Where has the week gone?

Well I have been so busy with daycare and what not....The Food Program peole came today and I have been waiting since last week for them to come.... :( So they finally came today!! And I passed it seems!! Yay me!! I have been crafting and sewing my heart out but unfortuntely with no camera:( I can't even show you what I have been making... But today I made up a batch of Laundry Detergent and Fabric Softener..... I think the fabric softener might last forever...It makes a huge batch!!!! I also made some detergent for my mil...and maybe my mommy too... She doesn't like powder so I am going to make up some liquid type this weekend If I remember to get a 5 gallon bucket.... Oh and oven cleaner... Its time to clean the oven too.... I have also been makin up some cinn-a-minis....thanks to one of my fellow bloggers who shared this recipe I have been dying to have!!! I love the smell... I added a little pumpkin spice and cinnamon and they look good enough to eat!!!!
Oh and today I got a lovely pay-it foward gift today... I will take a picture of it and post it hopefully tom.. I am going to borrow a friends camera tonight so I will post all the pictures later!!!
I am alos looking for a few good recipes..kids and DH tired of eating the same things... And I like the tried and true recipes personally!!! So I have about 5 lbs of hamburger in the freezer...so feel free email me some recipes... I know ya got some!!!!
Love thy neighbor!!
XOXO
Scoti

We have a Winner!!!!

So last night I printed off all the names of those who entered and researched blogs to see who posted the giveaway....and then I went to get the camera to take pics of the bowl of names...which there were alot of entries...THANK YOU LADIES!!!! Back to getting the camera, so I was carrying the bowl and entries and the camera and a glass of pink lemonade...when I tripped and drop what else but my camera.....and it broke onto my kitchen floor.... I am devastated!!!!! So I won;t have pics for a little while :( My DH said he would see if he could fix it tonight after his fishing trip..... Which by the way the camera also have Brock's first catch yesterday..... :( I know I can take the memory card out but still I loved that camera..... Anyway enough of my boohoos.... So I have Taryn draw out the winner this morning....And the winner is.....


HEATHER over at Heather's Heartfelt Stitches...http://heathersheartfeltstitches.blogspot.com/

Congrats and Thank you very much to all of those who entered....I will be doing another giveaway in September....

Also wanted to say Thanks to farm girl dreamer for saying my daughter is beautiful... I agree but I think my opinon is slightly biased!!!
Merry I will have to call the lumber yard today and ask them what color that is in my kitchen... I will let you know...thank you for the compliment on the kitchen...it was hard work!!!
Ann in Australia...you can enter things anytime...its just distance hunny!!!! :)
Elise...I thought that it wasn;t that easy either until I let them dry overnight and then WOW....they looked fine...don't be hard on yourself...I am sure they are wonderful!!!!
And to my mommy..... Thanks for getting me started blogging and always being so supportive :)
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS!!!! I loved them all :)

I would also like to organize a recipes and cloth swap..... Rules are..... hand written cards only.... :)
Everyone who enters will need to have 5 recipes...they can be main, sides, breads, desserts....whatever makes your heart feel good....
Now for the cloth part.....you will need to come up with a piece of cloth that you have gotten at a flea market, second-hand store, or even a garage sale....I would like it to be 1 yard..... it can be muslin that you have stained...cotton.... something that would be nice to wrap up one of your recipe dishes in...... Any takers?
Deadline for entries will be September 5th at midnight...after all entries are received I will email everyone there partners name and address. so please be sure to include your address in your email and title email...pre-fall recipe swap
And I would like everyone who is interested to email me @ taryns_1mom@hotmail.com....


Wish me luck on the camera.... Also when I get it fixed I will post pics of what I complete yesterday and my second-hand store finds.... :) Till next time....Love thy neighbor....XOXO
Scoti

TADA!!!!!.....MY FIRST EVER GIVE-A-WAY!!!!

