Sewable Fleece Winter Wear Patterns

Brrrr!  It's cold out there.   Free patterns below to sew all kinds of things out of fleece.  Fleece goes on sale often and it is pretty easy to sew.

Long Mittens to sew from fleece

Fleece Hat from Family Fun

Fleece Slipper Boots

Quick N' Easy Fleece Earwarmer

Fleece Big Pocket Scarf Pattern

No Sew Fleece Blanket  This pattern comes from Project Linus to sew for charity so why not make an extra and donate it to a Project Linus Chapter near you? 

Free Printable Recipe Cards

If you are sharing a favorite recipe with somebody else, why not put it on a beautifully designed recipe card?  Here are some free printable recipe cards from the net.
Recipe Cards for All Seasons from HP
I like these because you can drag a photo of your dish to the card and print it out
Alenka's Printables Recipe Cards
3x5 and 4x6  Christmas, beehives, Fall
Free Printable Recipe Cards-the site
Large assortment of designs!
4x6 
3x5
Graphic Garden Recipe Cards
A large selection of beautiful country style graphics-strawberries, ladybugs, dogs, monkeys, seasonal
Belly Bytes Recipe Cards
Cute graphics-hot pads, autumn leaves, coffee beans mouse

Crafts For Valentine's Day

Make a card, decorate your home or create something special for your sweetheart!

Knitting 
Knit a Heart Shaped Cloth   
Knit a Heart Dischloth
Knit a Loopy Heart Pillow
Knit a Heart Kindle Cozy

Crochet
Valentine Scarf Duo
Valentine Refrigerator Magnet
Valentine's Towel Topper
Valentine Card

Free Printables
 Catch My Party Valentine Printables
Children's Valentine's Cards
Printables for Kids from Family Fun
Valentine's Gift Tags from Good Gravy


Sewing 
 Make a Cupid Yard Flag
Girl's Valentine Shirt and Headband
Valentine's Hot Pad
Valentine's Tea Bag Holder/Card

Slice and Bake Cookies

For those busy holiday times or maybe just having some fresh baked cookies on hand at any time, there are several recipes you can convert into slice and bake.  I love cookies like this and some are sitting in my cookie jar right now.  To set you on your journey correctly, here is a You Tube video from My Recipes on how to prepare slice and bake dough and then ways to cut them without squishing them.



 
Slice and Bake Cookie Recipes
Land o Lakes has a whopping 61 recipes for Slice and Bake Cookies including
Melt in Your Mouth Shortbread
Butter Rum Sandwich Triangles
Chocolate Pinwheels

Cooks.Com has 762 Pages of Slice and Bake Cookies including 
Chocolate Chip
Oatmeal 
Sugar
and every cookie you could ever imagine.   Yum!

Printable Car Games For That Long Drive to Grandmas

Thinking about that long, long trip to Grandma's house?  Here are some free printable car games to take along.
Moms Minivan has
Roadside Bingo
Car Bingo
Lines and Dots Game
Tic Tac Toe
Travel Scavenger Hunt
Battleship
Song Sheets
License Plate Game Rules 

Free Savory Pie Recipes

If you are planning that Thanksgiving menu here is a great freebie to use with your Kindle or Kindle App on your computer. I love Gooseberry Patch and they have put out a free pie cookbook. There is a lot more to pies than what you can pick up in your grocer's freezer.
Below is a review from Amazon/Circle of Friends.

Are you already thinking about how you can use that leftover turkey from Thanksgiving? Well this cookbook has a delicious recipe for "Old-Fashioned Turkey Pot Pie." It is simple to make because you use pie crusts you buy at the store, frozen mixed vegetables and cream of chicken soup. How easy is that? Some of the other recipes that will be great to try out this winter include: Sun-Dried Tomato and Parmesan Quiche, Asparagus Shepherd's Pie (ground beef, potatoes, cream of asparagus soup and asparagus), Spaghetti Pie and Beefy Slow-Cooker Pot Pie. Most of these recipes have vegetables in them which is good for you but they have some convenience ingredients like soups as well. This is a great collection of recipes for family cooking.

And it's FREE FREE FREE. (My favorite part).
Click on the link below to get your pie cookbook.


Circle of Friends Cookbook - 25 Savory Pie Recipes

Free Kindle Book: Worry Less at Christmas Time

Hurry Less, Worry Less at Christmastime:
Having the Holiday Season You Long For


This is a FREE book for the Amazon Kindle.  If you do not have a Kindle you can find a download at Amazon to read it on your computer. 

This useful book will help busy people learn to celebrate more joyfully, peacefully, and deeply during “the holiday season”—the days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day—and on through the Christian celebration of Epiphany.  Judy Pace Christie meets us where we are, in a frenzied, out-of-control frame of mind, and helps us begin to have a deeper understanding of the joy of the season and its deep meaning for our lives overall—and how that can be a starting point for a more abundant life in the new year.

Using the holiday season as an entry point, Christie guides us to a more helpful, Christian understanding of this time of year. Aspects of the liturgical calendar are introduced as part of this process, including the Christian understandings of Advent, Christmas, and Ephiphany. She gives us practical tools for coping with holiday pressures but above all stresses the need for transformation from a secular perspective to a Christian one.