BLOG SALE!!

As usual after my bazaars, I like to post things here to see if I can sell anything else!  As you'll notice I was not into taking fancy pictures this time.  I just quickly took some to get them posted here.

First off I have some cute organizer wallets.  They have a little notepad in them and there are a few pockets for business cards, gift cards, money, etc.  Folded closed, these are about 5.75" tall x 4" wide.

Some of these are completely in one color of fabric, and for those I have only one picture.  If they have contrasting fabric inside, I have a picture of the inside.  These organizer wallets are $8 each.

SOLD

SOLD

 

Next up are some cards.  I decided to do quite a few generic ones, thinking they could be used for many things, but those are the ones that didn't want to sell!  These are $1.75 each.

Card on left SOLD

Card on right SOLD.

I have a few sets of magnets left.  They're $6 each.

Christopher and Clint made some birdhouses.  They have this one left.  It is $25.

SOLD

I made some baby burp cloths.  The girl ones ($6) are ruffled down the middle and the one boy one ($5) is just a solid panel.

The middle one (brown and aqua) is SOLD.

Following are the blankets I have left.  This one is chenille and cotton and is $22.00.


SOLD


This one is minky and cotton - $22.00.

This adorable blanket is made with cotton and chenille, with a cotton ruffle.  It is $28.00


SOLD


This blanket is made with flannel and minky - $22.00.

This blanket is made with minky and cotton - $22.00.

SOLD

This beauty is made with minky and cotton, with a cotton ruffle - $30.00.

 

Another blanket with cotton and minky - $22.00.

This is cotton and minky - $22.00.

And another with cotton and minky - $22.00.

This is another one with cotton and chenille, with a cotton ruffle - $30.00.

SOLD

Next are gauze blankets that are so popular.  They're made from a really lightweight fabric that would be great for swaddling.  I have three of these and they're $9.00 each.

SOLD

I also made baby wash cloths and baby towel/wash cloth sets.  The wash cloths are $1.50 each and the sets are $12.50.

Pink set SOLD

Blue and white towel set SOLD

Pink and white towel set SOLD

This white one is hard to see, but it has white lace and ribbon on it.

Brown towel set SOLD

I made some block puzzles and I have one left.  It's actually surprising how much of a puzzle it really is!  There is a different piece of 6 puzzles on each block, so it's kind of hard to do!  These are made on wooden blocks, and covered with several layers of Mod Podge.  They are sturdy and should last a LONG time!  The blocks are about 3 1/2" square.  David made these nice boxes for me, and they are slightly larger than the puzzle so it's easy to move the blocks.  These puzzles are $33 each.

SOLD

These are three of the six puzzles in this box.  I have a strip of pictures on two sides so you can see what picture you're trying to make. 

If you're interested in any of these, just leave a comment on this blog post.  I'll answer them in order.  If you want sizes of anything, feel free to ask.  I just wanted to get everything posted finally and didn't go measure everything but will gladly do so!  If you live further away, I will have to charge for shipping.  Just ask for a quote . . . I will send as cheaply as I can.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Us girls have all been working on things for the bazaar this weekend. Monday with our day off of school, Tara and I spent the day making suckers. There have been lots of projects going on around here. Hope to see you all at the Artisan Fair!
Rachel

My First Overnight Quilt Retreat

Last week I had the pleasure to go on a quilt retreat at Cannon Beach.  It was at the Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center.  I had a delightful time and I hope I get to repeat it again:)  We had a small group of 12 (10 ladies and 2 men who joined in with their wives).

The setting was perfect . . . both our rooms and the room we used for quilting were oceanfront.  The weather wasn't beautiful the whole time, but the ocean is always beautiful!  Oh, yeah . . . and we were supposed to be going for quilting anyway!!!  This is what we got to see when we looked out our windows.

We got down there Monday afternoon at about 3:30 and had to check out Wednesday at 2:00.  It felt like it went too fast and we could've stayed longer!  Tuesday and Wednesday we had lunch at the conference center.  They put on a fancy lunch for us.  When we arrived at the dining hall, the table was all set except for our soup.  We had this huge salad, clam chowder, breadsticks and brownies.  I don't think anyone was able to eat their whole salad!

Here are some of the ladies busy at work!  Some of my pictures turned out really blurry so I don't have them all to show:(

The project Jerrie Lynn was working on was really beautiful.  She's making a fall wall hanging for herself.  I don't embroider, so to me it looks like a huge amount of work . . . as in I would NEVER try it!

Emma started and finished her quilt top.  It turned out so pretty.  This is the pattern we'll be using at our January day retreat, so I'm excited to get fabric for my own now!

