<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586</id><updated>2011-07-07T19:37:49.855-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Doodly Dee</title><subtitle type='html'>Enter with a Happy Heart and lots of smiles!
           Leave with fun ideas!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>23</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-8234579073902330392</id><published>2009-09-24T22:12:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T22:17:33.143-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;"&gt;Doodly Dee has MOVED!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;We have a new home on the Web! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://busyascanbe.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;http://busyascanbe.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#0000ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SrxDpyCZ60I/AAAAAAAAAlE/rSt9qJu1EeU/s1600-h/BusyAsCanBeButton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 150px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385253639513828162" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SrxDpyCZ60I/AAAAAAAAAlE/rSt9qJu1EeU/s400/BusyAsCanBeButton.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SrxDpQMljgI/AAAAAAAAAk8/DsRs0rikP_o/s1600-h/BusyAsCanBeHeader2-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 113px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385253630429728258" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SrxDpQMljgI/AAAAAAAAAk8/DsRs0rikP_o/s400/BusyAsCanBeHeader2-1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think you will really enjoy visiting me there!&lt;br /&gt;I have to many blogs and decided to combine into one.&lt;br /&gt;I will leave this Blog up as long as I can but come on over and see me! Grab a cup of tea and a button!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://busyascanbe.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As Always,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-8234579073902330392?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/8234579073902330392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/09/doodly-dee-has-moved-we-have-new-home.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8234579073902330392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8234579073902330392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/09/doodly-dee-has-moved-we-have-new-home.html' title=''/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SrxDpyCZ60I/AAAAAAAAAlE/rSt9qJu1EeU/s72-c/BusyAsCanBeButton.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-1289266429423510352</id><published>2009-08-30T22:38:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T22:45:44.480-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Quilted Table Cloth!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SptUWRH_C2I/AAAAAAAAAkc/mclZtMhrb8U/s1600-h/dish+towels,+baby+087.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375983321727568738" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SptUWRH_C2I/AAAAAAAAAkc/mclZtMhrb8U/s400/dish+towels,+baby+087.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I was cleaning out the laundry room and found a table cloth I made and completely forgot about! How fun is that! I think I will clean out the hall closet next! It was a really easy one and didn't take that long to make. I love the ones that look like a giant block. These are nice and easy and we all can use nice and easy once in a while!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-1289266429423510352?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/1289266429423510352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/08/quilted-table-cloth.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1289266429423510352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1289266429423510352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/08/quilted-table-cloth.html' title='Quilted Table Cloth!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SptUWRH_C2I/AAAAAAAAAkc/mclZtMhrb8U/s72-c/dish+towels,+baby+087.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-3986399973460513891</id><published>2009-08-18T12:32:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-18T12:37:36.886-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Movie to See!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sor0Dslm8DI/AAAAAAAAAjk/hEIcAWWH0as/s1600-h/julieandjulia-ps-4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 155px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 230px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371373849938423858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sor0Dslm8DI/AAAAAAAAAjk/hEIcAWWH0as/s400/julieandjulia-ps-4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I loved this movie. It really is one everyone should go to see. And its not a "Chick Flick". It just a fun heart warming movie you really will enjoy. I wanted to sit &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;Thu&lt;/span&gt; it twice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sor0DVpN0fI/AAAAAAAAAjc/ZADZ4heKkiY/s1600-h/julieandjuliapic3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371373843779539442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sor0DVpN0fI/AAAAAAAAAjc/ZADZ4heKkiY/s400/julieandjuliapic3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I loved her relationship with her husband too. I think I am going to go get her &lt;span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;autobiography&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;After watching the movie the book should be even better!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-3986399973460513891?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/3986399973460513891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-movie-to-see.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/3986399973460513891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/3986399973460513891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-movie-to-see.html' title='Great Movie to See!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sor0Dslm8DI/AAAAAAAAAjk/hEIcAWWH0as/s72-c/julieandjulia-ps-4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-2161617434885204323</id><published>2009-08-03T22:51:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T22:58:54.501-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Great Book for Bloggers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sne-ce1pdqI/AAAAAAAAAi8/-chcAP1fm8Y/s1600-h/blogging+for+bliss.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365966877558929058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sne-ce1pdqI/AAAAAAAAAi8/-chcAP1fm8Y/s400/blogging+for+bliss.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As you are surfing thru "Blogland" I know you must have come up on a site telling you about this book that came out the beginning of the month. Well....I ran out and bought it! And I love it. Not only is it done beautifully but it is full of alot of helpful information. Tara Frey is the author and has a blog of her own......  &lt;a href="http://bellapink.typepad.com/"&gt;http://bellapink.typepad.com/&lt;/a&gt; Her blog is worth surfing to! I really liked seeing some of the other blogger sites and seeing some of my favorites in the book. But if you are new to blogging this book is really helpful. And its just fun to read!&lt;br /&gt;Always remember,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-2161617434885204323?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/2161617434885204323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-book-for-bloggers.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/2161617434885204323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/2161617434885204323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/08/great-book-for-bloggers.html' title='Great Book for Bloggers'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sne-ce1pdqI/AAAAAAAAAi8/-chcAP1fm8Y/s72-c/blogging+for+bliss.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-1494845250144728862</id><published>2009-07-27T23:16:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-27T23:34:09.389-06:00</updated><title type='text'>What Can I take to the Pot Luck?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sm6KMI_j_BI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/8gY8JXmQ7Qs/s1600-h/!cid_002a01c43eea%24837ea140%240400a8c0%40Tamika.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363376147421985810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 141px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 133px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sm6KMI_j_BI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/8gY8JXmQ7Qs/s400/!cid_002a01c43eea%24837ea140%240400a8c0%40Tamika.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I hate Pot Lucks they put so much pressure on you! You have to take something everyone will love because you don't want to be the one leaving with a full plate of what ever you made! SO this becomes a major event for me...Last potluck my Niece brought he same dish I did....and I thought mine was so different no one would be bringing it. Boy was I wrong! And hers was in a beautiful dish....oh the pressure.... Don't you just hate those women who just run home after work with hardly any prep time and make something so wonderful she is having to email all of us the recipe later because it was to die for! This time I am going for the "Ramen Noodle Salad" or should I ..... oh well here is the recipe and I hope everyone asks for it! