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Did you know that bottle cap crafts are a thing? I didn't know until recently when I received an amazing gift!
My friend, who is my Son-in-law's mom, Joanne, was able to serve as a missionary with her husband in Uganda. She loved it there. Recently she was able to go back for a visit. When she came back she brought me a gift! She is so sweet that way. She brought me this beautiful trivet, or hot pad, that the women in Uganda make as a business enterprise.
I love the vibrant colors! I fell in love with this idea.
If I were over in Uganda, I would definitely support their businesses! But, I also looked at this craft and decided that I wanted to try it for myself! I think that these would make such great gifts for my sisters and daughters or for wedding or shower gifts. And, don't forget that Mother's Day is coming along!
The first trick was to find the bottle caps! We don't drink very many drinks that come with metal bottle caps. I saved a few, but I soon realized that the saving used caps method was going to take me a long time! Also, many of the caps once used would be misshapen and need to be re-flattened. Then, someone told me that they carry new, unused bottle caps at Hobby Lobby! Well, they do, but they are expensive! Luckily I had my 40% off coupon because the price is around $10 for a bag of 24 caps. I bought some, but if I am going to make very many of these, I need a better source and I have found one! Amazon has them by the gross for $6.00!   
But, for my first try, I used 23 or the 24 bottle caps from Hobby Lobby.
While I love the vibrant colors of the original trivet from Uganda, I looked through my fabric stash and decided on some more subtle gray tones for mine. It took some experimenting to decide how large of a circle of fabric it would take to cover the bottle cap. I finally settled on a wide mouth canning jar as my template.
The first thing I did was cover all of my caps. Since I was using four different fabrics, I cut out each color as follows:
Next, you must gather around the outside of each circle. You could do this on the sewing machine, but I found it relaxing to just do it by hand with a needle and thread while watching TV sitting on the couch. It really goes fairly quickly. Click on the pictures below to read the details of how I put this trivet together.
Using only 23 bottle caps, my trivet came out much smaller than the original African one, but it will work nicely for a smaller hot bowl or casserole dish. I can hardly wait for my order of new bottle caps to come in so that I can make more in many sizes! It will be fun to pick out more fabric combinations to match the kitchens of the people I want to give them to!
I hope you give this craft a try! It is easy and useful, the best outcome!
Do you make anything with bottle caps? Let me know about it, because I may want to try it!
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It seems like it is so much easier to do sewing for my granddaughters than for my grandsons. So, this year for Easter, I decided to make my grandsons bow ties! I found a cute, easy pattern on House of Ideas. Seriously, I whipped these up in one short afternoon! Of course, the fun part is finding the fabric to make them out of. I was able to get 3 ties out of 1 fat quarter. I didn't realize that would happen, so of course I purchased way too much fabric! Oh well!
I made 3 of these bow ties out of the Dios de los Muertos fabric. Since my Son In Law, Adrian, worked on the Movie Coco, I knew I had to use this fabric for his son. Then I made two more from the same fabric for grandsons who love the movie!
Walmart has some adorable fat quarters to choose from that are only under $1.00! That makes these ties pretty reasonable. Add your thread and a package of Velcro and you are ready to go.
When I was picking out fabric, I kept scrunching it into a bow shape to get the idea of how it would look as a tie. It was fun. No wonder I now have enough fabric for 10 more ties! *One tip, when you are cutting our your ties, be sure of the direction of the fabric. I kept struggling with the shark fabric to get those sharks swimming in the right direction. It isn't really that hard, you just need to be mindful. 
We didn't have a chance to dress up for Sunday yet because we stayed home on Sunday and watched our church's General Conference on a televised broadcast. I can't wait to see the boys wear them next Sunday!
So, if you are looking for something quick, simple and adorable to make for your grandsons, (or sons) I hope you like this idea!
You don't sew? Target carries some cute bow ties on their site!
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It's one week until Christmas! So exciting! One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making our favorite goodies and bringing them to friends and neighbors (usually with a carol too!). If you do this same tradition and are looking for new recipes to make and share this season we've rounded up 16 of our cookie recipes for you guys.
Cookies with Chocolate
Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cutout Cookies
Gingerbread Cutout Cookies
6.Gingerbread- A holiday classic that doesn't just have to be in the shape of people.
7. Owl Cookies- If you have an owl lover in your life they'd be delighted to receive these adorable cookies on their holiday plate. 8. Cookies to Hang on a Mug- Use our sugar cookie recipe to make these cute treats that hang nicely on your mug of cocoa (made from a hot cocoa bomb of course)! 9. Marbled Sugar Cookies- Although our original recipe was about autumn, this could be easily adapted for Christmas by swapping out the shapes and colors. These are great when you just don't feel like messing with frosting and sprinkles! More Cookies
Strawberry Thumbprints
10. Turn Everyday Cookies into A Holiday Treat- For when you don't want to turn out a classic
recipe but you do want something a bit more festive. 11. Carrot Cake Cookie- A delightful morsel with flavors that go surprisingly well with the season. 12. Oatmeal Cookies- We actually did a whole series of testing and trying out oatmeal cookie recipes but these were the ones we loved the most. 13. Oatmeal Butterscotch- The delicious cookie that started us on the oatmeal cookie quest with neither raisins nor chocolate chips. 14. Strawberry Shortbread Sandwiches- These crisp and delicate cookies are perfect for your holiday plates of goodies. The strawberry jam has the perfect Christmas color and tastes heavenly with the lemon! 15.Pumpkin Snickerdoodles- Why should pumpkin be kept as just a fall cookie? These delicious cookies rolled in cinnamon sugar will delight your taste buds! 16. Strawberry Thumbprints- An old favorite who's red and white appearance is sure to evoke images of Santa to the recipient.
These aren't all of our cookie recipes but these are some of our favorites! Do you have any favorites you like to give away each year?
Merry Christmas! And Happy Baking! |
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to nearly nine and counting! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, and my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Read more about us here! 
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