Because our retreat was at a Christian conference center, they wanted us to have some sort of devotional.  They agreed it was fine for us to sing, so we sang each day.  Jerrie Lynn was kind enough to play the piano for us.  All of these pictures turned out blurry but I decided to use them anyway.

This is my machine (and our sewing room).  This was taken when most people were already packing up.  Also, a pile of scraps from my project.

As the other ladies would tell you, food is always a pretty important thing when I'm off traveling or doing something fun:)  The first night we tried Pizza a'fetta.  Between all of us, we tried their soup, salads and pizza by the slice.  The next night we went to Morris' Fireside restaurant.  They had a big variety to choose from and everyone really enjoyed it.  We got to sit right next to the fireplace.  The building was really neat and fun to look around.  Notice the plant hangers in the picture . . . next time you see an old hanging scale for sale - think planter!!!  Also, notice our door greeters in the center bottom:)

I roomed with my sister, Charity, and had a great time being with her.  She was also the driver for half of our group.  This is our driver, our van group, and our door lady as we were driving around Cannon Beach:)

This is our whole group . . . and a wonderful group it was to hang out with for several days.

  

On our way home we had lots of rain off and on.  We were blessed with rainbows, too.  Part of the time we were actually able to see the entire rainbow with a faint one beside it.  It was also the closest I've ever seen a rainbow.  It traveled right along with us, right next to us!

Can hardly wait to see if I can find a way to go again next year.  Everyone enjoyed it SOOO much that we already reserved it again.  Definitely something to look forward to when we know an actual date . . . and know exactly what we will be finding when we get there!!!!!  Thanks again to everyone:)  A special thanks to David and our girls for making it happen for me!!

Salsa Making

Last week Dad gave me some tomatoes . . . and I'm almost out of salsa, so we made some.  He'd told me he was going to bring some tomatoes down, but I didn't have any idea how many, so I hadn't bought anything else for making salsa.

I was having a super busy week, with canning pears, baking and getting ready for a garage sale, so I really only had that night to get the salsa done.  I realized David had a little extra time so I asked him to pick up my peppers, onions, etc., to save me a special trip to town.  I first sent him to the local fruit & veggie stand.  He was able to get all of the veggies there except for habaneros.  I suddenly realized I also needed tomato paste, so he was able to get both from the grocery store.  I thought the veggie stand would be cheaper than the grocery store, but everything was the same price!

{Twice I tried uploading a picture of Rachel chopping veggies, but it refused to upload!}

Our veggies, all chopped and ready for salsa.

Salsa all made.  I made two big kettles of it.  The first batch I made was our normal "hot" salsa.  I made a batch that was a little milder that I use in casseroles . . . some of our family isn't as "Mexican" as the rest of us:)

I was really surprised how FAST our salsa was made.  The girls all helped make part of it.  It only took about 3 1/2 hours to get 21 pints and 30 1/2 and 3/4 pints made, in jars, processed, completely done!

Even with last minute shopping and not getting great prices on any of the ingredients I bought, everything only costed just under $30.  I thought that was a great price . . . as it will probably last us a couple years.

Ever since Mom first got this recipe from a friend of ours and we started making our own salsa, I haven't bought salsa from the store.  It just seems really gross now!

This week I made stewed tomatoes and if anyone else gives me tomatoes I'll be making more of those!  Have a great weekend:)

We're Still Alive . . . And Other Things!

Someone was wondering if this blog was still alive:)  Even though it appears otherwise, it really is still alive!!  Or, at least, we are alive.  I guess sometimes life just takes over and things get too busy.  I know I should post a little more often because I hate when other peoples' blogs never get new posts.  I do check out my blog list almost every day to see what others have to say.

I've been thinking about doing a post on David and the boys' trip to Looking Glass Lake, up near Mt. Adams.  They'd been planning to go, and finally were able to the last day before school started.  They were up and off early in the morning, David, Reid, Christopher, Clint, Clayton and Forrest.  And, we got a quiet house for the day:)

They had around a couple hour drive to get to the beginning of where they were going to start hiking.  Once there, it was about a 5 mile hike to the lake.

Reid, Christopher, Clayton, Clint and Forrest . . . ready to head out.

Reid in the lead . . . pointing out something.

Forrest on the trail.  Lots of pretty lupines up there.

Clayton proudly showing off one of the many fish he caught.

Clint with his catch.

Beautiful Looking Glass Lake

Mt. Adams

Reid fishing.

Cooking someone's fish over the fire.

The beautiful lake again.

They all seemed to have a wonderful day with many stories to tell.

David and I went on this hike 19 years ago, soon after we were married.  We had a beautiful day then, too!