NANA'S KNOLL

INVENT YOUR OWN CHILDS SLEEP WEAR

2010-10-29T15:50:00.000-07:00

Upon seeing the cost of pajamas for little girls my daughter brought a package of 5 little boy T-shirt and fleece bottoms. She was coming for a 2 week visit and knew her mother would come up with something to turn them into cute little girl PJ tops. I went to the Internet and my documents of copied embellishments for ideas. The Internet is a great way to get your creative juices going. The

Baking Cookies with Nana

2010-10-12T22:48:00.000-07:00

For the next 2 weeks Mary and the grand kids will be here visiting with Papa and I. She will also get to visit with her best friend Theresa, my son's wife and their kids. This morning Samantha wanted to bake cookies. Of course being a Nana, who could refuse such a request for such memories. SORRY about the pictures, I am still trying to figure out my new camera. If you look closely Samie is so

FALL CLEANING WITH HELP

2010-10-06T16:57:00.000-07:00

In the fall I have to move the furniture so that I am nearer the wood stove and my honey by the window so he can open it a little if he wants. As you can tell from my maneuvering that I get cold easy and he gets too hot. In the summer it is the opposite. I had planned to wait till my honey got home, but because my grandchildren were here I decided to utilize their help. They were a fantastic

PERSERVING TOMATOES-CUBED

2010-10-01T16:11:00.000-07:00

Anyone with IC (Interstitial Cystitus) for the most part can not tolerate tomatoes. Some of us can tolerate yellow and orange tomatoes. So when a box of yellow and orange tomatoes were given to me by my son from a naturally grown farm, I was determined to preserve this gold mine. Normally I would can these tomatoes, but with a flare up, I knew I could not endure the longer process without

NEW LINING FOR TRAVEL CASE

2010-09-12T22:11:00.000-07:00

This travel case was given to me years ago by my mother. It had been a very useful travel cosmetic case for many years. As you can see although it is still useful it has seen better days. I had attempted to glue in a piece of fabric to the top several years ago. Not my best work for sure. Must have been done in a big hurry to go some place. This case definitely needs some TLC and a new

BUSY FUN SUMMER

2010-08-17T17:03:00.000-07:00

This has been a busy summer but a lot of fun. I thought I would just show you some pictures of the summer so far. I started the summer by going and visiting my family, my daughter's family and my grandaughter. My honey and son drove me half way to Barstow to meet my daughter who had driven from Modesto CA to pick me up for a months visit. My honey will come for a weeks vacation and bring me

SUMMER COOKING

2010-07-23T21:23:00.000-07:00

During these hot summer days the microwave is getting used more and more. One of the ways to give my honey his pies without heating up the kitchen, is making pie dough in the Microwave. Little pies are easy to do in the microwave. To cook the dough in the microwave micro on high for about 3 minutes and then let rest a minute and continue with 1 minute intervals till crisp and flaky. The

NANA'S JUMPER TO A SKIRT

2010-07-04T17:58:00.000-07:00

Sharing a skirt I made from a jumper that was one of those sewing projects that turned out to big for me. I came up with the idea after visiting California and my mother giving me this long Eyelet material she got at a yard sale. I think it was a bed skirt. It had a few stain places, but I was able to work around that. The jumper was an empire jumper-you know the ones in the 80's and early 90

YUMMY Vegetable Sandwich

2010-06-24T19:40:00.000-07:00

UPDATE: Just wanted everyone to know that I have been using the "Homemade Powdered Laundry Detergent," and I love it!! With my hard water the whites seemed a little dingy, so I just used 2 scoops of the laundry soap and it worked fine. The clothes are much softer now that the store bought detergent is out of them. Hope you have time to try it! I am so enjoying the rain storm we had and the

MAKING "POWDERED" LAUNDRY DETERGENT

2010-06-17T16:34:00.000-07:00

First off I want to say I love finding things I can save money on and do myself. I make my own baking mix, fish fry mix, dressing mixes, spices mixes, hot cocoa mixes, etc. So you might think I am a little over the top. I do save money on most and I know exactly what goes into my mixes. Ever read the labels on the back of boxes of food? I cannot even pronounce them, little lone know what

HEALTHY FROZEN TREATS

2010-06-01T15:28:00.000-07:00

The above picture is of my son-in-law (in the Air Force, swearing in for another term and his Father (retired Navy Officer) having the honor of swearing in his son. My oldest grand-daughter, Brianna, is staying with me this week. We decided to try some frozen banana treats I saw in my Diabetic Living Magazine. Since Brianna cannot have peanuts or chocolate because of migraine headaches we

EMBELLISHING BLOUSE

2010-05-10T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone. I am in sunny California, only it is not sunny today. The weather is nice and cool. Enjoying family and basically resting. The picture above is a white blouse that I embellished to take on vacation with the new colors to match my ear rings. I just replaced the buttons and used a blanket stitch for the embellishment around the front of the blouse. I am really enjoying this