Well ladies....and possibly gents.......here is my first official give-a-way!!!! I have thought long a hard about it...so its a little bit of everything about me all in one....so here it goes...

okay wait...i forgot to tell you that it was Taryn's first day of kindergarten yesterday...totally thought I would cry but neither of us did...except Brockie....he was beside himself without her.....he kept asking when we get sissy? But all went well got all 5 daycare kids off to school and the three preschoolers picked up at 10:30. lunch, nap and picked up the 2 kindergartners at 3:20 and then 4 daycare kids gone by 4. And the other two gone by 5:00...so it was family time after that and Taryn couldn't talk fast enough to tell us all about her day... So here is a pic of her before her first day....

and here is one at the school

and here is her putting her supplies in her desk...this is where I almost teared up the second time...

and here is her at her desk telling me its okay...just go home :)

okay so back to the give-a-way....

We have a garage sale find of this sign there's no place like home...a bag of fresh dried lavender.....a grudged..cinnamon flag...my first 2 grungy candles i ever made...couple of weeks ago...a few vintage buttons from an auction....a bag of seeds....a rustic metal star...a small cinnamon bun candle...courtesy of Brock I didn't know he put that in there til after I took the pic....:) a old oatmeal bowl....a wooded ball......my first ever craft...a painted paint of ..Home of the Free. because of the brave.....and a tin of my first batch of homemade lip balm in sweet orange...... so any takers....please post a comment on this post to enter...one enter per person..unless.. you post on your blog...then you get 2 chances.....So Good Luck...... Also in the works I was thinking of hosting a recipe swap...please let me know if any ones interested!!! Love thy neighbor.... XOXO

Scoti

Changes...blog title...1st GIVE-A-WAY!!!!

Well so I have been wanting to change a few things about my blog...first the name and then the layout....So here it is....Welcome to Red Cinnamon Prims....this is actually my new craft business name. I am going to my first craft show in the next couple of months!!! YEA!!! I have been busy crafting my heart out as well as finishing up on what I could help Daniel and Serena our family whose house burnt down on August 7th, which I would just like to say was a very tramatic thing to watch!! Kids are still having nightmares......speaking of kids....I have 4, I haven't really went into too much detail about....so Iam going to start now. Christopher and I have been together for off and on over 10 years.. we were high school sweethearts and I have loved him since we were in 7th grade together...He has 2 children from a previousl marriage...Natalie who is 7 and starts 2nd grade this week, and Braiden who is 6 and starts 1st grade this week too. I have a 5 year old named Taryn. She id going to to start Kindergarten this week.... :( I am terrified...... And last but not least is Brock our 3 year old. Its a yours, mine and ours kind of arrangement...its what we can family here!!!
I am also going to be having my first Give-A-Way listing on Friday!!!! I will post all my goodies that I am finishing up on Friday and draw the winner Sunday night t 11 pm!!!! So get ready for this fantabulous giveaway!!!! Tell all your friends!!!!
Have a great day my friends......... Love thy neighbor!!!!! XOXO

Pay-It- Foward!!! and This productive Sunday!!!!

Okay so my mommy is taking part of a pay-it-foward!! And need somebody's to sign up she posted it on her blog and is waiting so patienly to have people sign up so she can send out some goodies!!! So head on over there read a little and sign up!! Save her to your blog lists...well because she my mom :) http://whatscookninjunk.blogspot.com/

Okay as for our Sunday evening...we ( my daughter, mother and I ) made some aprons!!! I am so excited about these.....I have started crafting for some upcoming craft shows. We all worked so hard on them....they were so fun. So here is a little sneek peak at them....

The boy...his idea of funny...lol!!!

And the finished product!!!! My very first apron...actually me second I will have to take pics of the first one and put them up later. Much Love Scoti

Fabulously...Fantabulous Friday!!! And Behind my Red Door Contest!!!!

Well it is Friday already...okay who am I kidding it seemed as though it would never come!!!! I need a little sanity moment...I have a few-4 NEW daycare kiddos. all under 4 and I feel as though I may pull my hair out a little...They are great kids just geting them into the routine of things is a little harder than you'd think it should be....but oh well....The little boy who is 3 decided today while in the wash room "washing" his hands and face post lunch time....that he would undo the pipe on the bottom of the sink and then turn the water on....holy cow was it a mess.....And I wonder why it is that a 3 yo can undo that pipe and I would have had to stand on it to get it eo budge....lol..... Tomorrow is garage sale day here yeah!!! I need a few things...take note...NEED!!! I am going to start sewing my aprons up tomorrow for the up coming craf show and I decided to make cinnamon roll sitters.....alot harder than I original thought~~~ Also making laundry detergent tomorrow with my MIL. I did make my first batch of homemade lip balm....not to bad if I do say so myself....Its a little oiler than I like but now I will just adjust the next batch so it won't be..... I will also sew my first dolly tomorrow with my dd, she is 5 and wants to learn to sew so bad she can't take it anymore!!! Well thats where I am at I thought that I would include my first recipe of sharing with you....Let me know how it all workd for ya!!!!

