tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483744193043864442024-03-13T14:10:06.028-07:00Kitty D's Pumpkinhead PatchKitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-50070630219745501482012-03-12T17:12:00.000-07:002012-03-12T17:12:35.205-07:00Tufted Headboard<div style="text-align: center;">Hello again!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We recently moved my mother into an assisted living apartment. Wow, was that a tough one! We found a really beautiful place and she has a great two room apartment. We wanted to decorate the "bedroom" really nice since you see it upon entering, but she didn't have a headboard. Her apartment has very high ceilings (which is awesome) but the little double sized bed looked dwarfed. So, my assignment was to make a headboard for her. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mom had a bench at the foot of her bed that is a light blue velvet. It is quite old so I knew I wouldn't be able to match it. Luckily, I found a great woven home dec fabric at JoAnn that had a light blue velvet thread through it! I waited for a sale and got it at 50% off! Kristi with Addicted 2 Decorating has great, step-by-step instructions on her website. Check it out, her headboard is fabulous and I'm serious when I say anyone can do this. You can find these instructions along with a list of materials needed at <a href="http://www.addicted2decorating.com/">http://www.addicted2decorating.com/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the progression of my headboard. Sorry I didn't snap a pic of it installed (should do that). My instructions are very general in nature. Kristi has more detailed instructions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It starts with a sheet of 1/2" MDF cut to the size you'll need. Home Depot will cut it for you. Then I curved the top corners using a jigsaw. Next I added a 2" piece of form (cut to size at JoAnn). This stuff isn't cheap so watch for a sale. I got it for 50% off!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">After attaching the foam to the board with spray adhesive, I made horizontal grid lines, then added diagnal lines to make the diamond shape. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Then I cut holes whereever a button will be. You do this so that the button will lay in the hole nicely. I used a little drill gadget to start the holes but had the best luck just digging it out with my fingers after the hole is started. (Kristi fashioned a tool using a pipe elbow.) Drill a small hole through the MDF in the center of each hole.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Next you lay 2 layers of high loft batting and your fabric layer on top. Be sure you have plenty of room all the way around, like 10-14" worked for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the fun begins. I covered 32 buttons for my headboard (which is a double size) with the same fabric but you could do the buttons however you wish I suppose. Start in the center hole, at the center grid line and thread the button and attach at the back using a stapler. Use a strong cord (I found some at Hobby Lobby for less than $2 in the craft section (cheaper than in the home dec section). Work in horizontal rows, center out first. This is where two saw horses come in handy because you need to work the top and bottom at the same time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">It's not really pretty at this stage but keep going, it gets better. After you do the horizontal rows, then go back and do the center holes creating the diamond shape. That is when the magic starts!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">When you have finished every button, turn it over and make sure all the threads are secure. It will look like this on the back.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Gorgous huh? Fold over the outer edges all the way around, making little pleats where the buttons line up and secure on back with your staple gun. Sounds a bit confusing but the fabric really will tell you where to add the pleat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then voila! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Just add some D Ring hooks and hang it on the wall! I used a mirror hanging kit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hope you try this sometime. It really is easier than you might think. Be sure to share your project with me!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy Turfting!</div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-5615423621399384992012-01-04T21:38:00.000-07:002012-01-04T21:38:02.623-07:00Happy Healthy New Year - Savory Beef Stew<div style="text-align: center;">I'm not typically one to make New Year Resolutions. You know why don't you? Yup....too easy to fail and then I feel bad about it and blah, blah, blah. Having said that, this year we decided we really needed to get in shape. Maybe it was the milestone birthday he had and I'm soon to have, I don't know. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the twist though....we engaged 5 others from our office to join us on our quest for a fit 2012! How's that for support! So now we embark on our 90 day challenge. The grand prize....we lose weight and make 2012 a healthy year!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">But.... before we started I made this fabulous Savory Beef Stew. In reality it really is pretty healthy...just depends on what you serve it with. Please forgive my photos though....I seem to forget to take the finished shot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's get started....