Pioneer Woman at Heart

  I finally got a day to make a batch of homemade "neosporin" and some lemon balm lip balm.  The infused oil recipe for the "neosporin" is online .  The recipe for the lip balm is on Mountain Rose Herbs blog , but I make a lemon balm oil infusion vs. calendula. Did some laundry, dishes, and did some tidying in the kitchen. I finally finished making these ornaments.  The instructions are on my S.C.R.A.P. Blogspot . Extreme clean update:  I finally found a person to pick up the scrap stained glass.  First person never showed up.  All of the craft glitter is leaving the house.  Daughter T is taking it all. One pair of sweatpants left the house too. Took this photo the day before the snow arrived.  Dolly Carton was enjoying her dirt bath.  Just a happy photo to share with y'all.  

I love making Christmas tree ornaments.  I'm so ready to make something new for next year.  I made many policemen ornaments back in 2011 for a police station tree and for one of my brother's trees. I made these one year too. I have so many that I made, golly. This year, our tree will be ornament-less (puppy proofed).  It'll be lights only, but pretty as well. I had so much creativity and motivation back then.  I even made these.  I think I will check more books out of the library to get more ideas for next year. I made these with all sorts of decorated "cookies" for an entire elementary class.  I used to make a homemade ornament for each student in my kids class for the Christmas school party.  I sure miss those days.  Hopefully, when my grand kids are older I can help with their class party (if they still have them by then). I made these from toilet paper rolls, and gifted them to my family for Christmas. I made th...