I am still here,,

Hello,,

I am still here just been real busy making presents,cleaning and with only 1 week left before Christmas I better start on the baking,,but first I would like to tell you we had our EGA Christmas party this past Saturday, and I had a fabulous time. It started out in a cute little Tea Shop in downtown Riverside Florida, and it was perfect. In the first 4 pictures are some of the lovely ladies in our EGA, then the next one is what I had for lunch Tomato and Basil quiche with tomato herb soup, I also tried a new tea Prince of Whales and that was awesome..

Then after lunch we proceeded to this beautiful house for our party,,one of the ladies works here Thanks Melody,,and it was the perfect setting..and then the other pictures are of a House that is on the same street known as the castle house where 2 sisters live,, and a picture of the street it is just beautiful in this area on the St Johns river. And we did get some stitching done, infact I finished mine that I have been working on forever..Pictures to come soon. Well I will leave you here, I hope you all have a wonderful week.

 

 

Ebay Items Listed.

 

I am cleaning out my stash,,and have listed these 3 items on Ebay, my user name is justdev02..I will be adding more items in the following days..thanks

Devon

 

 

New Stitch Markers in Shop

I hope this day finds you all well it is sunny and beautiful here in north Fl, and I have all my windows open and a gentle breeze coming thru and my scentsy burner is going with Christmas cookie in it and boy does it smell good,,I will be glad when all this updating the shop and gift making is done so I can get back to stitching,,,I am having major withdraws,,,but here is a taste of what is new in the shop I have added 4 new sets today,,,there is a dragon set,anchor set, cat and the Christmas set...you can click on the side bar button to get there..well I hope you all have a very productive day,,,Higgs
Devon

Cute Gift Bags,,

These little cuties would make great gift bag for that someone special,,and you can put,jewelery,make-up,sewing items,,in them,,,they are found in my Etsy shop..

New Items in my

Etsy Store,,I have been working on adding more items,,and I will be adding more items in the next couple of days,,,hope you all are having a wonderful day,,and thank you all for the comments on my last post,,

 

Time flies...

 

Wow this year just seems to be flying by,,,I have been busy this past month,,and it shows in my lack of blog post sorry...thanks for all the sweet comments I really really do appreciate them...now where to start,,,well I went home to AZ last month to see and visit with 3 of my grand babies and 2 of my sons..and it was a good visit,,I was there for 10 days and it flew by,,and I left cold weather and arrived at hot weather,,and of course when I left AZ it cold cool and Fl got warm,,what gives..oh well I am home now and it is a good feeling..I missed the green and water...I have been busy with crocheting and sewing but none I can show you as they are Christmas presents,,I have not touch any stitching in over a month and I am starting to have withdraws..while I was out in AZ I did make a trip to the Attic as it was my old stopping grounds, sure miss that store and all the wonderful people that work there,,I did pick up a couple of patterns,,couldn't leave there empty handed,,Well I will leave you with pictures,,hope you all are having a wonderful week,,and hoping for a not so long blog break,,,take care and sending hugs..
Devon

 

 

I won

Wow did I win, I was a winner over at Deb's blog Dixie Sampler. Thank you very much.
Devon

Sunny Day

As you know I live in the sunshine state, but this past summer you couldn't tell, it rained so much. But the weather has cooled off and the humidity has gone and it has been beautiful here in north Florida. I have been working on some projects some I can't show as they are presents. But I did finish a big one a blanket and I really liked the colors in it, also today me am and my grandson went and enjoy the nice weather here and had a good time at the park. I am flying out to Az for 10 days hoping to hit all my favorite spots the Attic being one of them, so till then keep those fingers moving and enjoy the pictures.
Devon

Recipe for Tom Kha soup

I have had request for this recipe, I have taken the basic recipe and added to it,,so here goes my version and I will tell you, you will not be disappointed...

Tom Kha Soup
1 carton of low sodium chicken broth
1 can of coconut milk
1/2 bag of shrimp or 2 boneless skinless chicken breast raw/chopped into nice size chunks
1Tbl of red curry paste
1Tbl of red chile sauce-more if you like it hotter
1/4 c of fish sauce
2Tbl oil
1 small chopped onion
2-3 cloves of garlic chopped
2 lemon grass stalks(white part only)-get this in Asian store
6 slices of fresh ginger-peeled
Chopped fresh basil
1 c of sliced mushrooms

In a soup pan heat oil and then add ginger and lemon grass sauté for 2 minutes then add onion and garlic and sauté another 2 minutes
Add broth,coconut milk,then the rest of the ingredients stirring after each item, bring to boil and turn down heat and simmer till meat is cook,,serve and enjoy.
If you do make it p,ease let me know if you like it or how you change it up..

P.S I forgot to say you don't eat the lemon grass, really tough and if you like ginger you can eat it or take it out also ...