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This recipe was given to me by our dear friend Lynda...thank you Lynda!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is what you'll need:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 - 2 1/2 lbs of Stew Meat in 1 inch cubes</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 small Onion - sliced thin</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 medium Leeks, whites only, sliced thin</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 stalks Celery cut in diagonal pieces</div><div style="text-align: center;">6 Carrots, peeled and cut in chunks</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I also like to add:</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 peeled and cut Parsnips</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh green beans</div><div style="text-align: center;">a handful of whole Mushrooms</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Salt and Pepper to taste</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 tbsp Tapioca (or flour for thickening)</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 can, 15oz V-8 juice (I usually buy the larger plastic bottle and add a bit more)</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Place everything in the crock pot, adding V-8 last - cook on low for 8 - 10 hours (no peeking!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">or</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Place meat in a 9 x 13 baker</div><div style="text-align: center;">Add Veggies and other ingredients - juice last</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cover with foil, seal tightly around edges</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bake at 250 degrees for 4 hours.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">You can serve this yummy stew over mashed potatoes, rice, pasta, barley....anything you like. I like it with warm French Bread or crusty bread. Yum!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoy!</div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-14839496591678020702011-12-20T14:52:00.001-07:002011-12-20T14:55:56.499-07:00Happy Holidays!<div style="text-align: center;">Here we are again, just a few days before Christmas and I'm wondering where the time has gone. I was feeling pretty good about making some of our gifts this year, that is before I realized the date and thought "ut oh". </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've finished my shopping, except food for Christmas Eve dinner. I've sent out my cards and packages. I've hung the tinsel and garland but I'm realizing that I haven't finished all those little holiday projects I'd planned. Well, maybe I'll just finish them up after Christmas that way I'll be ahead of the game for next year! Yeah!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, I wish you all a very Happy Holiday season, and a very Merry Christmas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maggie's First Christmas!<br />
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</div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-7086632440588949452011-11-14T14:39:00.001-07:002011-11-14T14:40:31.229-07:00Estate Sale Treasure!<div style="text-align: center;">I have a moto: "it's not what it is but what it can be". I apply this moto every time I venture through a yard sale or estate sale. It was an Estate Sale that caught my attention last week in our neighborhood. A professional company was running the sale so I figured I might find some good treasures! Boy did I! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I dug through books and kitchen items but really scored when I discovered a closet full of sewing items! Lots of fabric, yarns, patterns, etc....but the real treasure was a shoebox full of lace scraps! I'm always on the look out for lace scraps, especially vintage laces. I snatched up that box and headed to "checkout" with my other discoveries. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">It wasn't until I got home that I realized what a treasure I had found. That box of vintage lace scraps, turned out to be vintage lace collars! All appear to be handstitched or tatted! Some have closures on them, some are missing the closure but all are in wonderful condition!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll have to decide if I can use these in my work or if I can part with some through my etsy shop. Hmmmm... have to think about that one for a while. Aren't they just beautiful?</div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-90986422993781367082011-11-06T19:47:00.007-07:002011-11-06T23:23:21.840-07:00Thanksgiving Recipes/Traditions<div style="text-align: center;">Every year, as Thanksgiving approaches, I start to panic that I won't be able to find all the recipes for our traditional family dinner. Maybe you do the same. You see, my husband (Mr. D) and I host our family's Thanksgiving celebration. It's our tradition. We have family join us from California to Virginia. We even have guests of the four-legged variety! <br />
