Sparkling Wishes

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We had a delicious turkey dinner with family at my sister's house. After dinner, all the girls decided to work on some Christmas crafts and shrinky dinks. It was a very fun evening! So today we are busy elves doing some shopping and working on decorating our home for Christmas. Our favorite holiday, so we like to decorate early so that we can enjoy. Wishing you the best, connie

Thanksgiving Wishes

Wishing you a wonderful Thanksgiving
with family and friends!
blessings, connie

Muffin Tin of Fun

I've been putting together a muffin tin of little trinkets. Enjoy, connie

The Elves are Busy

Ahhh, it's Friday! I feel like resting and relaxing like this little guy. Love this little elf! But I've got a list of errands to do today...to get ready for Thanksgiving. Then I can relax a little : )
Have a delightful day! connie

She is Crowned

I made this bear several years ago, and decided she needed a little cleaning and sprucing up! I found this sweet crown at Joyworks last week. It's a perfect fit for a beary crown. Wishing you the best this week. I was thinking we had another full week before Thanksgiving, but it's actually next week...yikes! I've got to start gathering up ingredients for my Thanksgiving desserts. Yum!

Journey to Wings

Last Friday my sister and I went to Joyworks 30th Birthday Party. It was soooo much fun! They had the store all decorated for Christmas (it was beautiful), lots of delicious appetizers to sample (and recipes too), and special guest artist, Kelly Rae Roberts! It was fun to meet Kelly. Her work is so beautiful! Thanks ladies for such a fun party and many more years. It was a great time! Dream Big in 2010! xo, connie

Fun Displaying Idea

I'm always looking for fun ways to display photos. I found this vintage soap dish at a local antique store. At the time I thought it would be fun to put something in : ) It works perfectly for holding my fun photo blocks. Love my sweet girls' photos on these blocks! Happy displaying!

Snowman

Brrrr, there's a cold wind outside today! I started working on this little snowman, which is actually made out of a white sweater. It's making me excited about Christmas!

Chipboard buttons

I just picked up some of these old time photo chipboard buttons by Jenni Bowlin. Thought they might be fun to use in some Christmas projects. It would be fun to use some of my own vintage family photos and make some buttons for family members for Christmas too. Wishing you a delightful weekend! connie

Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

These PUMPKIN BARS are delicious! Pillowy pumpkin spice cake topped with fluffy cream cheese frosting...yum!

For the cake:

4 large eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

Instructions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, beat the eggs, oil and sugar together. Add in the remaining cake ingredients and beat until just combined.
Pour the batter into a greased 12 inch by 17 inch jelly roll pan or rimmed baking sheet. It might look like it will run over, but it won't. Place in the center of the oven. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Place the pan on a rack to cool.

For the frosting:
6 ounces of cream cheese
1 stick of butter
2 teaspoons of vanilla
2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tablespoons milk

Meanwhile, mix all the frosting ingredients together in a large bowl. Beat the frosting on high until it is light, fluffy, and smooth, about one minute. Frost the bars when cool. Enjoy!!!

Bird Bath and Pumpkin Bars

This is a photo of my frog bird bath in our yard. It's about time to put him away for winter. I'll bring him back out in the spring. Love the single colorful leaf in this photo. Ohh, my timer just went off...I baking pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting. Yum! I'll let you know how they turn out : ) connie

A Few More Calendar Pages

Cute Pumpkins

Aren't these carved pumpkins so cute? It was a super Halloween weekend! We cooked up some Dead man over Worms (meatloaf over spaghetti noodles) ...it was very good. Lots of basketball games and trick or treating around with friends! Hope you all had a fun weekend. I still can't believe it is November already...

Happy Halloween Everyone!

What a scream! Happy Halloween everyone! This is my daughter's 4th grade class! Have a FUN weekend! xo, connie