The Christmas Candle

Turn your lights low and read by the glow of this candle, about the life of our Savior at this Christmas time. From the scriptures we read of His example and Christ like characteristics, His mission on each so divine. Strive diligently to emulate each of these wonderful qualities and follow the example of our Savior each day. Not only at this special giving season, but throughout the year remember Him and show love in every way.

December 1st John 13:15 Example
December 2nd Matthew 18:4 Humility
December 3rd Colossians 3:13 Forgiveness
December 4th 1 Corinthians 16:14 Charity
December 5th John 12:26 Service
December 6th James 2:18 Faith
December 7th Colossians 3:20 Obedience
December 8th Matthew 5:9 Peacemaker
December 9th Mark 5:19 Compassionate
December 10th Luke 6:36 Merciful
December 11th Daniel 6:26 Steadfast
December 12th Matthew 5:16 Good Works
December 13th Leviticus 19:2 Holy
December 14th Matthew 5:48 Perfect
December 15th Matthew 11:29 Meek
December 16th Hebrews 6:15 Patient
December 17th John 15:13 Friend
December 18th Matthew 5:8 Pure in Heart
December 19th 1 Corinthians 13:7 Endurance
December 20th Proverbs 1:5 Wisdom
December 21st Romans 14:13 Judge Not
December 22nd John 15:12 Show Love
December 23rd Proverbs 4:11 Leader
December 24th Philippians 4:8 Honest
December 25th Luke 2:11 Chosen

Beginning December 1st read one scripture reference each day until Christmas. Light a candle as you read to remind you of Christ’s life and example.

Christmas Jokes

What do elves learn in school?
The elf-abet

What is the difference between the Christmas alphabet and the ordinary alphabet?
The Christmas alphabet has No L (Noel)

What Christmas Carol is a favorite of parents?
Silent Night

Why does Santa have 3 gardens?
So he can hoe hoe hoe

What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
Frosted Flakes

What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire?
Frostbite

What kind of bird can write?
A Pen-guin

What did the ghost say to Santa Claus?
I’ll have a boo Christmas without you . . .

How do sheep in Mexico say Merry Christmas?
Fleece Navidad!

What does a cat on the beach have in common with Christmas?
Sandy Claws!

What do you get if Santa goes down the chimney when a fire is lit?
Crisp Cringle

What kind of candle burns longer, a red candle or a green candle?
Neither! Candles always burn shorter!

What do you get if you deep fry Santa Claus?
Crisp Cringle

Why was Santa's little helper depressed?
He had low elf esteem

What do you call people who are afraid of Santa Claus?
Claustrophobic

Hello

Hello Everyone,

I am currently working on several things right now. Inculding but not limited to decorating my apartment for Christmas. I am taking pictures and will be posting them soon. Thank you everyone for your patience!

Love Yeah,

Billiemarie

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone is spending time with loved ones and is having a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

Daughters of the Nile Yard Sale

There will a Daughters of the Nile Yard Sale at our Princess Royal's home.

It will be November 28th, 29th, 30th, 2008 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday)

The address is: 3150 Garehime St, Las Vegas, NV 89108

If you have questions or would like to donate something, you can call Georgia at 702-596-2491

Thank you for all your help and donations.

Jewelry I Made

I made more jewelry, earrings and necklaces but the pictures didn't turn out. I will have to retake them and post the pictures later. This goes for the dolls I made as well as the pens I made.

Thank you for your patience.

A Lamp I Painted

I painted an old lamp I got from Target a while ago. I painted the base green with brown spots, the pole it brown and at the top has green spots and near the lights I painted it green with pink spots. I think it is really cute in person.

Jewelry Holder

This is a jewelry holder I made from plastic canvas. It can hold earrings, pins, etc

Profiles on Other Sites

I have updated a lot of my profiles on other sites to mention this site. I want to get paid for what I am good at doing.

Sites Updates:

Facebook
Linkedin
Palxo
Myspace

I will also do a bunch of updates with things I have been making over the last few months. I hope you all like them.

Haunted House

I am working on building a Haunted House at the MMT building. It is a fundraiser for the Shriner Hospitals and Daughters of the Nile. It is Saturday October 25th, 2008 from 5 PM to 9 PM. It is like $4.00 for kids under 12 and $8.00 for everyone else (I might be wrong about the prices but I think I am correct).

There will lots of candy, cake walk, hay maze, ghost toss, fishing booth, photo booth, food and a haunted house to walk through. Oh yeah, there will also be a graveyard.

The MMT - Masonic Memorial Temple is the Masonic building off Rancho and the 95. The exact address is 2200 W Mesquite Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89106. It is in the Multi-purpose room. I hope to see you all there.

Ok

Hi Everyone,

I have been making things like crazy. I am taking pictures of them right now and I will have them up loaded soon.

Thank you for your patience.

