Thursday, October 22, 2009

Baby Blanket


My sister-in-law has waited a long time to become a mom...and come November, she's expecting a boy! I just finished this baby blanket and hopefully it'll make it to Utah before the baby shower this Saturday. Perfect for the baby blessing, don't you think?!

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Paper Shoes



I serve in the YW program at church...and Excellence Night is less than a month away. We're busy preparing for it- I was in charge of making the invitations. We're playing on the scripture in D&C 18:10 Remember the worth of "soles" is great in the sight of God...so everything is shoe-themed. I made these great paper shoe invitations & I just added some candy in each shoe (after the pictures were taken) and ta-da- instant cuteness.

I got the template HERE.

Giveaway Gift



So I finally got my act together and delivered Lesley her gift for winning my giveaway contest...I had never made a bag before and when I saw this tutorial HERE I knew I had to try it! So I ran off to buy this fabric I had been eyeing at Hobby Lobby- such a cute, retro print in Fall-ish colors. The handbag turned out great...lucky Lesley...

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Canned Pork Recipe

My project this past weekend was canning pork for the first time. I had found a recipe online that claimed to taste exactly like the Cafe Rio pork...so of course I had to try it!

The verdict- it's good...but it ain't no Cafe Rio. I will make more though to add more variety to my food storage.

For those that want to try it, here's the recipe:

Pork roast- I bought 2 pork roasts and had extra sauce left over
3 8 oz cans of tomato sauce
2 cans of El Pato (can be found in the Mexican food section at the grocery store- look for little, yellow cans)
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup water

Cut roast into small chunks (I tried to trim off as much fat as possible), like so:

Mix remaining ingredients in a pot on med. low heat. Fill (pre-washed, hot) jars with meat. Add sauce...leaving 1-inch headspace. Process in a pressure canner at 11 lbs for 75 minutes (pints) or 90 minutes (quart). Mind you I live at sea level...you may have to adjust the lbs depending on your altitude.

Ta da- they look like this after the jars have been processed. (That's canned chicken in the back...I didn't realize when taking the picture I had inadvertently included the chicken.)

When you're ready to eat...just warm in a pot over the stove and shred meat with a fork- easy!

And the Winner is...

I used a very high-tech method of drawing a winner...I wrote all of your names down on paper, cut it into tiny pieces, and drew a name. And the winner is:

LESLEY L.

Congrats to Lesley and thanks to everyone who entered! And Lesley, give me two weeks to deliver your surprise winnings...I still have to make it, ya know...