Miniature Jars of fruit Jam and Jelly

For a couple of years, now, I have had to get monthly Vitamin B-12 shots here at home. The serum comes in cute little glass bottles that I have not been able to toss--they have to have some good use!!

Last winter, while searching for random miniature vintage paper goods on ebay, I found a site that sells these adorable little stickers that look like long-ago jar and can labels. I ordered a sheet of them and set about turning tiny medicine vials into cute little miniature jars of fruit jam and jelly. I think that once I set them on a cupboard shelf in my dollhouse, they will fit the part.

Mashed Potato Patties

Coming from, what by today's standards, is a very large family, we seldom had leftovers from the dinner table. However, once in awhile we would have leftover mashed potatoes. Whenever that happened, Mama would make us mashed potato patties for breakfast.

She would mix the cold mashed potatoes with egg, to form a workable "dough". Then, she would melt a good bit of butter in a pan and break bread into pieces, dropping the pieces into the melting butter. She would then drop the mashed potato mixture by the spoonful onto the toasting bread crumbs. The pieces of bread that were not under the patties, she would move onto the top, so there would be toasty parts on both sides. Very Yummy!

Apron Strings

My friend, Cory, asked me to make her an apron. Mind you, I am not much of a seamstress. But I can follow directions and I did happen to have a couple of patterns in my stash of things I have been wanting to try my hand at. So, last winter I set about making a couple of reversible aprons.

It was, admittedly, rather intimidating. But, after a lot of hesitant starts and stops, I got them finished to an acceptable level. Now that I did them, I have plans to do a few more for Christmas gifts this year....before I forget how I put them together!