For Laurie's Sprout

Sun shirt done with felt and thread.

Locks of Love

A few months ago Solstice mentioned that she'd like to donate her hair to Locks of Love. I had done it almost 2 years ago and was growing mine back to donate again, so I thought that was a beautiful idea. Yesterday my girl and I went to get our 12 inches cut off. I was so proud of her! Her hair is so think they were able to get 4 ponytails from her head!

I'm not a fan of short hair really, but I do love being able to donate my hair. It is one thing I can feely and cheerfully give.
"So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver" (2 Corinthians 9:7)

secret crafts and not-secret ice cream

I have a few very cute projects going on right now; but I cannot show any of them online because they are all baby gifts.
So- in the meantime, I thought I'd share Banana Chocolate Ice Cream!
In my food processor, I put 4 or 5 frozen bananas (broken into pieces), 2-3 TBSP of Cocoa mix and 2-3 cups of skim milk. First I pulse the food processor and then start to run it, Once it is mixed nice and creamy, put into bowls and enjoy right away! It is creamy like soft serve!
Once I put in chocolate chips at the end. Most of the family loved the texture and taste but Isaiah thought there was dirt in it, so I haven't made it that way again.

Mrs. Bug's Raisin Pie

okay... it's not really Mrs. Bug's recipe... but it might be!

I didn't have a lot in the cupboard today but wanted dessert for the kids so I came up with this pie and it turned out quite good! I joke that I'm a great Scottish cook, maybe not following traditional recipes all the time, but understanding how to make cheap food that fills everyone up!
The crust:
1 1/2 cup white flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1/2 tsp salt
mix right in the pie plate and spread out flat.
The filling:
2 cups raisins
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cup dandelion syrup (or 1 cup brown sugar and another cup of water)
1 TBSP lemon juice
1 TBSP cornstarch mixed into 1 cup water
In a sauce pan, simmer the raisins in the water for a few minutes until they plump up. Then add the sugars. Simmer and few minutes more and then add the lemon juice. Slowly stir in a little of the cornstarch mixture- a little bit at a time- and stir non stop. Keep doing this until it gets thick like pudding.
Then pour that in the unbaked pie crust and put in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.

Diaper Cover Give-a-way!

I made these while I was pregnant with Isaiah. But I waited too long to use them and now they are too small! Ohh no!

My mistake can be your fortune:) Become a follower and leave me a comment if you want to win these!

more skirt pictures!

~close up~

~front~

~back~

~just being silly~

Freedom Skirt~ done!!

Yesterday I had one last row to knit and then the BO to finish my skirt and still it took me all day to finish. While I was doing the binding off, I ran out of yarn and had to run to the yarn shop about 10 minutes before closing to get another skein. I was such a nervous wreck. I hadn't been able to really try it on as I was making it so I had fingers crossed that it would fit right.
So at about 10 o'clock last night I finally finished the freedom skirt!

I used the new yarn by the folks from Stitch-n-bitch. The color is called Lipstick. I love it.

Little bit of the ruffle detail

That lace pattern had me puzzled for awhile but once I got it, it was so much fun to do. Now I don't know what I was even doing wrong!
I think I need to start another skirt soon- maybe orange for my school reunion this summer.