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Ramen Noodle Salad&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 head green cabbage, chopped&lt;br /&gt;1/2 carrot, shredded&lt;br /&gt;4 green onions, chopped&lt;br /&gt;1 package ramen noodles (Oriental flavor)&lt;br /&gt;2 Tablespoons slivered almonds, sunflower seeds, or sesame seeds&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dressing (whisk or shake together):&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup salad oil&lt;br /&gt;3 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar&lt;br /&gt;3 Tablespoons sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon pepper&lt;br /&gt;Flavor packet from ramen noodles&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Toast the nuts or seeds in a warm oven for 6-8 minutes, watching carefully to prevent over-toasting. Cool.&lt;br /&gt;2. Combine cabbage, carrots and onions.&lt;br /&gt;Break up noodles and add to vegetables.&lt;br /&gt;Shortly before serving, add nuts or seeds and the mixed dressing; toss well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sm6KBVQJEEI/AAAAAAAAAeI/WdrODHk_Kz0/s1600-h/gracefullcreations-curlers.jpe"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;As always I believe,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-1494845250144728862?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/1494845250144728862/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-can-i-take-to-pot-luck.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1494845250144728862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1494845250144728862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/what-can-i-take-to-pot-luck.html' title='What Can I take to the Pot Luck?'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sm6KMI_j_BI/AAAAAAAAAeQ/8gY8JXmQ7Qs/s72-c/!cid_002a01c43eea%24837ea140%240400a8c0%40Tamika.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-3659160276922555548</id><published>2009-07-12T17:39:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T17:57:26.731-06:00</updated><title type='text'>My Soap is Done!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Slp00-PA9dI/AAAAAAAAAdo/5Yd8vJ9sbAQ/s1600-h/soap+003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357723160118621650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Slp00-PA9dI/AAAAAAAAAdo/5Yd8vJ9sbAQ/s400/soap+003.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This was really fun! Thanks again MaryJane! I did end up making a double batch after I tried it. I washed my husband's work clothes and they came so clean. It even got stuff out of his clothes that "All" never has. And it smells wonderful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Slp0ngciMPI/AAAAAAAAAdg/Dt5Wk9IdXGA/s1600-h/soap+010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357722928783962354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Slp0ngciMPI/AAAAAAAAAdg/Dt5Wk9IdXGA/s400/soap+010.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here is my finished jars. Well a few of them ....after all I did do a double batch! And I love making labels for everything so look at the labels too! I always get my clip art for labels and other things from &lt;a href="http://www.pccrafter.com/index.aspx"&gt;http://www.pccrafter.com/index.aspx&lt;/a&gt;. I love that site. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Get Up and Go Breakfast Cookies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup butter, softened&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 egg&lt;br /&gt;2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon orange zest&lt;br /&gt;1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup wheat and barley nugget cereal (ex: Grapenuts ) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).&lt;br /&gt;In medium bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, orange juice concentrate, and orange zest. Combine the flour and baking powder; mix into the fluffy mixture until blended. Stir in cereal. Drop by teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.&lt;br /&gt;Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheet for cooling. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the "Cleaning Fairies" never did show up ...&lt;br /&gt;but I still believe,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-3659160276922555548?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/3659160276922555548/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-soap-is-done.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/3659160276922555548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/3659160276922555548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-soap-is-done.html' title='My Soap is Done!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Slp00-PA9dI/AAAAAAAAAdo/5Yd8vJ9sbAQ/s72-c/soap+003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-8028814009640519574</id><published>2009-07-11T10:44:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T14:11:14.108-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Blogging Around!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SljCzzq8WKI/AAAAAAAAAc4/8uDviyBql6Y/s1600-h/IMG_4169.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357245952056645794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SljCzzq8WKI/AAAAAAAAAc4/8uDviyBql6Y/s400/IMG_4169.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I was blogging arounding today and went over to one of my favorite blogs &lt;a href="http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://thebeehivecottage.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;This picture is from her blog so I hope she doesn't mind. Her picture looks so pretty you will want to do what he is doing......&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And guess what fun she is up to....Making her own Laundry Detergent! And it doesn't look that hard...I am off to the store now to try it. And if you haven't been over to visit Maryjane you should...She has the cutest vintage trailer too! Check out everything! I thought I would share a favorite!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Never forget,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-8028814009640519574?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/8028814009640519574/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-blogging-around.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8028814009640519574'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8028814009640519574'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/just-blogging-around.html' title='Just Blogging Around!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SljCzzq8WKI/AAAAAAAAAc4/8uDviyBql6Y/s72-c/IMG_4169.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-6529399792366619585</id><published>2009-07-07T18:53:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-07T19:15:00.823-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Sewing Room fun!</title><content type='html'>I was trying to decided what to post next and decided that showing where I sew would be fun...If you read my other blog then I am sorry to show you a repeat but the recipe won't be!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgwa9bfI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Ng-V-XQDYDI/s1600-h/100_4109.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355888827418111474" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgwa9bfI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Ng-V-XQDYDI/s400/100_4109.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the room my husband built! I love spending time in my sewing room. I think its my favorite room in my house.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgoHMC-I/AAAAAAAAAck/QMFzPZp-AP8/s1600-h/100_4117.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355888825187699682" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgoHMC-I/AAAAAAAAAck/QMFzPZp-AP8/s400/100_4117.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I love my rocker but my husband most sits there when he's (sshhhhhshhhh)&lt;br /&gt;stitching. Remember this is a big secret!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgQ-Na8I/AAAAAAAAAcc/HoX3NHunaow/s1600-h/100_4121.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355888818976025538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgQ-Na8I/AAAAAAAAAcc/HoX3NHunaow/s400/100_4121.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I took the pictures during the time my machine was broken so you don't see my new machine in these.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwfyU2qZI/AAAAAAAAAcU/_S0btP0EeoM/s1600-h/100_4126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355888810749503890" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwfyU2qZI/AAAAAAAAAcU/_S0btP0EeoM/s400/100_4126.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mt table is made from an old sewing machine base as well as this cupboard. And yes my husband did those too. