Author: Margaret

  • Marble Cake

    Marble Cake

    As a young mother it was, and still is, tradition to make a special dessert for Sunday dinner one of our favorites was cake, in particular any kind of chocolate cake.  One day I decided to try making a marble cake and it soon became my son Robert’s favorite and after over baking it one…

  • Hugging Bunnies

    Hugging Bunnies

    Like my sister, I grew up at craft shows. My parents’ business began when I was about a year old. Being so young around all of the fabric, wood, paint, and hot glue I was not a lot of help. I was only given truly important jobs, like hugging every single stuffed bunny my mother…

  • Crazy Quilt Blocks

    Crazy Quilt Blocks

    When I was a little girl playing under my mothers quilt, trying not to bump it and make her, and whoever was quilting with her, stick their fingers, she found a new method for piecing together crazy quilt blocks.(she was and is still fond of crazy quilts) It was a form of paper piecing, just…

  • Chocolate Chip Cookies at their Best

    Chocolate Chip Cookies at their Best

    Chocolate Chip cookies are a staple in my families diet. My husband and son are big cookie monsters. One batch of these never lasts long. I know every family probably has at least 2 recipes for Chocolate chip cookies but here is another one. I’ve been making this recipe since I was a little girl…

  • I was never going to sew or craft!

    I was never going to sew or craft!

    I was never going to sew or craft! My parents owned a craft business when I was growing up, so I was surrounded by fabric, wood, paint, and hot glue. I became quite the pro with the glue gun. I remember burning my finger tips so often that I would joking say to my mom,…