A Crafty Bee Named Gee

Mmmmmm...it's almost here!  Thanksgiving!  Our family will be doing something non-traditional for us.  Usually we go to Georgia to visit my parents or we celebrate with our family in St. Louis.  However, since we moved to Branson we are going to stay here this year.  The family that my husband works for will also be staying here as well so we are going to celebrate together.  I am very excited to share Thanksgiving with them!  They have a great tradition.  Each family member gets to choose any side he or she wishes, so there will be at least one thing that he or she will eat!  Sure, we may have 10 starches and one green bean casserole but this day comes once a year so bring it on!  I am going to adopt this tradition for our family as well as my children don't eat much except maybe rolls and a little turkey. :/  We have chosen to split the menu in half, pretty much, to share the cost of this gargantuan meal.  One of the things I am bringing will be cranberry sauce which I made

April of 2012 I quit my job at McDonald's.  I worked for McDonald's for 26 and a half years, starting when I was 16!  Craziness, I know.  It's definitely not for everyone but it was always there for me through high school, cheerleading, college and after.  I didn't know what I wanted to do even when I was in college, so I did what I was good at.  McDonald's.  I was so excited to be a stay at home mom.  For a while.  Then I started getting restless!  No surprise for me considering at McDonald's I was always running and always had things to do.  During my time at home, my husband and I visited his aunt and uncle in Georgia.  It was there I saw what I wanted to do.  They do direct-to-garment printing, machine embroidery and heat press vinyl.  They had a SERIOUS craft room.  So, I got started and planned on doing all of this from home myself.  But then, I saw the cutest retail location in the little town of Festus.  Had to do it.  On November 9, 2012 I opened my s

Hi!  Today's post has been brought to you courtesy of my little man!  Yesterday morning my children were brushing their teeth and were arguing about who could stand on the stool that allows them to reach the sink.  My cousin gave the stool to me and daughter as a baby shower gift.  It was the best gift because over 5 years later, it is a gift we still use!  She hand-painted it and put my daughter's name on it.  We use it to brush teeth and my babies (they're 5 and 4 and I still call them that. not sure why.) like to use it to help prep and cook in the kitchen and those sneaky stinkers also use it to reach snacks on the high shelves in the pantry!  Now that they are getting bigger they both can't fit on it and it got ugly today.  To fix the problem, I promised my son that after preschool we would buy him one and he would be able to decorate it any way he wanted.  That made him happy.  We went to Michael's (one of my favorite stores in the craft trinity-Michael's,

Oh my gosh!  Do I have a recipe to share with you today?!  This is my version of Spicy Thai Coconut Chicken Soup.  I was craving something different yesterday; no, not pork chops, already had sloppy joes last week, and brinner was on the menu a couple days ago.  I was so ready for something new.  I just typed in "soup" on Pinterest and THIS GLORIOUS PICTURE      scrolled into my eyesight.  I knew I had to make it.  It reminded me of the yellow curry chicken (medium, thank you very much) that my husband and I indulged in monthly when we lived in Herculaneum, Missouri.  The restaurant, King & I , located in St. Louis, has THE BEST yellow curry I have ever tasted.  If you are ever in St. Louis you must go!  The curry is so thick, rich, exotic and fragrant.  I have never tasted anything like it.  We would make the drive, a 70 minute round-trip, just to do take-out!  So, of course this was going to be a perfect choice for din-din last night! I got the recipe from here: Fo

Today I wanted to show you some cards I made a while ago.  These I based off of a card I saw on Pinterest .  My friend Linda and I were at Archivers when I made them.  I sure miss hanging out with her and crafting there!  It is my favorite place to "craft!"  There isn't an Archivers even close to me now.  Boo-hoo!!  We just moved to Branson, Missouri from St. Louis, Missouri four months ago.  I used to have to drive maybe 35 minutes to get there and every one of them was worth it! :)  Now it is at least a couple hours from me no matter what direction. Makes me sad.....sniff sniff... Ok, so I digress.  These are the cards I made one evening.... I cannot remember the line of paper I used at the time but I know I used my paper punches for the scalloped circle and flourish for the sentiments.  I also used my martha stewart score board  to make the medallions.  Both took less than a half hour total.  Many times I will make two coordinating cards at the same time.  It is

Good afternoon!  I attended a craft fair this weekend.  I sell soap that my dad makes and whatever else I come up with for myself.  This time I brought ornaments and jewelry as well.  The fair was pretty slow and it was disappointing but I did meet some nice people.  That is the best part.  My booth neighbors on the left and I tried to brainstorm ideas for how we could maybe make the next one more successful.  I plan on writing the coordinator and giving her our ideas.  Anyway, I wanted to share some pictures of what I made.  The first three pictures are those very large ornaments you can purchase at Hobby Lobby.  They have a bunch of foam balls in them.  I almost dumped them out and threw them away when I first purchased them, but then when I figured out what I wanted to do with them I thought they were perfect because they look like snow!  I used my Cricut, permanent vinyl and ribbon to make them.  I used Winter Frolic for the snowman and the hot cocoa ornament.  I used