cute japanese fabric

the crafty crow is hosting a giveaway for cute japanese fabric. i would pick out the hedgehog fabric, or the flower fabric. actually, i would take any of it.

in other things i think you should check out today, my sister in law just posted pictures of her table in her kitchen. very lovely. i want her kitchen. just in red or burnt orange instead of pink. though mallory loves the pink.

funny...

i thought this cake wreck was classic...


in other family news...

isaac is weaned and mal has no plug. hurray!

and my house is a disaster. but my children are happy. somewhat.

they're sleeping now.

creamy chicken noodle soup

creamy chicken noodle soup.

5 cups water
3 chicken breasts
1 tablespoon chicken bouillon or base
2 cups chopped carrots
2 cups cream of chicken soup
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup chopped onion
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 cups dry egg noodles or country style noodles from recipe below.
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup cold water

bring water to a boil in a large pot. add chicken, bouillon and stir until dissolved. cover and cook for 20-30 min until chicken is no longer pink in the center. remove chicken and cut in small pieces. return to broth and add carrots, celery, and onion. cover and cook until tender. add noodles and cook for ten minutes or until noodles are tender. mix creamm of chicken soup, evaporated milk, and spices together and add to vegetables. stir in chicken. whisk in flour and cold water together stirring until smooth. stir flour mixture into soup and cook until thickened.

country style noodles

3 cups flour
3 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons water

combine eggs, water and salt in mixer. add flour a cup at a time, mixing until smooth after each addition. add enough flour until dough is smooth and not sticky. divide into 2 parts. roll our each half until paper thin. cut into 1/2 inch wide and 4 inch length strips with pizza cutter. place in boiling water and cook for 7-10 min or until firm

family home evening

here's a link for family home evening lessons that match the sharing time in primary. pretty cool.

a necklace for mallory

one of my goals this last christmas was to make a present for everyone. ha. not doing that again. that is pretty much why i was mia the last couple of months.

this was pretty easy to make, just put a piece of paper on the back of a glass wafer with glue (i used diamond glaze, but i think you could get away with mod podge) and then seal the back with diamond glaze. the pendant bails were rather hard to find, i had to go online to find them. i bought from kristenkrafts.etsy.com-- she had kits, which included the diamond glaze and instructions. lots of fun. i tried the bottle cap magnets, too.

frozen seed pods

 

 

 

noticed these in our front garden this morning. they used to be forget me nots in warmer weather.

such inspiration everywhere, why am i not making a quilt?

check out this quilt.

soon...

little miss mal

debating whether or not to put this on my wall.

apple of my eye

came home to find this waiting for me, courtesy of the hubby. how sweet.

so you can see the i. it wouldn't stay up so you could see it.

knotty dollies

excepting miss mal doesn't like it when i call them naughty. sleep dollies are what we usually call them now. very easy to make, got the pattern from the book, nature babies, which came from my library (once i realized that you could get craft books from the library, there was no stopping me. i requested amy butler's little stitches, the anna maria horner book, and the sock and glove animal book. yeah for taxes.)

in case you couldn't tell from the pictures, all four limbs have knots on the ends.