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When I get to spend the day quilt I don't want to cook so I do something easy. Most of the time I use my crock pot but sometimes I like to make something that just sounds yummy! This recipe is just that...Yummy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;French Lasagna&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4 cups whole milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 clove garlic, peeled and lightly crushed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;4 large eggs, beaten together&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5 stale croissants, halved lengthwise (like sandwiches)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;5 thin slices ham&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;1 4-ounce ball fresh mozzarella, cut into 5 slices &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;8 ounces grated cheddar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In a medium saucepan, combine milk and garlic, and place over high heat until almost at boiling point. Remove from heat and allow to rest for 15 to 20 minutes. Discard garlic, and drizzle eggs into milk while whisking vigorously. Set aside.Place bottoms of croissants into a baking dish large enough to hold them snugly in a single layer. On each croissant half, arrange a slice of ham and a slice of mozzarella. Top with remaining croissant halves. Sprinkle about 2/3 of cheddar on croissants, and pour milk mixture over everything. Press croissants down with a fork so they are almost covered by milk, repeating once or twice until tops absorb some of liquid. Set aside for 20 minutes; meanwhile, heat oven to 325°F. Sprinkle remaining cheddar over croissants. Bake until puffy, golden and set, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy sewing or cooking and alway remember,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-6529399792366619585?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/6529399792366619585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/sewing-room-fun.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6529399792366619585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6529399792366619585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/07/sewing-room-fun.html' title='Sewing Room fun!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SlPwgwa9bfI/AAAAAAAAAcs/Ng-V-XQDYDI/s72-c/100_4109.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-8140810881485957280</id><published>2009-06-27T20:32:00.016-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-28T14:56:57.836-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Your Story Memory Book!</title><content type='html'>&lt;object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="FullPage" width="320px" height="351px" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab"&gt; &lt;param name="movie" value="http://publish.yourstoryonline.net/YourStoryPlayer.swf" /&gt; &lt;param name="quality" value="high" /&gt; &lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /&gt; &lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /&gt; &lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /&gt; &lt;param name="flashVars" value="filename=http://publish.yourstoryonline.net/users/178/books/Quilt_Shopping_at_the_Buttonhole.xml&amp;fullPage=true" /&gt; &lt;embed src="http://publish.yourstoryonline.net/YourStoryPlayer.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="320px" height="351px" name="FullPage" align="middle" play="true" loop="false" quality="high" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"allowFullScreen="true"flashVars="filename=http://publish.yourstoryonline.net/users/178/books/Quilt_Shopping_at_the_Buttonhole.xml&amp;fullPage=true" &gt; &lt;/embed&gt; &lt;/object&gt; &lt;br /&gt;I am so excited! Look what I did! I made this at &lt;a href="http://community.yourstoryonline.net/"&gt;http://community.yourstoryonline.net/&lt;/a&gt; This site is so fun! You can make pages in different sizes. And if you have the Your Story Book Binder you can print it off and bind it! If you want to see this book bigger just allow pop ups and click "print", it will open another window and you can see the book bigger. If you click on "Get" and it will take you to my book on the Your Story Website. This is so cool! And if you really like it you can post it on your blog! Every blogger needs to make one of these! If you don't have a binder then run don't walk to your nearest Robert's or Micheal's craft store and get one. You will love it! This one you are looking at I made, printed and put in the book binder and WOW a fun reminder for me! See a fun new toy to use while you are waiting .... &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-8140810881485957280?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://community.yourstoryonline.net/' title='Your Story Memory Book!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/8140810881485957280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8140810881485957280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8140810881485957280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html' title='Your Story Memory Book!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-6175181668311503377</id><published>2009-06-26T06:30:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-07-02T23:58:37.850-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Wonderful Giveaway!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkS_hU6HhYI/AAAAAAAAAX0/kdbZF-8f5Kc/s1600-h/twas+the+night.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351612836492051842" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkS_hU6HhYI/AAAAAAAAAX0/kdbZF-8f5Kc/s400/twas+the+night.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Helen Stubbing's has done it again! Isn't this the custest BOM for Christmas. It is a seven part Block of the month, each month with a transfer for the stitchery and then you get to do a bit of piecing also. This is so darling. If you want to enter the giveaway just go to:  &lt;a href="http://hugsnkisses.typepad.com/hugsfromhelen/"&gt;http://hugsnkisses.typepad.com/hugsfromhelen/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While your there check out her blog it is a fun one to read.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-6175181668311503377?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://hugsnkisses.typepad.com/hugsfromhelen/' title='Wonderful Giveaway!'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/6175181668311503377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/wonderful-giveaway.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6175181668311503377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6175181668311503377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/wonderful-giveaway.html' title='Wonderful Giveaway!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkS_hU6HhYI/AAAAAAAAAX0/kdbZF-8f5Kc/s72-c/twas+the+night.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-1766499797644242260</id><published>2009-06-24T16:24:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-24T20:56:36.885-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Dish Towel Gifts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoPgSSplI/AAAAAAAAAXs/RazeU2DTsj0/s1600-h/Heirloom+Inn+059.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351024291587728978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoPgSSplI/AAAAAAAAAXs/RazeU2DTsj0/s400/Heirloom+Inn+059.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is Dish towel is in a beater bowl with a wash cloth and grocery list. I used paper to stand up the dish towel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoPOUn_mI/AAAAAAAAAXk/umHOXXgUyhA/s1600-h/Heirloom+Inn+061.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351024286765678178" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoPOUn_mI/AAAAAAAAAXk/umHOXXgUyhA/s400/Heirloom+Inn+061.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This one has a crochet wash cloth and tied with a white ribbon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoO0UfNGI/AAAAAAAAAXc/jhMQlBTc9IQ/s1600-h/Heirloom+Inn+062.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351024279785780322" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoO0UfNGI/AAAAAAAAAXc/jhMQlBTc9IQ/s400/Heirloom+Inn+062.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Dish towel and grocery list tied wih the ribbon I ordered from namemakers.&lt;br /&gt;Gave them away!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Shrimp and Tasso Pasta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 (16 ounce) package uncooked rotini pasta&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon olive oil&lt;br /&gt;1 cup tasso ham, cut into matchsticks&lt;br /&gt;2 tablespoons minced garlic&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup chopped onion&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup chopped green onions&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup chopped celery&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme&lt;br /&gt;1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning blend (such as Tony Chachere's®)&lt;br /&gt;1/4 teaspoon hot sauce (such as Tabasco®)&lt;br /&gt;2 cups heavy cream&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese&lt;br /&gt;1 pound peeled crawfish tails&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring a large pot of lightly-salted water to a rolling boil. Stir the rotini into the boiling water. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the tasso, and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, onion, green pepper, green onion, and celery. Cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the basil, thyme, Cajun seasoning, and hot sauce; cook 1 minute.