamps.blogspot.com/2012/08/vintage-printable-top-hat-halloween-cat.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>
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He would find a home in one of those frames that were spray painted.</div>
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When it all went on the mantel it looks like this!</div>
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I think it worked out pretty well.</div>
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The only thing that wasn't in the Halloween stash was the fabric draped across the front of the fireplace and that came from the dollar store. Have I ever mentioned the dollar store is right next to where I work????</div>
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What? You want to know what I did with the Magic Eraser container?</div>
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Okie dokie, lets have a looksee!</div>
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I downloaded some more graphics. This time from the Graphics Fairy. If you haven't been to this blog, YOU NEED TO GO AS SOON AS YOU ARE DONE LEAVING ME A COMMENT! </div>
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I have been wanting a project where I could download something from her blog.</div>
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I'm hooked! I will be thinking up more projects for her graphics. I love looking at them.</div>
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This meant there needed to be some cobwebs and I added a little spider from the card stash to help accent the container. What do you think? You think the big spider coming out of the container is too much?</div>
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I'm pretty pleased with it!!</div>
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Ooooh! Aren't you curious about the fireplace?</div>
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Speaking of sitting a SPELL! Wait until you see the dining room!</div>
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Linking up here:<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15423894041426409798noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-449809787100403297.post-81571243819274994322012-10-07T19:50:00.000-04:002012-10-07T19:55:44.086-04:00Wooden Halloween SignsThe Cricut gets used for more than just paper crafts in this house. We also cut things out for Jim to take downstairs and use for woodworking purposes! He will ask for a shape or go through the handbooks looking for a shape and then I cut it out. That cut then gets taken downstairs and turned into a pattern.<br />
Check out the Halloween signs Jim has made this year! We used the Cricut Happy Hauntings cartridge.<br />
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This first one was a gift to Jim's Mom.</div>
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Pretty cool!</div>
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The wood is pallet wood!<br />
Jim hand painted the words onto each sign.<br />
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These three are an order for a friend.</div>
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I think the witch turned out pretty cool.</div>
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I'm thinking I might need to cut her out for some cards...</div>
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The ghost, the cat, and the witch head all came off the Happy Hauntings cartridge.</div>
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This witch was also originally a Cricut cut.</div>
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He did alter the cut a little bit and I think the change is great.</div>
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If you don't know what the cut looks like, you would have no idea.</div>
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I think she's AWESOME! and wait until you see where she ended up!!!</div>
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The spindle is part of one I picked up a few years back.</div>
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I actually think our larger sized spindle collection is dwindling.</div>
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Oh darn! A reason to shop for "junk"</div>
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LOVE IT!!!</div>
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Do you use your cutting machine to help with other projects?</div>
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Did you decorate for Halloween yet? </div>
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We decorated this weekend. I can't wait to share!!</div>
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Hugs!</div>
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~Jen<br />
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partying here:<br />
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