Turkey Leftovers

I love the food from Thanksgiving. Most especially the Pumpkin Pie, Jellied Cranberries and Yams. Yet, there is always so much food leftover. I have always wondered why we make so much food for such a small group of people but that is neither here nor there. This post is about those wonderful delicious leftovers and what to do them.

Every Mom's solution: CASSEROLE!!!!

Casserole #1

1. Bottom Layer: Turkey, cut up. (If you cut the turkey up it makes easier to eat.)

2. Next Layer: Gravy!

3. Next Layer: corn or left over veggie of your choice

4. Next Layer: Mashed potatos

5. Top Layer: Chesse

Casserole #2

Follow layers #1 and 2, when you get to layer #3 place your leftover dressing or stuffing on top.

Bake your cassrole @ 350 degress for about one hour. Serve with your leftover jellied cranberries, rolls and other fabulous leftovers from the day before.

Love, Honey!

Fabulous Flowers!

I love flowers and there are so many varieties of them. I put away the rosettes and began to play with fabric flowers.

"Addie" Baby head band $8.00 (the colors are red and white)

Katherine Headband $10

"Aniva" $8.00- Can be worn as a broach or in your hair!

"Lexi" $ 8.00

"Senorita!" $7.50 (this is just a head band)

"Everything's coming up Roses!" Baby headband $7.50

All colors and style can be made to fit you!

The Love You Give

"Mah-rige it's what bring us toghetha today".... "Love, True Love"..."All you need is Love"...

and it ain't cheap!

One of the doctors at the hospital where I have my J-O-B got hitched and I got an invite to his reception. (Sadly, I was unable to attend because of a HOT DATE with my Hotstuff!

Invitations can cost anywhere from $1.50 to $2.00 per invitation!!!
*that is a true fact for anyone who is purchasing a wedding outside of Utah. If you're purchasing wedding invites in Utah the cost can be .50 to $1.50 per invite! I should know I worked for an invitations company once upon a time.
A lot of money goes into invitations, just for them to be thrown away. The paper, the ribbons and everything fancy schmancy! Those "oh so lovey dovey happy in love" pictures get tossed. Many times the wedding invitation is for that person that isn't your family and you have no real need to keep anything. All that planning and prep for one magical day and and a lot of it ends up in trash cans.
So what do you get the couple who has everything???? This is my wedding gift to Dr. and Mrs. J!


1. The invitation (before)
2. I had a small wood frame that was not painted or decorated. I painted it black, painted a crackle paint over and then a soft antique ivory white over the top. (of course I waited for paint to dry between layers!) I had to hand sand the frame a little bit after it dried to help the "crackle".


3. I tore apart the invitation!
4. The picture was too small for the frame so I took the yellow paper and cut it to fit the frame. I then glued the picture to the yellow paper.

5. The ribbon and black square: I hot glued the ribbon down to the frame and then hot glued the black square. (this is just how I have done this frame, feel free to play with your frame!)

6. The final result!

It is a small enough frame that it can be placed on an office desk, small table or even hung on the wall. It's just a small token of memory...

Congrats Dr. and Mrs. J! Wishing you the very best!

Another Crazy Idea from HONEY: If you're couple is LDS- purchase: a double frame (or a frame of your choice) and a copy of The Proclamation to the Family. On one side place the invitation/picture and the other The Proclamation.

Rosettes

I love Roses! I found that these rosettes are cute in your hair and also as a pin so I placed on the back a hair clip and a safety pin on the back. The safety pin can be easily removed and attached for convenience.

Britney Rosette $5

Antique Rosette $5

Pretty in Pink headband $6.50

Brittany Rosette $5

Hannah Rosette $5

Rusted Root $5



If you are interested any of these or having a custom made rosette, leave me a comment with your name and email address.

The Purpose of the Pot

I originally started The Honey Pot as a way to share a piece of me with all of you. Lately, I have been doing a lot of boutique items and I want share them with all of you. I am going to be using my blog to sell these items. If you are interested in anything you see, leave a comment that includes your email address and I will contact you.

Validation

Hotstuff shared this with me last week and I really enjoyed it. Now I share it with you! Enjoy

When a Mommy and Daddy love each other very much.... they do laundry!

I have come to the conculsion that there is a sexual nature to laundry.

I know! Surprised me too! Yes, I am talking about laundry, that horrible, nasty, unforgiving, never ending chore; has a sexual nature.

So how did I come to this warped conclusion? Well, lets take a look.

~Laundry will always be there calling your name.... in that cute little coy voice that it uses. You know the voice. It's that Hannibal Lector meets Antonio Banderas voice, so sexy yet so very dangerous.
"Honey, I am waiting. I'm right here... you know you want to do me...."

~ Laundry is very particular about it's likes.... some loads like it hot... and the really "special" loads like it cold. The spin cycle... well you get the idea!

~Washing; you can pretty much guarantee the time, start to finish.

~Drying, well, that may take all day!

~Some loads require extras to get your whites whiter and you loads smelling fresh.

~There is a presoak and an extra rinse cycle on the washing machine.

~There are timed cycles on the dryer and some loads just need to be fluffed.

~Finally, no matter how many loads you do, there will always more.

Strawberry Swing

I am a huge Coldplay fan! I just saw this video and had to share it with the rest of you!

My favorite line : "Oh, the sky could blue, I don't mind but without you it's just a waste of time"

Car Seat Covers

I recently discovered how to make car seat covers! So last weekend I pulled out my sewing machine, fabric, Mr. Darcy (Pride and Prejudice... the Colin Firth Version of course) and got to work!
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This is part of a baby present being sent to Washington for a friend of mine. It is a three piece set (car seat cover, recieving blanket and a cloth covered diaper wipes (small) box. )

The Back side

The front side

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I rummaged more through my box and discovered fabric that I had not touched in three years!!
I call this one: Send in the Clowns. I just love the simple bold colors that I used.

Side 1


Side 2

The purple butterflies took me about three hours since it was my first. Send in the clowns took me two! I had a lot of cutting to do. In the process of all of this, my daughter learned about Mr. Darcy and I rediscovered my sewing machine. I have more fabric calling my name and like all busy moms... just gotta make a couple of quiet hours in the evening to sew some more!

I am starting to make these to sell. So if you are interested or know someone who is leave your name and email in the comments and I will contact you!

A smackral of honey

It's me, Honey (of Honey and Hotstuff)! Here to share with you a little of me!