DISH CLOTHS

2010-04-27T12:59:00.000-07:00

I just had to share these lovely dish cloths. My best friend Lynn, who lives in Oregon, sent these knitted dish cloths to me. I JUST LOVE THEM. Had not seen dish cloths this shape or this large. I really like the size and stretch in them. Since there is no dish washer in this home, using something fun makes washing dishes a fun job. Plus with all the other crafts I do, knitting is not

TATTED HANKIES

2010-04-15T11:51:00.000-07:00

I love "Hankies," as my mother always called them. Some people are allergic to tissue and these are a nice way to save some trees. Not to mention they are pretty. I believe the ones above are tatted. Another find from my dear friend Millie. Look at the delicate hand work. It is so lovely and feminine. You can wear hankies tucked under your watch band, or belt, or pocket and even

VINTAGE SEWING AND CRAFT NOTIONS

2010-04-14T23:09:00.000-07:00

A dear older Christian woman (Millie) in our church went to be with the Lord this year and her husband and daughter were going through her things and they sent me boxes of sewing and crafting articles. The above picture shows some of Millie's old sewing and craft notions. They are sturdy and of good quality. I wanted to share these selected items with you, as she shared herself, home, food,

SPRING CLEANING

2010-04-12T23:11:00.000-07:00

Here in the high desert during the spring we have high winds of anywhere from 25 mph to 70 mph. We spend a lot of time inside during this time. Being raised in the mid-west I still have that implanted urge to spring clean and organize. I started with getting my summer clothes out and putting away my winter clothing. Next day it was the bathroom linen closet. Today it was the spare room where

Aromas From the Take Out Lunch

2010-03-16T16:17:00.000-07:00

GOOD FOOD IS ONE OF LIFE'S LITTLE PLEASURES! Hi everyone I was away from this blog for awhile. I still have been busy sewing, cross-stitching, scrap-booking, and tweaking recipes, etc. My honey requested this post. This was done in a hurry, so tomorrow when I view it I may have to clean up my mistakes-but that's life right! My honey takes a lunch everyday to work. They have a break

SCRAP BOOKING WEEKEND

2010-02-01T14:08:00.000-08:00

This week-end I set out my supplies and started scrap-booking again.I have been doing some on line with Heritage Makers, but decided I would do some the old fashioned way.Scrap-booking is a great way to preserve your memories. My grandchildren love looking at my scrapbooks, especially of themselves when they come over and visit.I have collected supplies over the years for doing this. When my

WHOLE GRAIN BAKING MIX

2010-01-23T13:10:00.000-08:00

NANA'S LOW FAT WHOLE GRAIN BAKING MIX The more whole grains used in your diet helps to improve blood glucose control and weight. Whole Grains are now recommended for any healthy diet, which I started using in my 20's when it was considered not necessary for a healthy diet. I make a Baking Mix that I use in several recipes. It was time to revamp my Low Fat Baking Mix recipe. After

FOOD JOURNAL

2010-01-10T15:54:00.000-08:00

I finally decided to get serious about eating the diabetic diet. I found out last year that I have diabetes. A few months later I had high blood pressure. I kept it at bay for 12 years on the advice of a doctor who told me that since I had diabetes when pregnant that I would in my latter years have diabetes. Going on the diabetic diet would increase the years of not having diabetes.

WHITE CHRISTMAS

2009-12-25T14:34:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone! Look at the snow behind the tree. This is the picture of the juniper outside my kitchen window. Finished my sewing about 2:30 pm on Thursday. Cleaned house and cooked some. Sat ate, and then wrapped the rest of the presents. This is nana signing off.

WHITE CHRISTMAS AND MORE SEWING

2009-12-23T08:09:00.000-08:00

SNOW AND FINISHED PROJECTS It has been snowing off and on since yesterday afternoon. The first snow did not stick, but it snowed last night and is still snowing this morning. THE TREE'S STORY My Christmas tree is in storage, but a friend bought a new one this year and she gave me her old one with lights. With my ornaments stored I took white paper out to my grand kids house and their mother

PURSE PICTURES & CHRISTMAS COUNT DOWN

2009-12-18T11:35:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Everyone!! The picture of the purse I made from revamping a tote bag pattern is now below. Turned out pretty good. Down to the countdown to get everything done. The problem is I find more things I want to make and the list gets bigger. So does the mess on my sewing desk. So today I have vowed to not add to the list and just enjoy the projects I am doing for my grand kids

FUN "ECONOMICAL" STORAGE CONTAINERS TUTORIAL

2009-11-13T13:44:00.000-08:00

Not wanting to throw away anything I think I might use, I saved strawberry, donuts, cookie, muffin containers, etc. Knowing there will be something I can use these for! So in the storage room they went. My craft supplies were beginning to take over my little craft area. Looking at all these items laying around and stuffed in my drawers, an idea came to me of a way to organize this

PLASTIC BAG HOLDER INSTRUCTIONS

2009-10-06T23:18:00.000-07:00

USE IT UP AND WEAR IT OUT SEWING Needed a plastic bag holder for a friends gift, so set to work making a pattern from an older one that my mother made some years back for me. Gave the bags a little more decorative flair by incorporating left over scraps to construct this bag. Have Fun Making these bags, an economical and easy Christmas gift! Plastic bags are not my favorite thing, but they can