So much fun!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, this year, I decided to eliminate the panic and gather all my recipes together into one book, Traditions! Best of all, everything I used came from my "stash"!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Start with a chipboard book, although you could use anything; an old book or even paper bags! Then pick out several different scrapbook papers and magazine pages to fit your theme and cut them to fit the pages of your book (8 x 8 in my case)</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Using glue, gel medium or what have you, attach the papers to the book pages. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I used Traci Bautista's Collage Pauge.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I also used a brayer to get all the bubbles out of the pages. This was most effective with the pages from the magazines since they were thinner papers.<br />
Instead of gluing the front and back papers, I tucked them into sheet protectors then<br />
used a heavy duty double stick tape to attach them to the covers. <br />
That way the covers are protected<br />
in case I set the book in a messy or wet spot while cooking.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Once all the pages were covered, let the book dry completely. Then the real fun begins! </div><div style="text-align: center;">Gather your recipes, print them out on whatever paper you'd like or even </div><div style="text-align: center;">handwrite them on recipe cards.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Now, embellish, embellish, embellish......have fun with it, there are no rules here!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">After embellishing the pages, tie ribbons around the spine of the book and knot. <br />
I used a different ribbon,string and seam binding ribbon around each page.<br />
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Finally, you'll need to fashion some type of closure to hold all the goodies in! </div><div style="text-align: center;">I fashioned a closure using a rubber button and some twine.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I sewed the button onto the front cover with twine then tied the end of a long length of twine so it could wrap around and "close" the book.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">That's it! Voila! I have a few more recipes to add, although they are locked in Mr. D's head right now....I may just be taking notes while he is cooking on Thanksgiving morning.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Mr. D suggested I make another for our Christmas traditions and Easter traditions. Hmm good idea. If you have family favorite and traditional recipes, put them in a book! Not only will it save you from panic each year, but it will be a treasure to pass down to the next family member to take over the tradition.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Share your creations! I'd love to see them.</div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-33432567155113486932011-10-31T07:45:00.000-07:002011-10-31T07:45:07.749-07:00Happy Halloween!<div style="text-align: center;">BOO Y'ALL!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hi! Maggie here! This is my pumpkin! Yup it's mine!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is my first Halloween and I'm really excited!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Ok, thank you Maggie! I'll take it from here....</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Halloween all! We've carved Maggie's pumpkin in preparation for tonight. It had been a very long time since I carved a pumpkin. I bought one of those little double edged saws at the grocery store. It works alright but was pretty bent up by the time I was finished. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I drew a pattern and taped it to the pumpkin, then punched little holes to outline the pattern....very Martha Stewart! The pattern started off looking a little like Maggie but I think it ended up looking like a cat. That's ok, we'll take it.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Happy Halloween!</span></div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-248374419304386444.post-30423665406113188872011-10-26T02:13:00.006-07:002011-10-26T11:37:33.292-07:00It's a New Day!<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">A new day, new beginning, right? </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5rVJFrNZZ29D_7shlCgeUFBWPg6tCuNcqvbUkTLxqX0cknaCABr-E3wyG8KmE6RmivcrjiTX_ch1GjcxclPNUFIAEBHLS2lVVSI_0DItxGDG7p4yF5HhL1TxpgC2zq069CKuOCAK4a5S/s1600/New+Day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5rVJFrNZZ29D_7shlCgeUFBWPg6tCuNcqvbUkTLxqX0cknaCABr-E3wyG8KmE6RmivcrjiTX_ch1GjcxclPNUFIAEBHLS2lVVSI_0DItxGDG7p4yF5HhL1TxpgC2zq069CKuOCAK4a5S/s640/New+Day.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;">This photo was taken with my Canon EOS Rebel @ 6:25 am on Sept 4, 2011</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Well sort of.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">This new blog isn't completely a new beginning, more like an addition. Sort of a way to organize my thoughts. I'd like for Pumpkinhead Patch to be a place where I can share more domestic ideas. Anything from crafts and sewing to decorating and cooking, and of course life in general.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">So now, you can find me at both </span><br />
<a href="http://www.pumpkinheadstudio.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">www.pumpkinheadstudio.blogspot.com</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">and here at <a href="http://www.pumpkinheadpatch.blogspot.com/">http://www.pumpkinheadpatch.blogspot.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Wish me luck as we embark on this new journey.</span></div>Kitty Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14413595807392978071noreply@blogger.com0