SOOOOOO CUTE! If I do say so myself! Tippetts family Christmas card 2009

Here it is!
Shilo @http://craftyfuntime.blogspot.com
AKA: My daughter did my Christmas card for me.
She did a GREAT Job...Thanks Toad! I only need one little change! Shilo is going to add the words: "Merry Christmas....The best part of Christmas presents is the "presence" of your family around you!"
I usually have my Favorite Daughter in Law Lyndsy @ Bellaboo http://www.bellabooinc.blogspot.com/
Do them for me AND SHE always does a great job........BUT... she is busy carring my grandson & being really sick while doing so. SO I asked told her to take a break & concentrate on growing "little bear"! BUT check out past cards she did for us on her blog spot! The colorful polka dot one she did for us last year was my fave!

Neighborhood/friends/co-workers Gift idea #2

Mele Kalikimaka,- Hawaiian Christmas greetings
OR
Joyeux Moel,- French Christmas greetings
OR
Feliz Natal- Portuguese Christmas greeting

I Have a couple of more Neighborhood Gift Ideas for you:


Remember the Cute cello bags!
#1 A big can of Chicken noodle soup & so crackers or BAG of dry soup mix W/a Box of crackers
#2A bath & body works gift certificate(have you smelled their newest fragrance? Twilight woods? HOLY COW!!! SO yummy!) OR a bag different scents of bubble bath
#3- (MY FAVE!) You can use a cute box of Christmas tissues( I got mine at Target) Or a bag of Chicken soup & cracker kit
#4-A package of hangers(I crocheted some fun colors on the plastic ones)
#5- A 2 liter of pop OR some sunny delight

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#6-discount MOVIE passes
#7-A 6-pack of IBC Root-Beer (YUMMY)
#8-Repeat (SORRY) LAYS brand potato chips w/Dip(see my past posts for the DIP mix recipes)
#9-Any cute HANDMADE or purchased Christmas ornament that remind you of our Friend or neighbors
#10-A bell ornament
#11-A Cute scarf & mitten set or a box of hot cocoa mix( see my past posts for a CREAMY Hot-cocoa mix recipe OR a hot Cider spice mix recipe)

That's it for a minute, I have a few more I will have Shilo scan in for me, I will post soon.

I will ALSO post a 12 days of Chritsmas suggestion for you SOON!

Have a great day!

Neighborhood/co-worker/friends EASY Gift Idea's

MERRY Christmas MY friends!!!


I have BEEN knee deep in Poinsettia's at work AND just now dug myself out!


I have a love/HATE relationship with my job sometimes.....Case in POINT.....When YOU thought & were PRESSURED into making a POINSETTIA order..... IN JULY.....innocently thinking....YOU would need 600 Poinsettias for the Christmas Holiday....NOT taking in to consideration that the ECONOMY would BE in the crapper AND YOU just might have to adjust that order..... I mean REALLY...IN July AS I recall.....Christmas seemed REALLY far away...AND my brain was just focused on when my next Passion fruit snow cone would happen AND do my firecracker earrings clash with my Americana acid washed HEADBAND..... OR should I serve PLAIN hot DOGS or spring for those fancy BRATS at the next BBQ?!.....


SOOOO can I or SHOULD I be blamed AND PUNISHED....... REALLY for the fact that MAYBE, JUST maybe.....I over ordered a bit too heavy on the POINSETTIA'S!?


UGH! IF my grave stone would show my disgust for Poinsettias....


It will read something like this......


Here Lies Rosie:
Who ORDERED too many colorful Posies,
a lot of lilies & Hydrangeas & even some daisy's
But with the Poinsettias she caught a BAD case of the LAZY'S
She forgot to pay attention and water the blooms...
So Rosie; your fate in POINSETTIA Heaven forever LOOMS!!!!


OK I'm DONE.....


ANY WHOOO, I just wanted you to know....My thoughts were with you all... I REALLY REALLY wanted to give you all a heads up on the gift giving thing! I made these Gift ideas for a class I did at my work AND thought I should share them with you!

I have been wanting to get these on my blog for a bit now......I just could not figure OUT how to get them on here(you know......all that scanning & computer silliness!!!!) So Shilo to the rescue!!




Lets Start with the 1st page, BUT 1st, I suggest you invest in some cute Cello bags to pop some of the gifts in, ADD a cute tag & tie or staple AND EASY...

PLEASY..... Gift is ready.

#1-Give a Smore kit...Crackers, marshmallows & chocolate. OR a big box of SMORE Poptarts.

#2- A Christmas CD

#3-Eggnog creamies, Or Egg nog or/and Peppermint Ice cream

#4-a SPRAY can or bottle of Christmas scented room spray

#5-A paper dish kit EX: Festive paper plates, Napkins, Cups, Plastic utensils

#6- A loaf of HOMEMADE bread OR Banana Bread or Corn Bread

#7- A big bag of Payday Candy Bars

#8-A cello bag of different seasoning packets EX: Taco mix, Meatloaf mix, Chili mix, Sloppy Joe mix, ect.

