Boiled Peanuts

l Love to can and my family loves boiled peanuts. As any boiled peanut consumer knows- they take a while to make correctly. I have seen them in stores SO I know that canning them is possible. Though I searched forever I could not find a recipe for canning peanuts. This works- wonders. I just can them as if I were Canning beef. I process them for l hr and 45 min, and only after boiling them until they just begin to accept the salt. I have found that wide mouth jars Are easier to remove the nuts but I have more jars that do not seal. so now I stick to regular mouth & only quart size jars. They are wonderful to Make up in the colder Nov.Months and then come game time you just pop an opened jar in the Microwave and BAM! Instant HOT Boiled peanuts:)

Valentine's

l really love my hubbie. This is the layout I made from the beautiful card he bought me for Valentine's Day. The paper is DCWV and a $5.00 Paper Stack !! I LOVE, Love, Love the cherry blossoms. So I cut them out by hand and added a little more bling ;course I like bling.So enjoy the Layout and I hope to chat soon.

Imagine Cuts

Today I have been experimenting with the Imagine, still unable to get the E2 to match up on the cuts (no big). I am going down the black and white trip now I think, looks cool. A splash of color here and there and some fun embellishing :) I scored the E2 pink end caps from cricutmachine.com today!!! $4.99 !!!!!!! Whoohoooo!!!!!! Laters y'all :)

Card Crazy

Gone T- Totally nuts on making cards today! Trying to get out all of these ideas and use the new stamps from HSN :) I love to play with my Cricut and have been exploring some carts I recently purchased- Victorian Romance for one and For the Seasons as well! The Imagine adds so much depth to the layouts and cards :) I am going to use these cards in gift sets if it all works out. I plan on making boxed sets with dividers and organizing them. We shall see if I can accomplish this all by Christmas!! Hope you enjoy the looks, laters!

Halloween Photo Frame

Just wanted to show you what I was up doing last evening! I used so much glitter glue that it took all night to dry! So I just kept on going by making cards. This is going to my daughter and the center oval has been saved and cut slightly smaller to use as a template. Have a super day :)

Christmas cards :)

I have been working on Christmas cards after returning from Circle Mania 2012!! I am elated to have scrap lifted this idea from Susanfromsc, I think these turned out beautiful and wanted to share them with you. I plan to give some in my card boxes this year as my gifts :) ! I really wish that I had gotten into making cards years ago, they are quick and fun.

Table Decor

I have been having loads of fun with the Flower Cart ( I sooo love my Cricut ). Making the decorations for my sister's reception is a load of work and the best thing in the world! I wish it was my full time job, crafting and being creative is AWSOME!!!
Well, my sister is on a tight budget, who isn't these days? I am the biggest coupon FREAK!!! and so I am helping her in the only way possible - crafting! I made these wreaths for the tables with twigs from the yard! The flowers are paper, and the greenery came from two vines on a major sale with a bonus coupon! Woohooo! So we got ten tables decorated for about $20.00!
There are doves and tea lights, paper place mats and purple tinted water for the wine glasses. The tables are covered in fabric from my stash and all the paper was stamped and airbrushed. Coupons made the paper packs $2.50 or less! It was so fun, I also made 50 mini flowers for the napkin rings! Lots more left to do, I post more later. Take care.