New way to catch a fish !

A new way of catching a fish.

Never saw a rat getting a fish like this awesome picture.

Had to share it with you all.

Quote by~Franklin D. Roosevelt
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

Facts
Mailing an entire building has been illegal in the U.S. since 1916 when a man mailed a 40,000-ton brick house across Utah to avoid high freight rates.
Someone on Earth reports seeing a UFO every three minutes.
Giraffes are unable to cough.
Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.
There are no ants in Iceland, Antarctica, and Greenland.


Tip
Coffee Filters
Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the
microwave.
Use one for plant pot lining the filter prevents soil from going
through the drainage holes.


Recipe
Black Forest Coffee
4 cups fresh brewed coffee

1/2 cup chocolate syrup

1/4 cup maraschino cherry juice

Sweetened whipped cream

Shaved chocolate Maraschino cherries

Combine coffee, chocolate syrup, and cherry juice; mix well. Top individual servings with whipped cream, chocolate shavings and a cherry. Yummy!

Crafts & Tutorials
How to make a Scone cozy
http://www.diyideas.com/blogs/teamdiyblog/2009/12/07/make-it-monday-maple-oat-scones-in-a-handmade-scone-cozy/?sssdmh=dm17.417289&esrc=nwdiy&email=689402338

How to-do Headboard
http://myrepurposedlife.blogspot.com/2010/01/jamies-headboard-redo.html

Bake it Forward Plate
http://infarrantlycreative.blogspot.com/2009/12/bake-it-forward-plate.html

Filing cabinet slip covers
http://www.diyideas.com/howto/sewing-fabric/filecabinetslip_1.html?sssdmh=dm17.417289&esrc=nwdiy&email=689402338

Basket Liners fabric
http://www.diyideas.com/howto/sewing-fabric/basketliners_1.html

How to tufted chair Pillow
http://www.diyideas.com/howto/sewing-fabric/tuftedcushion_1.html

For the Teacher
http://www.teachingheart.net/backtosurvive.html
and
http://paola-mycreativeplace.blogspot.com/2009/08/teachers-are-garderners.html

Stay Crafty!
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing !
Thank you for dropping by !

Jan. Hanging bells

Our Hanging bells blooming in Jan.

FishNing took this great pic last night.

Great job honey!

Quote by~Cherie Carter Scott
" The answers to life questions lie inside you
all you need to do is look listen and trust."

Facts
There are 23 doctors in the U.S. called Dr. Doctor, and one called Dr. Surgeon!
On average, a movie makes about 5 times more from its video sales than ticket takings!
85% of men don't use the slit in their underwear.
A bird 'chews' with its stomach.
Eagles mate while airborne.

Tip
Keep gloves in shape
After washing wool gloves, insert a straight wooden clothespin into each finger. The clothespins will keep the gloves in their proper shape.

Recipe
Cuban Black Bean Soup
1 T Olive oil

1 c cooked ham, diced

1 c Chopped onion

2 t Ground cumin

1 cn 15 oz black beans (do not drain)

2 c chicken or vegetable broth

2 T freshly squeezed lime juice

2 T chopped cilantro

1 salt and hot pepper sauce In large saucepan,

heat oil over medium heat. Add ham; cook until browned, stirring occasionally. Remove ham with slotted spoon. Add onion, garlic and cumin to same saucepan; cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes or until onion is translucent. Add black beans and and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. In blender, purée 1 cup of the soup until smooth; pour back into saucepan. Add lime juice, cilantro and ham; season with salt and hot pepper sauce.

Crafts & Tutorials
Match game using your own art work* great for kids
http://craftingagreenworld-http://craftingagreenworld.com/2010/01/02/tutorial-make-a-matching-game-using-your-own-artwork/make-a-matching-game-using-your-own-artwork/

Make a message in a bottle
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/02/diy-wednesdays-february-13th.html

Tomato & Strawberry crochet pincushion pattern
http://karabouts.typepad.com/karabouts/2010/01/my-entry.html

Shopping cart Seatbelt tutorial
http://obsessivelystitching.blogspot.com/2010/01/shopping-cart-seatbelt-tutorial.html

Make a bicycle fame lunch bag
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=319993.0
http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2010/01/bicycle-lunch-bag/

How to braid Dog Leash out of plastic shopping bags
http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Upcycle-Plastic-Shopping-Bags-Into-A-Braide/

Make your own walking stick
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-handsome-wooden-walking-stick-for-almost-no/

Silhouettes Busy day little girl free
http://smub.it/craftypod/wood.print


Stay Crafty!
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing !
Thank you for dropping by !

