Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Nov 26, 2009, 6:22 am
Have a Safe and Happy Thanksgiving
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Nov 24, 2009, 5:12 pm
I love these homespun fabric trees. They look simple enough to make. The problem is aquiring the cones. They arent styrofoam..they seem to be of a hard cardboard. I love the pedestals they sit on. A f...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Nov 23, 2009, 5:47 pm
This tree was fun to make. I took 2 artificial pine branch picks and intertwined them together ( 99 cents/pc) and stuck them in styrofoam ball that I cut in half and placed in a small decorative box. ...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Nov 22, 2009, 8:17 am
Where I come from, you know Thanksgiving is just a few days away and soon the downtown sidewalks will be filled with holiday shoppers when you see the stars on the lampposts. The storefronts will be t...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Nov 20, 2009, 9:25 am
Life in the past several months have been a little bit of a roller coaster ride...I have begun a new chapter in my life and things are beginning to settle down a bit. I live in a new location...same t...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Jan 6, 2009, 7:16 am
As I posted on my other blog this morning, I found the Luffa seeds and am getting ready to plant them in my newly aquired greenhouse. If all works out, this will make an interesting home grown gift al...
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Jan 6, 2009, 6:48 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Jan 4, 2009, 9:36 am
Do you like to make soaps? Give them as gifts? Well, this is an adventure I would like to try. Making soaps. There is also another adventure I would like to try and that is growing luffa to give/use w...
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Jan 4, 2009, 8:42 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Jan 1, 2009, 11:08 pm

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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Jan 1, 2009, 7:05 pm
News Year Day wouldn't be complete without the PA Dutch pork and sauerkraut dinner. My cousin was gracious enough to host at her home today for my mothers side of the family. One of my favorite d...
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Jan 1, 2009, 9:44 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Jan 1, 2009, 8:51 am
Wishing you all a Happy New Years Eve and New Years Day.~Laurie
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Dec 30, 2008, 10:56 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Dec 29, 2008, 6:24 am
At about 12:04 am Friday night/Saturday morning, we heard this huge BANG followed by another. It woke me out of a sound sleep as I had to get up at 5am to get ready for work on Saturday. Now, I have e...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Dec 28, 2008, 10:19 am
Here is a pic of the 2 quilts. The one on the bottom is spread across my bed and the other I just have folded on top for the pic. They have similar material, but that is ok. The snowman will stay in m...
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Dec 28, 2008, 5:05 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Dec 27, 2008, 6:34 pm
Is the week after Christmas at my place of employment! I got some berry bushes that were regularly $4.99 for $1.12. I have always wanted these and got enough to make a garland around the tree for next...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Dec 24, 2008, 10:08 am
I knew that I still had some gifts to make and I also knew that at my place of employment if I waited long enough I could get a good deal on supplies to make last minute Christmas gifts. We sold all t...
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Dec 24, 2008, 10:05 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Dec 22, 2008, 8:42 pm
I have a special story to tell. There once was a single woman who gave birth to a child. With the costs of making sure her child had food and clothing, she had to sacrifice some things for herself. Sh...
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Laurie F. posted an article on My Home for the Holidays - Dec 20, 2008, 10:47 am
A bit more tweaking with decor. I added some wooden snowflakes to the hanging lights, bought some Bayberry candles to burn Christmas eve and wrapped the pic I had hanging above the table to look like ...
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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Dec 20, 2008, 9:10 am

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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Dec 18, 2008, 11:12 pm

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Laurie F. posted an article on From My Garden to Yours - Dec 16, 2008, 12:59 pm

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