More Homemade Ornaments

I love so many homemade ornament ideas. I don't think I want to buy ornaments for our tree! There is no free tutorial but you can buy the pattern here or just figure it out - it looks pretty simple.

Free Thankful printables

These could be the start of a sweet Thanksgiving tradition. Download the free printable here.

The coolest boys room ever.

I never thought I would regret buying our boys bunk beds until I saw this room. It is so perfect - I love the lights by each of the beds and the rope hanging by the ladder. It is a little boys dream. More pictures and explanation of how they made things here.

Paraguayan chipa bread

I totally craved this the other day and googled some recipes and combined them to make what seemed the most authentic to what I'd had in Paraguay. They use mandioca flour (similar to yucca flour) but I couldn't find either of them in the store, so I went with tapioca flour instead and it worked well. SO yummy!!

1 1/2 cups flour (tapioca, yucca, or mandioca)

2 eggs

1/2 cup crisco shortening

1 tsp salt

3 Tbl grated parmesan cheese

1/2 lb mozzarella cheese (or other soft cheese like queso ranchero)

2 tsp anise seeds

Combine flour, eggs, crisco, salt, parmesan and anise until blended. Cut mozzarella into small chunks and hand fold-in until dough is smooth and malleable. Pat into patties (they don't rise and will cook unevenly if formed into balls) 1/4-1/2 in thick and however big around as you want. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes (depending on how many rolls you put in at once). Sides will turn dark yellow and outsides will harden. Yields 10 3in chipa.

Cute easy pillow.

Tutorial.

Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge

Mom found this recipe from a show she watched while she was here. We tried it and it is easy and really good (I seriously couldn't stop eating it).

Microwave Peanut Butter Fudge

2 sticks of butter
1 cup of peanut butter
1tsp vanilla
16 oz powdered sugar

Cut up 2 sticks of butter in a microwavable bowl, mix in 1 cup of peanut butter. Cover bowl with saran wrap, poke a couple of holes in it, and microwave on high for 2 minutes. Remove wrap just enough to stir, then replace wrap and microwave another 2 minutes. Remove wrap completely and stir in 1 tsp vanilla and 16 oz of powdered sugar. Stir or mash until color looks dull. Store in the fridge.

Halloween is so 1 day ago...

Now on to Thanksgiving - who wants to come to my house for dinner?


How to for the pumpkin pie jars here.



Napkins and table runner from the purl bee.