&lt;br /&gt;Pour in the cream, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in the Parmesan cheese. Cook and stir until the sauce begins to thicken slightly, about 3 minutes. Add the crawfish tails, and cook until hot, then toss with the rotini pasta. Sprinkle with parsley to serve. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never forget,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-1766499797644242260?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/1766499797644242260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/dish-towel-gifts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1766499797644242260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1766499797644242260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/dish-towel-gifts.html' title='Dish Towel Gifts'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SkKoPgSSplI/AAAAAAAAAXs/RazeU2DTsj0/s72-c/Heirloom+Inn+059.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-5506518878262106057</id><published>2009-06-22T12:36:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-22T12:46:59.961-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Vintage Trailer!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;I am so excited we just got a Vintage Trailer! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It is a cute little 1947 Kit Companion.I was so excited we found it. There is some (my husband says alot)  of work to do to fix it up.  But it has so much potential ! If you want to see it you can hop over to &lt;a href="http://www.heirloominn.blogspot.com/"&gt;www.heirloominn.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Heirloom Inn is what we named it, Because they all need names. I got online and looked at a bunch of the ones people have fixed up and there sure some darling ones. So I am sure it is going to be so fun to do. Right after we got home from picking it up I ran right out and got the cutest red pans, red teapot, glasses and I ordered the plates online. We are going to be doing it in red, white and black. You can see the beginning to end on the blog listed above. Well, I don't think I can wait for the faries with this project so I will just keep believing,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;                                                                                                                                                                                                                             &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 247px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; HEIGHT: 37px" height="36" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" width="205" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-5506518878262106057?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/5506518878262106057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/vintage-trailer.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/5506518878262106057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/5506518878262106057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/vintage-trailer.html' title='Vintage Trailer!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-8395229390201094240</id><published>2009-06-18T22:20:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T22:33:45.871-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Having Fun with my New Bernina!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SjsSSp-04hI/AAAAAAAAAR8/WGclD7Atp0Q/s1600-h/100_4324.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348889094148907538" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SjsSSp-04hI/AAAAAAAAAR8/WGclD7Atp0Q/s400/100_4324.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I am loving my new Bernina! It has the cutest design stitches I started stitching all around my dish towels. I still crochet the bottom edge and I think it really makes it look more finished! And it is so nice to use the basket stitch again! I have a few gifts to finish and I will show you how I packaged them to give them away!&lt;br /&gt;Here is 2 great yummy  summer recipes:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Easy Strawberry Lemonade&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 (12 fluid ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed&lt;br /&gt;4-1/2 cups water&lt;br /&gt;1 (10 ounce) package frozen strawberries, partially thawed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a large pitcher, mix together lemonade concentrate and water.&lt;br /&gt;Stir in strawberries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Banana Bonkers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3 bananas&lt;br /&gt;3 cups fresh grapefruit juice&lt;br /&gt;2 cups lemon sherbet&lt;br /&gt;1 cup crushed ice&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puree bananas in a blender or food processor. In a gallon pitcher combine pureed bananas, grapefruit juice, lemon sherbet and crushed ice. Stir and serve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now grab your favorite cooking or quilt book, sit down have a sip of the wonderful drink you made, And wait they will come!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-8395229390201094240?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/8395229390201094240/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/having-fun-with-my-new-bernina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8395229390201094240'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/8395229390201094240'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/having-fun-with-my-new-bernina.html' title='Having Fun with my New Bernina!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SjsSSp-04hI/AAAAAAAAAR8/WGclD7Atp0Q/s72-c/100_4324.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-6311263352356141602</id><published>2009-06-07T09:48:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-06-07T11:51:17.125-06:00</updated><title type='text'>FLowers and Sewing!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Siv6I4jxbZI/AAAAAAAAARI/7cOe1C28Ato/s1600-h/flowerpinchushion.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344640413333548434" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Siv6I4jxbZI/AAAAAAAAARI/7cOe1C28Ato/s400/flowerpinchushion.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It has been so nice out side that I think everything I have made has had to do with flowers lately. I love making these pin cushions and they make a fun gift too. I just gave one of these away and I put it in a large clear corsage box and tied a big ribbon around the box. I don't have to many girlfriends that sew so I love making sewing gifts for the ones that do. I also seem to find all kinds of things to do while I wait for the "Cleaning Faries". Just think of all the things I could do if I decided to wait for the "Cooking Faries"! Wow what and idea! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here a great recipe that I made this morning. They were gone almost as fast as I made them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Cheese Biscuits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;2 ½ cups Bisquick baking mix&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;¾ cup cold whole milk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;4 tablespoons cold butter (1/2 stick)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;¼ teaspoon garlic powder&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1 heaping cup grated cheddar cheese &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bush on Top:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;2 tablespoons butter, melted&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;¼ teaspoon dried parsley flakes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;½ teaspoon garlic powder &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;pinch salt&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Directions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;1. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;2. Combine Bisquick with cold butter in a medium bowl using a pastry cutter or a large fork. You don't want to mix too thoroughly. There should be small chunks of butter in there that are about the size of peas. Add cheddar cheese, milk, and ¼ teaspoon garlic. Mix by hand until combined, but don't over mix.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;3. Drop approximately ¼-cup portions of the dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet using an ice cream scoop.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;4. Bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until the tops of the biscuits begin to turn light brown.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;5. When you take the biscuits out of the oven, melt 2 tablespoons butter is a small bowl in your microwave. Stir in ½ teaspoon garlic powder and the dried parsley flakes. Use a brush to spread this garlic butter over the tops of all the biscuits. Use up all of the butter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Makes one dozen biscuits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Keep believing,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-6311263352356141602?