Monthly Archives: February 2010

Angel Pizzas

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 5, 2010
I've posted about these simple pizza's before. It has been awhile and easy to forget. Just take any flat bread:  hamburger buns, hotdog buns, french bread, tortillas, pitas etc.  Spread with a little spaghetti sauce, toppings and cheese.  Bake at 400 for 15 minutes.  Today the Canadian bacon and pepperoni looked like angels.  Or maybe fat butterflies.  I [...]
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Homemade gift wrap: update

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 4, 2010
homemade gift wrap, originally uploaded by molly dunham. Remember the homemade baker's twine from a few posts back? Molly designed it and used it with a $.50 tea towel to wrap home-baked bread. I love her crocheted strawberry and the knitting pattern below would look darling here too. A+ Molly! To view the tutorial for [...]
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Strawberries: Photo update

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 4, 2010
Strawberries, originally uploaded by pezdiva. Here's the photo to the strawberry pattern by Pezdiva. It is so pretty! She didn't specify but since she said she used Fisherman's yarn which only comes in natural cream, she might have dyed this yarn herself! It is on my project list for Heidi and me. How generous of [...]
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A few Hair Clip Tutorials

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 4, 2010
Anyone else ready for spring?  Stitch up a couple of these cute hairclips in an afternoon and feel the season changing.  I love that these projects are a great way to use up scraps!  These would make an inexpensive but well received birthday gift for the girl who has everything. http://anniescupboard.blogspot.com/2009/07/fabric-flower-hair-clip-tutorial.html From the Purl Bee:  http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2010/1/23/mollys-sketchbook-rose-barrettes.html [...]
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Better than Drive-Thru!

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 3, 2010
These nutritious breakfast sandwiches can be made in 90 seconds!  I love that the egg slides right off the plate and is so easy to clean up!  My kids love how tasty they are.  Move over cheerios, here comes the 90 Second Breakfast Sandwich. Here’s the Cost breakdown: 100% whole wheat flat bread–32 for $3 or $.09 [...]
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Strawberries: Tastes of Spring

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 3, 2010
I love Strawberries.  Just the sight of them fills me with warm happy feelings of late spring and early summer.  Until then, here's some links to make a few that will never perish. Knitting: This is worth clicking over to see.  Very cute and fast to do.  Especially nice with handpainted yarn.  Pattern and photos here:   http://www.flickr.com/photos/pezdiva/133734949/  Knitted Baby hat with cables:  [...]
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Custom Sewn Florinda Skirt Giveaway

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 1, 2010
My friend, Caroline Allen, has a beautiful new shop http://www.themodestmom.com/. Caroline is a licensed seamstress for the Florinda Maternity Skirt pattern and has a nice selection ready to ship or will custom sew one for you.   She has also searched high and low for cute maternity clothes that she can offer at very reasonable prices and the [...]
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Heart Crafts–Love it!

By Angela Coffman | Published: February 1, 2010
These Crafts will Make great inexpensive Gifts for Valentine's Day  1.  Simple Heart Gift Tags: a.  Get your heart template here:  http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/heart_templates.htm b.  Then cut out 2 larger hearts from white paper with scalloped scissors. c.  Cut out 2 smaller hearts from colored paper. d.  Tape each end of a ribbon to a white heart. e.  Write [...]
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