HERE WE GO ... FABULOUS FRIDAY FREEBIE NUMBER TWO!!!

This week's Fabulous Friday Freebie is from the Etsy shop of Joan ... Inspirations In Clay




Her work is absolutely beautiful!! I purchased several necklaces from her for Christmas presents ... her work is indeed unique ... and stunning. Most of Joan's work is made with polymer clay which she creates individually then crafts into outstanding pieces of jewelery. Joan is a very sweet gal and a pleasure to work with, a good kind hearted person .. her personality certainly overflows into her work and reflects the love she puts into each piece.

This is how the giveaway works ... roll into her shop ... check things out ... I'd even do some shopping while there (wink-wink) then come back here, post a comment about your favorite item in her shop ... then you're in! I'll put your name in the drawing for a gorgeous pair of earrings Joan has reserved for this giveaway. I'd love to hear all the wonderful things you have to say about Joan's work ... I'm sure you'll feel as I do that it is certainly a one-of-a-kind beautiful place to do some shopping :-)

Visit Joan's Blog at http://inspirationsinclay.blogspot.com/ ... once again, you'll love as I do learning more about her work and life as she puts her heart and soul into her creations. Thank you Joan for offering a sample of your beautiful work for our Give-Away!!

OUR FIRST FABULOUS FRIDAY FREEBIE WINNER !!!

Thank you all for entering our first contest. The winner of our first Fabulous Friday Freebie is Melissa ... Congrats Melissa, I'm sure you will LOVE your new bookmark. Heather does beautiful work and this Pheasant Bookmark is truly a gorgeous piece of her fantastic work! Melissa, if you'll send me your email address to magnoliablossomart@gmail.com, I'll forward it to Heather and she'll get your gift out to you ... ENJOY!!!

TIME FOR ANOTHER RECIPE OF THE DAY ... GET YOUR TASTE BUDS READY!!!

This one is an entry from my youngest son's wife. She makes the most delicious Blonde Brownies. They are a favorite dessert every Christmas Eve. This year, or any other year as far as that goes, I won't be able to eat them, but I do want to share them with you. I have never made them, but she swears they are so easy to make ... so here it goes. NOW ... DON'T FORGET THE RULES ..... PICK A RECIPE, MAKE IT, TASTE IT, BLOG HERE ABOUT IT AND YOUR NAME GOES IN THE POT FOR THE DRAWING FOR THE AMAZING RELAY FOR LIFE COOKBOOK "RECIPES FROM THE HEART".

BLONDE BROWNIES

1 stick plus 3 tablespoons butter, softened

1 box light brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 cups flour

2teaspoons vanilla

6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup nuts

Mix all ingredients together. Do not over mix. Do not mix with electric mixer. Must mix by hand. Pour into greased 9" by 13" pan. Bake in 350 oven for 40 - 45 minutes.

FABULOUS FRIDAY FREEBIE

Here it is ... my first Friday Giveaway! This week's Artisan is Heather who owns jinx1764. Heather creates jewelry, items and original art inspired by feathers. They are truly FABULOUS!!! Check her beautiful works of art

out at her shop ... jinx1764

Heather's Shop

PHEASANT AND LEATHER BOOKMARK

I'm sure after you take a look you'll agree that JINX1764 has the most beautiful work using feathers, leather and other materials for unique and absolutely gorgeous works of art. This is how it works ... fly into her shop, JINX1764, look around, feel free to do some shopping!! ... then come back here and post a comment about your favorite item. Next Friday I'll take all the names of those that posted a comment and randomly pick one winner. After the winner gives me their address, I'll forward it on to Heather who will get your beautiful Pheasant and Leather Bookmark on it's way to you. Wanta play ... join in ... the more that play the more fun it will be!!!

GOOD LUCK!!!

Recipe Of The Day

BRAINSTORM IDEA ... I tend to have them from time to time and it usually means ... WATCH OUT!!! Anyway ... I thought I'd post a recipe every day or so from our Relay For Life Cookbook and on December 15th ... in honor of my mother's birthday who is a breast cancer survivor ... I'll have a drawing for a Free Cookbook!!! So this is what you do ... pick one of the recipes I post, make or mix, whatever, give it a try and post a comment on how you liked it. Remember to post AFTER you make and try the recipe!!! I'll put your name in the pot (lol) for the cookbook giveaway ... yesterday was my granddaddy's spoonbread and today a used to be favorite of mine. I only had 2 maybe 3 drinks a year, but not anymore since surgery ... anyway it's FABLOUS!!!


PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN MARTINI
1ounce Absolute Vanilla Vodka
1 ounce Armereta
2 ounces Pineapple Juice
1 splash Coconut Rum
1 slice Pineapple
1 Cherry with stem

Place slice of pineapple in bottom of martini glass. Mix all vodka, armereta, pineapple juice & rum in shaker with ice. Shake and add to glass. Place the cherry in the center of the pineapple.

REMEMBER TO DRINK RESPONSIBLY!!!

Enjoy!!!

Recipe Of The Day ... From the cookbook

GRANDADDY'S SPOON BREAD
1 cup corn meal
2 cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons salad oil or melted shortening
1 cup milk
3 eggs, separated

Cook cornmeal and 2 cups milk till the consistency of mush. Remove from heat; add salt, baking powder, oil and 1 cup milk. Add 3 well-beaten egg yolks; fold in 3 stiff-beaten egg whites. Bake in greased 2 quart casserole in slow oven (325) about 1 hour. Spoon into warm dishes; top with butter. Makes 6 servings.

$5.00 CHRISTMAS GIFT!!!

If you make a minimum donation of $5.00 to my Relay For Life Team "ForAbie" I'll send you a "Recipes from the Heart" Relay For Life Team for Abie Cook Book. It is stocked full of 100's of recipies from our team members. All money goes directly to the American Cancer Society, but the donation needs to be made through our team, For Abie in order to recieve the cookbook. They make GREAT gifts!! Click on the book below and it will take you right to my page for our team, follow the instructions to make a donation and leave me a comment that you did so ... as soon as the donation appears on my site, I'll ask you for your mailing address and I'll ship out your book ... that easy ... and for a good cause ... best of both worlds!!!

SALE ... ALL CHRISTMAS ITEMS!!

Get your order in for Christmas. All gift tags and gift bags are 25% off now till Christmas. Must place order by December 15th to insure it arrives before Christmas. Check it out on my Etsy Shop ... hurry quanities limited!!

Cyber Monday ... BIG SALE ... Last Day of Holiday EtsyFest ... Purse and Crochet Day !!!


I have 7 orders for the wonderful Crazy Quilt Purses ... they are so unique and adorable. I love the detail of the variuos stitches. Mother/Daughter matching sets are a favorite for Christmas Presents this year. I made one of the black, white and red ones for my duaghter-in-law ... friends, family and strangers have gone crazy over it!!

This black scarf has to be the most soft and snuggly scarf I have ever made!! I can't wait to make one for myself :-)

BIG SALE ON JEWELERY BLACK FRIDAY!!

Friday, November 28: All jewelery in my shop will be 30%OFF !! Stop in and check it out. In addition ... EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY SHOP WILL BE 15% OFF!!!

http://www.magnoliablossomart.etsy.com/

HOLIDAY ETSYFEST IS HERE!!!

Have you checked it out yet?? Now through Monday, December 1st almost 200 Etsy Artisans are participating ... click the link above and check out the SALES!!!

39 MINUTES .my time to Holiday EtsyFest!!

Hope you're as excited as I am. What a great time to do some shopping at some fantastic Etsy shops, and we can save some money too ... bonus!! I have my eye on a thing or two ... do you???

Tomorrow I'll be drawing for the Gift Card Give-Away ... you still have some time to post what you are thankful for ... I've already sold a set of these gift tags, so get your post in quick!!

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving Day and good luck in the EtsyFest sale days :-)

One More Day To Turkey Day!!!

This will be my first BIG holiday since my by-pass surgery in June. I'm so glad I'm at the point I have more of a variety of foods I can eat. I think I'll just have a bite of everything ... with no sugar that is!! This is such a wonderful day for all ... we have so much to be thankful for and I love to get together with all the family to celebrate our lives, our families, our friends, the country we live in, and our Lord for all He has given us. I don't to have to do any cooking this year ... except for putting together the squash casserole ... everything is at our daughter's house and we take everything that goes in the oven around there ... this means I can sew, sew, sew today!! I'm making more Christmas Gift Bags today ... hope to put on Etsy in a bit ... will post when I do!