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/6311263352356141602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/flowers-and-sewing.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6311263352356141602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6311263352356141602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/06/flowers-and-sewing.html' title='FLowers and Sewing!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Siv6I4jxbZI/AAAAAAAAARI/7cOe1C28Ato/s72-c/flowerpinchushion.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-7963279388149070077</id><published>2009-05-25T08:44:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T09:18:10.513-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A Done Dish Towel!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/ShqwEswr7rI/AAAAAAAAAPY/VP8j3F3EfmA/s1600-h/club+dish+towel"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 235px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339773902982475442" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/ShqwEswr7rI/AAAAAAAAAPY/VP8j3F3EfmA/s400/club+dish+towel" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is how I decided to give away this towel for club. I found the green watering can at Walmart and I couldn't believe how great it matched! I tie my dish towels with ribbon I bought from Namemakers.com. My ribbon says Made with Love From Debbie. You can order it to say what ever you want! I love it. I was so glad Lori took pictures since I forgot! At club this month we gave our club a name.... YoYo Mamas! We trade Yoyos every month as well as 5 X 5 squares. We have a blast! Every so often we have another trade and this month was a dish towel and recipe swap. For pictures of all the towels go check out Lori's Blog. They were all so cute and he blog is fun to see too! &lt;a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;We all brought our recipe so everyone went home with a taste. My recipe is below:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Pineapple Cheesecake Bar&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crust:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;1 1/3 cups all-purpose bleached flour&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick softened)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Batter:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature&lt;br /&gt;1 cup powdered sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 large egg&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup granulated sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 cup crushed pineapple or 1 (8-ounce) can, drained&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup white chocolate chips&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup chopped macadamia nuts&lt;br /&gt;Directions&lt;br /&gt;Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, sugar, and butter until mixture is crumbly. Spread evenly into a 13 by 9-inch baking pan with raised sides. Press down until an 1/8 of an inch thick and bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until edges are golden brown.&lt;br /&gt;Mix cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar until frosting texture. Add egg, sugar, crushed pineapple and vanilla extract, mix thoroughly. Fold 1/4 cup white chocolate chips and 1/4 cup chopped macadamia nuts reserving 1/4 cup of each. Bake for additional 15 to 20 minutes or until batter is set. Remove from oven, melt reserved white chocolate chips and drizzle on top and sprinkle with 1/4 cup reserved chopped macadamia nuts. Let stand for 1 hour and cut into bars.&lt;br /&gt;These are so yummy! They might even tempt the "Cleaning Fairies" to show up!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;So Keep Believing,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-7963279388149070077?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/7963279388149070077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/05/done-dish-towel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/7963279388149070077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/7963279388149070077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/05/done-dish-towel.html' title='A Done Dish Towel!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/ShqwEswr7rI/AAAAAAAAAPY/VP8j3F3EfmA/s72-c/club+dish+towel' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-5234321676381126474</id><published>2009-05-11T21:00:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-11T22:05:41.761-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Mother's Day!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;I hope you all had a Happy Mother's Day! Mine was wonderful. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;My Bernina died a few weeks ago and so I put a new one on layaway. I thought it would be in layaway forever! But as a Great Surprise My Husband called all over (because he didn't know what kind or where) to find my layaway. He found it and went and got it out of layaway for Mother's Day! And no I won't give him away! He does have a single brother! I had to start sewing right away! I sewed a check pattern all the way around the dish towel And then started appliqueing. It was so nice! Isn't my machine BEAUTIFUL! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgjmwtB-hEI/AAAAAAAAAN8/cO61X8id9h8/s1600-h/100_4290.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334767483016348738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgjmwtB-hEI/AAAAAAAAAN8/cO61X8id9h8/s400/100_4290.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334767817715648082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgjnEL4ghlI/AAAAAAAAAOM/TGstqNkXyGw/s400/100_4288.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love gadgets! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And this light hooks right on the side of your machine and gives you more light while sewing. I love it! You can adjust it where you want it to go. You can get this at the Bernina stores!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334767641908827890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sgjm5885VvI/AAAAAAAAAOE/k3EABgO9BwA/s400/100_4293.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;I got this recipe from &lt;a href="http://rachaelsfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rachaelsfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;and thought it would a great easy gift idea. You could tie a dish towel to the top of a package Oreos with a big bow and the recipe for the following recipe:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;COOKIES N' CREAM COOKIES&lt;br /&gt;1- 1/2 c. butter, softened&lt;br /&gt;1/2 c. white sugar&lt;br /&gt;1 c. brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;2 tbs vanilla&lt;br /&gt;3 eggs&lt;br /&gt;1 small pkg. vanilla instant pudding&lt;br /&gt;3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 tsp. baking soda&lt;br /&gt;20 Oreos, broken into pieces&lt;br /&gt;Cream butter and sugars. Add vanilla and eggs, mix well. Add dry pudding and mix well. Add dry ingredients and beat until combined (batter will be stiff). Stir in Oreos. Scoop onto cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees for 9-12 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;You have got to stop by &lt;a href="http://rachaelsfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rachaelsfavoriterecipes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; She reall has some great recipes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;And the "Cleaning Fairies" are real!!! They came disguised as my kids and cleaned my house from top to bottom for Mother's Day! That is one of the best gifts ever!&lt;br /&gt;So always remember,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;                                                       &lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-5234321676381126474?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/5234321676381126474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/5234321676381126474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/5234321676381126474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/05/happy-mothers-day.html' title='Happy Mother&apos;s Day!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgjmwtB-hEI/AAAAAAAAAN8/cO61X8id9h8/s72-c/100_4290.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-5990482414376644711</id><published>2009-05-05T21:02:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T21:52:43.981-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Growing Ideas for Summer.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgD-GJ-DVWI/AAAAAAAAANU/pcXyZQbi4Ts/s1600-h/100_4274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332541340515521890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgD-GJ-DVWI/AAAAAAAAANU/pcXyZQbi4Ts/s400/100_4274.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I needed a gift and and with summer trying to come in I thought this would be a fun one. I wanted to applique it by hand so I ironed &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;pellon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; to the back to help &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;stabilize it. This works Great! I appliqued the watering can on first and then stitched a running stitch around the edges. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332541521157255938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgD-Qq6ZcwI/AAAAAAAAANc/lI4YrKeSU00/s400/100_4273.