Devon




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Been busy in the kitchen

This morning I had energy and want to bake something so cranberry scones it was and it was the day to make my Tom Kha soup, I have been making this soup every week for the last 5 weeks it is so good and addicting, and now I have my neighbor craving it. I also started another scarf this one is Christmas present. Well I hope you all are having a great week so far. Till next time take care and keep those fingers moving.
Devon

It is feeling like fall

Well at least today it is here in north Fl. I have been busy crocheting my little heart out and haven't touch my needle in about a week. Also I found this little gems at target today and man I might be in trouble with them. Well here are some pictures for you to enjoy, till next time keep crafting.
Devon

Here I am Here I am,,,

Hello everyone,,hope this finds you all well and happy that the weather is finally cooling off and the leafs are starting to change well at least somewhere they are changing just not here in Florida yet,,,I have been doing a little stitching and a little sewing,,the drawstring bags are up in my etsy shop,,,and I am hoping to get the cowboy picture done by this weekend,,this momma got her a ipad and that has been taking my time away from other more important things. I am having alot fun with instagram,,if you are on instagram come look me up I am under Devonfl, would love to follow you on there...well I will let you all go for now,,take care and I hope the rest of the week is as awesome as the first half,,till then many many stitches till next time we meet,,

Devon

 

 

 

 

Happy Sunday,,

Good Morning,
It is a bright and sunny morning here in north east Florida and I can tell cool weather is on its way yeahhhh. We are off to the mall to get a accessory for our iPads and to look around. But I just wanted to pop in here to wish you all a Happy and Enjoying day, and may you be blessed in everything you do today. And I am hoping this coming week will be very productive for you, I am challenging myself and anyone else that wants to join me to do at least 1 hour of some kind of craft a day, I know I slacked off last week and Christmas is only 100 days away,,well till next time sending hugs and smiles your way.

Devon

A Winner and new items in the Etsy Shop...

Hello everyone,

 

I hope this Friday finds you all happy and productive..well it is giveaway time and we now have a winner of those adorable Halloween Stitch Markers,,And the winner is Shannon,,so if you can please email me your address I will send your goodies out to you, thanks for everyone entering my giveaway it was fun,,,and now onto the new items in my Etsy shop,,as I said before if you didn't win a set of the Halloween stitch marker you can find them in my Etsy shop,,also I have added 2 more new sets,,For all the Gator fans I have 6 sets of these,,and then I have the Thistles ones back in the shop..you can go to my Etsy shop to see them

 

 

Hurry up...

Today is the day I draw a winner for the Halloween Stitch markers,, so just leave a comment here and make sure your a follower ,,I will draw a winner this afternoon,,,good luck...
Devon

Trying this out

I am trying to figure out how to post on my blog from my iPad..we will see if this works..


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Yeah it work now let's see if I can post pictures

A quick drop in post...

Thank you all for all the sweet comments on my projects, and for my health issues. I wanted to let you all know there is no Cancer at all and more then likely I will never get cervical cancer. They took 3 biopsies and all of them came back with zip nothing.  I have to go back in 6 months to check the 2 spots to see if the antibiotics took care of them and if not see if we should remove them, they said it came back as inflammation/infection so I am on a yeast infection pill and a general
 antibiotic.
I have been stitching on my cowboy picture and it is coming out real cute,,don't forget about my giveaway that ends this Friday...hope you all are having a great week,,till next  time sending hugg
Devon

Time for a Giveaway....

Yeah,,,another giveaway...now who doesn't like a giveaway...especially a Halloween one..so here it is I am giving away a very cute Halloween set of my stitchmarkers..aren't these adorable..and all you have to do is 1.become a follower 2.leave a comment under this post..that is it easy peasy...and this is open to everyone..yeahhhhhh...and if you do not win this set I will be posting a set in my etsy shop on Friday the 14th, and that is when I will draw the awesome winner of these cuties..well I hope you all have an awesome weekend..till next time huggs..

Devon

Still Plugging along..

Cant believe its been almost 2 weeks since my last post..I really haven't been doing much..the weather here is still to hot to do anything outdoors, man when if fall going to get here??I have been reading your blogs and enjoying all the beautiful pictures..keep them coming. And I have been stitching yeahhhh..I should find out my results Monday and the doctor said that she would call if it was cancer and she hasn't called yet so I am taking that as a no to being cancer..I have started my walking/jogging regiment again and I am back on my lowcarb way of eating with this stupid menopause I have gain weight really quickly..so hopefully I can lose this weight..well I hope you all are having a good and productive week,,and here is what I have been working on and I new project I really really want to start...till next time huggs
Devon

 

A New Project and a Finish..

Hello all my friends..hope you all are doing good on this Thursday..well my little fingers have been zipping along for the last 2 days,,I finished up Trix or Treat by BBD and it was another fun stitch..I changed some of the colors as I didn't have all the recommended ones..this one will be made into a pillow..and for my new project I thought I better get moving on Christmas presents,,this one is for my grandson Anthony..I made his a cowboy quilt and pillowcase so I thought this would go perfect with it..well I hope you enjoy the pictures and till next time,,keep those fingers moving..huggs

Devon