Spindles Designs

Author: Margaret

  • Carrot Cookies with Orange Frosting

    Carrot Cookies with Orange Frosting

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     “Carrot cookies?” my sweet husband said in that, “okay my wife is nuts” tone. I promise they are good. The sweet flavors from sugar and carrots make a yummy combination. You don’t even realize your eating carrots. Carrot Cookies 1 cup cooked mashed carrots1 cup shortening1 cup sugar1/2 tsp. lemon or orange flavor2 1/2 cups…

  • Reusable Grocery Bags

    Reusable Grocery Bags

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    I would not consider myself a very green person most of the time.  I try to recycle and use reusable things, but I am not always that good at it.  I did succeed at being a cloth diapering mom for quite a while, then work got in the way.  There is one area that I…

  • Flag Blocks

    Flag Blocks

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    We’ve lived in our house a little over 3 years now and I’m finally getting around to decorating my family room.  I was waiting for some sort of inspiration that wouldn’t brake the bank. I had a few  pictures on the wall and I hung a flag quilt a couple of July’s ago, I liked…

  • Cake Decorating using Color Book Pages

    Cake Decorating using Color Book Pages

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    Margaret

    My kids like to have a special cake on their birthdays and because I like to pretend I know how to decorate a cake I give it my best shot. My sister gave my the basic decorating tools one year for Christmas, so one day I decided to try them out. I kept it very…

  • Grandma’s Banana Bread

    Grandma’s Banana Bread

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    Grandma almost always had banana bread in her freezer when I was growing up. I thought she just really liked banana bread. Now I know why – no one wants to eat a brown banana. No matter how many bananas I buy, I almost always have a couple that don’t get eaten.