Billiemarie

Beer Bread

3 cups flour
1/2 cup of sugar
1 can (12 oz) beer
2 teaspoons of baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup melted butter

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix dry ingredients, then add in beer. Pour mixture into a lightly greased loaf pan. Pour melted butter over the dough. Bake for about 1 hour.

Tip

I have tried light beer and mixed flavored beers so far. I have also tried cider. I like the cider the best it makes the bread sweet tasting. I will try darker beers next.

I have done the recipe above and a pre-mixed one from Walmart. So far they are the same to me.

Pumpkin Earrings

This is a Halloween Jack-o-Lantern earrings. I found pumpkin happy face bell buttons at Jo Ann's. I then attached them to a pair of clip back earrings for pierced ears. A Halloween treat.

Pig Earrings

These are clip on pig earrings. They are pig buttons I found. Clip on earrings I got from Jo Ann's or Micheal's. Then I put them together. They are for my friend who doesn't have pierced ears.

Tastee Treat 4

Crepes

1 cup flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup of soy milk
1/2 cup water
1/8 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of melted butter (or margarine)

1. Whisk all the ingredients together until smooth. 2. Cook on lower heat than regular crepes (these burn faster). I would grease the pan before pouring in the mixture.

You can keep them in a fridge or freeze them for a later date.

You can use it as bread and make wraps out of them or like a pancake and serve with sugar and butter. You can make a bunch the same size and make it into a cake. Your options and variations are endless.

Tastee Treat 3

Mint Chocolate Rice Treats

1 bag of mint chocolate chips
1 box of chocolate rice krispies or chocolate pebbles
1 bag of Marshmallows
1/4 cup of butter or margarine

In a large sauce pan add butter and marshmallows. Still until marshmallows are cooked down. Once this is done, add in chocolate rice krispies and mint chocolate chips, still until blended and completely mixed. Then put into a greased pan and let cool. Once cooled cut and serve.

Variations

1. Once treats are in the the pan before they are cooled add a layer of chocolate chips or chocolate pieces.
2. Put treats into 2 round cake pans. Once cooled take out of pans whole, with once piece on a serving plate, top with chocolate frosting. Then place the 2nd piece on top and frost with chocolate frosting.
3. Don't add mint chocolate chips. Put treats into 2 square cake pans to cool. Once cooled, place one whole piece on a serving plate. Frost with peanut butter. Then place the second whole piece on top and frost whole thing or just the top with peanut butter.
4. Don't add mint chocolate chips. Put treats into 2 round cake pans to cool. Once cooled, place one whole piece on a serving plate. Top with cherry pie filling. Then place the second piece on top and top with cherry pie filling.
4. A. Instead of cherry pie filling use strawberry pie filling or some other fruit filling.
4. B. Instead of fruit pie filling use pudding. Chocolate, vanilla, peanut butter, etc. Just remember to refrigerate if you add pudding.

Tastee Treat 2

Rice

1 cup of rice
2 cups of chicken broth

Bring chicken broth to a boil, add rice. Turn down temperature of rice to medium. Cover sauce pan. Should be cooked in 5 - 10 minutes depending on your stove, rice, etc.

Variations:

-Other flavored broths like fish, beef, veggie.
-Wine instead of broth, I would use a white wine, like a Riesling.
-Sake instead of broth.

Tastee Treat 1

Deep Fried Biscuits

What You Need:

Biscuit Dough (in a tube from the store is cool)
Oil
Small Sauce pan

What To Do:

1. Make sure the biscuit dough is cool or room temperature. Be careful not to let it sit out to long and go bad.

2. Pour a small amount of oil in a small sauce pan. Turn on the stove top to medium heat.

3. Open the can of biscuit dough and cut the biscuits into quarters.

4. Cook the pieces in the oil until light brown. Place a paper towel on a plate and place cooked biscuits on the paper towels.

5. You can cover the cooked dough in sugar, cinnamon sugar, chocolate or anything like that.

Variations:

1. Get a cookie cutter and cut into the biscuit and cook the shape. You can roll the left overs together and cut again (if there is enough) or roll into a ball and cook the ball.

2. Cut into 8th's or 16th's (small pieces) and cook in the oil. Then you can top a salad with the pieces or a chicken dinner (like dumplings or curtons).

Wooden Handbag

This is a wooden handbag I got from a craft store. I then painted it red. The whole thing inside and out. I then painted crackle medium on the sides, top and bottom. I then painted over the crackle medium with a dry brush in black. I painted pig faces on both sides. The inside I painted the name 'Georgia Howard' (this is who I made it for, she is really into pigs and loves the colors black & red). The inside ridge is painted black. I left the handle alone. The closing clasp is painted with the sides.




The first image is a close up of the bottom of the wooden handbag.

The second image is a picture of one of the sides and pig faces I painted.

The third image is of another side, the other pig face I painted.

The fourth image is of the inside of the wooden handbag with my friends name inside.

