Just home from a Lord of the Rings dinner!

My son and his wife had us over for a 60th year anniversary dinner to celebrate LOTR's. It was a lot of fun and you can read all about it HERE,HERE,HERE!

Here is one photo of my littlest granddaughter, Audrey, in her hobbit cloak!

Lord, we are stuffed to the gills! Such a fun evening! Goodness!

My son has a new blog! He is a self made experimental cook, who truly enjoys it. Today was his first post on making POLENTA!!!!! Yum. He's got a great sense of humor, so be prepared to laugh! I am going to give his ideas a try because I have eaten his ideas/creations before, and they are GOOOOD! So check him out here, at COOKING WITH YOUR BUDDY!!!!! Enjoy! Julie

A couple of cousins, a couple of cards!!!

I got another late night urge to create 2 cards for my 2 cousins. Here are the supplies I used. My new little football shaped ink pads by Color Box, my new letter and number stamps by Lawn Fawn, and the Mariposa card stock.

Here is a closer look at the front of the letter stamp package. These babies ran me way more than I wanted to pay, but actually to have upper and lower case letters, numbers, and an exclamation point all in one cute font in just the right size, was too much to pass up.

And here are the cards I ended up with. The big floral things at the top I found at the dollar store and they take all the guess work out of it. I pick out the focal point first, and then go from there.

The nighttime lighting makes these look orange, but they are actually pink! I edged the lower card stock with my new Color Box chalk in a nice shade of blue. Can you see that? It gives it a border that makes it stand out and look more finished.  

I am posting these on my phone and am hoping you can see more details on your computers and IPADS. 

Thanks to my friend, Bobbie Lynn, over at Why I Love To Garden, for getting me going with card making!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Xoxo-Julie

I'm thinking of you!

I made a handmade card for my to-be DIL, in Sioux Falls tonight.  It turned out kinda cutely.  I am also placing it on my sidebar, because I want you all to know that I am thinking of you too!  Funny how your blogger peeps kinda get in your head as you see and do things throughout the day.  In the midst of world and personal tragedies, my blog is my safe haven.  A happy place, with friends I have made over the years. Anyway....just know I am always thinking of all of you, and wishing the best for you too!

I am a beginner in stamping.  That is obvious.  I wish a had a scrapbook store nearby where I could take classes.  Card making is fun.  I really like to make my own decorative items for them, but these flowers were at the dollar store so I simply HAD to have them!

When I was in Sioux Falls, I bought the letter stamps.  The set contained upper case, lower case, numbers, and an explanation point.  YES!!!!

I made two other cards today, and dummy me, I forgot to take pictures to share.  I will ask the recipients to snap a pic for me so I can show you later.

Planning on getting better.  This is just a start.

xoxo- Julie

Finished new baby banner!

I'm not sure what you call this thing, but I made one a few years ago for the first child of some friends. Now this is the second child and I had to make one kinda the same, but a little different. You can see better close ups of the yarn and scrapbook papers I used HERE,during the making of the earlier one.  The lighting was much better in that first post too. I am forced to take these photos under horrible lighting because I did not finish it until after midnight. In the morning, it gets wrapped up and taken to the baptism.

Her middle name is Rose, so I had to use pink lettering! The first baby had green.

The ribbon is grosgrain and has baby colors of buttons on it. It works for this, I think.

This is a super fast gift to make for a baby! I used a baby set of scrapbook card stock (thick), punched holes around the edge and crocheted around the border, stuck on letters, and ran a ribbon through!

I understand the first child still has her name banner over her bed. I think she may have outgrown her crib!  Well, I'm just happy they now have a matched set!

So there you have my latest crafting adventure!

Xoxo-Julie

A flaxseed bread recipe and trial. FAIL ON FLAVOR, TEXTURE, AND ANYTHING ELSE!

I was so enthralled at the idea for this bread when i came across it yesterday, i knew I HAD TO try it! There is even a lovely video to watch! I bought a bag of flaxmeal at healthfood store, and came home to make it in just the 20 minutes as the recipe said!  I'm sorry to the person who made the recipe, and video. This is an honest opinion (only mine).  Other folks might love this bread!!!!!

It sort of looked like vomit when i took it out of the oven. It was very soft, so i waited for it to cool. The only way i could slice it horizontally was to leave it on the plate and slice sideways with the knife, verrryyyyy carefully. 

I ate the sandwich, but it had a slight fish oil taste from the omega 3 in it. It was a soft, gritty texture. Not much flavor at all, except the damn fish oil flavor! Gross.

On a positive note, it is hi fiber, high protein, low carb bread. There were 5 eggs in it! It could be useful for a gluten free or lo carb diet. Might be ok if you used it for a fish sandwich since the fish taste would be expected there.   It's just not for me! I hope the birds will eat it! 

On to look for other ways to use small quantities of the other half bag of flaxmeal !!!!! Hope something works out! LOL.

Garden Collage

First time trying a collage using PE-Fotoir, a free APP. Not sure how big it will show up on a regular computer or laptop screen. I will have to play around with it for sizing. This APP is very easy to use, and I suppose that is best for me!  I hope to make more of these. 

We got absolutely minimal rain from the tropical storm that formed just off the coast from us. We were supposed to have rain tonight, but so far not much of nothin! Praying the North Carolinians do not have a hurricane for July 4th. What a mess! 

Having a quiet week as the grandkids are at their Dad's all week. We will be over there too for a BBQ and fireworks on Friday night. Hope everyone has a safe holiday, with lots of fun, and food!  

xoxo-Julie