Hostess gift

I was invited to a party 

 so I wanted to give her a 

little something for her nice guesture.

 I love my white cotton tea towels.

They make the best towels to wipe dishes dry.

Or they can be used when baking cookies

to set them on while letting them cool.

  I had some new ones never used .

I thought hum .........

 why not iron a little decal in the corner

and give it to her.

Then I thought .....I need something to wrap this in,

yes and old white cotton blouse that had holes in it.

I cut 2 squares from it 10" x 11"

  

notice I used the edge with the button holes already sewed in,

and I love the tucks.

I sewed the edges together to make and envelope

  

I then turned it right side out and pressed it.

sewed some little buttons on to close it

then I made a little Thank You tag

 from a brown paper bag. 

Cut out a little rectangular piece

Then punched a hole in the corner of the tag

with a paper punch.

and burned the edges with a lighter, (be careful)

 wrote Thank You in the center

and finished it off with a ribbon made of twine.

I thought it turned out adorable.

 I stuffed the white cotton tea towel

inside and .......here is the finished gift

so soft and simple.

I hope she likes it.

 Do you think she will ?

Love and Blessings!

 Ruby

yum yum

Baking and making our favorite candy and cookies.

Although I don't bake much nor do I make

a lot of candies

 I did make one batch of 

 Peppermint Patties

 they are wonderful!
better yet frozen,

 and one batch of Buckeyes

 these are yummy too.

they go well with

Santa's White Christmas coffee
that Lena gave me.
 Thank you Lena!

  Recipe for 

Peppermint Patties
1/4 lb of margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
16 drops of peppermint oil
1 tbs milk
2 tbs white karo
 1 lb powered sugar ( 3.5 cups)
shape into patties and freeze until firm
 drop into melted chocolate
about 1.75 lbs of dark or milk chocolate

Buckeyes
mix together
1 lb peanut butter
1 1/2 lb powered sugar
 add 1 cup butter
roll into balls and chill thoroughly
melt chocolate dip balls into chocolate to cover.

peppermint patties, buckeyes, and peanut brittle
( peanut brittle was given to me from Betz)
 Thanks Betz.

 enjoy!
hope you all had a Merry Christmas


 love and blessings
Ruby

Christmas is a wonderful time of year when we celebrate the birth of Christ.

We decorate our homes for the celebration

 stockings are hung

 table is set as we wait for our quests

The Chandelier is glittering with the fragrance of fresh greens

 and red Christmas bows

The little tree awaits it's guests to glisten and shimmer 

while they rest,

 candles are set in a plate with buttons and ornaments

waiting to be lite to shine with the glittering tree.

Red Christmas ornaments nestled in the chest,

The bathroom is all a glow

with a nativity tucked in under the tree,

A red cardinal resting in the branches of a wreath

The cake dome awaits to be filled with a cake 

for the celebration,

mirrors are shining while catching expressions of our faces as we 

scurry past. 

As we prepare for this celebration 

Let us never forget what we are celebrating,

For Jesus is the reason for the season!!

 Love and Blessings

Ruby

while looking for something to store my

cat food in I came upon this

It works great to store a 10# bag of cat food.

 looks fine sitting right inside the 

back sliding door. It's convenient and goes well with my decor.

Meet Fred

He is and outdoor cat
his fur is all white and fluffy.
He is a great mouser and
takes care of all the little pests
 take creep around my landscape.

Thanks Fred for doing a great job!

love and blessings
Ruby

Spending time with Baylie.

 I gave her a choice to bake 

 Christmas cookies or Peanut butter cookies.

She choose peanut butter cookies.

she added the sugar

 

 

and added the eggs 

 cracked them and all

  I was so impressed

 not a piece of egg shell in the batter

 

  

she measured out the soda, and the rest of the 

dry ingredients

and put it in the batter

and she tasted it to make sure it was good

we formed little balls and laid them on the 

 cookie sheet and she pressed them with a fork

in a criss cross pattern.

and put them in the oven to bake

 

 

and yes once the cookies were out of the oven 

and we were waiting on them to cool off

i braided her hair and we cleaned up.

 we poured us a cup of milk

 and tasted the finished cookies.

 

 

They were Delicious !!

 Thank you for spending the afternoon with me

 Baylie. I enjoyed the day.

and hope you did to.

 

love and blessings

 Ruby

 

Bathroom

I finally found some glass

 door knobs for my shelf

in my bathroom.

 Reflection in the mirror

 

lovely glass door knobs to hang  our towels on to dry

 I dislike wet towels in the hamper.

Details in the shelf

The white painted tin square

Added some accessories 

What do you think?

 We love it.

 An I guess that's what matters.

love and blessings!

Ruby