We made a big batch of Wonderful Stuff. I decided to just pour the M & M's over, after the mix is cool in the container that way they don't get soft and melty! 
I have been saving the FHE Lessons from LDS Living Magazine online the past year. I had quite a file of lessons and decided to burn CD's and give them away---a year's worth of FHE lessons and ideas! 
Some of our Bath and Body Combo Baskets
Russian Tea Baskets are a favorite!
Santa Soaps, Wall Flowers and Mouse Pads
Note to self: Order more cute Snowmen and Santa Sacks from Oriental Trading next year--perfect for the Bath and Body soaps and lotions!
Russian Tea and goodies!
We "canned" 48 pints of Russian Tea!
We made 3 batches of Chocolate Truffles (not pictured)
and a big batch of "Wonderful Stuff" (recipe follows).
Wonderful Stuff
Mix the following dry ingredients in a large bowl:
9 cups Golden Grahams Cereal
8 cups Corn Chex Cereal (This year we tried the chocolate mix)
2 cups coconut
1 cup sliced almonds
Mix the following in a saucepan and boil for 12 minutes, stirring
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup butter
Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly. Pour over cereal mixture and toss lightly. This year we added the holiday M & M's for color! Enjoy! This is one of those treats you just can't stop munching on! Warning: terribly addictive!
More Table Runners!
On Black Friday we were shopping in Boise and Mandy and I picked out enough holiday fabric to make 18 table runners. Just think of the tables we'll be running up and down this Christmas!
We hope you enjoy our gifts to you as much as we enjoyed making them!
A Very Merry Christmas and Best Wishes in 2010 to you and yours!
With a rotary cutter, even out your 2 pieces of fabric, trimming to make sure they are the same length (width of fabric runs so different)
Next, with right sides together, serge both long side seams, to make a tube. 
Then, turn that tube rightside out and press to make even borders on your runner. Fold your center inside and serge across top and bottom to make your points. You can see where I pressed this one. I forgot to take a photo of this fold over step as I was doing it!
Last, turn your point rightside out to hide your seam, and press to make a point.
Some of the gals in our RS group were top stitching, but that is optional!
These are the fun little mini bundt, Garland Cakelets pans I have.
They are about $20.00 a pan, very heavy cast aluminum, non-stick Nordicware.
4 Bushels of peaches this year. We've canned 2 1/2 bushels so far and got 70 quarts. I'm seeing peaches when I close my eyes! Mom gave me her steamer/canner and it worked great on my flat top corning range. I thought about Dad all day today. It would have been his 84th! He loved peaches! We came home from church and voted to can a few more. We ended up with 84 quarts and 14 pints!
1 dz ears of corn, remove husks and silk
We are buying t-shirts that are too big, putting slits down the side, then we tie them in knots.
Mandy just finished her star for the parade. She will be dancing with the Dance Team. Watch for the tan cutie! 
The headband bow is on white elastic lace, hard to see here against white fur!
It's the teeniest one I've made yet!
Izzy's is kind of an island tye-dyed look one. Mandy's got the same one, with a green underskirt, but I think your last one was green and yellow, so I went blue this time!
These are the newest 2 skirts on the blog! Lily, I'll get them sent in the mail to you soon. I know your Hannah Montana is a favorite, but you can switch off with these new ones. You couldn't decide which one you wanted so I'm sending them both!
I noticed the new rose bud opening after all of this rain!
Needless to say, the potatoes are loving all this water!
Here are a couple of treasures I found awhile back. One is an old telephone box, unfortunately the phone was not with it, but I thought it might make a primitive shelf box for the wall. Maybe it's the one they used on Greenacres! Remember how the Douglas' had to climb the pole to talk on the phone! Just think how far we've come with cell phones today. 
It's even got the little latch at the top.
Another fun find was this old wicker children's chair. I love the washed out white-washed look!
It makes a cute sitting spot for a couple of raggedy friends! 
This is an old nail box I picked up at an estate sale. 
Some of the nails were so rusted in place, they couldn't be removed. 
Yes, it was just $3.00. The old guy looked at me so funny when I said I'll take it, but I don't need the nails! He shook his head and dumped them out for me, but I'm sure he thought I was crazy! I think it will make a cute shelf!
And my last treasure---a couple of old door knobs and brass plates. Can't wait to come up with something "Shabby Chic" to do with them! Happy Treasure Hunting!
