Mmmmm Sausage and Potato Roast

I hope that everyone had a very Merry Christmas.  I am worn out!  Seems like such a huge build up for something that is over so fast.  I am in the process of getting the photos that my brother took and putting them in a slide show to post.  Hopefully later this week.

Since I am so worn out this week I am all about the quick and easy dinners.  I found this recipe via Tip Junkie.  Which then led me to the blog A Few Shortcuts where you can find the orginal recipe along with step by step photos if you want.  But since you are already here I will tell you how I did it!

You will need:

1 lb Italian Sausage (I used mild cause of the kids)

2-3 Potatoes (red would be great but I used Russet)

1 Tbs Minced Garlic

Sweet Onion

Peppers ( I used green & red)

Olive Oil

Salt, Pepper, Rosemary and Basil to taste

Preheat oven to 450

Cut up your potatoes into whatever size you choose

Add strips of peppers, onion, and garlic

Toss with olive oil

Lay out on foil lined cookie sheet

Cut sausage into to bite sized peices and lay out on cookie sheet

Sprinkle with seasonings

Bake for 30 minutes

I served this with garlic bread and it was so easy and so tasty.  The house smelled so good and even my kids ate it all up!

Have a Holly Berry Bracelet and a Little Paper Tree

I have more Christmas themed swap goodies to share.  Two holly berry bracelets.  There are different leaves on each bracelet as I couldn't locate the ones I orginally had (2nd bracelet)  I am actually quite glad I couldn't find them as I like the first one quite a bit more.  As usual I had intended on making one for myself but never got around to it.

 I made a bracelet just like this for a swap in 2008 and had lots of left over beads.  So I made a new one for the 2010 12 Days of Christmas Swap using up all the left over beads.

Here is a paper tree.  I saw a tut for it on Craftster.  It's made from a book!*  I removed the front cover and used an exacto to start cutting out the tree design.  It had to fit into a can for a swap so I didn't glue the sides together.  It is meant to be an ornament.  I was going to add some watercolors to the edges but I really liked it just plain.

*No good books were harmed in the making of this ornament, only a really crappy cheap romance novel

Soap Sacks and I've Been Featured!

First I want to brag a little that I have been featured on The Paisley Cupcake!!!  She featured the Cherry Blossom cookies that I made for Christmas.  Thanks so much I hope they enjoyed the cookies!

Another gift that I made this year for friends and family are soap sacks.  The soap is handmade and was received in a swap on Craftster. The sacks were made with Sugar and Spice cotton yarn.  I triple crocheted the sacks, then added a drawstring on the top.  They are soap and a scrubbie all in one and are washable and reusable!

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Coffee Cozies

I scoured blog land the past year gathering up ideas for the holidays. I wanted to make things for certain friends and family. One of the ideas I found was to make coffee cozies to go around disposable coffee cups. I found the tut here.

The tut advises you to use batting for the inside insulation but I just used craft felt. I also used a 1/4" seam allowance when sewing them up. This allowed them to be a bit longer.

I made up a nice variety and the one that has already been received was liked!

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