Two Turtle Doves

The culmination of Jars of Renewal — four Christmas baskets filled with homemade goodies being delivered today. I was reading scripture I’ll be teaching at church this morning and it specifically mentions two turtle doves. Coincidence? Nah. Amazing is more...

Three French Hens

I couldn’t let Grace down by not keeping up with the title theme… Katie asked me a while back if I’d help her learn how to cook. I couldn’t wait! Visions of aprons and journals and gourmet meals danced through my head. Then I remembered my...

Tutorial: Stickerbook

Supplies: Two pieces of cotton fabric cut 13″ x 12″ One pocket piece of cotton fabric cut 8″ x 5″ Two pieces of ribbon, 6″ long, width of your preference Wax paper Stickers! Directions: 1. Cut your book front fabric and inside fabric to...

Four Calling Birds

So, in the last two days I’ve learned some very interesting things from you… 1. We all have baking failures and some of you are so hungry for homemade goodies, you’d consider eating burnt chocolate chips off a pan with a spoon. Wowie. Let’s...

Hit and a Miss

You know those days when absolutely nothing seems to fall in your favor? Yeah. Two trays of chocolate chip cookies that flopped. I think it was a bad mix. Brownies with a fudge swirl that apparently were pretty sticky too. And lemon bread that I didn’t let cool...