I am going to a four day retreat starting tomorrow afternoon! I've been busy getting ready! I made some things for the door prizes and baked a whole bunch of desserts. I'm not sure how it happened but I was put in charge of all the desserts! So, I made a pound cake (for Ty), a candy bar cake, a lemon 'cheesecake' pie, magic cookie bars, lemon bars (for Mich) and chocolate oatmeal no bakes (for me)! Oh, my goodness!
The door prizes I made are framed stitcherys. One is called How To Make A Quilt. Another is Ripping 101. The other two are Texas themed! On the dark frames first I painted the frames red then black and sanded a little. Then I rubbed some paste wax on them. I also made a bag with embroidery on the pocket. It is Nana Doreen's Sewing Tote from Leanne's House. It turned out so cute even if I did sew the handles on wrong! I'm not fixing them now! I am going to make a tote for me later.
I also made some of Darlene's pincushions for each of us. They turned out so cute! I love the crushed English walnut hulls for stuffing. Great idea Darlene!
The last picture is of two little puffs I found at Walmart for Sarah and Emily. Aren't they the cutest things? The babies aren't here yet but they'll be ready for soaping up at their house and my house now! Don't you love that little picture frame? It's made of wood and an old ceiling tile. (Those are not my babies, but they sure are cute!)
See you all when I get back on Sunday!
Wow, you have been super busy! I'm a Texan so I can fully appreciate the Texas sayings. "You can take the girl out of Texas but you can take Texas out of the girl" - LOL
ReplyDeleteThose are all awesome door prizes and the desserts sounds yummy. Oh, the pincushions are so pretty - I'm glad you liked the crushed walnut shells for filling. Have fun at and take lots of pictures.
Really pretty Pin Cushions you made, I printed that pattern off and its on the to do list after seeing them on Darlene's blog, now I see them here and well they need to be moved up on the to do list!
ReplyDeleteTexan here as well :O)
All your goodies look wonderful. I love your "Darlene" cushions. Have a great retreat.
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful gifts! Wow...I especially love the 'ripping 101'.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your retreat!
Can I come, too? What wonderful surprises await the others! Your prizes are so cute and the baking list made my mouth water. Have a great time.
ReplyDeleteI am not a Texan, but with all your door prizes and all the dessert goodies, I'd like to sign up please, for next year. :-)
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Magic Cookie Bars! I remember taking them in to Blue Birds in the decorated coffee can when it was my turn for refreshments. They are so yummy and easy enough for a little girl to help *s*
ReplyDeleteVery nice! I missed my invite to that retreat! ;). I sure could use one I tell ya!
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