Wine Jelly

Today we are making Wine Jelly

Any type of wine can be used.

Red, White, Rose, Champagne

 

Wine jelly is great for cooking sauces

 and wonderful with cheese, crackers and wine,

or even with peanut butter.

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups wine

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

1 package dry pectin

4 1/2 cup sugar 

1 pat of butter (about 1 teaspoon)

Paraffin Wax

Directions:

  Combine wine, lemon juice, and pectin in a large saucepan.  Bring to a boil stirring frequently.  Add sugar, stirring constantly until dissolved.  Add pat of butter

Return to a rolling boil.  Once at a rolling boil, boil hard for 1 minute, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat.  Skim foam off top, if necessary. Ladle jelly into hot sterilized wine glasses leaving about 1/2" from top.

Once the jelly has cooled and set pour about 1/8" paraffin

wax and let harden.  Pour another 1/8" to seal top.

Tie with a ribbon to make a great presentation.

 

Wine improves with age.  The older I get, the better I like it. ~ Anonymous

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Cookie Exchange Idea

Did someone say Party?

Chameleon Girls

Love a good Party.

Is there better time of year to get together

with family and friends and share your favorite

cookie recipe?

This is our recipe that we are sharing with our friends.

Cookie Burst

What goes better with cookies that a glass of cold milk?

NOTHING!

We are going to show you a special way to serve milk

at your Cookie Exchange Party.

Plastic Wine Glasses

White Frosting

Sprinkles

Pour the sprinkles onto a small plate or bowl.

Spread a think layer of frosting onto each glass.

Dip each glass into the sprinkles to cover frosting.

Now you have a fancy glass even the kiddos can enjoy.

Just think Santa might leave a extra goodie for

parents that put that much thought into his

cookies and milk.

At the end of each post we like to share a favorite quote

so this is our Christmas gift to you-

Cajun Night Before Christmas

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Color Picture

Each year parents are looking for ideas

for their children to make as

Holiday presents.

Is Mary the next Renoir?

Johnny- Degas?

Trent- Cezanne?

Piper is our next Monet.

For this project you will need:

COLORS

 CANVAS 

(3 for $5 at Hobby Lobby and 40% coupon)

IRON 

WAX PAPER

PENCIL SHARPNER(for shavings)

For this project you are going to use

shavings of the colors. 

We used 2 boxes of 64 colors.

Look how yummy the colors look!

Yes, it did take awhile to shave each color,

but well worth the time.

Plus it will keep your little ones 

quite and still

for a little bit of time.

Have your child draw a design on the canvas.

This is their project but try and stress a

BIG picture is better.

Sprinkle the color shavings on the design.

Try to cover the canvas with colors without white showing.

Cover the canvas with wax paper

and iron until the colors melt.

Carefully check to see that the colors have melted

by lifting the wax paper.

If the color has not melted all of the way

lay the wax paper back down and re-iron.

To add a little extra pazzaz

wrap the edges with ribbon and tack down with

Glitter Finger Polish Tacks

Now your child has their very own master piece.

“I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.”

~Claude Monet

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