Grilling Out ~ Crocheted Bookmark ~ Honey Syrup Recipe

We've been having wonderful weather that is perfect for drying clothes outside.  What a strange winter this is.  We even grilled out last night.

 A few years ago, I purchased a large bag of items at the Goodwill.  I am finally now sorting it out and untangling the mess.  However, I found some "goodies" in the bottom of the bag.

I found tatting thread!  After I took this photograph, I found two more in different colors.  I'm so excited!

With some of the cotton crochet thread in my bag from the thrift store, I crocheted myself a fun granny square bookmark.  I still need to weave in my ends, but I love it.  I am practicing a few patterns before I put a few more in my store.

Honey Syrup is a great substitute for store bought syrup.  I saw that the recipe was requested, and here is the recipe: I made a simple syrup of equal parts of water and sugar.  I heated it until it dissolved, then added an equal amount of honey.  I heated until the syrup was the thickness I wanted and put leftovers in a canning jar.  For my large family we used 2/3 cup of each ingredient, but you could easily cut it in half and use 1/3 cup for each ingredient.  

As for the Monster Cookies, I have several recipes for them.  For the ones I posted about, I used a baking mix and Candy's recipe on her blog.  Here are the links:

Baking Mix Recipe: http://lazyjbarcfarm.blogspot.com/2011/05/baking-mix.html

Monster Cookies:  http://lazyjbarcfarm.blogspot.com/2011/11/monster-cookies.html