Little Barn

I found a tutorial to make a little barn/ doll house here and here. Obviously, I made mine a barn. I can see how this pattern is easier to make the second time around. I would have placed the elastics differently. I just need to move one on each side to the top of the barn and add a button to the corner at the very top. My boy still loves it though.

Lucky Stars

My newest project is to finish my Lucky Stars quilt. I have all the stars sewn. Now I need to trim them, add a border to each block and sew together!

Inexpensive Fun

My little one loves to paint. When we go to a craft store he likes to look at their kids painting section. This week we found a fabulous painting project in their clearance section. The wooden snake plus the paint and brush were a whopping $1.00. It's an entertaining afternoon for him while working on some fine motor skills, plus he can then play with the snake as a toy later. We both love these finds!

Black Bean and Corn Salsa

I made this recipe this weekend and really liked it. It makes a lot of salsa, so make sure you have a big group or cut it down for a few people. I found the recipe here.

You will need:
1 can of corn
2 cans of black beans
2 large tomatoes
1 avocado
1 to 2 jalepeno pepper
1 red or white onion
a small bundle of cilantro
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 tablespoon of redwine vinegar
3 to 4 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp of pepper.

Combine in a small bowl your olive oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Whisk. Set aside.

Drain your corn and black beans. rinse your black beans.
Chop up your tomatoes, onion, avocado, cilantro and jalepeno.
Combine in a large bowl corn, black beans, tomatoes, onion, avocado, cilantro, and jalepeno.

Pour over your ingredients your olive oil mixture, and stir in.

Enjoy with chips, or as a side dish.

Apple Crisp

I love apple crisp! I made it on Sunday for our 4th of July dessert. I got the recipe out of the Lion House Classics cookbook.