Darcie Heater

Easter Freebie for you!

Hi Blog Friends,

How about a little gift bag that you can use for your Easter Goodies. Here's my Easter gift to you.... EASTER FREEBIE!  :)

Here's a close-up of the gift bag:

This is a FREE project that you can download and print.   You can click HERE and HERE to download an easy-to-print pdf version of the project sheets. You need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader program in order to open pdf documents.  If you don't have Reader you can click HERE.  It is a free download from Adobe. Once the Adobe page opens, click on the tab that says "Get Adobe Reader" and it will guide you through the download process.  

OR  you can click on the images below and they will open up in a new window.  You can print them from there also.

  

I hope you have an awesome Easter! I'm looking forward to spending time with all the kids and grandkids and having a big Easter egg hunt.

Blessings to you all!

Darcie :)

Freebie!

Hi Blog Friends,

Well, I figure you need a recipe card for that recipe book I've been sharing with you this week. :)

Here's a FREE recipe card that coordinates with the album:

You can click HERE to download a pdf "easy-to-print" version of the recipe card.  To open and print a pdf document you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.  If you don't have Reader and would like to download a free copy of the program, click HERE.  You can then click on the "Get Adobe Reader" tab to download it.

OR, if you prefer you can click on the image above and it will open in a new window...you can print it from the new window.

I would recommend printing it on white card stock.  Trim the card to the outer edges of the blue border, then punch holes in it where indicated by the brown dots on the left edge.

I hope you have an amazing, creative weekend!

Darcie

Recipe Book Patterns

Hi Friends,  

I shared a recipe book with you in the last few posts... I wanted to give you the patterns for the dividers and covers so that you could print them out and use them to make the album.  Here's another photo of that album:

And here are those dividers.  You can click HERE to download pdf "easy-to-print" versions of the patterns... or you can just click on the images below and they will open in a new window.  You can then print the image from the new window.  To open pdf documents, you need to have Adobe® Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.  If you don't have Reader, you can click HERE to download a free version of the program.  When the Adobe page opens, just click on the tab that says "Get Adobe Reader", and it will download for you.

Album Covers:

Album Dividers:




Print the patterns on card stock and cut out to use.

I'll be back later this week with another FREEBIE for you, check back!

:) Darcie

Cookin' up a Project

Hi Blog Friends,

How about some instructions for that recipe book I shared with you yesterday?  Tonya and I had fun making the book... but the most fun was the cookies. Yummy!

You can click HERE to download a pdf "easy-to-print" version of the instructions.  To open and view a pdf document you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.  If you don't have Reader, you can click HERE to download it for free (click on the "Get Adobe Reader" tab when the page opens.)

OR you can also click on the images below, and they will open in a separate window and you can print them from there.



I'll be back later this week with another Freebie.... so be sure to check back!

I hope your enjoying some Spring sunshine and mild weather in your neck of the woods.

:) Darcie

My Favorite Recipes

Hi Blog Friends,

Well, I finished that recipe book I've been wanting to share with you.  I'm working on project instructions and step-by-step photos, and will share those with you tomorrow. Here's a close-up of the front cover:

Oooh, I love those Tim Holtz's Ideaology metal corners (click on embellishments and it's the 14th item down the page).  And what's a recipe book without recipes?!  Below is another recipe that fits in this book.  You can print it on card stock and trim it to size.  I have to warn you though...everyone who has come in contact with these cookies in the last few days has become addicted.  In fact, Tonya urged me to make them again today...to photograph for the blog, of course, Lol!  You can make them as either a lime or a lemon cookie. I'm going to make the lemon version for Easter. I sprinkled coarse sanding sugar on the ones in the photo  (I dyed the sugar with lime green food coloring)...but I think I like them better without the sugar. Here's the recipe:

You can download a pdf version of the recipe by clicking HERE.  In order to view pdf files, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader loaded in your computer.  If you don't have Acrobat, you can download it by clicking HERE, then clicking on the tab that says "Get Adobe Reader".  Or you can click on the recipe card image above and it will open in a new window, then print as you would normally.

Mmmmm, yummy! 

OK, see you tomorrow with the instructions and project information!  

:) Darcie

Zuppa Italiano

Hey Blog Friends,

Well, I spoke too soon about Spring!  Today it's raining/snowing/blowing and supposed to get down to 27 degrees tonite.  Hopefully it won't hurt all the flowers and trees that have already blossomed.  Since it's cold and wintry again, I decided to make some hot soup to warm up with.  

My family loves this soup, and I thought maybe you'd like it also.  Here's the recipe:

You can click HERE to download a pdf version of the recipe.  You must have Adobe Reader installed to open a pdf document.  If you don't have Adobe Reader, you can download a free copy of it by clicking HERE, then clicking on the "Get Adobe Reader Free" button.

OR, if the pdf version won't work on  your computer, you can click on the picture below and it will open in a new window.  Once it opens in the new window, click print on your computer.

Print the recipe on card stock and cut it out on the outer green lines.  

I'm working on a recipe book for the blog recipes and I'm hoping to share it with you soon. I'll be revising the previously posted recipes so that they're this same size (6 1/2" X 10"), as this will be the size of the book.  

I hope you had a great weekend!  Our oldest Grandson spent the week with us last week and I'm sure missing him a ton today.  We took him to Bonneville Dam on our trip up north.  Here they are watching the sturgeon in a pond:

The dark things in the water are the Sturgeon.  We also got to see two barges passing through the locks.  They went from this:

To THIS!:

They looked pretty tiny way down there, I was surprised at how high they came up when the water filled the lock area.  HUGE!  

I hope you have a great week, see you soon!

:) Darcie  

Bloomin' Early

Hi Blog Friends,

I can't believe how early Spring has arrived here.... we have trees in full bloom, crocus and daffodils are up, tulips are almost ready.... and now trees that are fully leafed out!

We had snow last year in late March, hopefully that won't happen again this year!

Well, I'm back from the Sew Expo in Puyallup and had a great time. The creative bug is pretty much out of control right now and I can't wait to start on some sewing projects this weekend. 

Thanks for all the sewing comments on the last post, I'm glad to hear that you guys sew also!  I'll have some things to share with you soon.  :)  My daughter-in-law asked me to show her how to sew, and I'm having fun showing her different techniques and watching what she creates with her new found skills.  We've been making projects for this little guy:

Awwww, soooo cute!  He is absolutely the best little baby, very content!  Can't wait to see him again.  :)

OK, well back to that set of rubber stamps I am giving away!  Here's the set of stamps:

This is a set of cling mounted rubber stamps, JCS112, retail $24.95.  Here's the winning comment, which was randomly chosen:

When I was younger I made almost all my own clothes and many for my sons, then I started working full-time and sewing was one of those things that just gradually went by the wayside. I still have my sewing machine and hope someday start sewing again. Great stamp set.  Posted by: Debee Meyer | 02/28/2010 at 05:38 AM

So, Debee, if you would please send me your mailing address (by Sunday March 7), I'll get that set of stamps right out to you.

OK, back to work with me.  I hope you all have a GREAT weekend and are enjoying some Spring sunshine!

:) Darcie