Enjoy and let me know what you think of it. If you have any questions feel free to ask me.
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Showing posts with label free download. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Clothespin Bag Tutorial and Pattern
In the vein of my post last week about line-dried laundry, I thought I would share with you a pattern/tutorial for an easy, quick clothespin bag. This bag can be whipped up in about 30 minutes and is a great project for a beginning seamstress, whether she be 8 or 48 ;)
Enjoy and let me know what you think of it. If you have any questions feel free to ask me.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Enjoy and let me know what you think of it. If you have any questions feel free to ask me.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
Thursday, September 13, 2012
New Facebook coverphotos!
Here are two more Facebook coverphotos for you to enjoy and use. As always, these are free, but if you share, please share where you got them ;)
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Proverbs 31:30 Free Facebook Cover Photo
Here is another free Facebook cover for you to enjoy. Please comment if you download, I love to hear from readers ;)
Thursday, June 14, 2012
How to Pray for your Husband
Here are two reminders of ways to pray for our husbands. It is very needful that we lift our men up before the Lord every day, that He would strengthen them and help them.
There is no difference between the two graphics, choose whichever one your like best ;)
There is no difference between the two graphics, choose whichever one your like best ;)
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Still more Facebook coverphotos ;)
In case you have missed my previous Facebook freebie posts, here is the link to the album where you can download all of the coverphotos I’ve created. I hope you enjoy them, and please comment and let me know if you use them. It makes my day ;)
Prettiest Smile--Click Here to Download
Monday, April 16, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Another set of Facebook Cover Photos
Here are a couple more cover photos for you ;) If you like them, please leave a comment. Please feel free to share them with your friends, but please let them know where you got them.
Philippians 4:8 Click Here to Download
Monday, April 2, 2012
Free Facebook cover photos
With Timeline going into effect for everyone on Facebook soon, the need for neat, cute, pretty and edifying cover photos has risen. With so much nonsense and drama and discouraging stuff on Facebook it is always refreshing to see or read something that actually lifts you up or brings glory to our Savior.
I’ll be offering several homemaker-ish, feminine, and Scripture-based cover photos here at CCM. If you have any ideas for cover photo themes, please let me know ;)
Here are a couple I put together to share with you. Look for more soon.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Digital Scrapbooking
I have always loved papers and fancy fonts and inks and anything pretty. I've always loved building collages, headers and buttons and graphics for websites, ever since I edited With all of thy Heart e-zine and website.
I had a wonderful program that I used for years, but a few computer changes and upgrades later, I don't have that particular program anymore. I was a little handicapped for a little while as a result.
I started looking around for another program similar to my old standby. Only problem though, I hate paying full price for anything. Yeah, I'm one of those. So I looked through several programs that were available to download for free and found the one that works the best for me.
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| Click here to go to download page |
You can create printable scrapbook pages, graphics and collages for websites, either from scratch or use one of the many templates that comes with the program. Those are just a few of the features of Craft Artist Compact. You can also design and make gift boxes, gift tags, cupcake toppers and wrappers, invitations, buntings--everything you need for a party--plus greeting cards and stationary.
It is so easy to use, with almost no learning curve at all.
The possibilities are nearly endless--I love this program!
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| Created using Craft Artist Compact |
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Vintage Pineapple Doily Pattern Set Download
Here is another delightful vintage doily pattern set for your enjoyment. This one is also from my old crochet patterns book from 1946. I have made several doilies by this pattern and greatly enjoy using them around my home. I think I can safely say this is my favorite pattern yet. Click the button at the bottom to download the pattern.
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| My latest doily, almost finished |
Here is the introduction to the Pineapples chapter:
There's certainly no need to take a poll to determine America's most popular fruit—at least when it comes to crochet. Never a day goes by but requests come pouring in from crochet fanciers.
It so happens there are excellent reasons for the popularity of the pineapple. Decoratively it blends with any period; beautiful with Colonial furniture, it's very much at home with 18th century English, has exactly the right flair for modern, graces with equal charm formal and informal settings. Then, too, from the point of view of design it lends itself to endlessly lovely variations.
As you see, we've picked as choice a crop of pineapple beauties as ever set a crochet needle whirring through the thread—a dinner cloth, handsome enough to grace the most important occasions, a matching runner to set off a gleaming copper bowl or your best candlesticks, a luncheon set your friends will admire, a chair set in an unusually beautiful pineapple design, and a trio of lacy doilies for the daintiest of undercover work.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Vintage 8 Point Star Motif Pattern and Wisdom
Years ago my mom found an awesome old crochet patterns book for me at a resale shop. It was from 1946 and some of the things in it are just awesome. It has everything from sweaters, gloves, hats, baby things, bedspreads, edgings and of course many, many doily patterns. I love it because all of the patterns are authentically vintage.
