Here's a banner I made for my son and soon to be DIL (they're getting married in Hawaii). I used scrap pieces I had for the background and tore strips of fabric for the ties in between the flags.
For the first week
Okay now I have a delima I originally 
I couldn't resist making just one more
I am finally finished with 18 felt banners for the swap I mentioned here. I will be thrilled to mail these babies off now that I'm done with them...I admit it I'm sick of looking at them....do you ever feel that way where you just get sick of looking at what you've made? I don't know what the heck I was thinking when I decided to hand sew them all...the hardest part was trying to come up with different ideas because I get bored doing the same thing.
I'm a bit behind on my Crafty Blogger Blurb link postings, lets just say that it's hard to type when you've melted into a puddle. I'll sure be glad when we get out of the triple digits here Ugh!
http://projecttiesthatbind.blogspot.com/
As many of you know I've been part of an art doll project to help raise money for Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) . It's a collaborative project with the help of almost 100 amazing artists. Our goal is to raise $10,000 dollars by the end of September which is Ovarian Cancer Month. At the end of September a lucky individuals' name will be drawn and they will win the amazing art doll. I know many people who hope to win her just so they can donate the doll, since not every body has room for her. We still need your help we are at $2311. There are several ways you can help:
Another weekend flew by! Whew where did it go!? I wish I could say it was because I was out having fun, but instead I was feeling under the weather. My apologies for the late Blurb links.
If you've read my blog for awhile you know that I just LOVE banners! Here's the first of my felt banners I'm making for a fabric banner swap I'm in. Only 15 more to go! I made them out of felt, man do they have such fun felt out now! I would have used pinking sheers to cut them, but mine I discovered are not sharp enough for fabric now....No telling which kid cut what with them! I'm not a sewer so I used Fabric Tac to glue the pieces together after tracing around the cardboard template (5"x7"). 
Stuffed 8 Ball Zucchinis
Hubby planted a new (to us) variety of zucchini plants this year called 8 Ball Zucchinis. They seem to be growing much better then regular zucchini. 8 balls are called that because they're suppose to be picked when they're about the size of a hard ball. They're perfect for stuffing. We've also found them to be a bit sweeter then regular zucchini.
Here's my recipe-keep in mind I used what I had on hand, it can be easily adapted and changed as desired.
Cut stem side tops off--for the non-stem side, trim a little off to make a flat base on the rounder ones. Scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/4-inch shell and set aside to use later. Brown sausage and drain, saute onion and zucchini pulp. Cook rice pilaf as directed when done add in sausage, onion, zucchini pulp and seasoning. Mix well and when rice mixture has cooled some add grated cheese and mix well.
Fill shells. Sprinkle each stuffed shell with grated cheese. Place stuffed 8 balls in a pan lined with foil and sprayed with Pam cooking spray. Bake at 350° about 20 minutes, or until zucchini is tender.
ORIGINAL
Happy 4th of July to all 
My son took this cool picture after the dove had first decided to land on hubby's shoulder. It's still a fairly young dove. We seem to be inundated with doves lately.
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