Hello blog friends!  I apologize for not being able to visit all of your blogs and to respond to your emails.  I have just been so busy with the holiday season and I've not had too much time to spend at the computer.  I hope you all enjoying the holidays too!  :)


 I love crocheting different projects throughout the year.  How about you?

Front of Ear Warmer

I just finished crocheting this ear warmer that I started working on a while back, as far as three years ago.  It's one of those projects where I worked on it and then I stopped for some reason.
This ear warmer is made with chunky yarn, and a large crochet hook.  Using chunky yarn and a large crochet hook makes this type of project work up fast.

Back of Ear Warmer

Book with pattern to make ear warmer

Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie

Hello blog friends.  Don't you just love the holidays and the Christmas season.  I know I do, and it's the perfect time of year for eating sweets!

My teen had her Christmas Fair at school last week, and this is what she brought home for me!  It's a mason jar filled with Reindeer Droppings!  Ha ha, not really!

What's reindeer droppings you ask?  It's a mason jar filled with chocolate covered raisinets and the mason jar is decorated to look like a reindeer.

I just love this cute gift idea and I had to share it with you!


Supplies you will need to make Reindeer Droppings Mason Jar:

• Mason Jar
• Ribbon
• Tag that says Reindeer Droppings
• Eyes
• One red ball for nose
• 1 small piece of brown felt
• Chocolate candy such as raisinets

Reindeer Droppings Mason Jar Gift Idea



Mason Jar filled with chocolate candy such as raisinets.  Brown felt wrapped around the jar and the ends hot glued together.

Hello friends.  I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving for those of you that celebrate it in the U.S.  :)

I have a light and healthy quiche recipe that I made recently, and I'd love to share it with you.

This is so easy to make and tastes delicious.  I make this quite often for dinner, and if you like kale, then I'm sure you will like this quiche dish as much as we do.  I usually like to serve salad on the side too.




Here the quiche is sliced and ready to be eaten.  This dish is easy to assemble, with no crust and it bakes up really fast.  If you do not like kale, then you can substitute that for broccoli.





KALE QUICHE RECIPE

I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE HOLIDAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

THANKS AND ENJOY THE DAY, AND DON'T OVER EAT!


I'll see you all back here next week!


Julie

Hello friends.  With Thanksgiving here next week, I would love to share with you this easy to make Sausage Stuffing recipe.  I made this last year and it's so easy to make, and tastes delicious.  ENJOY!

The time has gone by so fast and what a wonderful experience this has been for me.

I started blogging four years ago by the urging of my teen daughter.  She helped get me started with this blog, and encouraged me to share about my love for crocheting, and to share some the recipes that I make for our family.  Thanks to you sweet daughter for introducing me to the blogging world!

I'm so happy I decided to take the step to join the blogging community, and I've enjoyed this experience very much.  I've learned a lot, and I especially like talking to bloggers from all over the world.  I love being inspired by your talent and how creative you all are.  I wish I had more time to try out your crafts and recipes.  I also enjoy looking at your beautiful homes and your home decorating tips.

It has made me very happy that some of you have made some of my recipes, and also made some of my crochet projects.  THANKS SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT!

One of my biggest highlights of blogging was when I had the opportunity to meet some of you in person!  I look forward to meeting more of you in the future someday.
Thank you for the four fun years of blogging, support, and friendship.  I've loved your visits to my blog and your lovely comments.

I look forward to another fun year of blogging with you!



Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie

Hello blog friends.  Last week I shared with you HERE, how to make roasted beets.  This week, I'm sharing with you how to make an easy appetizer, using roasted beets and goat cheese.



To see how to make the Roasted Beets recipe, you can click HERE.

This appetizer is so easy to make and tastes delicious.  If you like beets, then this is the perfect appetizer to serve at your next get together or party.



ROASTED BEET AND GOAT CHEESE RECIPE




Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie

Hello friends, I'm so happy to be joining Stephanie at The Enchanting Rose for her 9th annual Tea Cup and Mug Exchange.






This is my fifth Tea Cup and Mug Exchange that I have had the pleasure of participating in.  It's always fun to receive a fun tea cup or mug with assorted goodies and to make new blog friends.

