Grape Juice Please!

My neighbors at the barn have a wonderful home with an apple tree, cherry tree, plum tree, and grapes. The grapes are delicious, so me and my friend Brian decided to make juice out of them. I looked online and found the instructions and it turns out it is quite easy, and fun, but also time consuming. 

First you must take the grapes off of the vine and wash them so that they look like the picture above.

Then you mash the grapes very well so they look like the picture above.

Once you have mashed the grapes you will need to let them simmer on medium heat, mashing and stirring them every once in a while until the inside part of the grapes have turned into juice. 

When the grapes are done put cheese cloth over a pot or bowl and secure it with a rubber band or something similar, then put the grape guts on the cheese cloth and let the juice drip through.

When you take the cheese cloth off you will see the beautiful pure juice that has dripped through. Then you need to chill the goodness so you do not burn your tongue. 

If you taste the juice and it is sour or tart than you may add sugar. If you add Sugar you need to make sure that you bring the juice to a boil so that the sugar dissolves. Also grape juice tastes wonderful with sprite, and ice.

Then you give a toast or two and drink it up!

Happy Independence Day!

 

In celebration of The United States Independence Day, also known as my favorite holiday ever, I made this embroidery. I am proud to be an American, I have been very blessed to live in this great country and to have been raised by an amazing family. I am very grateful for my freedom of religion and for all of those who fight for this country. Happy 4th of July!

 

This is basically a blog with pictures of embroidery, also . . . I am going on a mission!

 

Well of course I needed a Summer embroidery to put up in my tiny house, so I chose this one out of all of the many choices. I like it alright, but I feel like I could have chosen a better design. Oh well, it is done and there to stay.

 

 

I received my LDS mission call to the Milwaukee Wisconsin Mission! This is my depiction of what my life will be like for the next two winters. Notice in the window of the store it says "beer" and "cheese". The only thing I forgot in this picture was a red barn, how could I leave that out?

 

 

 

Dreamcatcher

Okay this was SOOooo fun to make. I found a stick outside that was pretty bendable, and then I soaked it in water for about 2 days to make it more bendable. Then I wrapped embroidery floss around it to keep the two ends together and to keep the flimsy stick all together. Then I did the inside part with embroidery floss. And then I added thin strings on to the bottom and attached beads and glitter feathers that I found at michaels. And last but not least I sprayed it down with a coat of silver glitter and hung it on my door. 

My great great great grandma, who I am named after, was Native American. So that means that I am one thirty second Native American. So I can totally make and have dream catchers right? I should probably find out the authentic way to make a dreamcatcher. "The Authentic Dreamcatcher" post may or may not be on its way.

Mother's Day

My little sister Brittana and I made this for my mom for Mothers day. Yes we copied it from Pinterest in case you were wondering. 

But really my mom is the best, she is definitely all of these things and more. Although I do suppose she could be a bit more graceful. But all of the other things she has well over an A+ on. She has raised 8 amazing children and she lived through it all to tell the horror stories about it. I love my mom very much, she has taught me everything that I know, with the exception of calculus. 

Willow Park Zoo

This was at the Logan Willow Park today on the sidewalk, just chillin. It is so huge and so legit. The piece of paper in the bottom left corner is the size of an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper, just to help everyone understand the size. I wasn't able to tell if it was chalk or spray paint. It looked like chalk, but I touched it and it did not smear. So I'm not sure, but either way, it is amazing and beautiful. 

Spring

This wreath is made of coffee filters and a wreath form, both of which were one dollar at Dollar Tree. Isn't 2 dollars awesome for a wreath and a fun spring craft? I just hot glued 150 coffee filters onto the wreath form and then added a bow. Don't let it fool you though, it took a while.

Here is a spring embroidery that I have also done.