From the School Room....

I feel like I haven't shared very many "Homeschool-ish" posts on here lately. The kids have been doing so good and I can't believe that the school year is almost over! We took ALOT of time off this year, but we still managed to get ALOT of work done! We are already finished with Handwriting and Journal... Yeah!! We have been working on all of the States and Capitals and we only have a few more left!! We made lapbooks for each Section of the Country - MidWest, SouthEastern, NorthEastern, etc.
Here are some pictures:

The kids are posing! I was crackin' up!

School is going great I always feel like there is MORE I could have completed in the school year, but.... OH Well!! Maybe I set unrealistic goals!

Here is a project I have been working on....

I am Re-Purposing Plastic Shopping Bags into "Plastic Fabric"!!

I am not sure what I am going to make out of it, but I am going to keep adding to it until I figure out what to make out of it!!

And Here is what our Cats do while we are doing School...  

WE MADE GAK FOR SCIENCE!!

For Science we talked about mixing things together.... So we made GAK!!

It was ALOT of FUN!! The recipe is really EASY:

1 Cup Elmers Glue

A few drops of Food Coloring (be careful it stains)

1 Cup of Liquid Starch

You mix the glue and the food coloring together....

 and then slowly... add... the liquid starch. Only add a little at a time. I didnt use the whole cup of liquid starch. You mix until it becomes thick...

touch it to see if it is sticky and add more starch as needed!

 Then Let them play with it!!

Here are some pics:

It was alot of fun and VERY EASY!! I cant believe they sell this stuff for $4.99 in a TINY 2oz. Container!! It costs less than $1 to make two big batches of it. Elmers Glue $0.20 per bottle (Clearance at Office Depot), Food Coloring - I already had it, Liquid Starch $1.99 for a HUGE bottle (I used maybe 1/5)!!

My trip across the Country!!

Well, I made it home safe and needed SEVERAL days to recuperate!!

As always a trip across the country with Lisa was VERY Interesting and Eventful!!

I am glad that she is back in Florida so I wont have to make this trip again!! We started out in Fernley, NV which is about 45 minutes East of Reno, NV!! We left on Wednesday afternoon and drove as late as we could. Wednesday was slow moving because it was snowing REALLY hard. Wednesday night we slept in the car because there was no hotels around!! Thursday - other than making a wrong turn and ending up in California that day was pretty un-eventful!! We did try unsuccessfully to cross the Hover Dam... they made Ronnie turn around and go the LONG way or unpack at least 80% of his trailer so they could inspect it!!

Friday was pretty dull except for the fact that something went wrong with the Axel on the trailer and he spend All morning welding. I felt so bad for Ronnie! His eyes were all red and bloodshot from eyestrain!!

But once we got on the rode we made really good time!! Then Saturday all was calm except for the flat tire on the trailer and more axel problems, but Ronnie was a good sport about it and fixed it and off we went!! On Sunday the scenery was wonderful and we were home on Monday night (around midnight!! maybe you can call it EARLY Tuesday morning)!! Overall I really enjoyed the trip! The scenery was Breathtaking!! I loved all of the mountains and fields!! The crazy thing is that we ran into every kind of weather possible - Rain, snow, sleet, hail, high winds, heat, we missed the tornado's (thank God)!! It was a wild ride!!

Here are some of my favorite pictures:

Friday Night Sew-In coming up!!

I am really excited about participating in the upcoming FNSI (Friday Night Sew-In)!!
Here are the details:Finally - date May 21st. Hopefully that works for everyone who wants to participate!


If you are new to the FNSI - here is how it works.

1. Enter your blog info at: http://handmadebyheidi.blogspot.com/2010/05/may-friday-night-sew-in-and-giveaway.html . **If you don't have a blog - you can enter the Flickr group link as your URL.
2. Make a post on your blog - letting all your readers know about the sew-in. Spread the word.. we could all use the virtual sewing support and encouragement.
3. On Friday – 05/21/10 - Get your house settled, put on your comfy jammies.. maybe make a cup of tea.. and sit down to work on some of those projects (or anything else that you want to work on.. maybe you want to knit.. or catch up on scrapbooking).
4. Then, sometime on Saturday - Make a post about what you worked on.. show us a picture or two on Flickr.
And finally - on Sunday 5/23, we will enter all participants into a GIVEAWAY for something fun! Maybe some fabric.. or a sewing gadget or two from Handmade by Heidi's Blog!!  Bobbi and Heidi both pick winners - so you each will have 2 chances to win!!

