Obsessed with snowglobes

I admit I am super obsessed with snowglobes...at least making snowglobes. I will make them out of whatever I have handy at the moment. Dollar Tree has cute little vases that I found the other day that I was able to pair with 2 inch wood rounds from Michaels for 79 cents. A little mod podge, salt, glitter, a snow man and there you have a totally cute snow globe for under three bucks..check it out! Going to make a bunch up for upcoming craft fairs and see how they sell..What do you think a fair price is?

Cinnamon banana almond bread

So you have bananas and need to use them up...make banana bread! We love bread at our house, so decided to use them or lose them. My tried and true recipe is from Betty Crockers cookbook circa 1983: I opted to add the vanilla and cinnamon to the recipe

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

half cup each of granulated sugar and brown sugar

1/3 cup milk

1 egg

3 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt (I like to use kosher salt)

3 tbs oil (canola oil works well)

2 tbs vanilla extract

1 cup almond slices

2 or 3 tsp ground cinnamon

3 over ripe bananas, mashed

Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom only of loaf pan, then mix all ingredients and beat 30 seconds. Pour into your pan and bake 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Enjoy!

Getting Crafty

Gearing up for the holiday season and many craft shows coming up...so far I have not been faring well..but will not be discouraged! So far, we have traveled to Show Low and were caught in a huge wind storm and lost several pieces and had no sales but we took our daughter and camped in our Shasta over the weekend with 2 of our dogs...we had an awesome time bonding. Our next show we went to First Friday Art walk in downtown Phoenix and wouldn't you know..there was a huge rain storm...lost several pieces to the rain and wind and decided to pack it in and not even try to sell anything. I am in the midst of repairing things and making new! The good news is between Laney Junk Co and Gold Canyon, I have shows almost every weekend October through December booked. Look for me at Operation Jingle ball on Nov 2nd! Hoping for awesome sales and meeting wonderful people. Here are a few of my favorite things I have been working on.

 

Next Phase

So...deciding to leave my job and go into full time crafting and selling candles is a huge change to say the least...Starting over at 52 is kind of scary...majorly scary! but I am looking forward to the next phase of my life..changed our llc over to laney junk co...have 3 vendor events booked already...time to get my craft on...who knows, maybe I will become an extreme couponer next!

Laney Junk Co LLC

~Realized I have totally let my blog just flap in the wind for over a year! My how time flies...I have been busy recovering from shoulder surgery from an injury last November, decided I needed to leave my job of over 15 years and basically just walked out. Normally not in my character, but I could no longer function to my full capacity. Unable to sleep anywhere but a recliner for over 6 months wears on your soul. I am feeling shame for leaving like I did, but so much relief. I am now going to craft my butt off as much as my shoulder will allow and am proudly selling Gold Canyon Candles since January. Look for me at local Arizona vendor shows as Laney Junk Co~ and visit my Gold Canyon candle page at www.maryfelix.mygc.com xoxo