Anyhow, I wanted to share some photos from my holidays because although I didn't post, I was busy crafting and I DID get my FIL's quilt done! I was pretty happy with how it turned out and he loved it, which was the main thing. I even have more fabric should I be ready to tackle a new quilt any time soon (though I tend to sew only every few months..it's so hard on the back to sew for those long hours, don't know how hardcore seamstresses do it...says the scrapbooker..haha)
So here's what the finished quilt looked like:
Aside from that I made some homemade snack mixes for gift giving! The kids and I made Smore's snack mixes that we gave to my co-workers, their teachers, the daycare staff, etc. I only wish we had saved some to snack on at home:
Finally, I did some baking and I tried some new recipes from Pinterest. I Love how easy the recipe was for making this French Bread, I learned more from the tips and techniques than I did the recipe itself. Did you know you can speed up the rise time by placing a warm wet cloth over your dough and popping it into a microwave (don't turn it on) that has been pre-run for 2 minutes. the residual heat in the microwave and the wet cloth provide an optimally warm moist environment for the dough to rise in, my dough rose in 30 minutes instead of the normal hour...I LOVED THAT!! Tried the same technique on my Cinnamon bun dough last week and it works great! Now I'm more likely to make more bread dough recipes because I always hated how long the rising process took. Anyhow here is how the bread turned out, we've gone through 5 loaves already!
Cheers!