Somethings are not right!

Somethings just not right without hair!

Quote by~Walt Disney
"The flower in adversity is the rarest
and most beautiful of all."

Facts
Lima beans contain cyanide!
Gloucestershire airport in England used to blast Tina Turner songs
on the runways to scare birds away.
Because heat expands the metal, the Eiffel Tower always leans away from the sun.
In one day, a full grown redwood tree expels more than 2 tons of water through its leaves.


Tip
You can tape a small mirror onto a cone speaker, play music and shine a laser on to the mirror and the reflection will look like a laser light show on your wall.

Recipe
Seven-Up Pound Cake

3 sticks butter

3 c. sugar

5 eggs

3 c. sifted cake flour

3/4 c. 7-Up

1 tsp. lemon flavor,

Grease a tube pan; dust with flour. Cream butter until smooth and shiny. Add sugar and continue to beat until smooth and fluffy. Add flavor, then eggs, one at a time. Beat thoroughly after each. Add flour; mix well. Add 7-Up and mix well. Pour batter into pan and bake at 350 degrees F."---Food For My Household: Recipes by Members of Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta GA [Cookbook Publishers:Lenexa KS] 1986 (p. 46)

This unusual recipe dates back to 1959:"In the following recipe, dried apricots are cooked in the nationally known beverage, 7-Up, for the brown sugar sauce. The natural lemon-lime flavor of 7-Up is used as the liquid ingredient.

Crafts & Tutorials

How to make a multi photo frame
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/13588/how-to-make-a-multi-photo-frame

How to make a pin wheel tutorial
http://www.stylemepretty.com/2009/12/22/diy-pinwheels/
How to make a cardboard box into note pads
http://www.craftypod.com/2009/11/11/how-to-turn-a-cardboard-box-into-a-splendid-notepad/

How to Weave a Rick rack lampshade
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/08/weave_a_ric_rac_lampshade.html

How to make Needle punch flowers tutorial
http://alliesinstitches.blogspot.com/2009/12/needlepunch-flower-pin-tutorial.html

Adorable jean shirt from jean pants tutorial
http://somedaycrafts.blogspot.com/2010/01/guest-blogger-tea-rose-home-adorable.html

Jean corsage tutorial
http://tearosehome.blogspot.com/2010/01/tutorial-jean-corsage-got-old-jeans.html

How to recycle dreinking straws into seed bead storage
http://recycledcrafts.craftgossip.com/how-to-recycle-a-drinking-straw-into-seed-bead-storage/2010/01/01/

Stay Crafty!
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing !
Thank you for dropping by !

Ricky Swallow Sculptures

Beautiful sculptures by Ricky Swallow.
http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2009/12/wood-sculptures-that-look-like-anything.html

Quote by~B.B.King
"The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.”


Facts
Jackie Kennedy Onassis was secretly a chain smoker.
The Pacific island of Nauru’s economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings.
If you shake a can of mixed nuts, the larger ones will rise to the top.
Iron weighs more after it rusts.
It takes five minutes to execute someone in a gas chamber.

Tip
Eggs & Coffee grounds
Egg shells provide calcium to your garden while coffee grounds provide a high content of nitrogen to your garden. Calcium and nitrogen supplements (egg shells and coffee grounds) will help keep your garden soil and plants healthy.