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the leaves and flower. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The center is a &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;yoyo&lt;/span&gt; with a button sewn on top. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;Crochet the bottom with a matching crochet thread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I always gather the top in my hand and tie it with raffia. I just haven't figured out what to put with it....a wooden spoon, garden shovel, or......I just don't know.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here's a quick easy recipe to help keep you out of the kitchen and enjoy the nice weather!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Crockpot Lemonade Chicken&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;4 pieces chicken (even with bone in if you want!)&lt;br /&gt;6 oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed&lt;br /&gt;2 Tbs. brown sugar&lt;br /&gt;3 Tbs. ketchup&lt;br /&gt;1 Tbs. vinegar&lt;br /&gt;2 Tbs. cornstarch (for thickening the sauce when done)&lt;br /&gt;2 Tbs. water&lt;br /&gt;Arrange chicken in crockpot. Combine lemonade, brown sugar, ketchup and vinegar. Pour over chicken and cover. Cook on high 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.&lt;br /&gt;Recipe yields 4 servings.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;I waited &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"&gt;Thu&lt;/span&gt; making this towel and I still Believe,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-5990482414376644711?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/5990482414376644711/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/05/growing-ideas-for-summer.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/5990482414376644711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/5990482414376644711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/05/growing-ideas-for-summer.html' title='Growing Ideas for Summer.'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SgD-GJ-DVWI/AAAAAAAAANU/pcXyZQbi4Ts/s72-c/100_4274.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-4795270512507068349</id><published>2009-04-27T12:04:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-27T12:11:28.905-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I Love Gingerbread Boys!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SfXz8WBHlII/AAAAAAAAAMM/cNT8q6x2U9s/s1600-h/book+pic.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329433952090821762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SfXz8WBHlII/AAAAAAAAAMM/cNT8q6x2U9s/s400/book+pic.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Don't you just love ginerbread boys! They are so cute and round! These towels are ones I did for my cookbook. They are patterns that are included in the cookbook along with a few others. It also has quilting hints and tons of recipes. I think gingerbreads are some of my favorites to applique. These were so fun to do. You can see the book and other patterns at:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://quilterscookbook.com/"&gt;http://quilterscookbook.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;Be sure to remember,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-4795270512507068349?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/4795270512507068349/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-love-gingerbread-boys.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/4795270512507068349'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/4795270512507068349'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-love-gingerbread-boys.html' title='I Love Gingerbread Boys!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SfXz8WBHlII/AAAAAAAAAMM/cNT8q6x2U9s/s72-c/book+pic.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-563698303764309440</id><published>2009-04-21T23:18:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T23:35:09.621-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Think Sunshine and Flowers!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Se6o17bfEsI/AAAAAAAAAKo/tqLOnXK7Qhg/s1600-h/dish+towels,+baby+057.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327381053665383106" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Se6o17bfEsI/AAAAAAAAAKo/tqLOnXK7Qhg/s400/dish+towels,+baby+057.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I decided this &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;week&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to do one you could look at and &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;easily&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; make &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;yourself&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. This is so &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;easy&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you can't go wrong not matter what you come up with. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;trick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on this one is the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fabric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fabric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is what makes an &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;easy pattern&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/em&gt;pop! I would say mostly if you &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;stick&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fabrics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; from the same &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;line&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; it works out best. But if you are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;good&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fabrics&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you don't need to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;follow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that rule. Alot of times with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dish towels&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;simplier&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the better. And if you find a good &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;simple pattern&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I always like to make it bigger.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;Now that you have your easy &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dish towel &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;done....here's and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;easy drink mix&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to make ahead or to tuck in with your &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dish towel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; when you give it as a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;gift&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hot Spiced Orange Drink Mix &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;1 (10 oz) jar of Tang&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;2 oz Lemonade mix (Country time)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;2 C Sugar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;2 tsp Cinnamon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;1 tsp Cloves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected"&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mix well and divide into small jars or ziploc bags.&lt;br /&gt;Instructions to make: Add 2 heaping teaspoons to one cup boiling water. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Enjoy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still believe,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-563698303764309440?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/563698303764309440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/think-sunshine-and-flowers.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/563698303764309440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/563698303764309440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/think-sunshine-and-flowers.html' title='Think Sunshine and Flowers!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Se6o17bfEsI/AAAAAAAAAKo/tqLOnXK7Qhg/s72-c/dish+towels,+baby+057.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-7532699862814969369</id><published>2009-04-18T15:06:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-18T15:10:54.115-06:00</updated><title type='text'>How Will You be Remembered?