Another reason I love this book is for the chapter introductions. It was written for homemakers and it is full of wisdom and inspiration for making a house a home. It was written in a time where women took much pride in filling and making their homes lovely and homey with things that they had made.
Here is the introduction to the Dress-for-Dinner Tablecloths chapter, where the following pattern is taken from:
"The dinner hour is one of the most pleasant interludes of the day. Work done, problems temporarily forgotten, the family gathered in a circle...it's an hour for sociability and relaxation, for hearing the day's news and telling it...for sharing fun and making plans...and hour which plays an important part in strengthening the ties of affection and friendship that weld a family into a close-knit corporation.
It deserves the most attractive setting you can give it. There's no excuse for a nondescript looking table--inexpensive dishes come in so many pretty colorful patterns. Make a habit of arranging the table as attractively as possible, bright silver at each setting, a pretty cloth, a gay centerpiece--a bowl of fruit, and amusing pair of pottery figures...bright decorations lend a festive note to the dinner table.
Naturally when you have guests for dinner you want your table to look its best...your best crystal, sparkling silver, flowers...and one of your loveliest, laciest, dressed-for-dinner cloths...take you choice of the eight beauties in this chapter, making a handsome background for a table that looks "just like a picture". " The pattern I have shared today is one of my favorites. I haven't made a tablecloth from it yet, but who knows, maybe one day I will. I love the motifs and use them for mini-doilies and coasters. They work up very quickly and not much skill or experience in crochet is needed to make them. Enjoy and please let me know if you download the pattern.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Menu Planning
I grew up in a home that was always busy cooking and baking--almost always from scratch. My mother helped instill a love of cooking in me by always letting me help her, even when my "help" was more of a hindrance than anything else. My daddy helped seal this love of cooking even more by praising my efforts and finding new recipes for me to try. I'll never forget the week or two I tried almost every day to perfect my buttermilk biscuits and make them taste just like my great-grandmother's did--just for Daddy. I did :) and he was so happy and enjoyed them so much. It made all the work worth it.
Now that I am married, I have a husband who loves my cooking and raves on and on about it to other people. My cooking ability is a great source of pride to him--I think he really thinks there isn't anything I can't make!
But guess what? I don't always know what to cook, or have inspiration for delicious, healthy meals. Some days I don't feel like cooking, or nothing sounds good at all. Most of the time when that happens I just make sure to have a protein shake and make myself eat something nutritious and move on. That is fine for me, but if you have a hungry hardworking man around the house, that isn't going to cut it. It is too easy to give into temptation and run out and grab a bite to eat--we live so close to so many restaurants--but that isn't good for us or our bank account.
I've found that if I plan ahead and make menu plans, we do better about eating at home and I'm not at a loss for what to make for supper.
Not only does this help us save money, it also helps cut down on costs at the grocery store. When I make the menu plan for the week, I make the grocery list according to what is on the plan for the week. Also, I've found that making the menu plan after checking what is on sale that week helps a lot too.
When I know what I am cooking for the week it keeps me focused and on track and I am not as liable to just aimlessly buy things. The worst thing for me to do is plan the menu while I am in the store! I will come home with all sorts of things we didn't need.
My menu plans are very simple right now. I only really have to plan for supper (or dinner, whichever you prefer :) ), and only five suppers a week. Our weekend plans vary from weekend to weekend and we often spend them with my family in the country and Sundays are spent with his parents. So I don't have to plan meals for the weekends.
Breakfast and lunch are often easy, no-brainers. For lunch I usually send Jacob a sandwich or leftovers from supper the night before, and sometimes he eats lunch out with someone from work.
Earlier this year I decided to get with the program and plan and be more organized. I started by making a list of all the meals I could think of off the top of my head. After that, I kept a running list close by for whenever Jacob or I thought of another one. Once I had a pretty good list compiled I sorted the meals into two categories: quick and normal. A few examples of quick: tacos/taco salads, cheeseburgers, BLT's, etc. I mixed up the meals and made sure to have at least one "quick" meal a week in the mix.
