Apple Cake Recipe

Here is a copy of the Apple Cake Recipe:
4 cups raw apples peeled and shredded or cup up finely
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup oil
2 cups flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups nuts.
Raisins are optional
Mix sugar, oil and eggs. Add apples. Mix well. Add dry
ingredients. Mix well. Add nuts and raisins if desired.
Bake in 9x13 pan for 45 minutes at 350.
I served with Cool Whip or whipped cream and
drizzled with caramel ice cream topping. Enjoy.

It was great seeing those who could make our meeting and I enjoyed meeting Janice. The projects were fun. Thank you Cindy for all your hard work. We missed you Tammi and Cheri. I am looking forward to next time already. Lori we hope you are much better by now.

More felt!

Carey's soaps look good - here's a photo of my candy-corn soap and the gift card holder we made. Jean, I'll get you the pattern, I didn't forget you. In fact, I may try to upload it somehow. Let me work on that, then Cheri and Tammi can have it too. It's pretty much a triangle.

Anyway, we also made cute little flowers from a posting I saw on whipup.net. Look here for the post and template. I really recommend looking at the site, lots of cute things. Tracy and Carey made their flowers out of purple, and put french knots on it and made it look like a violet. So cute.

We had a fun evening, sorry to miss Cheri and Tammi. I was glad you all got to meet Janice! She is a one woman fiber expert!

Boy, that FELT good!

Thanks, Janice, for teaching us how to felt! Good clean fun with friends new and old is always needed. Thanks, Cindy, for some fun projects and NolaMom, for "FALLing" for the holiday the way you did, with all those pumpkins everywhere! What a treat!

We missed those who had family stuff, smoke alarms, stuck husbands and the like. We really "felt" for you... OK girls, all puns aside, let's remember to pray for Lori's surgery today, and Chrissy's on the 20th.

And, here's my soap!

I will be coming to the felt night and I'm looking forward to felting with everyone!!! See ya then, Lori

Fall Never FELT Better!

Ready for a craft? October's Good Things is going to be a fibery good time - and we're not talkin' bran here ladies!



We will be making felted soap (soap wearing a little sweater to create a lathery, scrubby good time) and we will be making a felt gift card holder for fall - that can be adapted for all sorts of occasions.



Date: THURSDAY, October 9 (day after Carey's birthday)

Time: 7 pm

Place: Nolamom's house, 769 E. Magill

Cost: $5.00 for all materials

Please bring: dishwashing-type rubber gloves to protect your delicate hands. No goofy hats required this time, but if you really want to wear your clothes backward go right ahead. We won't stop you.



We may have a special guest expert in felting join us for the evening, if her schedule permits. It promises to leave you all warm and fuzzy, in more ways than one! Please rsvp by commenting to the blog!

Topsy Turvy Tea

I've got a few questions here...

Aren't those HOSTESSES are wearing

their aprons BACKWARDS...

Don't you just LOVE

our HATS?

And...

Isn't it a GOOD THING

to get to play TEA PARTY?

I am so glad I went to the tea!!

Yes, I get it. We are all backwards. You certainly scared me for a minute. I had to read the post over a couple of times. I don't need to bring anything? Can it be any kind of hat or are we going for sunday morning looking hats? I have a spare crazy hat if anyone doesn't have a hat and needs to borrow. Looking forward to having a simply marvelous time!! Lori