AMANDA'S BASKETS: Parade, Part Two

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Parade, Part Two

It looks like it could snow at any moment. The forecast is predicting snow showers and I think it might be right. I did run into some snow flurries on the way home from my Thanksgiving holiday, but not enough to cover the ground.

Well, here are the rest of my Thanksgiving Parade Pictures. If you ever get a chance to see the parade in person, it really is a lot of fun...

There were lots of bands, floats and other items in the parade, but I just love the balloons. The last float though is the one that everyone takes a picture of and gets the loudest greetings. I didn't get a close-up this year but let me tell you the float is absolutely stunning. But this picture will give you an idea of how many folks take a picture...

Of course, it's Santa Clause. I enjoyed sharing my pictures with you and I hope you got a bit of the feeling of what it was like to be at the parade in person.

Thanks for stopping by...

See you tomorrow...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I decided to play with box making. (That was one of the demonstrations this past weekend but they included fabric.). So I first made a box shape out of a flyer that was card stock weight. I used my grid that makes fold marks - one size for the bottom and the same size plus one grid mark for the top. After folding, I cut the fold marks at both ends, overlapped them and glued using my stick glue. I then used scrap decorative paper to cover the entire box, inside and out. The top and bottom were loose before adding the scrap paper but after adding it, they fit nicely. It was an easy, fun and fast craft. And the result was really cute.

BOOK IDEAS

(New). I was looking through the recipes and marked many of them. The first one I want to try is the Wake-Up Potato and Sausage Breakfast Casserole. Everyone here likes the Jimmy Dean Breakfast Casserole so I thought I would try this one to see if it's just as good. The recipe is very similar except instead of bread, it calls for potatoes. Being originally from the midwest, you know that potatoes are golden for me! I would eat them breakfast, lunch and dinner and still not get tired of eating potatoes!