Extra large bag

I had 3 pair of old blue jeans laying 

around and this flowered piece of fabric in my 

stash of fabrics.Want to see what I did with them?

My niece gave me this pattern to use.

McCall's M6297

This bag is 15" W and 13" L (excluding handles)

with inside pockets.

and outside pockets.

I took the jeans pockets of the old blue jeans and sewed

 1 onto the front and 1 on the back of the outside for added

compartments. I also added the Levi's label

at the top. ( didn't want anything left unused.)

plenty of room for everything.

love and blessing

Ruby

Grocery bags

Do you ever get tried of the pile of plastic bags?

 I know I do. But I like to have some around

to use for this and that.

Well I found a clever way to down size my pile

and store them.

take your bag and flatten it out

next fold it in half

then in half again

now start at the bottom and fold up the corner

like a triangle

keep folding till you get to the top

now tuck the handle into the opening part of the triangle

see how easy that was.

now my pile looks like this

so much easier to store. and so much neater.

from this

 to this

so quick and easy 

every time you come home from the market

fold them up and store them. 

love and blessings

ruby

Recycle

Is this called recycling?

Today I cleaned out my husbands

lunch box (which by the way he usually does)

and I found all these little baggies

6 to be exact.

So I decided to wash them all w/ soap

and water and since it was such a gorgeous day out,

sun shining breezy and in the high 70's

I decided to hang them out on the wash line to dry.

 hopefully they will dry nicely and he can reuse them.

I LIKE THAT ! any thing to save money.

 Have you ever washed out your baggies and reused them?

would love to hear from you.

love and blessings

ruby

Canning

 I have been so busy lately

 on my days off I've

canning and freezing vegetables from

my garden which I am very grateful for.

 I've been canning hot peppers

 Tomato juice

pizza sauce

 its such a good feeling and

 so nice to be able to go to my shelves this 

winter and cook up something for supper.

I pulled my onions and garlic and laid them out  to dry.

 Don't think I'll have to buy any for a long time.

I like that!

hope your summer is going well

and your garden is giving you lots of goodies

like mine is.

love and blessings

ruby

 

Summer

Oh how I love summer

 bringing fresh bouquets of flowers

in from the outdoors. This year I planted gladiolus 

for the first time and they are beautiful.

But  they do like to be lazy and lay on they're sides.

so I just cut them off and bring them in and put them in a vase.

the colors so beautiful

Bring the outdoors in.

these make a lovely centerpiece for my my coffee

or dining room table.Cheer up the bathroom w/

a bouquet of these.If your having guests how about a bouquet

for their bedroom.Or In the office on your desk.

Bring a bouquet of sunshine into your home.

love and blessing

Ruby

New Finds

I found these white dishes

at a local antique store for 

1/2 off regular price

I was tickled !

 I found a set of 8

dinner plates

8 cup and saucers

8 salad plates

I use them every day.

you're asking "why white" ?

because I can put any color with it and it looks great.

$12.00 for the set.

I love bargains!!

Have an enjoyable week end!

love and blessings

Ruby

Dinner

Salmon w/ Lemon and Rosemary

1 whole side salmon,

2 teas kosher salt

1 teas pepper

1 teas chopped fresh rosemary leaves

1 lemon thinly sliced

1/2 small red onion

8 cloves garlic thinly sliced

1/4 cup olive oil

cut a piece of foil long and wide enough

to encase the salmon when folded over the center

and folded up the ends

put foil on large cookie sheet and place

the salmon in the center of the foil.

skin side down sprinkle the salmon

w/ salt pepper and rosemary.

place lemon slices over fish along

w/ sliced onion and garlic.

drizzle fish evenly w/ the olive oil 

and fold the edges of the foil up over the 

salmon and crimp to seal.Fold the edges together 

on both ends to create an airtight package.

bake for 15 min. or until cooked through but still moist. 

serve immediately.

I also cooked some fresh green beans

to go w/ the fish.

can you say Delicious.

love and blessings

Ruby