Author Archives: ~~Rhonda

Living in a small town, I share my life with my husband Russell (married in 1977), five children (one still at home), and six cats (one indoors, the others outside).

I teach an online class called “The Christmas Notebook” which is about all things holiday prep. The many facets of celebrating Christmas comprises one of my favorite hobbies. Other favorite things include gardening, reading, cooking, and scrapbooking.

putz houses and making tiny tinsel trees

I have finished the second set of Putz houses for this week. The first one is a two-tier house in blue and green, which is my favorite color combination for these little houses. For this house, I made silver “trees” from 3/4″ wide, wired, silver tinsel roping. I cut the wired tinsel to the length […]

two finished putz houses

I have enjoyed getting back to crafting after a week or so of sorting, organizing and rearranging my craft room. The first house I finished is a small yellow one. It’s a simple design that reminds me a lot of vintage glitter houses. I used some vintage mercury glass beads to decorate the front yard. […]

why i haven’t been crafting this week…

I have had a lot of issues with my legs, especially my left leg, over the past few years. One of the things it has kept me from doing is climbing the stairs to the second floor where my wonderful craft room is. The ceilings in our house are twelve feet high and that makes […]

menu plan monday ~ july 18, 2016

I’ve spent several days working on rearranging my craft room. Still have a ways to go, but have a good incentive to get things done. My dear friend Marsha and her husband Paul are coming to visit on Wednesday. MJ and I will spend the day crafting. Our husbands will spend the day catering to […]

menu plan monday ~ july 11, 2016

This week I am working in my craft room upstairs to organize and rearrange it. I want it to be laid out better for working on items for my Etsy shop. Major overhaul needed. So I won’t be crafting this week. And I won’t be doing much cooking. If I took a picture of the […]

a busy day turned into a lazy day

Hello, friends! I hope you are having a good weekend. Today turned out to be warm and humid, but it was beautiful this morning. We had planned to have a dinner party this evening, but the guest of honor is ill and had to postpone. We are praying he and his family recover and are […]

menu plan monday…i mean tuesday!…~ july 5, 2016

I am trying to remember that today is Tuesday. Does it feel like a Monday to anyone else? It’s going to throw me off schedule all week! We had a great Fourth. DH took Snow White, Rose Red, Middle Daughter and her friend Vivian to the parade. It was the 150th anniversary of this particular […]

daylilies

The front yard is in the height of daylily season. If you are local, feel free to come by and look around. We will be open for another plant sale tomorrow, Saturday. High for the day is forecast as 68*. Unbelievable for July. Most years, DH is digging plants for the sale in 90+ temperatures. […]

matching putz houses and their bases

I thought I’d catch you up with what I’ve been doing. I had taken several days off from working on Putz houses while I was busy with other projects and decided to get back to work this week. I like to upcycle used Christmas cards in a lot of my Christmas crafting. They make great […]

spicy creamy tomato pasta

We have discovered a new recipe which everyone in our family enjoys. It’s called Spicy Creamy Tomato Pasta. I found it on the Spicy Southern Kitchen web site. Her recipe has onion and garlic to cook, which I know would make it all the more wonderful, but we are going for an easy recipe for […]