Carrot Soup

When I was first introduced to this soup (it's my mother-in-law's recipe) my first thought was "that sounds gross" since I hate cooked carrots. I was wrong. This is one of my favorite soups around. This wasn't one of my better batches (it's been about a year and a half since I made it last), but we enjoyed it just the same. Now for the recipe.

Carrot Soup
1 lb ground beef (brown and drain and rinse)
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
4 cups tomato juice
1 1/2 cups water
2 1/2 cups grated carrots (I usually just throw 4-5 carrots scrubbed well into the food processor and chop very finely)
1/2 large green pepper finely chopped
2 stalks of celery finely chopped
1/2 tsp garlic salt (I use chopped garlic from a bottle)
salt and pepper to taste

Put all ingredients into a large pan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and summer for about 20 minutes. Serve with grated (sharp) cheddar cheese. Enjoy!

Another quiet book

Baby Signs

I found this "baby signs" fabric over a month ago. I thought it would make a super cute quiet book. I was hoping to just use the fabric to cut the pages, but I had an odd number of pages, so I had to cut them out and put them on a different background. I cut out each page and used fusible webbing. Then I zig zag stitched around them. I added a bright tie dye fleece cover for a different texture. I didn't put any batting between the pages so that it wouldn't be too bulky.

Empty bottles make great toys

My son loves to play with empty water bottles. I thought I'd make them more interesting my putting a few things in them to help them rattle. I placed in some buttons and some safely pins. Then I glued the lit shut so he won' t choke on the button if he happened to get the lid off. It was a hit!

Quiet Book

I found this "make it yourself" quiet book a few months back at Wal-mart. My son loves to eat books, so fabric is the way to got at this point. He also love the books that "crinkle." I didn't want all the pages to crinkle, so only the middle page does. All I did was add some cellophane (the kind used to wrap gift baskets) between the fabric and batting. I hope he likes it...I made it after he went to bed. I guess we'll find out at church tomorrow.

Brother's Birthday Card

This is an attempt on a masculine card. I think I failed, but I like the card anyway.

Mother's Day cards

At stamp night last night we did embossing. It inspired me to break out my embossing supplies and make mother's day cards. I think they turned out quite cute. The top card is for my mother in law and the bottom card is for my mom. Now I need to make cards that are from my son to his grandmas.

Update on split nine patch

I added boarders. Now I just need to back it, quilt it, and bind it. I'm excited to have it done. I love all the bright colors. It measures 42" x 42".

I heart nap time!

Today during my son's morning nap I was able to get the three blankets made and put a tie on one of his onesies. Our house is a mess so I decided to clean up by working a few projects that have been taking up space. I wanted some summer blankets for my son, so these are made of cotton on both sides. (Except for the jungle--it is flannel on one side and cotton and the other). I like how the cotton blankets hold up. Flannel starts to get dingy looking after awhile.

Now, off to clean the house!