New Year's Eve

Time for a break. I've been doing inventory all day and my eyes are starting to cross.LOL.
And looking at the clock tells me it's almost time to start dinner for tonight. We are having a couple of our best friends over to celebrate the new year. They will be spending the night also.
So here is the menu

Dinner- Roast beef, potatoes, asparagus, broccoli and Yorkshire pudding.

and who doesn't love yorkshire pudding! Yummy

Dessert will be pumpkin pie and cheesecake along with leftover Christmas cookies.
Numerous snacks for tonight.

For breakfast I've made a sausage strata and bagels.
Here is my recipe for Sausage Strata
2lbs bulk sausage cooked with about a tablespoon of mustard added.
In a blender mix 6 eggs, 4 cups of milk, salt and pepper to taste and a dash of nutmeg.
Trim the crust off about 15 slices of your favorite bread.
Place the bread in the bottom of 9 x 13 pan that has been sprayed with pam.
Drain the sausage and spoon on top of bread.
Sprinke 1lb of shredded cheese ove the sausage. I use Swiss but use whatever you like.
Pour the egg mixture on top, cover and refrigerate overnight.
Bake covered in 350 oven for 50 minutes. Uncover and bake another 10 min.
I like to serve it with bagels and muffins. 
* The best thing about this dish is you can really use anything you like. I have made it with broccoli, with asparagus and ham and with bacon. Easy to make and no mess in the morning.
 So I think I have everything covered.
Tell us how you are spending your New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year!!

Linda

Giveaway Winner!

Sorry to be late announcing our Giveaway winner.

Congratulations go out to Nanbon. This little cutie will be coming your way.
Thanks for all the warm comments.

Our after Christmas clearance sale has started. We will take 20% off order totals before shipping. Sale ends midnight New Year's Eve.  Includes clearance fabrics and new additions. Does not include BOM's.

Linda

Giveaway update

We have extended our giveaway until midnight Monday December 21st because our newsletter was late going out. Also for those of you who do the trivia, I goofed and sent out 2 different ones so I guess there will be 2 gift certificates this week.
Geesh!! Time for bed!

Linda

Snowed In and Loving It!

We have been blasted with a huge snowstorm here in eastern PA. Here is a pic looking out my front window.
Think we received about 24", a record for December. So it looks like we will have a White Christmas!!

A great backdrop for our christmas  tree.

And speaking of snow,

 Make a Flake is a fun site that lets you cut out virtual snowflakes.

and here are our babies.

That's my hubby Bill playing Santa. He was Santa for my daughters rescue.

This is what we made for a fundraiser. Very easy to make. We used felt for the background

and wool scraps for the applique.

I remember making a few gingerbread houses when my children were young. He-he, they never looked like this.  For more gingerbread masterpieces go to top 10 Gingerbread Houses

We've added some new fabric

Just in time to think about Valentine's Day.

Has 2 panels to choose from. Love is in the Air

Enduring Blooms

Don't forget you have until midnight tonight to enter our giveaway.

Now I'm off to make some cookies.

Linda

Giveaway Winner!

Congraulations Sue Cahill!  Enjoy stitching these cute Snow Ladies.

Can't stop now!  I know it's late for this year but here is a cute Santa kit.

Leave a comment telling me about your favoite holiday treasure or ornament.

Leave a link to us on your blog or add us to your favorites and receive 3 entries to win.

We'll end this giveaway on Christmas Eve, December 24th.

This is a new favorite!

So cute, plays continuous christmas melodies .

Found this after Christmas last year and just love the nostalgia. This reminds me of when I was young!

                (showing my age here, LOL)

Isn't this a cutie?  Just picked this up at Kohl's.

Just went back and bought a few more to fill with cookies and give for gifts.

 I'm working on a Flikr page that I think will let anyone upload pics.

Flikr

Keep in mind so far I have absolutely no idea how this works.

So maybe together we can figure this out. LOL!

Have a good one!

Linda

Plans for the New Year and Another Giveaway!

With 2010 just around the corner it's time to start thinking of New Year Resolutions.
For me, making quilts for Project Linus is my goal for next year.  This is something thats been on my back burner for a few years and the time has come to make it my #1 priority.
Do you make resoutions for the new year?


So, if your thinking about it:

Here is a top 10 to get you started.
Top 10 New Years Resolutions

For us sewers and quilters:
Here are some neat sites with list of organizations

http://www.weallsew.com/sew-to-serve/
http://www.craftsnscraps.com/links/quilting/quiltingcharities.html
http://quiltville.com/charityorg.shtml
http://crafts.lovetoknow.com/wiki/Charity_Quilting

And, here are some free patterns that will make great charity quilts.
http://www.freequiltpatterns.info/QuiltCategories/FreeCharityQuiltPatterns.htm

Our new block of the month American Modern is now available. If you are interested you can sign up now to reserve a spot. Starts in February.Americana Modern.

Congratulations Phillip Davies!!  You are the winner of our Autumn Rose quilt kit giveaway.

Your name was chosen from all of the comments we received using random.org.

This is a message for Pete. Sorry to post here but I lost your e-mail and want to let you know we have what you were asking about. Please send me an e-mail.

Since it's the Holidays and a time for giving, lets have another Giveaway!

These adorable cuties are from Chickadee Hollow.

Leave us a comment for a chance to win them.

Deadline is midnight Sunday Dec 13th

Finished my shopping today!!! Another year in the bucket.Decorating is done!

Just some wrapping left and card writing

Yeah, the list is getting shorter.