September!

Wahoo! Its time to launch my new blog plan!


Here is what this month will entail.


Baking with apples- muffins, strudel, and pie. YUM!


Sewing- for my first attempt I will make a pencil bag. (we'll see how it comes out o_O)


Cookie of the month- macaroons.


Dinner- Julia Child's boeuf bourguignon.


Some of you maybe wondering where I find my recipes and patterns. I scour the internet, cookbooks, pattern books and blogs. I will post links to all of the websites I get my info from!


Of course any other crafts I do I will document and post as well!


I really hope this works out because I am really excited about it!


I feel like this post is naked with out a picture......


How about one of my crazy dogs? 

Zoey is the little one and Bear is the big one. :D

-Courtney

Do you like guessing games?

If so, check out the latest post on Megs Hand Made life. She will be giving away a prize from her Etsy shop to the commenter who most accurately guesses the manufacturing date of her new sewing machine!


While you're there check out the rest of her blog she has some great recipes, tutorials and overall great information posted! Check out her Esty shop too, that way incase you win you'll know what you want!
-Courtney

Sometimes life gets in the way of life!

Sorry for the lack of activity this past month. I have had a ton of stuff going on! However, I have been working on some ideas for this blog, including how I can continue to grow as a creative individual and how I can make it easier for me to update on a regular basis. This is what I will be doing (hopefully) from now on. Each month I will attempt to have a baking focus of the month where I will bake 3 things from a category or using the same main ingredient.  There will be a cookie of the month, a craft project of the month, hopefully a sewing project of the month, and a meal of the month. Its a lot but I think with the right amount of planning I can do it! 


So while I get this all worked out please don't give up on me! 


In the meantime I would like to share with you a few of my favorite blogs! Check 'em out! 


How About Orange here you will find craft projects, printable downloads & decorating ideas!
Make It and Love It  Lots of sewing tutorials! 
A Lemon Squeezy Home More sewing, genreral crafts, and just fun stuff! 
Meg's Handmade Life DIY, Sewing, Knitting, Food, and Life! 
Bakerella I think the title says it all. 
Bake or Break  The baking adventures of an amateur baker! 
Not Martha baking, photography, and life
BeaOriginal Everything paper crafts!!! 


As some of you know, when this blog hits 1,000 views I plan on doing a giveaway. So please share me with your friends and family! Leave comments with any idea, suggestions,  or just because! 




-Courtney


"In every state, there's a station
Playin' Cash, Hank, Willie, and Waylon
In foreign cars and four-wheel drives
There's cowboys and hillbillies
From farm towns to big cities
There ain't no doubt in my mind
Country must be country wide"


-Brantley Gilbert