Let it Snow

It snowed here today and I was so busy with my snowman cookies I didn't get a picture of the huge beautiful lightly falling snowflakes so delightfully covering the ground.


This is just half of the batch of these very time consuming cute little guys that I will be selling this holiday season. Yes, that right, I'm selling candies, cookies and bars this holiday season. Since I love to bake and always bake more than my family can possible consume, I decided to bake for others that don't have time or just don't care to take the job on themselves.

 Not only are they cute but they are really tasty as well.

Beads Beads and More Beads

I have a lot of beads.  More beads than one person should be allowed to have. Since I'm always on some sort of quest, my newest quest is to use up a few of my gazillion beads.

 A knitted beaded breaclet

 Another knitted beaded bracelet.

This is a great way to use lots of beads as it takes about 200 for one bracelet.

 A beaded serving spoon

A button and beaded napkin ring

And now I'm off to conquer the quest and use more beads.

 

Retreat

This weekend was our annual retreat and here we are all packed up and leaving after a very productive weekend.

Jeanette always takes her work so seriously that's how she can get so much done.

She put the binding on this, don't you just love it?

Sally is hard at work making doll quilts for charity

 
These are the two tops she finished.

Then she started hand stitching a double wedding ring.

Evy got this scrapbook done before I arrived.

Evy - she's so happy she finished stitching on these flowers that she has been working on ever since I've known her and longer.

Then she started making hearts fast and furious - Evy style.

 She made a lot and they just kept getting cuter and cuter.

 I even got something done myself.

And then started a new project.

My Etsy Shop

I've decided to put a few more things in my Etsy Shop and with Christmas just around the corner, at least according to the stores that already have started putting up tress and such I'm going with a holiday theme. These are just a few of my newest treasures for sale, if you want to see more or have a closer look  just pop on over to Cindy's Stitches in Time.

Cutie Pies

Really! That's what they are called. I've been watching Martha again, yes we are on a first name basis.  She had Dani Cone on and she makes the cutest little pies in fruit jars.  So I decided to give it a whirl.

Aren't they cute?  

 They are not very quick and easy but boy are they delicious. They are made with apple, cheddar cheese and fresh rosemary and oh so sweet and savory. You can find the recipe here - Apple-Cheddar-Rosemary Piejars.