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Clarinet Second Chance

12/30/2013

 
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A second chance for a clarinet that was stored under a bed for over fifty years. Yes, this mint condition clarinet in the original vintage box, but it is plastic! Does anyone know the history of such an instrument that actually sounds and looks like the real thing? 

 Karen Diamond Designs digital scrapbooking kit Second Chances.

Merry Christmas

12/26/2013

 
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Christmas Bell Ornament brought home from a trip many years ago to Czechoslovakia.

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Shabby Chic Christmas presents wrapped with love.

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White poinsettia on our tree.

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Merry Christmas

Raspberry Salad/Dessert- GLUTEN FREE

12/23/2013

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Christmas Beautiful

I remember my Mother making this salad but with strawberries. I love strawberries but lately the raspberries in the markets have been so fresh and pretty, I decided to try fresh raspberries, and it was delicious as well as beautiful. Added feature is the sugared raspberry and the touch of mint. ​

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Glutino  Pretzels

There are a couple brands of gluten free pretzels on the market now and they are all very tasty. I have never been a fan of pretzels, but gluten free pretzels are crispier and really good.



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GLUTEN-FREE Raspberry Jell-O Salad/Dessert 


Preheat over to 375 degrees

Ingredients for Crust 
1 1/2 cups well crushed pretzels
3/4 cup butter
1/2 cup sugar
Crush pretzels in a food processor. Combine with butter and sugar. Pour into 9" x 13" baking dish, bake for 15 minutes or until lightly brown. Cool completely,
Ingredients for Layer Two
1 8 ounce package cream cheese
1 cup sugar
1 container cool whip
Blend cream cheese and sugar until smooth (4-5 minutes). Fold by hand cool whip into mixture. Spread evenly on cooled crust. Cover dish and refrigerate until mixture is chilled.
Ingredients for Layer Three
Raspberry Jell-O, 6 ounce package
2-3 cups fresh raspberries
Dissolve Jell-O and stir until completely dissolved. Let chill (stirring every 10 minutes) until partially set. Fold raspberries gently into Jell-O mixture. Pour over cheese mixture and cover.
Tips-Additions: To add that sparkle. Sugared raspberries (I used large crystal sugar): after coating raspberry lightly with egg white, pour sugar onto raspberries. Sugared raspberries can be frozen for later use. I used mint leaves for presentation with the sugared raspberries.
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Shabby Chic Luncheon Tables

12/21/2013

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Christmas luncheon table decorations. Snowflake glasses from Dollar Tree. Vintage tablecloth from my Mother with a little sparkle sprinkle. French pot with a The Graphic Fairy image. What fun I had decorating!
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Ironstone pitcher from my mother-in-law's collection. Oh my the way I had three tables decorated.

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Beautiful close-up of roses with red cedar branches cut from the woods with a little spray snow added.

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Fun with Cortlynn

12/18/2013

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A fun, cold week with my blue-eyed, three year old granddaughter. PLUS +++ I have been accepted as a creative team member with Karen Diamond Designs at Scrap N Pieces. I will be posting my work at her gallery and also on my website under the tab passions then scrapbooking. Please keep checking back at these sites to see my latest digital scrapbook creations. SM:)e

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Merry Christmas Banner (Shabby-Chic Style)

12/14/2013

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Banners made from burlap have been catching my eye on the blog sites for sometime now. I wanted shabby-chic pink to go with the white décor of my fireplace.  Full instructions are here on my website for the banner. OH! One of my favorite artist's paintings are hung above the mantel in a collage, Kelly Rae Roberts.

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This is my faux fireplace with an old fireplace mantel that we placed on a wall in the dining room.


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Close up view of the Merry Christmas Banner.

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A Little Christmas

12/12/2013

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I thought our subdivision sign could use a little Christmas. Our fox is now sporting a red and white Christmas bow.

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I think it makes him look like a sly fox even more!

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Rochester Winter Program

12/10/2013

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I look forward every year to the Rochester School Winter Program in Topeka, Kansas.  Miss Anna Reb the music instructor puts on a fabulous production every year. Of course having my two grandchildren in the program make it extra special too. This year The Grinch made a special appearance and "WOW" what a Grinch he was!

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Marcus looking pretty handsome, waiting for his cue from Miss Reb to sing.

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Miss Reagan looking for her family in the audience. 

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Making Memories

12/8/2013

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           Two Boxes and Two  Granddaughters


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If you have been following my blog for awhile, hopefully you have read my muse about my grandmothers. I wonder if my grandmothers have influenced my need to make sure my granddaughters have special memories of me. So. . . . . . I am starting a Christmas ornament collection of fairies and angels for Reagan and Cortlynn. The two beautiful boxes above I purchased at Dollar General for $10.00 each. I then wrote each granddaughter a letter from me explaining the Christmas Ornament Box and the collection of fairies and angels I will be starting for them. Every Christmas I will add to their collection and someday maybe they will want to have a Christmas tree decorated with the fairies and angels. The document shown here I made in Photoshop, is with one of the fairies. I placed both the letter and document (to be filled out each year) in a manila envelope to be kept in the box. Oh by the way, I have multiple themed Christmas trees in my home. I will be showing you at least one in the coming posts.

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The fairy wrapped in tissue, the manila envelope with the letter and log and extra tissue paper for several more ornaments.

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Highway 39 Barber Shop

12/4/2013

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One of my goals with Minnie's Milestones is the support of merchants whom I feel make a difference in Shell Knob and the surrounding area. I will also be recommending restaurants that offer a gluten-free alternative. So here is the first one. A Barber Shop!
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Highway 39 Barber Shop is the ONLY place that my grandson Marcus will get his hair cut. What makes this even more remarkable is Marcus lives in Topeka, KS! 









Ron has furnished his 39 Barber Shop with collectible barber shop furniture and hunting and fishing gear that remind the customer of the 1950’s and 60’s.

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Marcus has a dollar bill on the ceiling above the barber chair with his name on it that he checks on every time he gets a haircut. If he can sit still then he gets a tootsie-roll.

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A Christmas Swan Repurpose

12/2/2013

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Repurpose you say? This beautiful swan has a history, and yes to my delight (now) a good one. I will call her a she, why I am not sure, I guess because now after many years I think she is so pretty. Maybe, with age you appreciate your family, special memories and life in general. Anyway, back to the story of the swan. She is well over 20 years old and has been on the chopping block (trashed) many a time and rescued by my husband and hidden from my site. I have trashed so many things and wish later I had them back. She is one of the lucky ones. I guess it is like family and friends in some ways, we wish later we had them back when they have passed to repurpose those times we have now lost.  
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I love old linen white table-cloths. This one is from my Mother. It has a few ragged places, but to me it just makes it more beautiful. The not so-perfect leaning tower candle seems to go with the vintage linen.
I have put two beautiful large white ornaments and several pomegranates in the swan after filling it with white tinsel and sprinkling white glitter rocks around the base.
The final touch is the pretty white and silver ribbon. She is beautiful to me now.
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