BlueBerry Jam!!

Well you must be thinking, blueberry jam at the end of August, when the season of blueberries was over a month ago? Well yes it was and since I was able to pick 10 lb. this year during a busy time of summer. I washed them and stuck them in the freezer. For a time like today, when the weather is a bit cooler (way to cool for the last day of August) and had a day off. What a perfect day to make jam. Here is a look at the proses!! 

The Tools!



The Berries, thawed and ready to be blended!

 

Blending Berries



Next is the boiling down, with pectin, lemon juice, and water



After it boils, you add sugar (I used less than half it calls for)



Waiting for it to boil.... So have fun with the camera!! :)

  

Then you place them in clean jars. Put there lids on, and place them in the boiling water bath.

After 7 min. in the water, take them out and let them sit for 24hr.





Here there are all finished!!



The Perfect Ball Jar picture!! :)





The Mess After the Making



After a bit of clean UP!!

So out of 18 cups of frozen blueberries, I made 12 jars of jam! For more information on the recipe and all that HERE is a link and a nice way to calculate the pectin and other things go HERE. It is so nice to get that done and ready to use during the winter months!! I hope that your last day of August is going well!!

Thanks for reading!! ~RebeccA.

Psalms 19:14

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer." ~Psalms 19:14

JoAnn Happenings

So you should know by now that I work at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Store.... Right? Well I have been for almost a year now, and all is going well. Though the first excitements of it all have worn off alittle, and it has become mainly just work, I am still enjoying the customers that I meat, as I try to assist them in finding all they need for there various projects.

Well as of July I have learned alittle more than just working the cash register and the cutting counter, I have been helping the the custom frame shop that we have in the store. Where you can bring in various art pieces, cross stitching, photographs, and even jerseys to be framed just the way you would want it to look like, hanging on you wall. What is neat about the whole thing is that as a custom framer, you are the only employ actually doing some form of craft work in the store, and being payed for it!!

Here is an idea of what we do (Thank you Google for pictures:)

We kinda have a wall of frames like the on below, to choose from and our back room, where we put them all together, in a way looks like the one with the man working, except, there are only gals that work in our frame shop :)

You can frame all sorts of things,

In all different sizes,

Or even different frames them selves.

Even though I have only taken a few orders and put together a few frames, The frame shop has been a whole new experience that I have never had, and I'm glad to learn new things!! So if you are ever wanting to frame some art work, or pictures, I hope to see you in the frame shop!

WPC Family Camp

Last week was our annual Beach Camping trip!! What a memorable time we all had. Playing in the cold ocean, diving for the volley ball in the warm sand, and enjoying the warm weather!! This years trip made up for last years, cold, overcast and sick time. For this year was one of the best, not only weather wise but also we had some pretty competitive volley ball matches, fellowship with Church family, camp fires on the beach, hymns sings and a short talks on forgiveness! Though I did not pull out my little point and shoot camera very often, I did capture a few good photos of the wonderful weather and time we had. 

The pools of water when the tide was out!



Me!! I love this one!!




The wonderful view we had of the sun setting!!




Almost gone...




I love how the sun even though it is not seen, reflects of the water and sand!!

It seemed to take for ever to come, but seemed to fly right by, I am very thankful for the vacation time that I was able to have and enjoy with all of my Church Family!!

Just as a side note, through out the trip I was reminded of Psalms 8 and read the passage just about every day I was there, So here you are a great passage about the Wonderful Works of Gods creation.

Psalms 8

"O Lord our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. Out of the mouths of babies and infants, you have established strength because of you foes, to still the enemy and the avenger. When I look at your heavens, the handy work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, and the son of ma that you care for him? Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You have given him dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet, all the sheep and oxen, and also the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatever passes along the paths of the sea. O Lord our Lord how majestic is your name in all the earth!"



Thanks for Reading,

Rebecca