Online Holiday Shopping Vendor Fair Nov. 12th, 2009

The holiday season is swiftly approaching and there is no better time to get busy with your holiday shopping! The Classy Chics Networking Group is hosting a pre-holiday vendor fair and you are invited!

Door Prize Drawing - You will earn an entry into our door prize drawing with every purchase you make from one of our vendors at our online holiday vendor fair. At the end of our fair, we will be awarding one lucky holiday shopper with a $20 Tupperware E-Gift Certificate.

Date: November 12th, 2009

Time: 5 PM to 11 PM EST

Place: http://www.momchats.com/wahmchatroom Our event will take place in the Vendor Fair room within MomChats' chat room.

Vendor Schedule: http://bit.ly/1P4Vqv

You will find everything from kitchen items, bath and body products, crafts, jewelry, candles, skin care, cosmetics and so much more!

We ask that you help support your fellow work at home moms by attending our Holiday Vendor Fair which is open to the public.

We hope that you can spend an evening with the Vendors at our Holiday Vendor Fair.

Happy Holiday Shopping!

Shelly

Country Snowman Handstitched Holiday Pillow

I can't remember where I purchased this pattern...but I just think its too cute since I enjoy decorating my home during the holidays in a snowman theme.

I traced the pattern onto tea-dyed muslin and then handstitched the design using DMC embroidery floss. I used waxed crayons to add accent colors to the design (to make it more colorful) and then heat set it using my iron.

I framed the front of the pillow with 2" wide navy blue plaid homespun fabric and the backing is a solid piece of navy blue plaid homespun fabric. Inside the pillow is polyfill which makes it machine washable. The pillow is a nice size, approximately 14" and looks adoreable.

I will be giving this pillow as a holiday gift this year to a family member.

Shelly

Primitive Raggedy Anne Pillows, Way Too Cute!

I just love making homemade primitive home decor items for myself, family and friends. Recently, I purchase a few primitive patterns from Primitive Stitches and made both of them into pillows.

The first one called "Ole Raggedies" measures approximately 14 x 14" square and is backed with homespun fabric.

The second one is of Raggedy Ann and Andy and is smaller and is in a rectangular shape and is backed with homespun fabric. With this one, I put on a 2" navy blue plaid homespun border to add some color to it. Both of them are machine washable.

I think they are totally adoreable!

Shelly

Kids Craft - Snowman Stick Ornaments

Craft Project - How To Make A Homemade Snowman Ornament

Many years ago when our daughter was a little girl, every holiday season we looked forward to making homemade ornaments for our holiday packages. Over the years, our gift recipients looked forward to seeing what we would come up with for their package embellishment.

This snowman ornament is easy to do and only takes a few basic crafting supplies. I believe that its suited for children age 5 years and up, with adult supervision.

Supplies Needed:

tongue depressor sticks or popsicle sticks
basic white all-purpose craft glue (the kind that dries clear)
piece of string or yarn measuring 4" long
piece of cotton fabric measuring 1/4" by 4 1/2" long (scarf)
acrylic paints: white, orange and black
paint brush
toothpicks
scrap piece of black craft foam or felt
newspaper (used to cover your work surface)

Step 1: Lay tongue depressor sticks on the newspaper and have your child paint them white, letting each side dry for 15 minutes before flipping it over to paint the reverse side.

Step 2: Paint 1/4 of the top of the stick black with acrylic paint and let dry. This black area will become the top hat.

Step 3. Using a piece of black felt or black craft foam, cut out a piece that measures 1/8" of an inch by 1 1/2" in length. Glue this piece to the stick to form the brim of the top hat. Let dry.

Note: If you are using a popsicle stick, you will need a smaller piece of black foam that measures 1/8" by 1" in length.

Step 4. Dip the end of the paint brush into black paint and use it to dot on 2 snowman eyes and then 3 round dots further down on your stick to represent 3 coal buttons.

Step 5. Using orange paint, have your child paint on a triangular shaped nose (under the 2 eyes).

Step 6. Dip one end of a toothpick into black paint. Dab on 5 little dots under the orange carrot nose to represent a mouth. Let your snowman completely dry.

Step 7. Once project is dry, flip it over and glue a string or a piece of yarn near the top backside to be used to hang the ornament onto your package or holiday tree.
Tie your piece of fabric around the neck area to give him a scarf.

Shelly Hill is a mother and grandmother living in South Central Pennsylvania who enjoys crafting. If you are looking for a few activities that you can do with your own children, please visit us at http://www.workathomebusinessoptions.com and check out our kids activities section. If you are looking for some family-friendly recipes, visit Shelly's recipe site at http://wahmshelly.blogspot.com

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Amish Style Apple Pancakes Recipe

Living here in Pennsylvania, we often come in contact with local Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch people. About 25 years ago, this recipe was given to me by a local woman. To this day, this is one of our favorite pancake recipes, especially during the fall cooler months of the year.

Amish Apple Pancakes Recipe

2 apples, peeled, cored, and sliced
1 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
6 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon table salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 tablespoons butter or margarine (we use butter)

In mixer or blender, beat flour, milk, eggs, vanilla, salt, and nutmeg; set aside. Heat oven to 475 degrees. In cast iron skillet for 5 minutes, add 2 tablespoons butter; melt. Add sliced apples and fry 2 to 3 minutes. Pour mixture over apples. Bake at 475 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 425 degrees for 8 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar. Cut in wedges.

Shelly

Boo! Happy Halloween Primitive Pillow

Halloween is fast approaching and I decided to stitch up a primitive Halloween theme'd pillow. I can't remember where I got this pattern at but I stitched it up on tea-dyed muslin and then framed it with hunter green homespun fabric and a hunter green homespun backing. I filled it a hypo-allergenic pillow to make it allergen free. It only took me 2 days to make (one day to do the handstitching and the second day for the machine sewing).

I think it turned out boo-tiful :)

Shelly