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toots!: July 2009
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Monday, July 27, 2009. 2 file folder games. Upper and lower case letter matching. I used: a file folder, printer paper, crayons, a sharpie, packing tape. I realized after i taped it down that i should have laid the letters straight across instead of like pages. oh well. you can learn from my mistake. Thursday, July 23, 2009. I think they are called Italian wrap diapers. Maybe Italian tie diapers. They are Italian and diapers. *shrug*. At any rate, this is how you make one from flannel. I forgot to take a...
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toots!: letter embroidering
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Monday, February 8, 2010. Write your letters out in pencil. Chose your string. they usually look like either of these at the craft store. Does anyone else still have one of these from making friendship bracelets in grade school? Cut off a length and pull 2 strains off. thread your needle and put a knot on the end. Start at the beginning. Make your stitches about 1/8" long. Come up from the back. 1/8" stitch. Come back down and fill in the gap. Come front again in the same hole. All done. front.
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toots!: December 2009
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Thursday, December 10, 2009. I've been meaning to do this one for a while. I made a couple for christmas gifts (which is why the fabric keeps changing :p) so you got a tute! This is probably the most involved tute I've done so far. The basic instructions are 1.) make the little footballs 2.) stuff 'em. 3.) tie them together. The little footballs are what take so long. let's get started with them. Cut the pieces diagonally out of the fabric. You need 3 pieces for each of 12 footballs. 36 pieces total.
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toots!: August 2009
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Friday, August 28, 2009. Brocolli and cheddar soup for colleen! I don't have any pics yet but i will update with some next time i make it. 1 qt stock (i use chicken, but use what you like). 2 heads of broccoli. 16 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese block (pre-shredded doesn't melt the same and is yucky). 1) make a roux. 2) mix the stock and 1/2&1/2. 3) cook the veggies. Chop the onion, in a small pan sweat the onion with about a 1tbsp of butter. Pour in the stock and 1/2&1/2. stir. Yes trust me.). This recipe...
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toots!: churning butter
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. Ok, making homemade butter is the easiest project i've posted about yet. really. easiest project. Ok, step 1:. You need heavy whipping cream and a mixer. some people will tell you to leave the cream out over night. but, eh, i don't bother. Pour the cream in the mixer. Turn it on. start slowly and gradually turn it up as high as it will go with out splashing all over. It will be a little frothy to start. Then it gets thicker. Then it starts getting a little chunky looking. I'm L...
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toots!: February 2010
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Monday, February 8, 2010. Write your letters out in pencil. Chose your string. they usually look like either of these at the craft store. Does anyone else still have one of these from making friendship bracelets in grade school? Cut off a length and pull 2 strains off. thread your needle and put a knot on the end. Start at the beginning. Make your stitches about 1/8" long. Come up from the back. 1/8" stitch. Come back down and fill in the gap. Come front again in the same hole. All done. front.
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toots!: February 2009
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009. OK, I'm going to start by saying that this is definitely not a project for a perfectionist. There is a lot of fudging to make things fit, but it's worth it. Once you make the first one, you will want to make more. They are super handy. First, get an old pair of jeans. Fold the jeans in half and cut around the knee-ish area. No need to measure. Jeans that have a more narrow leg I usually make a little shorter. Cut off the bottom hem too. Make sure you sew short end to short end.
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toots!: brocolli and cheddar soup for colleen!
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Friday, August 28, 2009. Brocolli and cheddar soup for colleen! I don't have any pics yet but i will update with some next time i make it. 1 qt stock (i use chicken, but use what you like). 2 heads of broccoli. 16 oz extra sharp cheddar cheese block (pre-shredded doesn't melt the same and is yucky). 1) make a roux. 2) mix the stock and 1/2&1/2. 3) cook the veggies. Chop the onion, in a small pan sweat the onion with about a 1tbsp of butter. Pour in the stock and 1/2&1/2. stir. Yes trust me.). This recipe...
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toots!: October 2008
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Saturday, October 18, 2008. Carseat toy hanger chain. Scrap wool (I'm using worsted weight in this but I've used a little lighter weight too and it turned out just as well.). Chain 30, join, ch 2 (somehow, for the example I only did 20. it turned out ok, just smaller than I like.). DC in each ch, join, ch 2. Only dc in one loop from the chain though. so you hook through one and leave 2, we will need them later. Dc in each st, join. Here is the top. 6 of them all joined together. Friday, October 3, 2008.
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toots!: June 2009
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009. Pickled garlic and bbq sauce. We've been on a hunt for good hfcs free bbq sauce for a long time so I just made some. I got the recipe from allrecipes. And modified it a little. It called for melted butter and since that is a big canning no-no, I left it out. It's just as good though. It also called for way more worcestershire and liquid smoke than I used. I figured I'd give it a shot. Makes 5 8 oz jars.). 2 1/2 c white vinegar. 1 T pickling salt (I used sea salt.). Ok, so first ...