Memorial Day Free Printable

Wishing you and your family a wonderful Memorial Day.

Here's a lovely vintage image for you to download. Enjoy!

Kathy :)

Hello Friend & Free Download

Hello!

It's been a busy morning at our house all ready. I drove Christopher to camp this morning. He's so excited about making tie-dyed T-shirts today! Then I came home and made some butter, cleaned the turtle tank and now I'm leaving a crafty share for you! ;)

Did I tell you we have a couple baby turtles? Yep! One found at the strawberry patch...a baby aquatic turtle that seemed to be quite far from any water source. So we thought we would enjoy watching him for a few weeks and let him grow a little before we brought him to a nearby lake. Then about a week later, we found another aquatic turtle marching across our driveway!?!?! Go figure! They've been a lot of fun to watch, but you have to be very careful to wash your hands well after touching them as they have salmonella! Something that's natural in turtles.

Okay, enough about turtles...I have a card share and a free download for you!

I made this fun feline card yesterday using scraps from my stash and a darling vintage image.

The envelope and tiny tags die cuts are from Papertrey Ink. Love their products!

I had a lot of fun giving this card some shabby goodness...inked paper edges, vintage mother of pearl buttons, hand stitching and millinery flowers.

Here's the image I used for my card. Click on it to enlarge and download. If you would like to share what you make with it, I would really enjoy seeing it! :)

Have a super Thursday!

Kathy :)

Happy Valentine's Day - Free Dowload

Happy Valentine's Day my blogger friends! :)

I hope you have a whole lot of love surrounding you this Valentine's Day and everyday! :)

I have a little vintage Valentine's Day post card download for you!

Enjoy! :) Kathy

Recipe and Free Download

Hey! Are you taking a break from wrapping gifts? Maybe you've been baking something yummy today? I'll be baking next Monday. Oh how I love to share cookies and candies with the neighbors, friends and family. It's another part of this holiday I love so much!

Today I thought I'd share a recipe with you. I'm still working on broadening the family dinner menu and my boys really liked the new dish I made last night!

This dish is called Chicken-Zucchini Alfredo from Food Network. It's quick, it's easy and it's good; the kind of recipes I look for since I'm not a chef and I don't have a lot of extra time to spend in the kitchen each evening. I also try to find recipes that use fresh and reduced fat ingredients. The only draw back to this recipe is that you fry the chicken breasts which I don't like because of the mess and it adds fat. Next time I'm make this, I plan to cook the chicken breasts in our George Foreman grill.

Now I have to share a sweet drawing Christopher made last weekend. He's been holding a Cat Toy Festival over the past several days for our two feline friends, Latte and Java. This is the official festival poster. ;)

At the festival the cats can play a number of games Christopher has created such as Down Ball, Down, String and Bouncy Ball. He also has a festival library that contains all his books about cats. Then there's the oodles of cat toys he has scattered all over the festival grounds! It's quite cute! Poor kid needs a dog! He's having a bit of trouble getting our two lazy boys to join in the festival games! :)

One last share before I get busy with more holiday activities. I'd like to share a free download of a holiday vintage image. I hope you can use it for some cards, a holiday scrapbook page or decor project. If you do, I'd love to see what you make!

Whatever it is you do today, I hope it's a great day! We just had a truck drive by and salt our street. Looks like a storm and our below normal temperatures will bring us a rare snow for the second time this month! Good thing we stocked up on the hot chocolate and I made a pot of split pea soup yesterday! :) Kathy

December First & Free Download

Oh what a wonderful time of year! Time to start the advent calendar and send out Christmas cards. Time to sip hot chocolate by the tree with the ones you love. Time to for crafting and baking. I'm looking forward to every single moment!

Today I'd like to share a Christmas card with you. I used this vintage post card I bought this summer at an antique store in Selma, North Carolina. The post mark on the back is dated 1909.

Isn't the bird lovely? I like how he's perched on a branch of holly! I kept this card simple, no stitching, if you can believe that! The embossing folder is my latest purchase from Quickutz and the plain twill I used is available in my Etsy shop.

I didn't do a lot of accenting, just a decorative pin in my twill tie. I'd like to pass along this post card image to you. Please enjoy making something with it. And feel free to share your project with me! I'd love to see what you create!

 

 

I have another share for you today...another recipe. If you've been following my blog, I've been on a mission to find some new recipes my family likes. Dinners were getting a little too routine and boring so I've been trying to spice things up a bit.

This recipe is for Creamy Garlic Penne. If you have a few picky, I mean selective, eaters in your house, this is a great dish to try. No onions, mushrooms or 'weird' stuff to stick one's nose up at! In fact, I think it's the perfect base dish to add chicken or your family's favorite vegetable.

Here's how my Creamy Garlic Penne turned out last night. I served it with fresh steamed broccoli. My boys enjoyed every bite and my husband had seconds! Did I mention this is extremely quick and easy? You can find the recipe here.

I hope you enjoyed my shares for today. Thanks for stopping by! Let me know if you try the penne. Have yourself a wonderful first day of December! :) I'll be back tomorrow to show you my first December Daily entry. :) Kathy