19 Days of Homemade Gifts ~ Day 12~ Peppermint Bark

 

Today’s gift is not only a great gift but it is very YUMMY.  You will want to make extra for your family!

Here is what you will need:

Pan lined with foil

1 pound semi sweet chocolate

1 pound white chocolate

1 bag peppermint candy

double boiler or pot and glass bowl

cute dish

Line your pan with foil.

Grab a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Pour Chocolate into your  double boiler or glass bowl over boiling water in a pot.

melt and stir

melt and stir

when the chocolate is completely melted pour onto foil lined pan smooth out and place in freezer

unwrap peppermint candies and place in zip top bag

then have some fun crushing them

this part is a frustration reducer

Ahhh, I feel better already

Grab your white chocolate,

put it into your double broiler

stir and melt

stir and melt.

But here is the HARD part

WAIT

YOU MUST WAIT!!!

See if you pour the melted white chocolate onto the frozen dark chocolate then you will have a big mess, because the white chocolate will melt the dark chocolate and they will mix together and lets just say it is not pretty

So find your patience and wait at least 10 minutes.

Once the white chocolate is cool to the touch pour it onto the dark chocolate and smooth,

immediately add the crushed peppermint candies.

Stick it back into the freezer for 30 minutes

remove from the freeze

remove from the pan and cut into pieces

Place into cute dish and there you have it Yummy peppermint bark.



 

Charity

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook
Day 8 ~ Embellished Mittens
Day 9 ~ Bike Wheel Memo Board
Day 10 ~ Recipe Art
Day 11 ~ Chalkboard Coasters

19 Days of Homemade Gifts ~ Day 11~ Chalkboard Coasters

Today’s gift is a lot of fun.  You can personalize each coaster for each of your friends.  If you have any inside or silly jokes it would be great to write them on the coasters.  Just like so many of the crafts this month, this one is a great one for your kiddos to make.

You Will Need:

4- 4X4 tiles

sandpaper

chalkboard paint

paint brush

felt protectors

chalk

Lightly sand the top of each of the coaster and wipe away all of the dust.

Paint several coats of the chalkboard paint onto each tile allowing dry time in between.

Once you are finished painting and the paint has dried, add felt protector to backside of the tiles on each corner.

Use the side of a piece of chalk and rub it all over each tile, wipe away the dust and you are ready to personalize the coasters.

Have Fun!

Charity

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook
Day 8 ~ Embellished Mittens
Day 9 ~ Bike Wheel Memo Board
Day 10 ~ Recipe Art

19 Days of Homemade Gifts ~ Day 10 ~ Recipe Art

 

 

Today’s gift is perfect for the sentimental person in your life.  Plus, it is crazy simple.

You Will Need:

recipe, written by a family member or yourself

frame

scrapbook paper

spray adhesive

Cut scrapbook paper to fit the frame, spray adhesives to the back of the paper, and stick to the cardboard back of the frame.  Then, spray adhesive the back of the recipe car and attach it to the scrapbook paper.  Finally, put it all back together and you are finish!

I love how each of the recipe cards are different.

 

Charity

 

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook
Day 8 ~ Embellished Mittens
Day 9 ~ Bike Wheel Memo Board

19 Day of Handmade Gifts ~ Day 9 ~ Bike Wheel Memo Board

Today’s gift is for the guy in your life and by far one of the coolest of the month.

You will need:

1 Bike Wheel

Brillo Pad

Spray Paint

Clothes Pins

We happened to have this old bike hanging out in the crawl space under our house.

If you don’t have a bike hanging around you can pick one up cheap at a thrift store or antique shops often have the wheels.

Take the wheel off of the bike and remove the tire and tube.

Use the Brillo Pad to scrub away any dirt and grease that might be left behind.

Grab you spray paint and apply a few coat allowing dry time between each.

Add the clothes pin to hold important info and you are all done.

Charity

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook
Day 8 ~ Embellished Mittens

19 Days of Homemade Gifts ~ Day 8 ~ Embellished Mittens

I just love how sweet today’s gift is.

I can just see a little girl’s eyes lighting up when she opens these up.

You will need a pair of knit mittens, two colors of felt, a piece of cardstock, embroidery thread, and a needle.

Cut the cardstock into two different sized hearts.  Use the hearts to cut the felt.

