Wanna cookie?

A sweet tooth has hit me today so instead of a batch of cookies I went with this giant cookie! No, my sweet tooth wasn't THAT big, but by the time everyone that will come in this house this evening takes a portion it should be gone by bedtime! Well....ok...maybe I will stash a small piece for a coffee break tomorrow! But then it's gone!
I thought I'd share the recipe with you today...
SUPER COOKIE
1/2 cup softened butter
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1egg
1 1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chocolate chips (I used miniature)
Cream butter, brown sugar and sugar in mixer bowl until light. Beat in egg. Add flour, baking soda and salt. Mix well. Stir in vanilla. Fold in chocolate chips. Spread evenly  with dampvhand onto greased pizza pan. Bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until light brown. Serves 8-10. Enjoy!

Fall has arrived.....

And along with it comes more hot and hearty meals and pumpkin pie! It was a chili and pumpkin pie kinda night last night!  If you want the recipe, I just use the one that's on the can of pumpkin with a slight change...I use Splenda for recipes.  I will also divide the sugar and use part brown. And I do make my own pie crust...using the Crisco recipe.
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Also sharing a little somehing I worked on last week....
He's headed to the mercantile this morning!
Great open house last weekend! Now to get ready for Holiday open house in November!

It's that time of year ...

Fall open house at Randolph Mercantile

! I've been sewing, stitching and punching like a mad woman! "Sew" much yet to do! I stopped in yesterday and the store is about to burst at the seams the way it's filling up with the fall treasures! If you find yourself in our little corner of the world stop in and see us! All the details are listed below!

I'm Back...

Not that I've been anywhere....I've been right here. I just haven't been blogging. So here I am...going to try and get back at it. It will be slow going and I know I won't get something posted everyday but hopefully a couple times a week.
So here's a little bit of what I've been working on the past few weeks.

What I'm Working On...

Yep, I'm still working on down-sizing my supply stash and unfinished projects.

Here's what I'm working on this week.....

My first and most likely only rug hooking project...this I started years ago.  It was featured in a magazine and I thought it looked a simple enough design to start with.  And it is....but I just can't seem to find a good flow, so maybe I'll just stick to punching, stitching and sewing.  Oh, I will finish this so I can say that I have tried it, as I did with candle and

soap making.   Maybe one day in the far future, I will try my hand at any one or all three again, but for now, I think they are better left for others.

The chunk of burlap and wool pieces I showed the other day are becoming a table runner. 

And another piece started a few years ago then tucked away into a basket is this stitchery piece.

I've made a wee bit of progress on this.

To think of the number of stitcheries I used to crank out in a weeks time and now I have to force myself to work on them.

So that's what I'm working on this week, besides keeping up with the usual chores and watching after  lil' Miss Rylee....here's a snap of her modeling the latest fashion available for wee ones at Randolph Mercantile....

Cute little onsie with matching tutu and sockies. 

There are more items available for the wee ones, just click on the Randolph Mercantile FB link to the right to

check it all out!

Enjoy your day!



Finishes...

It's a beautiful day here today!  The sun is shining bright, it's warm and there's a gentle breeze.

Rylee and I will be getting to take our walk today.

Here are a few finishes of the week....

Remember the egg crate I showed you earlier....well here it is...

This end can be displayed through winter, spring and summer...

(punchneedle design by Buttermilk Basin)

...while this end can be displayed in the fall.

(Notforgotten Farm)

Wouldn't this crate look awesome filled with real bittersweet in the fall?!

Fresh Eggs...a counted cross stitch design featured in Mar/Apr 2012 Create & Decorate (Terry Loewen)

It was featured a little differently, I chose to frame it instead.

Stitched with hand-dyed threads...on 32 ct linen that I stained with walnut ink crystals.

And I got those tobacco sticks finished that I'd started last week and needed screws for.

Alot more has been started or in the works.  Still trying to use up a good portion of my supply stash and work up some of  those unfinished projects.

I will be taking all of these to Randolph Mercantile tomorrow where they will be available for sale.

Hope the sun is shining where you are!

Enjoy your day!

Some days I just...

...can't help myself. 

Too much stuff that NEEDS doing and too much stuff I WANT to do.

After storming through the night, we got a dark, rainy and dreary morning here in my little corner of the world.

It looks to of cleared off for now, but it won't last....

More to come later in the day, according to our weather man.

So,  what to do?

It doesn't look like Rylee and I will get our walk today, so I guess we'll just have to stay inside....

a little work, a little play.....

Right now, she's napping so I'd better type fast.

I've had two pair of pants to hem all week. 

They are now in progress....since I had to wait for pics to load.

Also pulled out these two piece and have wools cut and pinned to the back....

will stitch those on later, and hopefully get them tacked to that cool wooden egg crate I showed you the other day.

As I was pulling wools, I found these two pieces of burlap....

Hmm....maybe a couple of table runners with some wool applique'?

A good way to use up some of my wool remnants....and the burlap I've had in my fabric cupboard for probably a couple of years.

What's keeping you busy today?