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#9-Again a Paper dish kit

#10-A cello bag of Grapefruit or a bag of Grapes or grape soda or grape Jelly OR all them!

#11- Cherry Pop-tarts, Or Pepsi cherry Cola (got my vote!)

#12- A can or CANS of "Pringles"brand Potato chips

#13- A carton of Egg nog

#14-A box of Fireplace (extra long stems) matches (Toady @http://craftyfuntime.blogspot.com/ would SOOO scrapbook this box!)

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#15-SORRY repeat of the Pringles (my bad!)

#16- A gallon of Chocolate milk or EGG nog, or a box of MILK duds or anything COW related

#17- A big bunch of Bananas or Banana bread or BOTH!

#18-A cute box of Christmas Tissues

#19-a Christmas printed roll of Paper towels.

I have a few more I need to down load AND I will get you those suggestions for MORE Neighborhood gift ideas later this week!!

I know some of them are a bit CHEESY......But I gotta tell you....after trying to think of 100 ideas for my class....my brain was a bit frizzled! soooooo I hope you can at least use one or two of these for your gift giving needs!

It's SO CHARMING!? Rosie's Charm swap....gotta see it to believe it!

OK Shilo got me hooked on these Charm swaps on twopeas. @ http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=list&forum_id=14

I LOOOOOVE the charm swaps, you can sign up to swap just about anything...BUT the bracelet Charms are my faves! This one was for the Vintage Christmas charms. Check out some of these cuties! I love them all! My camera can not even do justice to them all. They are all so cute.

These 3 are the ones Shilo & I did for the swap. The gingerbread cookie cutter one is the one I did & the cute Star one is the one Shilo did. Now some of the swappers wear the charms on a bracelet & some of them like to use them as tiny Christmas ornaments on a mini tree. Both are good ideas, BUT I LOVE to wear mine! So look for mine on my wrist STARTING tomorrow!

It's beginning to "COOK" a lot like CHriStMaS! Part 1: Neighborhood Gift Ideas!

These Lovely Things are DONE!!!

I promised you pics of the last SOTTP's crafty day!

(Sisterhood of the travailing PAINTS")

SOOOO Here they are!

We worked on the neighborhood or co-workers gifts for the Holiday season. WE ARE DONE! We made home made Dip mixes!
We made labels WITH Instructions, added a big bag of Pretzels and pop them in another CUTE cello bag AND VOILA! Our part here is done!
I hosted it AND Shilo Housed it!

I made Rosie's Famous AND YUMMY Kahlua Pig (Pulled pork) sandwiches on bakery fresh Rosette buns, fresh sliced pineapple & Lettuce and lunch is served! We had a great time, eatin & craftin'!

BELOW are the recipes for the Dip mixes we used. We made up fun names for the dips like:

Santa's Sesame Cheese dip & Rudolph's Ranch dip or Dasher's Dilly dip & Frosty's "Bakin" cheese dip And Mrs Santa Kickin' Cajun dip. I found it was easier to mix one bag at time, to insure the proper measurements. But Lyndsy did hers in fours, cuz she's a rebel!

Not really, she just could remember if she ADDED the right amount AND she said it was faster!

We found the baggies at the craft store. We used the medium size ones. They come in bags of 100. With a cute label, they worked great! I packaged the packets with 4 different flavors. I only made 10 sets.Shilo & Lyndsy did 3 in the sets, because they did 20 each. We bought a couple of packages of pretzels and folded 1 big label over the bag of pretzels and the dip mixes for a AWESOME gift for our neighbors or co-workers! Lyndsey just made some sticker labels that had the mixing instructions for the mixes, she stuck on those on before she put them in the big bag. SMART!

MY FAVE?

The Cajun Dip! Yummy! in a Spicy kinda way!

This is the only one that calls for BOTH MAYO and Sour Cream!

Ranch Dip

1/2 AND 1/4 Tlb Dried parsley

1/4 Tlb, Chives

1/8 Tlb. dried Tarragon

1/4 Tlb Lemon Pepper

1/2 Tlb Oregano

1/4 Tbls Garlic POWDER

1/2 tsp Salt

1 Tlb. Minced onion.

Mix all ingredients in a small bowl. Pour into SMALL Zip bag. Staple on appropriate label.

Mix instructions: mix packet with 1 1/2 cup Sour cream

DILL DIP:

1 1/2 Tlbs Dill weed

1 Tlb. Minced Onion

1 Tlb Dried Parsley

1/2 Tlb. Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp. Salt

Mix in small bowl & pour into small zip bag & staple on appropriate label.

Mix instructions: Mix season packet with 1 cup sour cream.

