Love these suitcases used as a night table. Great idea!! ♥~Junktion Alley

I see a trip to The Brass Armidillo in my future!

merry christmas to ME!

just got on amazon.com and ordered a stack of Johnny Depp movies I haven't seen!

grandma's cocoa pie....

not my grandma's, mind you, but my cousin Shelia posted it, so it's practically a family recipe!

Here is a great old hard to find recipe~

Granny’s Cocoa Cream Pie

It’s simple and tasty.

This really was a simple desert often used during the 30’s and 40’s.

½ c. cocoa

¼ cup cornstarch/or arrowroot powder (or ½ c. all purpose flour)

3 egg yolks

1 ½ c. sugar

¼ tsp. salt

2 c. milk

1 tsp. vanilla

Mix cocoa, cornstarch, beaten egg yolks; sugar and salt, then add milk gradually, while stirring in a pot over med-high heat. Cook until thick, beating it smooth. Cream pies take some time to thicken, so stir... and stir (10-15 min). Using a heavy bottom pan really helps. Just keep it up until it thickens. Pour into a pre-baked pie shell. Put in the fridge to chill, add whipped cream if you like :0 Or use the left over egg whites for a meringue topping!

make a bookmark!

Fouke, Arkansas!

The city of Fouke, Arkansas, is a sleepy farming community that gained its popularity in the 1970's as the home of a Bigfoot-like beast known as "The Fouke Monster". To find Fouke, simply take US-71 southwest out of Texarkana for approximately 15 miles. The beast was first sighted in 1971 on the edge of a soybean field. After that, sightings seemed to explode throughout the small town. A carload of Texarkana residents witnessed the monster dashing in front of their car on U.S. 71. A deer hunter encountered the creature in heavy brush. Still another man reported that the monster was banging on the door of their house, trying to get in. The latest sighting of the monster was on July 17 in 1998, when a family saw the monster walking along a dry creek bed about five miles south of town. Sightings of the monster have occurred since the 1940's according to newspaper articles. A member of the band "Brave Combo" said, “I think I saw a Bigfoot once. It was on a small lonely highway between Texarkana and Shreveport. In that area they call it the Fouke Monster, named after Fouke, a swampy little town in southwest Arkansas. I was with my cousin, driving her Volkswagen Beetle. We were wide awake and there it was, walking swiftly along the road." Today there are only a few remnants of the monster in Fouke. The Monster Mart sells several items such as photos and other souvenirs. It's worth a stop inside to fill up with gas, grab a snack and a postcard, and talk to the people about the latest sightings. Just down the road from the Monster Mart is a large metal replica of the Fouke Monster that is set up for tourists. You climb a set of steps, put your head through the opening, and viola'! You have just become the latest Fouke Monster sighting!

snowflake button!

my Girl Scout troop did this...they turned out really cute!

sock snowman

You will need:

1 - a pair of white socks and a pair of flower

2 - rice or beans for stuffing

3 - a few buttons, twine or thread.

4 - a few rubber band and nose can color a toothpick.

How to:

1 - Cut the heel of the white sock and tie one end with a rubber band.

2 - fill it with rice and tie the brim with another elastic.

3 - Take colored socks and cut out only the middle one (removing the heel and elastic) and the other only the heel.

4 - Put cut protection on the white sock and tie with string in two places to form the body, and other flowers shaped like a sock hat.