</title><content type='html'>My &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;neighbor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is washing her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;windows&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;scrubbing&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and mopping her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;floors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;but my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;house&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is all &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;Topsy&lt;/span&gt;-&lt;span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"&gt;turvy&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dust's&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; behind all the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;doors&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;My &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;neighbor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, she keeps her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;house&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; spotless and she goes all &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;day&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; at a trot,&lt;br /&gt;but no-one will know in a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fortnight&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; if she &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;swept&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; today or not.&lt;br /&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;task&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I'm doing is enticing,(my poor &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;neighbor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is worn like a rag)I am making a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;quilt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; out of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;pieces&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; I've saved in a pretty &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;chintz&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; bag.&lt;br /&gt;Oh, and this &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;quilt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, I know my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;descendants&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; will exhibit with pride in their &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;hearts&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;br /&gt; "It is lovely, my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;grandmother&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; made it,such an example of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;patience&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and art.&lt;br /&gt;"But will her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;grandchildren&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"&gt;remember all&lt;/span&gt; her &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;struggles&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dirt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and decay?&lt;br /&gt; They will not - they'll wish she had made them a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;quilt&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; like I'm making today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am sure,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-7532699862814969369?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/7532699862814969369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-will-you-be-remembered.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/7532699862814969369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/7532699862814969369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-will-you-be-remembered.html' title='How Will You be Remembered?'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-4535329006377588335</id><published>2009-04-14T08:27:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-14T08:46:33.221-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Basket full of poises!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SeSeN4KP4_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qVP4U5fslvY/s1600-h/100_4212.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324554620709626866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SeSeN4KP4_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qVP4U5fslvY/s400/100_4212.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This dish towel is done on the corner. After I got it done I thought this would be a great pattern for on a table cloth. wouldn't that be fun on each corner. Maybe next time while I am waiting for those "No Show Fairies". Oh I take that back, I do believe they will show!&lt;br /&gt;I just love doing dish towels, they get done fast and i feel a great sense of accomplishment. And I get a kick out of finding something to do with yoyo's. I am working on a table cloth made out of 30's print. But I think it will be a while before I am done. I love those yoyo makers they sure help!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324557042976558322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SeSga3zsDPI/AAAAAAAAAJg/8yetUT409eQ/s400/100_4210.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This towel could be tucked into a basket full of muffins (with the corner hanging out) as a gift to a sick friend. Here's a great muffin recipe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To Die For Blueberry Muffins&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;3/4 cup white sugar&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon salt&lt;br /&gt;2 teaspoons baking powder&lt;br /&gt;1/3 cup vegetable oil&lt;br /&gt;1 egg&lt;br /&gt;1/3 cup milk&lt;br /&gt;1 cup fresh blueberries&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup white sugar&lt;br /&gt;1/3 cup all-purpose flour&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup butter, cubed&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease muffin cups or line with muffin liners.&lt;br /&gt;Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, 3/4 cup sugar, salt and baking powder. Place vegetable oil into a 1 cup measuring cup; add the egg and enough milk to fill the cup. Mix this with flour mixture. Fold in blueberries. Fill muffin cups right to the top, and sprinkle with crumb topping mixture.&lt;br /&gt;To Make Crumb Topping: Mix together 1/2 cup sugar, 1/3 cup flour, 1/4 cup butter, and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon. Mix with fork, and sprinkle over muffins before baking.&lt;br /&gt;Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until done.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep believing,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-4535329006377588335?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/4535329006377588335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/basket-full-of-poises.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/4535329006377588335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/4535329006377588335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/basket-full-of-poises.html' title='Basket full of poises!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/SeSeN4KP4_I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/qVP4U5fslvY/s72-c/100_4212.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-6019021642612823177</id><published>2009-04-07T23:47:00.010-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T23:46:04.567-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy as a Lamb!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdzp-B7tDMI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/uLRJaL-9_Rs/s1600-h/100_4189.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322386111525096642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdzp-B7tDMI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/uLRJaL-9_Rs/s400/100_4189.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;With&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; Easter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; coming I couldn't resist doing a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;lamb dish towel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. Wouldn't this be &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;cute&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; tucked in a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;basket&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for your mom or a friend. And it is so easy to make! I bought the lamb figure a while ago at a Quilt shop and isn't he the best &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;inspiration&lt;/span&gt;. I just love making &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dish towels&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. And &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;lambs&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are always so cute. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;flowers&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; are just &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;buttons&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;fabric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; on this one is done with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Heat n Bond&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. So easy. I think it is still helping pushing &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;spring&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in the door. The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;snow&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; didn't kill off my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;tulips&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and even more are &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;blooming&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; today. They are working so hard at bringing in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;spring&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; maybe my next &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dish towel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; will have &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;tulips&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;....who knows. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322197483375047970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdw-abUMNSI/AAAAAAAAAII/v3CVxrvmenc/s400/100_4187.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;This would be a great &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;gift&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with the following loaf of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;bread&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Banana Chocolate Chip Tea Bread&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is so good warmed up for breakfast with a cup of cold milk or a cup of your favorite tea.&lt;br /&gt;This &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;tea bread&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is also a great &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;snack&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or &lt;strong&gt;dessert&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 1/2 cups sifted flour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp. baking soda&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 tsp. salt&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup butter, softened&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 cup sugar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2 eggs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 tsp. vanilla extract&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup sour cream or 1/4 cup buttermilk&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 cup ripe bananas, mashed (about 3 medium sized bananas)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Several handfuls of semi-sweet chocolate morsels, about 2 cups (3-5 handfuls depending on how chocolaty you like it!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preheat oven to 350° F.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt. Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Add sour cream or buttermilk, and blend together with an electric mixer (or by hand) for 1-1 1/2 minutes. Add mashed bananas to the mixture and then add flour mixture. Mix thoroughly. Add several handfuls of the chocolate morsels and mix in gently for about 60 seconds. Fill 2 greased and floured loaf pans about 1/2 to 2/3 full.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bake 30-35 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How lucky, this recipe makes 2 loaves. 1 or a friend and 1 for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep Believing,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/77D74DBDD57E0491695B9E7D47F54742.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;*** For &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Free pattern&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; post this on your blog and leave me a comment and I will email the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;pattern&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-6019021642612823177?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/6019021642612823177/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-as-lamb.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6019021642612823177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/6019021642612823177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-as-lamb.html' title='Happy as a Lamb!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdzp-B7tDMI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/uLRJaL-9_Rs/s72-c/100_4189.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1895670322598232586.post-1530927987599601700</id><published>2009-04-06T11:14:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T23:41:53.211-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Think Spring!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdo5aw5wjLI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ndCByrPP0aQ/s1600-h/100_4182.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321629041658203314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdo5aw5wjLI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ndCByrPP0aQ/s400/100_4182.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I wanted to make something &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Fun &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bright&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; to try to push in &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;spring &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;just a little faster! I have pretty yellow tulips that have bloomed in the front flower bed...but then it snowed on them! I couldn't believe it! So I decide to make something fun! I have a yellow &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;chair &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;in my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;kitchen &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;for the grand kids to sit on and its right under a window so I made this &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;dish towel&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to hang over the back. I love to combine stitching and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;applique&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; together. I did the cheeks and bottom of feet with a little paint and fabric medium. And to tell the truth my husband did the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;stitching&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and I did the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;applique &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;crocheting&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The bottom picture is a closer picture so you can see better. I hand appliqued this (only because my &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;sewing machine&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is broken) but you could easly do this with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Heat n Bond&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;blanket stitch&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; the edges. I used a small &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;crochet &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;hook and I just push it through the bottom edge. I have done this for years and works fine. No holes or ripping. I think its because its like cheese cloth. And the hook just pushes thru.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321629180251677234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdo5i1NBIjI/AAAAAAAAAGk/W-8ueXb2WEw/s400/100_4185.JPG" border="0" /&gt;If you would like a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;free &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;copy of this &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;pattern&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Post my site on yours and leave me a post and I will email it to you. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;This is a great east recipe to put on a card and attach to dish towel if it is for a gift.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Spiced Honey Butter&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened to room temperature&lt;br /&gt;1/4 cup honey&lt;br /&gt;1 teaspoon grated orange peel&lt;br /&gt;1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Combine all ingredients and mix well. Serve with biscuits, bread or toast. Makes about 3/4 cup.&lt;br /&gt;Preparation Time: Less than 15 minutes&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;And Never forget,&lt;/p&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/131/8888E51DCFC98E27F4653CB164803217.png" style="border: 0 !important; background: transparent;"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1895670322598232586-1530927987599601700?l=doodlydee.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/feeds/1530927987599601700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/think-spring.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1530927987599601700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1895670322598232586/posts/default/1530927987599601700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://doodlydee.blogspot.com/2009/04/think-spring.html' title='Think Spring!'/><author><name>Debbie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09083416738629139718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sd2MAIIjKbI/AAAAAAAAAIw/ttUeoGXrncQ/S220/10016972.jpe'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bkpDHzGdpUo/Sdo5aw5wjLI/AAAAAAAAAGc/ndCByrPP0aQ/s72-c/100_4182.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