Sesame Cheese Dip:

2 Tlb Parmesan Cheese

2 tsp Toasted Sesame seeds

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 Celery seed

dash black pepper

1/4 tsp. Garlic Powder

Mix into a small bowl & pour into a small bag. Staple on appropriate label.

Mix instructions: Mix season packet with 1 cup Sour cream

BACON CHEESE mix:

2 Tlb. Bacon bits

1 Tlbs Minced onion

1 tsp. Beef Bouillon granules

1 (HEAPING) Tlb. Parmesan (canned)

Combine all the ingredients and pour into a small zip bag & staple on appropriate label.

Cajun Dip mix

1 1/2 tsp parsley flakes

1 Tlb. Minced Onion

1/2 Tlb chives

1 tsp Chili powder

1/4 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Garlic Powder

1/4 tsp. Cayenne Pepper

1/4 tsp Cumin

Mix in Small bowl, pour into a small zip style bag & staple with appropriate label.

Mix instructions: Mix seasoning packet with 1 cup sour cream.

THE Kahlua PIG recipe:

I'll tell ya, but you gotta keep it mum!
My family thinks IT IS super hard to make...BUT It's so easy!

1 big pork roast (not too big! It's gotta fit in your crock pot)

1 clove for every (1 pound of pork ) FRESH, Diced garlic

(EX: Pork shoulder weighs 3 lbs. YOU use 3 cloves of garlic)

1 Can Of PEPSI( NOT Diet, AND NOT CAFFEINE free! you the sugar AND the caffeine to soften AND sweeten the pork!)

Place the ingredients in a large crock pot. Cook on low for about 8-9 hours, Or high for about 6 hours. OR until the meat shreds!

Shred the pork with your fork, DRAIN the juice from the pork. AND add a 1/2 jar of :

KONA COAST pineapple Teriyaki sauce (found on the BBQ sauce aisle) over the pork. SAVE some sauce to add on each sandwich. Cover each side of the bun with the lettuce to help keep the "SOGGIES" away! Add some meat & a slice of pineapple and a bit more sauce....... AND DEVOUR!!!

I wandered over to the Shabby Cottage...And left hungry!

Gina is featuring some yummy recipes from other readers, I reposted my Peanut Butter bars AND the HOT cocoa mix, SO check mine AND others at:
http://www.theshabbychiccottage.net/2009/11/surprise.html?,
And see whats cookin'. I am FOR SURE wanna try out the Rosted Pumpkin soup or # 21.
Smell ya later!

the SiStErHoOd Of THE Traveling "PAINTS" meet again...for a FUN craft day!

The first project one I HAD to show YOU is this ONE!

The girl's & I had talked about wanting to FOR SURE do a christmas count down of some sorts when we got together this month for craft day........

AND my Sweetie, Kevin, KNEW I had been wanting to do the Christmas count down with the "SOTTP"......

BUT I ran into a snag..... I had no MONEY for my Craft day projects.....
( sad story: I had my black Friday/craft day/thanksgiving money ripped of...it wasn't a lot...but going to a lot of different needs!)

Kevy saw how upset I was, when I thought I wouldn't be able to play at craft day....

so he QUICKLY made these up for me!! All Saturday morning he worked hard on these boxes so I could have a project to work on with my "sisters"!

The 25 pine mini box's are all hand cut, sanded, made with love for me!

And then he made the frame to slide the boxes in.

He even made 2, just in case ONE of the girls wanted to make one like mine. I was so touched, I started to cry! IS he the BEST or WHAT! I'm gonna keep him!

I was so excited to get these done!

I first washed the wood in red paint & was pretty happy with it, because the wood still could show through, BUT as Taya, my little grand daughter & I picked out the perfect paper to modge podge on the drawers. I found the red's & even some of the prints were lost in the red frame....so to make it stand out more I dry brushed on some black paint in a light coat, dried and sanded it some more, so SOME of the red would show through. I was VERY happy then, cause the black helped the color & print on the paper to pop more!

We added some cute stickers and numbers AND MORE modge podge AND voila! We were done!

I still need to add the draw nobs, but I can't decide what I want to use for these yet. I still have a couple of days to decide right?

Below are a couple of the drawers up close. The pictures do not do it justice!

They are so cute! I love it!

I have to gather some treats & sayings & such to fill my draws up with.

You gotta see my daughters Shilo's countdown @Toadly crafty take on the very same project. SHE did the same wooden set in a very cute way!

SHE did have a lot of help though! She used the crafted pages from her "cookie sheet countdown swap" and hot glued those on to the papered drawers.

They were all unique and all SOOOO cute! I love her count down also!

Keep an eye out for it, when she gets it up, maybe tomorrow?

TOMORROW or maybe Tuesday...I will finish posting more pictures of the FUN filled craft day,

where we also put together AND FINISHED our gifts for our neighbors and co-workers and friends!!
I will post the recipes for those and also a sneak peek at what we STILL have to make BEFORE the cookie exchange party