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Hi! I'm Sam. Thanks for stopping by. I'm a wife, mother & grandmother with a passion for crafting and diy projects.

Valentine’s Wall Hanging

Since I have a stack of stretch canvas’ in my craft room, I thought a simple wall hanging would brighten up the Valentine season… especially since we have a ton of snow outside.

Using a 12″ x 12″ stretch canvas & several shades of pink acrylic paint, I made this wall hanging. The hardest part of this project is waiting for the paint to dry.

I hope you enjoy it.

To see how I made it, step by step, you can watch it on my YouTube channel.

Happy Creating everyone!

Candy Heart Wreath

Once again, I’m on a ‘No Buy’. Why? Because I have entirely too much stuff in my craft room. I still love to craft & love to use my imagination to create new things, but I’ll be doing them with things that I have on hand. Yes, I’m going to miss my Dollar Tree & Walmart Hauls, but I need the room.

This is what I came up with for Valentine’s Day!

I have been wanting to make the candy/conversation hearts for a long time. That’s why I have so many wooden heart shapes. So, I decided to use a lot of them up this year.

I started off by base coating all of the wood hearts with white acrylic paint & then paint them in pastels. Then using a Royal Rouge colored paint, I added the little sayings to each heart.

To see how I made this, please go to my YouTube channel… and don’t forget to subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss any of my posts.

Happy Creating everyone!

Sugar-Free Stewed Tomatoes

This is my recipe for Stewed Tomatoes. Since I’m diabetic, I have to be careful about how much sugar is in my food. This recipe substitutes Splenda for sugar, and I can eat it!

These are the ingredients. They aren’t overwhelming.

To see how I put this together, please watch it on my YouTube channel. I hope you enjoy.

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Happy Creating everyone!

Mozzarella Chicken

I’ve been making this recipe for over 30 years. It’s an easy recipe to make & is very filling.

You need very little ingredients:

Cook rice & set aside.

Melt the butter in a large skillet. Add Garlic Powder to the melted butter. Brown the chicken breasts.

Transfer browned chicken breasts to an oven safe covered dish.

Mix the diced tomatoes with the Italian seasoning, salt & pepper.

Pour tomatoes over the chicken breasts.

Place a slice of Mozzarella cheese over each chicken breast. Lightly sprinkle with the Parmesan cheese.

Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes.

Put cooked rice on a plate. Add a chicken breast to the rice. Cover with tomato mixture.

Serve & Enjoy!

To watch how I made this, you can see it on my YouTube channel.

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Happy Creating everyone!

Recycled Candle with Crushed Glass Bling

I love to burn candles, especially when I’m cooking with onions.  Problem is, I can’t seem to throw the empty candle jars away.  Today, I’m going to show you my little trick for removing the wax from those candle jars.

Then, I’ll show you how I went from this:

Empty Candle Jar

To this:

Recycled Candle with Crushed Glass Bling

This sparkly holder can be used to hold candles, cotton balls, Q-Tips… what ever you want it for.

If you want to see how I did it, click on the link below & if you like it, please subscribe to my channel.

Happy Creating everyone!

 

20 Wednesdays till Christmas Ornament Series ~Week 18

Welcome to Week 18 of the 20 Wednesdays till Christmas Ornament Series.

Today, I took a plain baby blue glass ornament that I got from Walmart & turned it into a beautiful beaded ornament.

20 Wednesdays till Christmas Ornament Series

By adding some Mod Podge, I was able to add things like seed beads, rhinestone mesh, clear pearl strands & aurora borealis crystals, to turn these plain ornaments into ornaments that look like upscale ornaments.

Hard to believe that this:

Plain Glass Ornament

Went to these:

Beaded Ornaments

 

Walmart Ornament

Beaded Ornament

Beaded Walmart Ornament

I hope you enjoyed Week 18 of the 20 Wednesdays till Christmas Ornament Series.

If you want to see how I did these, click on the link below.

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Happy Creating everyone!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Drops

This recipe was given to me more than 30 years ago, by my best friend.

They are a no bake cookie that is a cross between a cookie, candy & fudge.  They’re easy to make and are incredibly sweet.  (I recommend serving them with milk)

Chocolate Peanut Butter Drops

 

½ cup Peanut Butter

2 tsp. Vanilla

½ cup Quick Oats (add more if desired)

¼ cup Nuts (optional)

~Have ready to add to Chocolate Mixture~

1 stick Butter

½ cup Milk

4 Tbs. Cocoa

2 cups Sugar

Melt Butter; add milk, cocoa & sugar.  Bring to a boil.  Boil 1 ½ minutes.  Remove from heat.

Add Peanut butter, vanilla, nuts & oats.

Mix very well.

Drop by tsp. on to foil/wax paper/parchment paper.

Let cool for 1 hour.

Lift from paper.

I hope you enjoy these.  If you’d like to see how I made them, click on the link below and subscribe to my channel so you don’t miss any of my posts.

Happy Creating everyone!

Dollar Tree Christmas Wall Tree

I took a sad little Dollar Tree Christmas tree & turned it into a lush Wall/Door hanging.

Dollar Tree Christmas Tree

This was easier to do than you might think!

If you’d like to see how I did this, click on the YouTube link below.

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Happy Creating everyone!

Poor Man’s Pierogies

I got this recipe from my ex-MIL, at least 25 years ago.  She was an excellent cook.  When you live in Western Pennsylvania, this is a taste that we’re all familiar with.  It uses leftovers to create a very tasty side dish, that is a nice change from the usual.

Pierogies

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