Jillie Willie

Jill Grover can't make it to our party but we can sure make it to hers!!

Ok were having a party!!
Come hang and find some Mothers Day goods!

Sat May 2nd 12:00-5:00 1137 Michelle Dr. Brigham City
Come check out the Jillie Willie new spring-summer line
and lots of other fun vendors

Info found here.

Every Girl needs a Day Out!!

Brook Walker will be the key note speaker at a "Girls Day Out" at the Peak this weekend. Lots of Classes and LUNCH for 15 bucks! Looks fun!! See the below links for info! Our own Jodi will be teaching about blogging!

http://www.peakkids.com/index/PDF/the_peak_poster3_copy.pdf

http://www.peakkids.com/index/PDF/GDOSchedule.pdf

Update

Just wanted to let you know that Rose Trollinger, who was over the soup kitchen, passed away this morning. She was so appreciative of the knives and peelers we donated. Please keep her family in your thoughts & prayers. She was a wonderful person who will be greatly missed.

On another sad note I got a call from Jill Grover. She has to go to a Media shoot in New York the week we were expecting her to do our meeting. Hopefully we can get her to come next year.



We are so fortunate to have talented people in our group who can step in and teach us. Chris Bailey, Stacy Jardine & their sister Kathryn have agreed to share with us some fun things we can do at our family get togethers this summer. I am really looking forward to learning and getting ideas from them. Thanks for being willing to step in at the last minute. I know it will be a great meeting. I will see you on May 14th at 12:30.

Beth

Fruit Basket!!

My friend Callie told me about this "thing" she signed up for. You get a basket full of fruit and veggies for 20.00 bucks and pick it up @ Mountain View Elementary parking lot every two weeks. I thought I'd give it a whirl and this is what happened!!

1 Pineapple 6 Mangos 10 Bananas 9 Pink Lady Apples 1 lb of Strawberries 1 lb Green Grapes 8 Tomatoes 1 bunch of Broccoli 3 Summer Squash 2 Cucumbers 2 heads Leafy Lettuce (at least I think it's the leafy kind) 8 Red Potatoes YUMMY!!!

They also have bread and this time they had Italian dinner packets!! Mmmm!!

Callie also did a step by step sign up helper here!! She is so kind to her "slower" friends!!

Bountiful Basket Step by Step
I am doing it by memory so be patient...

1. Click here.

2. Click on Log-In.

3. Set up a profile if you haven't already done so by clicking on "Proceed to Register" This is DIFFERENT than getting their weekly email newsletter/reminders.

4. Enter your information. Click on "Create Account"

5. Click on "Home" (it's underneath Log-In over on the left)

6. Click on "Produce Basket & Bread" (close to where you just clicked on Home)

7. Start shopping. You have to enter ALL the questions. The page will refresh after every question so it's a little annoying but the fruit and veggies are worth it.

8. Enter the quantity that you want and click "Add to cart"

9. When finished click on "Check Out". You'll have to scroll back up with a bit. It's on the left.

10. Review your order.

11. Agree to the terms--all of them.

12. Enter your payment information.

13. Submit it. Couple of notes:*You'll get a confirmation sent to you via email or you can print the page.*First time users will pay a ONE time $3 charge.*You have to pick it up on time, otherwise they donate the food to the local fire department.*Bring your own laundry basket, boxes, or bags to pick up your produce. *You do NOT get to pick what veggies/fruit that you get. It's presorted and you just show up on Saturday morning to pick it up.Good luck. If anyone has questions let me know. I will try to help the best I can :)Here is to eating healthy!

Thanks Callie

Happy Healthy Spring!!

Heather

Here is the recipe Elaine Merritt made for the March meeting

Blackberry Cheesecake Dessert

1 cup sugar
3 Tablespoons Karo syrup
3 Tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/2 cup water
Mix the cornstarch with 1/4 cup of cold water. Add 1 1/4 cup water with the sugar & Karo syrup in a saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add the cornstarch mixture and cook for 6 minutes. Add 4 tablespoons of Blackberry Fusions (a blend of Blackberry & Raspberry flavors) Jell-o. Dissolve. Cool slightly. Add berries. Blueberries or Raspberries are great. I used a combination of Black raspberries and blueberries for the meeting in March.

