Wednesday, June 9, 2010

My Scavenger Hunt Swap Box Is Here!

I will just post the photos. There is so much in it and I LOVE it! I'll edit back what all is there.
The Box!
The Goodies!
Purple Iris Bulbs
Really cool zippy pouches
Assorted buttons
Hello Panda Shortbread Cookies w/Strawberry filling
Purple Chico Bag
Creamy Buttons
3 Fat quarters of fabric!
Mango lotion
A Verb for Keeping Warm sock yarn
Manos Silk Blend yarn in PURPLES!
A Japanese pattern book! w/charts
Woven bag from India
Local bag
I love the note pad, and they are always needed
fairy stickers...so cute :)
Yummy soap
Wasabe Peas
Sour Watermelon Gummies
Swedish Fish
Welted Fingerless Gloves Pattern to go with the Manos yarn
I think the buttons are up above somewhere. They make a kit with the pattern and yarn!
Sour Patch Kids
Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds
Tea
Puppy and Frog key chains. Too cute
LOVE the mints tin
A set of cards made by my Swappee's Children :D
A felted doll pin
and this is a closer look at one of the blurry pictures LOL


This was one of my favorite swaps so far. The Scavenger Hunt Theme was a lot of fun! I think we all have and are making out like bandits :)

Monday, June 7, 2010

Friday, June 4, 2010

The Plums are Coming in Fast

The Cherry-Plums fresh from the tree. I think this is about 10lbs. or so. They are no bigger than a quarter.
Here they are being pitted so I can get them in the pot for jam making. This was the last bit of them. Deven decided to do these so I could start cooking the first batch. I ended up with 23 cups of pitted plums. Aren't they dark! They were sweet to eat too ;-)
Here they are! 26 8oz jelly jars full. Plum preserves. No added sugars. I used Stevia to sweeten. They are a little tart. I didn't think the sour skins would make that much of a difference in the flavor but it did. It still tastes great though. Something about doing it yourself :D Now to wash the hard water residue off all the jars and put them all away....