Also another meal that counts as "quick" is a casserole or something from the freezer. Even though I've been cooking for two for almost a year, there are still some things that when I make them, I prepare enough for an army. Casseroles, soups and chicken pot pies, just to mention a few. Thankfully, we were given LOTS of glassware in our wedding showers so when I prepare too much, I can divide it into two meals worth and freeze one. This helps a lot, I just have to remember to set it in the fridge the night before or early the next morning.
I didn't assign specific days to the meals because our schedule is never the same. Below is the result of all that thinking and planning.
Since then, I've added some new meals to my repertoire, and use the above list more as an idea springboard for when I don't know what to cook. I need to edit it and add more things to it. I have some new crockpot/slowcooker recipes that are great on busy days or if we eat at home on Sundays.
This list lives on the fridge where I can always see it. I had been keeping it in my three ring binder that I keep my calendar and some recipes in, but it was out of sight and therefore, out of mind. Since it is on the fridge I use it all the time.
I put together a "menu planner" earlier this week, inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. It has a spot for five suppers a week, and a place to make a grocery list. It is blank and I'll just plan the menu the day I buy groceries. If you'd like to look at it or use it for your own menus, you can download it by clicking on the link below.
Now that I am married, I have a husband who loves my cooking and raves on and on about it to other people. My cooking ability is a great source of pride to him--I think he really thinks there isn't anything I can't make!
But guess what? I don't always know what to cook, or have inspiration for delicious, healthy meals. Some days I don't feel like cooking, or nothing sounds good at all. Most of the time when that happens I just make sure to have a protein shake and make myself eat something nutritious and move on. That is fine for me, but if you have a hungry hardworking man around the house, that isn't going to cut it. It is too easy to give into temptation and run out and grab a bite to eat--we live so close to so many restaurants--but that isn't good for us or our bank account.
I've found that if I plan ahead and make menu plans, we do better about eating at home and I'm not at a loss for what to make for supper.
Not only does this help us save money, it also helps cut down on costs at the grocery store. When I make the menu plan for the week, I make the grocery list according to what is on the plan for the week. Also, I've found that making the menu plan after checking what is on sale that week helps a lot too.
When I know what I am cooking for the week it keeps me focused and on track and I am not as liable to just aimlessly buy things. The worst thing for me to do is plan the menu while I am in the store! I will come home with all sorts of things we didn't need.
My menu plans are very simple right now. I only really have to plan for supper (or dinner, whichever you prefer :) ), and only five suppers a week. Our weekend plans vary from weekend to weekend and we often spend them with my family in the country and Sundays are spent with his parents. So I don't have to plan meals for the weekends.
Breakfast and lunch are often easy, no-brainers. For lunch I usually send Jacob a sandwich or leftovers from supper the night before, and sometimes he eats lunch out with someone from work.
Earlier this year I decided to get with the program and plan and be more organized. I started by making a list of all the meals I could think of off the top of my head. After that, I kept a running list close by for whenever Jacob or I thought of another one. Once I had a pretty good list compiled I sorted the meals into two categories: quick and normal. A few examples of quick: tacos/taco salads, cheeseburgers, BLT's, etc. I mixed up the meals and made sure to have at least one "quick" meal a week in the mix.
Also another meal that counts as "quick" is a casserole or something from the freezer. Even though I've been cooking for two for almost a year, there are still some things that when I make them, I prepare enough for an army. Casseroles, soups and chicken pot pies, just to mention a few. Thankfully, we were given LOTS of glassware in our wedding showers so when I prepare too much, I can divide it into two meals worth and freeze one. This helps a lot, I just have to remember to set it in the fridge the night before or early the next morning.
I didn't assign specific days to the meals because our schedule is never the same. Below is the result of all that thinking and planning.
Since then, I've added some new meals to my repertoire, and use the above list more as an idea springboard for when I don't know what to cook. I need to edit it and add more things to it. I have some new crockpot/slowcooker recipes that are great on busy days or if we eat at home on Sundays.
This list lives on the fridge where I can always see it. I had been keeping it in my three ring binder that I keep my calendar and some recipes in, but it was out of sight and therefore, out of mind. Since it is on the fridge I use it all the time.
I put together a "menu planner" earlier this week, inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. It has a spot for five suppers a week, and a place to make a grocery list. It is blank and I'll just plan the menu the day I buy groceries. If you'd like to look at it or use it for your own menus, you can download it by clicking on the link below.
Hopefully all these things will make it easier for me to stay on track with my meals. I do really well with lists and checklists.
I'll be posting some new recipes soon, so stay tuned!
Encourage One Another Link up--Deep Roots at Home
Encourage One Another Link up--Deep Roots at Home
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