Torte crust: 1 cup flour, 2 Tablespoons sugar, 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup chopped nuts. Mix well and press into 9" x 13" pan. Bake 10 minutes at 350. Let cool

(for the March meeting I used graham cracker squares for the crust)

Cheese mixture- Blend 16 oz. cream cheese, 2/3 cup sugar-Mix together. Add 8 oz cool whip. Spread this mixture on crust. Spoon berry mixture over this and top with Cool whip.

If you like the bread at Macaroni Grill here is a recipe that tastes similar

1 Tablespoon instant yeast
1 Tablespoon sugar
1 Cup warm water
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons rosemary
1 Tablespoon oil

When I use instant yeast I just add it to the dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add the liquid and knead for 5 to 10 minutes. Shape into two round balls. Flatten onto a greased cookie sheet. Let raise until double. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 Dip in olive oil & pepper-you can also add balsmic vinegar to the oil.

We would like to express our sympathy to Carol Holmes, one of our members, with the passing away of her husband, Bill. Our prayers & thoughts will be with Carol and her family

Home Tour Too!!

Never lose an opportunity of seeing

anything beautiful,

for beauty is God's handwriting.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Isn't it funny how Jodi and I were at the same place at the same time and saw things so differently! Awesome!

Happy Spring!

Heather

May meeting

I received a phone call this morning from Jill Grover. She would like to change the meeting to the 14th of May instead of the 7th. I hope that will work with all of you. Remember to meet at her house 860 E 700 S at 12:30 Nursery will still be at Gillespee Hall.

Home Tour 2009

Home #1~ Jen's

Home #2 ~ Allison's

Home #3

Home #4 ~ Heather's

They were all beautiful and we thank those who were so willing to share their incredible homes with us!!!

The picture with the stripes is using material as wallpaper. It was so easy and has stayed put for a long time! To do this I used liquid starch and applied it like you would wallpaper. This material was actually the sheet that came with the comforter

I'm sure you have seen these done as magnets but I tried them as pins and they worked great!!

Just some wall decor in my daughters room. The spiral thing is a clock and it was silver and I spray painted it pink.

The wall hanging above the bed that matches the bed was actually a bag the bedding came in. I cut it up and put it on some canvas and used a staple gun. I made two of these out of the bag!

I wanted some white in the room to add another color and I couldnt find any pictures I was crazy about so I bought the frames and found some cute scrap book paper and put them in the frames with a white matting. My daughter liked this cuz she changes the paper every once in a while for a different look.

This was great doing this -it actually got my daughter to get her room clean!! YEAH!!!

Virtual Home Tour

The first home on our tour is Karen's. Here is a message from her:

Hi girls! I just got these new chairs for my birthday and I am loving them. I fell in love with the green snake skin print pillows. They are in my living room with a special end table between them, given to me by my Grandma Curtis, which was given to her by her mother many years ago. I love sentimental pieces!

It's good to be home" is something my parents always said, and it's the same way I feel. Paul's mom had this hutch built for their first home over 60 years ago. It is an old piece we all treasure.

Grandma Jones also gave us this old trunk which is a great place to display my favorite baby pictures of my little darlins'!

Thanks Karen!

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Now on to Heather's home.

She sent some great photos of her bathroom and some great finds she has refurbished very inexpensively!

This is a fun 10 dollar DI find!!

Some more BEFORE and AFTERS...

Heather says, "I have a small bathroom...how do you take pictures of that? So I took pictures of some storage ideas in my cute bathroom!!"

I hate when I run out of toilet paper but where to store it? I love how clean and crisp this looks..and I always know when I am almost out!!

I got this at the thrift store and I love that all my stuff is in sight and in arms reach when I am running late daily!

I love that all my pretty stuff is right where I can see it!

Thanks Heather!

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This from Kathryn.

She says this is her favorite spot in her home... I can see why!

Thanks Kathryn!


If you are inspired by what you see and want to send in some photos...I will add them to this post!