I am going to try and quilt one of my UFO's!! Or maybe work on some of my Boomerang Blocks!! Yippy!! Maybe I will invite a special Sewing Buddy over!!

Nevada Here I come!!

Guess What??? Well, I think the title of my post kind of gives it away! I'm going to Nevada TODAY!!
Lisa asked me to fly out and drive back with her so.... I'm leaving in an hour!! Wow!!

I'm really excited! Alyssa and I made Crepe's for by farewell lunch!! Yummy!!

Last night, Alyssa made her VERY FIRST ~ Chicken Pot Pie!! It was really Good! My goal is to teach her to cook so in a few years I wont have to do ANY of the cooking! (hee hee JK)

She made an "A" on top of the pie for the vent it was really cute! (I dont know why we didnt get any pics!)

Here is the cake that we made for desert it was WONDERFUL.....

It is so Easy to make. We call it Pineapple Angel Food Yummy Cake!
Here is the recipe:
- 1 Box of instant Vanilla Pudding
- 1 can of crushed Pineapple
- 2 cups of Cool Whip
- 1 Angel Food Cake
- Sprinkles (optional)
- Walnuts (optional)

To make the filling:
You mix the Vanilla Pudding and Crushed Pineapple together until blended very well. Then you add the 2 cups of Cool Whip!
Angel Food Cake:
Slice the Angel Food cake into 3 layers then put it all together!
Bottom layer Angel Food Cake top with filling. Another Layer of Angel Food Cake top with Filling. Third Layer of Angel Food Cake Top Cake with filling. Add some Cool Whip into the hole in the middle of the cake and decorate with sprinkles and nuts (optional)!!
It is so light and fluffy. Super easy to make and QUICK!!

~ My 100th POST GIVEAWAY ~

I cant believe this is my 100th Post!!

I have really enjoyed blogging! I plan to keep on!!

I want to do a GIVEAWAY to celebrate!! I can only think of things that I love to share with everyone so.... Of course my giveaway will be for FABRIC!!

Here are some pictures of what I am offering!

This Quilt Block can easily be made into a pillow or used in a Spring Themed Quilt! I love this pattern!

This is a Burgundy FatQuarter, 5 Charm Squares, and a cute Roll of fabric!!

To enter Please become and follower of my blog AND respond to this post (aka. Comment) on the blog with one or all of your favorite:

1. Fabric

2. Fabric Color

3. Color (for you Non-Quilters)

I will keep this open until the last week of April!! 

You can add a bonus entry by Blogging about my GIVEAWAY!! Just make sure you leave a comment with a link to your blog so I can check it out!! Make sure that you include an email so I can contact you if/when you win!!

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I love Blogging and have been REALLY busy lately! I joined a few more swaps and that has kept me going in the sewing room!! My best friend Lisa talked me into joining a Boomerang Swap! It's where you send 35 Fat-Eights (11 inches X 18 Inches) to other swappers they make you a block and send it back! The hard part is all 35 of them also send you a F8 (Fat Eight) and I get to make them a block! It really gets me out of my comfort zone. I tend to pick colors that are soft or neutral and BLUE is definately my favorite color to work with right now! Some of the fabric that I get are.... Uh.... Not Blue!! hee hee!

Here are some of the most recent blocks that I have made:

I have made a new NON- Boomerang Rule for myself! For every block I make for someone else I have to make a similar (not identical) block for myself! Maybe this way I will be able to crank out some quilts for friends and family! Its fun!!

AMAZING 1930's Quilt!!

Look what I found at a THRIFT STORE TODAY!!!!

I am so excited about this quilt! I picked it up for a steal of a deal!!

This is all hand pieced and hand quilts with vintage 1930's fabric! It is amazing detail!

It has some damage, but it's really in overall good condition.

I only wish the quilter would have labeled it so I knew its history!!

Mr. Duke Ellington Miss Jasmine Amethyst March