Sew the hearts onto the mittens with the embroidery thread. 

Now wrap them up and go make some little girls day!

Charity

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook

Why I Do What I Do

 

Not too long ago I started to notice that most everything I do has something to do with teaching people

The Word of God.

Homeschooling my girls

Teaching a Bible class for 3rd – 5th and 6th – 8th grade girls

Working in Women’s Ministry

Making Bible Memory Verse Pillows

Writing a book to help scripture memorization, Growing Girls in Grace

Speaking at conferences

Writing a Bible Study for 6th - 8th grade girls

Please do not read this list and think I am a deep thinking, theology major or something… because

I AM NOT

I am a simple girl with a heart for God and that is all!

Simple is good though.  In the list of all the things that I do, you will only find simple ideas.  For a moment that bothered me and the enemy tried to make me feel insecure about what I do and feel that it was not worthy.  Each time Satan would try this I would just give it to God and pray.  Each time God would tell me it was enough, I was enough.  Then one day during an attack God brought to my mind that His Word is enough.  Did you hear that?

His Word Is Enough

Well, duh!  How had I missed that?  His word is enough and there is not one thing I could add to make it better.  What a relief!  This left me with a renewed passion to push forward into this calling He has for me.  I will teach, write Bible studies, make gifts and speak at conferences about God’s Word.  You will find that I mix in some fun and creative ways to learn The Word but you will not find many words from me because…

His Word Is Enough

His Word is life changing and life sustaining, it is hope for a hopeless world and we need to know it.

Years ago I read Corrie ten Boom’s life story The Hiding Place and was in awe of all that her family went through during WWII (concentration camp) but I was more in awe of how they handled all the adversity.  They lived lives of great faith in times of great persecution.  They lived the way we all hope we would when our faith is tested.  Their faith stood strong and they helped and encouraged others and brought many to Christ through their example. This caused me to question what was different about this family.  What I saw was a family that had a genuine relationship with God and not a Sunday religion.  This family listened daily as the father read aloud from the Bible, they watched a mother with failing health continue to serve without complaint, and they saw others needs being met with their family's stretched thin finances.

This family knew God’s Word, they believed God’s Word and they lived out God’s Word.  When adversity came they had a real relationship with God and their faith stood up to the test.  This is the desire of my heart for myself, my family and everyone God puts in my path.

I pray that you will have a burning desire to know God, know His Word, believe His Word and act out His Word.  So that in future times of adversity your faith will stand strong.

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the

testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;

the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the

commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

the fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the rules of

the Lord are true, and righteous altogether. More to be

desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter

also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping

them there is great reward.  Psalm 19:7-11

19:7-11

Charity

19 Days of a Handmade Gifts ~ Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook

Today’s Gift is a great one to make for your girlfriends.  All you need is a moleskin notebook and stickers or vinyl cut into the monogram of your friend.

Apply the stickers and wrap it up and put it under the tree.

Easy Peasy!

This notebook and the Bible Bookmark go great together.  You could do both for your friends and maybe add a pen and a highlighter and they would be set for their next Bible study.

Charity

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook

19 Days of Homemade Gifts ~ Day 6 ~ Bible Bookmark

I LOVE today’s gift, well I love them all but this one is special to me because there is nothing I love more than the Word of God.  To make this gift you will need:

ribbon

1 large bead

8 small beads

tape

The first thing you want to do is measure 4 strips of ribbon each double the length of you Bible plus 5 inches.  EXAMPLE – 10 inch Bible = 4-25 inches strips of ribbon

Fold all the strips of ribbon in half and lay them over each other.

Slide the large bead over the folded ends of the ribbons.

Pull the bead down several inches onto the ribbon.

Tie the ribbons into one knot at the top and slide the bead back up flush against the knot.

Take each of your lose ends and roll them and

tape them.

Slide the small bead over the tape.

Do the same thing with each of the loose ribbon ends.

Tie a knot at each end and slide the bead flush against it and trim the tape off.

Wrap it up and go surprise your friend.

Charity

Day 1 ~ Salt Dough Ornaments
Day 2 ~ Silent Night, Holy Night Pillow
Day 3 ~ Sentimental Penny Keychain
Day 4 ~ Cookie Sheet Chalkboard
Day 5 ~ Duct Tape Composition Notebook
Day 7 ~ Bible Notebook