My Summer of Pinterest Concluded!

Yay!! I am coming to an end of the Summer of Pinterest. I officially baked 20 desserts, cookies, and bread. I get this warm felling inside me when ever I accomplish something!

{number 20}  One Hour Pretzels 

My family thought that these were the BEST things I have ever made!! And they only took one hour. My advice to you, use the optional salt in the recipe. Even though they say optional, I would put it in.

I had the pleasure of having two very  lovely lady's come to our home for a tea party. I got to set up our dining room for a high tea.   I made my blueberry muffins for them.

 Here are some vegetables from our garden!

Joyfully in Him,

   Diana<3

Christmas Time is Here!

Isaiah 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 

Doesn't that verse send shivers down your spine?? Just think, our Lord was born more than 2,000 years ago! Wow!

I finally set up my Christmas tree in my room. I usually have a really small tree ad it looks so crammed with ornaments, you really don't want to see it. But this year, I found a bigger tree under our stairs, and I think it looks so elegant! Much better than last year. =]

Last year in December, I was at my brother-in-law's house playing some games when I saw on their table, they had a really cute nativity. I started looking at it, and decided that we could make it out of sculpey. Well,  it's been a year and I finally finished it. He helped me with Joseph, the sheep and the manger, but I did all the rest. I worked on it during my summer and Thanksgiving break, of this year.

 

 Joyfully in Him,

   Diana <3

A Lovely Day for Tea

I had a wonderful time yesterday listening to a dear friend tell me all about her trip to Paris!! What an experience! It felt like I was sitting in Paris and experiencing everything she was describing to me!!  What a fun evening!!!And I got to set up a lovely tea party for her!

Joyfully in Him,
    Diana<3

{DSP} Project #2: Decoupage Notebook

 The second project!!! Yay!! I made a journal out of a composition notebook! All you need to start is a composition notebook, Mog Podge, 4 sheets of scrapbook paper.

 And then, of course, your decorations. You can use whatever you want on the front and back.

Paint the front of your book with mog podge and place your scrapbook paper on top and smooth out all the air bubbles. Cut your paper so that there is about an inch of the side. Make a crease where the edge of your book is and put glue on the inside of the book where the paper is sticking out.

Fold the paper over the edge and fold the corner. Then, cut a piece of the paper so that it covers the white spot. :)

Cut a piece of your scrapbook paper to fill in all the white and glue in place. Then repeat for the back of the book.

Now it is time to decorate. Be creative! Have fun!!

After you decorate your book, now it's time to put mog podge on every page. It's okay to cover everything in it, it will dry clear. When I made my first I was so scared that it would ruin my book but my friend said that it would be alright. After you paint the front, inside front, back, and inside back, and you let it dry, you are finished!!!! Yay!!

Tea For Three

I got up this morning knowing that Mom had a lot of things to do today and that I wanted to help! So I cleaned the kitchen, (with Kelle's help) set up the dining room for a tea party with our very good friend. And I did it all before Mom came downstairs! She was really surprised! I am glad I helped her get ready!
The Dining Room table before:

 And.....After!

Last night I made dinner for my family and I have to say that I felt like I was in a restaurant! I indeed learned from the best! My Mom!

Decorating Jars

Mom asked me today, "Diana, can you decorate these jars for me for your friends birthday?" so, I said "okay!!! :D" and they are the cutest things!!!  
                                                      

This one is chamomile tea.

  Mint tea.

Honey.

 

Licorice root tea.

I think these are so cute. They are super easy to do.  I love crafting! I had such a fun time doing these. May God bless you this morning!!