Cooking as Craft

Cooking as Craft
Cooking as Craft

I consider cooking a craft that I enjoy occasionally! This is a red, white and blue cobbler that I made for Labor Day! I call it that because I used blueberries and strawberries.
The recipe was featured on the cover of Southern Living a summer or so ago. They used blackberries.
It is super easy:
4 cups of fruit
1 cup plain flour
1 cup sugar
1 large egg
6 Tbs. (3/4 stick) butter
Pour fruit into a 8×8 square baking dish. In a separate bowl, combine flour, sugar and the egg. Stir together (I use a large fork) until the mixture resembles coarse meal. Sprinkle on top of fruit.
Melt the butter (I use a pyrex mixing cup, it makes pouring easier–I cover it with wax paper and microwave on high 1 min.) Pour over crust mixture. Bake in a preheated 375F oven for 30 minutes or until brown and crispy. Don’t forget to heap on some vanilla ice cream while it’s still warm!

I Finally Finished Mama’s Bible Cover!

I Finally Finished Mama’s Bible Cover!
I Finally Finished Mama’s Bible Cover!

I have been babysitting my grandson, PJ (Peter James) so I’ve only managed a little crafting.

However, I did get Mama’s Bible cover done in time for her birthday (Aug. 26.) My dad died in 2002 and Mama had been carrying the Bible he was given for attending Sunday School for 13 years without missing a Sunday! The old cover was ragged and worn, and Mama put it up, fearing it would be ruined. The cover I made her is for that Bible.
She carried it last Sunday and the ladies in her Sunday School class loved it!

Wreath Restoration

Wreath Restoration
Wreath Restoration

Here’s a craft I worked on over Christmas. My mom had made this grapevine and holly wreath for me several years ago. Because I hang it on a sunny side of the house, the ribbon and holly berries were terribly faded.

I really like this wreath, so I set out to restore it. I took all the plastic berries off, (the leaves were still in pretty good shape,) and sprayed them with red spray paint for plastic. It took several sprays from different angles to cover the round surfaces of the berries.

I covered the old faded ribbon with new red grosgrain, cut the old away, and replaced the berries. I am very pleased with the results!

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Whoa! Look at these!

Whoa! Look at these!
Whoa! Look at these!

I haven’t been blogging lately, but I have been crafting! I can post these projects because neither of the recipients have internet access. I’m so pleased! I got these gemstones in loose parcels from Jewelry TV. I ordered 14K snap tite settings from Sasha’s Gemstones. It took about 2 seconds to set them. Now Mama and Mary, my mother-in-law, are getting genuine birthstone earrings for Christmas! I love the quick crafts!

More baby fun!

More baby fun!
More baby fun!


Here are a couple more things I’ve embellished for my grandson. The organic sleeper above looked mint green on line but arrived a bland color of sage. I found some wonderfully soft bamboo yarn to match for the cap. I hunted up my old waste canvas and cross stitched a little turtle on the chest. Then, I added a little turtle button to the cap.
The white outfit just needed a bear applique to go with “L’oved baby” on the back of the pants.