Spiced Apple Cake...yummy...

Preheat oven to 325 degrees

11 tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened
1-1/4 c. packed dark-brown sugar
1-1/2c peeled apple slices
2 c all-purpose flour
2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. ground cloves
1/2 t. ground allspice
1/4 t. salt
2 eggs
2/3 c. milk
whipped cream---if so desired!!

1. Place 3 t. of the butter in 9 inch round nonstick cake pan. Coat sides of pan with the non-stick cooking spray. Place pan in the oven while heating to 325. When butter is melted, remove pan from oven. Sprinkle with 1/4 c. of the sugar. Carefully fan out apple slices, overlapping, in pan.
2. Sift flour, baking powder, cloves, allspice and salt into medium size bowl. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat remaining 8 tablespoons of butter and remaining 1 cup of sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs. Add half the flour mixture, then milk, then remainigflour. Beat until smooth. Pour into pan.
3. Bake at 325 for 1 hour or until pick comes out clean. Run thin knofe around cake; invert onto plate. Remove pan; replace any apple slices stuck to pan. Serve slightly warm with whipped cream....enjoy cuz its good stuff!!!

Also wanted everybody to know Linda is having an awesome giveaway...so check it out...http://behindmyreddoor.blogspot.com/


Also wanted to know how many would be interested in a white "crafty" elephant exchange....maning you can't buy anything has to be something from your home and something you crafted.....I would like to have my first swap...so email me if your interested!!! Thanks and have a great day!!!

busy..busy..busy

So things have been way too busy lately..I have a moment last night to let just say myself..minus the kiddos, husband, phone, door bell, and the barking dogs. lol Well things have just been so chaotic that I called my darling MIL last night to discuss a few things. This weekend is when the kiddos are coming.. I don't think I have told you about my 2 step children... N....and B..yes another B... 7 and 6 who we get every other weekend...and its our turn..YEA!!! Boys are all going fishing this weekend..weather permitting and what to do with the girls....hmmm..having a granny and Nana and mom craft weekend....We are all going to get together to do some grafting together. There is a craft showing coming up in September and I think...we are going to all attempt to have a booth together...OUR first craft show...I am soooo excited!!! So I sat down to make a list of everything that I want to try my hand at as well as I have a baby shower to plan.... So I am going to begin the quest for some polka pods and rose hips so we can fragrance our own... And I need to get over to Mary Prices a little mom and pop shop with lots of fabric very reasonably priced....So I can get started on many crafts..... I am also going to try my hand at siliconing some bulbs.....And trying to make my own cinnamon rolls...the crafty kind that you can set out not candles....maybe bowl fillers is the word I am looking for. IDK!!! But I do have alot of ideas for all of us as well as we are going to make a batch of laundry soap. I have made this once already and I just made a small batch but I did love it as well as Dishwasher soap i made!!! It didn't turn out as well so if you have any ideas..let me know. My family whose house burnt down is all doing well. They have decided to move to a neighboring town with some other family and the donations of things are still pouring in so. I am happy they have gotten settled in and are now looking for a place to start anew!!! T starts school in 9 days...I am so terrified!!! All day Kindergarten sounds like a long day without sissy! And I sure don't know how well the little guys is going to handle sissy being gone all day. I thank goodness I get to stay home with him although there has been alot of shifting in daycare kids since the fire. Lost 2 kids and trying to replace their spots as well as a mom who wants to change jobs..Whew....I think its always something. Then my garden is starting to produce some tomatoes and squash. The neighbor ran over the okra, peppers and onions with his lawnmower....long story...But anyway... I think I am going to get started on painting a few things...As I will post them this week and later next week after our exciting weekend!!! XOXO