Anything with potatoes is delish and this is no exception!
I chopped up onions, celery, carrots...
and potatoes.
I added crumbled bacon {turkey bacon in this case} and salt and pepper to taste.
Sigh. Wish we still had some of this in the fridge. Must. Make. More.
This is one of my fall displays on my buffet. The colours. Looove them!I can't wait to see what you've been up to! Let the party begin...
Vanilla bean in the batter ~ YUM!
I have attempted many a sewing project for myself. With all sorts of curves ~ I've never been happy with any of them ~ until now.Have you seen the gorgeous dress refashions all over blog land? I have. And I love them! Check out more examples here, here and here. And a fab tutorial here.
I bought this dress at a second hand store for $7. Cute. Could be cuter {if cuter were a word}. Then I grabbed a too short brown tank, cut the top of the dress off and sewed them together.
I also picked up this tie. {Great colours right?}
And combined it with this belt buckle.
I ran my tie through the belt buckle and pinned at my desired length.
And threaded the larger end of the tie back through my buckle.
Awesome. I know. Wish my hubs had more ties.
Dress and Tie Refashion
Had to share this one. Our fashion shoot was at a local park ~ we took the boys to feed the ducks ~ and it poured rain. Poured. But the birds were fun. Especially this pigeon on my head. Yup. Fun.
That's some gooood salsa!
Fresh ingredients {75% of which were from my garden}
Love.
That.
Colour.
The payoff!
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Oh.
So.
Simple.
The whole family went apple picking at my Garandma and Grandpas place last weekend. We were fortunate enough to get to the apples before the bears did. No, seriously.... bears. I have a picture. For proof. Not of the bear. Just proof that he'd been there. Nice, I know! 
Apple sauce is super easy. Just peel, core and slice your apples. Cook over medium heat adding water {if your apples stick to your pot}, 1-2t cinnamon and sugar to taste. When your apples have reached the consistancy you want, can and process them {if your apple sauce lasts that long}.
So Yummy!
And kid approved.
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This was my first time canning grape jelly {gasp} so I asked my Grandma {who is 85 and still going strong}, "Grandma, do you have any tips for me on how to can grape jelly?" She said "why yes, dear, use the directions on the package of Certo." Laugh out loud Grandma! And so I did.
I cannot tell you how excited we were to find that my Grandmas loan grape vine had produced a bountiful crop this year! Well.
She and I were excited.
The boys were more into frog chasing and stick finding.
Following the trusty Certo directions, I combined my ingredients, mashed grapes, pectin and sugar. I allowed that to come to a boil.
Again, not having fancy canning equipment, I strained my mixture of skins and seeds.
I brought the juice to a boil then put it into my hot, sterilized jars for processing. I've been told that you can add red wine or grape juice to this step if you do not have enough liquid.
Please link up your Canning Posts with us today! This is still an open linky so any other projects, recipes or inspiration are welcome! Be sure to visit tomorrow for some good ol' Apple Sauce.
I LOVE this recipe! Using a crock pot certainly cleared off some space on my stove top. For more canning!
We took the boys apple picking in my Grandma's orchard last weekend. It was a blast! We harvested 4 large, reusable, bags of apples. 
I don't have much in the way of fancy apple core/peeler gadgets so the less prep work the better. I quartered, cored and sliced my apples {skin on}.
My crock pot full of ingredients ~ apples, 2c. sugar, 1t. cinnamon, 1/4t. cloves and 1/4t. salt.
I cooked the apples on low for most of the day {about 8 hours}, stirring frequently with a whisk.
Then I hauled out my magic bullet {ha ha} and blended the mixture ~ a food processor would probably be a better choice. I threw it back in the crock pot and cooked for another 2 hours.
I poured my mixture into hot, sterilized jars and voila! yummy Apple Butter!
My kids love this with crackers but it would be good with pretzels or on toast too! I am no expert so if you have any tips or techniques, please share!!
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