I was assigned to send my package of goodies off to Susan who lives in Virgina.  Susan has a blog called Culinary Envy where she shares all of her wonderful recipes.  I hope to sometime make a few of her fun recipes.

I'd love to show you the awesome package of goodies I received in the mail from Lynda, who was assigned to me.  When I opened the box, Lynda had all of the contents wrapped up so nice in all different colored tissue paper.


I was gifted with coffee, tea, cookies, and a pretty tea mug.


Look at the pretty tea mug, it was made in Portugal.


Thanks Lynda for the beautiful tea mug!  I really enjoyed drinking the flavored hazel nut coffee from Dunkin Donuts, the tea, and the chocolate chunk cookies tasted so good.  :)


Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie

Roasting beets are a great vegetable to eat all year round, and they can be used alone or in salads.

I recently made roasted beets, and they are so easy to make and taste great.  Some people like to boil them, but I find this way to make them very easy.




Here are the easy steps to make roasted beets.



1)  Cut the stems off of the ends of beets.
2)  Wrap each beet in aluminum foil and place on tray.
3)  Roast beets in oven at 400 degrees F.
4)  When beets cool, cut off the skin of each beet.


ROASTED BEETS RECIPE

Hello blog friends.  I hope you all had a nice weekend and are having a good week so far.

I'm so happy and honored when my INSTAGRAM friends make some of the crochet projects and recipes that I share there, on Instagram, and here on the blog.


I was so happy when Angela @shropshirecrafter on Instagram made a crocheted leaf that I shared with everyone in a post I did HERE.  Her crocheted leaf is on the left, and look how pretty and amazing it turned out.  I love the yarn color you chose for the leaf and thanks for making it.

I was also happy when Ping from @theloation_masalachic on Instagram made the pasta dish that I made HERE.  Ping made the pasta dish but substituted the kale for broccoli.  That pasta dish sure looks good!  Thanks again for taking the time to make one of my recipes that I shared on the blog.

Thanks ladies, I am so glad I was able to inspire you both with crocheting the leaf and cooking the pasta dish.

Let's keep inspiring each other with our projects and recipes!  Keep sending me photos of your recipes and projects you make and are sharing on Instagram, and I will mention you here on the blog.

**  If you would like to follow along with me on Instagram you can HERE.



Click HERE to see the great parties I will be linking up to!

Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie

Hello friends.  I hope you're all having a good week!

Today I'd love to share with you my favorite dry shampoo, and a few others I enjoy using.

Hello blog friends.  I love when the dollar and craft stores have their supplies available for fall decorating and crafting.  They have items such as pumpkins, fall leaves, faux sunflowers, and pretty ribbon.



I recently went to the Dollar Tree store to pick up some supplies to make an easy fall floral arrangement.  Each item cost only $1, and the total cost was $5 to make.

I'd love to share with you how I made this fun and easy dollar store fall decoration.


DOLLAR STORE FALL DECORATION

SUPPLIES:

2 flower bunches
2  leaves bunches
1 roll of decorative ribbon
tape
1 vase

All supplies available at Dollar Tree stores.


Flower and Leaves



Decorative ribbon




INSTRUCTIONS:

1)  Take your floral arrangement and arrange the way you would like the arrangement to look.  Tape the bottom stems of the arrangement.



2)  Add decorative ribbon to the bottom of the flower stems and make a bow.



3)  Take floral arrangement and place into vase.



4)  Done!  Now you have your pretty fall floral arrangement that cost only a few dollars and minutes to make.  I also added a few pumpkins and now I have a cute fall vignette.


Wishing you all a wonderful end of the week and weekend.  We will see you all back here on Monday for our Cooking and Crafting Link Up.

Hello friends.  I've been on a kale kick lately, and I have been using this vegetable in many of the different dishes I make.

Today I'm sharing with you this easy to make kale and pasta recipe.

I enjoy cooking pasta when I run out of ideas for what to make for dinner.  I usually have the pasta and kale on hand, and you can find me making this dish about once a week.

I hope you enjoy this healthy pasta dish as much as my family does!!  :)



To see more of my recipes you can click HERE.

Thanks everyone and enjoy!

Julie