Picture Frame 4

This is another picture frame I got from the $ store and painted. I don't have a before image of this one but it is similar to the darker pink one I posted earlier. The top of the frame says 'Princess' and it has a crown in silver next to it. I hope you like this. tell me what you think of it.

Picture Frame 3

This is another picture frame I purchased from the $ store. I then painted it a light green. I then took a dry brush and painted it silver. After that I spray painted it with clear paint to seal it. When I do my paintings, specially the picture frames, I paint the front and the back.

Tell me what you think of it. I hope everyone likes it.

The first image is a close up of the paint job. The second image is a far away image of the picture frame.

Picture Frame 2

This is a picture frame I purchased from the $ store.

I painted dark red brown color, then a crackle medium and then painted gold. I then painted the item clear to seal it.

The first image is a close up of the paint job. The second is a far away view of the frame. The back it light colored pine.

Tell me what you think of it. I hope you all like it.

Tulip Card Holder

This is a tulip card holder I made. The base is a wooden wheel. The top is a dowel with a tulip cut out attached. Then I glued 2 mini clothes pins to the back.

I painted the tulip was painted red, crackle medium, painted silver, touched up with pearl. The stem (dowel) was painted a medium green, crackle medium, painted silver. The base was painted dark green, crackle medium, painted gold. I then painted the whole thing with clear paint to seal it.

This is a close up of the tulip front. You can hold a greeting card or a recipe card or a picture. Something light weight like that. I hope you like it.

This is a far away picture of the back.

This is a close up of the back of the tulip.

This is a far away view of the front of the card holder.

Picture Frame

A picture frame I painted. The first image is the one with the fan in the back ground. The second is the finished item, its the picture with the bottles in it.

Tip 1

When you are washing natural fibers like wool and cashmere you should wash by hand only. Also only dry flat on a towel. Now if you live some place warm you can dry the item on a towel outside. Most people place the item on the towel and dry in the bathroom. Do on line dry or hang to dry. There are detergent out there to wash natural fibers like wool and mohair but I would use shampoo. I would get a cheap shampoo or a conditioning shampoo.

I would twist out the extra water when rising. Don't pull on the item either. Also I know some people dry the item laying it out on a towel and then roll up the towel. This is ok on some items, specially it the item is small but be careful when doing this. If you own a sweater dryer that is ok too.

I wouldn't put an item in the dryer to dry. Only on low heat or fluff to fluff or soften.

Blogs, Blogs and more Blogs

I am currenty discovering all of my family and friends blogs. I am trying to bookmark them so I can find them again. Then I found a directry of blogs. It was cool. Check it out:
http://www.blankestblank.com/directory/

A Jewerly Holder

This is a pin or earring holder that I made. I saw something similar on tv once. I have it pictured with a Halloween pin. Tell me what you think. If you have any questions please let me know.

A Heart Needlepoint Handbag

Here is a heart needlepoint handbag I made. This is the only one I have finished. I hope you like it. Tell me what you think and if you have any questions just let me know.

Pins I Made

Here are several examples of pens I have made over the last few years.

This one I found the main piece on the street. It is attached to a piece of black lace. It is red & white rhinestones and sparkles.

This is a needlepoint Eastern Star pen I made. The white part is the bottom. The red and blue are the top.

This is a female gingerbread man button that I added a mini bell to and turned into a pin. I made a few of them (mainly as sets).

This is the male gingerbread man. I made a few sets but I have given them away or sold them.

This is a snowflake button that I added a pink heart charm to. The button does have glitter on it. I then turned it into a pen.

This is also a snowflake button I turned into a pen. I added a charm to it that says hope. I made some snowflake button pens with mini bells on them also. I don't have any examples of those. I have given away or sold the other snowflake button pens I have made.

I hope everyone likes these. Tell me what you think. If you have any questions just let me know.

A Circle Needlepoint Handbag

This is a circle needlepoint handbag I made. I have made a few round ones. I have also given them away or sold them. This one I still have. Tell me what you think and if you have any questions, please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you.

My First Ever Needlepoint Handbag

This is the first ever needlepoint handbag that I made. My Grandmother Jeanne Cribbins taught me how to do needlepoint. Thank you Grandma! If you have any questions, please let me know.

The Gap Handbag

This is the Gap handbag I purchased when I still worked there (a long time ago). The chain broke shortly after getting it. I finally fixed it. Here are the pictures. If you have any questions let me know.

Black Cat in a Pumpkin

This is a center piece I made. I'm giving it to my friend Georiga. I think she is going to auction or raffle it off at the Daughters of the Nile Halloween Haunted House on October 25th, 2008. It is off Rancho & the 95. For more info contact me.


This is a close up of the black kitty in her costume .







This is a front view of the foot.







This is a side view of the bottom of the kitty foot.










This is a side view of the center piece.







The other side view.


















The back view.










The front view.

Fly Swatter II

This is also a fly swatter I made last night. What do you think?

Fly Swatter I

I made a fly swatter pretty last night. What do you think?