I Won!

I am so excited that I won this helpful planner!

I have been playing around with it the last few days between sewing and school planning. Honestly, this is such a great tool for busy homeschool moms. I cannot encourage you enough to get one. Sheri Graham really did a great job with this planner. I have another planner she wrote here
I use it every year to plan my Thanksgiving and Christmas. Check them out!

I have been working on that quilt I shared in my last post. It is done! I am so pleased with how well it turned out. This was a very simple project that I feel a tremendous amount of satisfaction. In the photos above Hollyse is actually sitting on the blanket.

I also made Hollyse several pairs of little pants using the kimono style pajama bottoms in Amy Butler's Little stitches for Little Ones. These little pants took me literally 30 minutes, start to finish. The instructions were fool proof (trust me I would know). You can see in the above photos how sweet they are. I am making another pair in flannel.

I also did a stenciled book bag using freezer paper. Very cool.

I know that Summer is getting short so I am eager to finish many more projects before the start of school.

We use our crock pot quite a bit in the Fall and Winter months for easy, healthy, hearty meals. One frustrating situation I encounter with crock pot cook books is the use of canned soups. In particular, creamed, canned soups. I have one child who is lactose intolerant and another I suspect may have a dairy allergy. Why all the cheating in cook books? How about meals from scratch. All that to say I have been digging around the internet for how made recipes without the use of pre-made ingredients.

If you have any to share that would be lovely!