I want to do more give-aways and would love to have some items from some other than my shop to offer. Anyone interested either post or email me.

New Items ... Christmas Gift Bags

These are fun to make ... I thought what a perfect idea ... make some fabric Christmas bags that will hold a bag of brownie mix. You just add a tag that has the baking instructions and there's a fast, easy gift. I'm off to make more designs!!

Here's What You Win!

These adorable Christmas Tags :-) Just post on this blog what you are thanikful for and on Thanksgiving Day I'll pick a winner from a random drawing. This Thanksgiving we should all take some time to remember the important things in our lives ... let's be thankful together ... join the Thankfulness Thoughts Blog!!

TGIF!!

Today I'm sewing up some grocery bags to deliver Thanksgiving meals to about a dozen or more needy families in the community from our church. Last minute idea, like usual for me :-) I'm also gearing up for the big Holiday EtsyFest begining Thanksgiving Day!

















It's snowing!!! We get so excited about any flakes around here, we don't see much of it.

As you see, our "Artic" dog is totally uneffected by the snow .. she's like ... what's the big deal!!
Lovin the cold weather around here ... me ... jury's still out on that one!!! But I did get excited about the few flakes :-)

Hope to post some new items on Etsy this weekend or first of the week. We're dedicated to three of the five grandsons tonight then our little one's First Birthday tomorrow ... woohoo!!!

Weekend's Coming ... WooHoo!

This has been a busy, long week. Thought I'd be able to relax a bit from last weekend's Fall Fest and Spaghetti Dinner for our Relay For Life team .... WRONG!! Here it is Thursday and haven't done any crafting ... withdrawls ... boohoo!

Our little Christopher is coming over today to stay the night, two nights actually ... yeah! We are taking him and Jakeb to see Madagascar tomorrow night ... can't wait!!

On top of being so busy, it's really cold here this week .. but the upside of that is Maggie and Blossom are LOVIN' it ... those Artic dogs!!

Going to get a bit of cleaning done ... yuck ... but the place is a RECK ... then my hopes are to start on crazy quilt orders. They are so fun to do .. each one is original and the color combinations are fun to create. I did sell another scarf yesterday so in my down time I have another one I need to finish ... crocheting is so relaxing, I love to do it while watching TV.

Cirque Dreams Jungle Fantasy is coming to town in December ... my daughter and Iare taking my mom for her Birthday ... never been but it looks like so much fun. That's exciting!!

Okay ... done all I can here for a while. WOW, for the older not so technical generation, this is a task!
I still have some updating to do on Etsy, but I really need to get to work sewing some crazy quilt purses!! I'm getting excited about the Holiday EtsyFest. I hope it helps all sellers and buyers! My shop is relatively new, so any boost will be a blessing.
The weather is SO cold here!! Don't stay as warm as I used to since gastric-bypass in June and my 100 pound loss ... BURRRR!

Still working on organizing this blog ... trying to figure some of it out! Did have time to list a few more things on Etsy today and take some new pics and relist a few items. Am getting excited about the Thanksgiving Weekend Sale ... Etsy Holiday Fest!!

Have our 3 year old grandson with us today ... just love those grandkids!! How cute is he!!

It's COLD today and they are actually calling for snow :-)

I'm on my way to a Relay for Life Committee Meeting tonight. I hope to get info on here about our local Relay event. Our team "For Abie" had our annual Spaghetti Dinner/Silent Auction this weekend with great success ... our first official fundraiser for the new year ... we raised $1566.00 ... WHOO HOO!!!!!

Gonna be a busy day ...

Today is full ... need to update web, blog, myspace, twitter ... take new pics for Etsy and relist some items ... will be putting up my promo for the Big Holiday Sale for next weekend!
Have 6 crazy quilt orders I need to get started on ... busy ... busy ... busy ... you know what they say about idle hands!!

I'll post again with some updated pics ...

Etsy Holiday Fest
November 27 - December 1
Check it out and get in on some fantistic sales!!

My first post ...

This is new ... this is fun ... almost as fun as creating art!! Here at Magnolia Blossom Art I am continually creating different things. My art ranges from crochet items to painted items to sewn items. All are carefully created with love and care. Look for upcoming Holiday Sales!! During the Thanksgiving weekend I will be offering 10% off ALL items! Take a look, browse around and do some early Christmas shopping.