Recipe
How to make Root beer
Root Beer
1 tsp. dry yeast

1/2 cup warm water

2 cups granulated sugar

1 quart hot water

4 tsp. root beer extract
Dissolve yeast in 1/2 cup warm water. Dissolve sugar in 1 quart hot water.
Mix together dissolved yeast, sugar and root beer extract in gallon jar. Fill jar with warm water and stir until all ingredients are well combined. Cover jar. Set in warm sun for four hours. The root beer will be ready to drink the next day. Chill before serving.
Makes 1 gallon root beer
For more recipe on root beer
http://www.gourmetrootbeer.com/recipes.html

Crafts & Tutorials
Make a Peasant blouse out of white mens shirts
http://mymamamadeit.blogspot.com/2009/07/peasant-blouse-refashion-tutorial.html

Make your own unity Candles
http://crafttutorials.net/2010/01/make-your-own-unity-candles/

How to make Clothespin Rocking Chair
http://www.thehobbybarrel.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5&zenid=40a2bbbd3dab5e9d885d5cb7d09a93c0

How to make Stacked fabric boxes
http://www.thehobbybarrel.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=9

Easy Felt Heart Sachet
http://www.chicaandjo.com/2009/01/27/sew-an-easy-felt-heart-sachet/

Crochet Headband with needle felted butterfly
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/07/craft_pattern_podcast_crochet_4.html

How to knit a stripey short row wavey hat
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/11217/how-to-knit-a-stripey-short-rows-wavy-hat

How to make a socktopus
http://www.craftstylish.com/item/56644/how-to-make-a-socktopus

Stay Crafty!
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing !
Thank you for dropping by !

A Cut above the rest Rose Parade

Dr. F. F. Rowland's First Prize entry in 1890

http://www.tournamentofroses.com/history/photogallery.asp

On Friday, January 1, 2010 at 8 a.m. (PST), millions of spectators from around the world will celebrate the New Year with the 121st Rose Paradethemed 2010: A Cut Above the Rest. The Rose Parade will once again feature the beautiful pageantry and tradition of magnificent floral floats, high-stepping equestrians and spirited marching bands.

Happy New year 2010
Quote by~Bill Vaughn
"an optimist stays up untill midnight to the New Year in.
A pessimist stays up to make sure the old new
leaves."


Facts
About 39,000 gallons of water are used to produce the average car!
Jimmy Hoffa's middle name is, appropriately, Riddle.
The first condoms were made of linen.
Cleopatra wasn't Egyptian; she was Greek.
Medical studies show that intelligent people have more copper and zinc in their hair.


Tip
Place a few unwrapped and unused tea bags on a small platter,
then put this inside the closet. If it’s shoes, place one bag in every shoe.


Recipe
Dental floss in the kitchen.
Unflavored dental floss is often better than a knife to cut through soft cheese, rolled dough and cheesecake.

Poppers
recipe for jalapenos,12 jalapeno's (slice in half,clean out the seeds and pulp)

1-bar cream cheese

1 T-season salt

24 bacon slice's

let cream cheese soften,when soft add season salt and mixtake a half of the jalapeno and fill with cream cheese do this with the rest of peppers.Wrap the jalapeno with the raw bacon place on a greased cookie sheet and cook at 400 until bacon is crisp.

Crafts & Tutorials
Alphabet Felt Magnet Tutorial
http://modernquiltlove.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/alphabet-magnet-tutorial/

Free January embroidery pattern
http://zuill.us/andreablog/2009/12/29/january-2010s-embroidery-pattern/

Laptop Cozy made of felt
http://www.designspongeonline.com/2008/01/diy-wednesdays-january-30th.html

Wall Mounted Spice rack* love it
http://www.instructables.com/id/7-Wall-Mounted-Spice-Rack/

Custom clock with photo hands
http://www.instructables.com/id/Custom-Clock-with-Photo-Hands/

How to make Water minnow fishing lures
http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-own-top-water-minnow-fishing-lures/

Make drinking glasses from wine bottles
http://www.instructables.com/id/Drinking-Glasses-from-Wine-Bottles/

Pretty Petals pillows felt
http://www.diyideas.com/roombyroom/Bedrooms/easy_bedroom_decor_ss3.html


Stay Crafty!
Have a blessed day and remember to be a blessing !
Thank you for dropping by !