thanksgiving celebrations

Kids....pilgrims...Indians....handmade projects....love it!

sue

Thanksgiving is for kids

I love when the kids have their Thanksgiving celebrations at school. Pilgrim hats and Indian headdresses come home to me clasped in excited hands. Noodle necklaces and feather's decorate projects, the famous hand turkey makes its way onto another project. This year was no different....

Jacob's fabulous pot-holder....OMG I love, love, love it!

I'm so blessed to wake up to this sweety every single day.

and then there's the.....

most devlish meanest looking Pilgrim ever! 

Kind of like The Shining, eh? 

Her faces kill me.

Her stares melt you.

Emma had also mastered the art of the

 stare down right around this age.

If I were an Indian, I wouldn't mess with her!

Happy day to all!

Sue

Sammy

Sam.  He's been under the weather and under a big old mop of hair.  Hair is fixed...

blurry, but you can now see his eyes! 

Poor baby has been battling a bag stomach, then a reaction to his antibiotics, now he's gotta b dairy free.

Ugh.  If you know Sam, you know how much he loves his "miwkie".  And you will also know he's a milk snob.  Don't try to fake it with soy or almond.  Chocolate, strawberry, he ain't buying it.  So for now, it's juice.  Maybe we can add the milk back in.  I hope.

sue

Little bob

Miss Madi.  She's 2 now.  A very little 2.  And she got her very first haircut this week.  Gone is the mullet.  Thankfully. 

She looks so sweet.

Little, fine hair, a bouncy little bob is the shape to help it all grow in.

Makes me want to kiss the back of her little neck. 

QT pie.

sue

country style christmas frame

Don't you just love it when something so simple just happens and it turns out beautiful?  It happened to me this morning.  I swear I've been wracking my brains trying to come up with super ideas to post about, then it struck me.  Stop stressing...create for yourself.  Create what you love.  The blog posting is simple after that!

So this is what came together for me this morning....

A square frame in unfinished wood got a coat of gesso....then got distressed with a sanding block and

some brown ink...

Last nite I threaded these letters onto my cotton twine to spell out some holiday words...

thumbtacks added them to the frame....

and pretty little gingham ribbon separated them all.

Won't this be sweet on a mantel for the holidays?

So I remind myself today to create what I love, not so caught up in trying to keep up...just slow down and enjoy the creative process. 

I'm linking this here...

happy day!

Sue

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simple purse

This weeks blog posts on Mayamade and Soulemama  got me in the basket frame of mind...mine turned out to be more of a little purse, but they inspired me just the same...have a look!

The outside is burlap and inside is my very favorite last pieces of red toile fabric...so pretty!

I added a velcro closure to keep it secure and just sewed old white buttons on the front and back.

Funny little zig zag stitches make it look especially vintage...the handle is some pink bias tape...I left all the edges rough cause I like the look!

Hope you enjoy and are inspired to make one yourself!

happy day

sue

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Brunswick Stew

Now, I'm a Northerner by birth, and when I was asked this week by Emma's kindergarten teacher to make Brunsick Stew for their Thanksgiving celebration, I didn't know what she was talking about. So, I Googled it!
Seems Brunsick Stew found it's origins on St. Simon's Island here in Georgia and is a pretty popular recipe. There are many recipes listed to make it, but I chose just one. I headed off to Bi-Lo this morning to get the ingredients I didn't have and let me tell you, it's smelling delicious cooking up in my crock pot right now! But let me share with you how to make it!


Brunswick Stew:

One large onion chopped
1 can of lima beans (drained)
1 can of diced tomatoes
1 can of tomatoe sauce or 1 cup of barbecue sauce
2 small cans of mexicorn
1 medium sized bell pepper chopped
2 cups of chicken broth
4 cups of thawed hash browns
1lb of chicken (pulled apart)
3/4 lb of pork (pulled)
1/4 tsp of salt and pepper
1/4 tsp of Worcestire sauce
1 cup chopped okra

all in the pot!

cooking right now!  yummy!

Throw this all in your slow cooker on medium for about 6 hours and you are done! I'll let you know later on tonight how it tastes!

Seems like it will feed a crowd!

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happy day to you all!

Sue