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Link Parties

I love looking at all of the fabulous things bloggers add to link parties every single week!  I was checking out link parties long before I started my blog.  Then, I started joining link parties and have even started one of my own!  Below are the link parties I most often join.

{Gunny Sack Youngsters} Knotty Laces

September 22, 2011 By Tonia 19 Comments

While shopping for shoes for Vanessa, we came across a pair of slip on shoes with unique laces. When we inspected them more carefully my kids proclaimed that they were rubber ponytail holders. And I thought, I can do that! How fun to have shoe laces that you don’t have to tie?

So, I grabbed this pair of shoes that Christine decorated graffiti style ala Lil Blue Boo and stack of rubber ponytail holders in various colors.

Clip off the metal clasp.

Slip the rubber ponytail binders through the holes in the shoes and tie a knot at each hole.

Clip the rubber ponytail holders so that you only have a small tail. Then, add some hot glue to each end to keep the colored part from unraveling.

And they are ready to go!

When I was in elementary school, I used to tie my laces on the inside of my shoes, so the bows were hidden.

Did you tie your laces in a certain way when you were a child?

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Filed Under: Back to School, Gunny Sack Youngsters, Tutorials

{Mid – Week Munchies} Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

September 21, 2011 By Tonia 7 Comments

Last week, we had an estate/garage sale at my mom’s house. My kids really wanted to do a lemonade stand for the sale but it was cold and windy out…not lemonade weather!! I know how much they look forward to setting up a little booth whenever we have a sale so I made them some Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars to sell.

This is the same recipe I used for the Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake but I doubled it (except for the amount of chocolate chips) so that it would fill a jelly roll size pan and therefore we would have more bars to sell!

Cream the shortening and sugar.

Add the eggs and vanilla.

Add the soda and water, then the dry ingredients and last the chocolate chips.

Bake until golden brown about 20-25 minutes.

Allow the bars to cool before cutting into squares.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

by The Gunny Sack

2 teaspoon water

2 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups shortening

1 1/2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar

2 teaspoon vanilla

4 eggs

4 1/2 cups flour

2 teaspoon salt

2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix 2 teaspoons baking soda with 2 teaspoons water and set aside. Cream together shortening, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add vanilla, eggs and baking soda/water mix. Gradually beat in flour and salt. Mix in chocolate chips. Spread out in a greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes until golden brown. Allow them to cool completely before cutting into bars.

Recipe adapted from Nestle.

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Filed Under: Chocolate, Mid Week Munchies, Recipes

{Tutorial Tuesday} Felt Acorns

September 20, 2011 By Tonia 42 Comments

Share your latest crafts and recipes at this week’s What’s In The Gunny Sack Link Party!

One of nature’s gifts in the fall are acorns! We have a few oak trees in our yard so there are plenty of acorns to collect in the grass. They can be a big pain to clean up but they are fun to use for crafts. Vanessa uses the acorn caps as whistles!! Not sure how she does it but it is really loud! I like to make felt acorns with the caps!

Collect a bunch of acorn caps.

Cut a circle out of felted wool and some scraps or two for stuffing. If you don’t have any felted wool or have not clue what that even is, a piece of material would work too!

Squeeze a bunch of hot glue into the acorn cap.

Gather up the circle with the stuffing inside and stick it into the hot glue in the acorn cap.

Make a bunch more in different colors. Add a loop of yarn to each top for hanging or glue the felt acorns to a piece of twine to make an acorn garland.

Do you get acorns where you live or do you have some other kind of fun seeds to collect?

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{Gunny Sack Youngsters} DIY Canvas Shoes

September 15, 2011 By Tonia 15 Comments

I was a guest over at The Silly Pearl last week and thought I would post my shoe tutorial here in case you missed it over there!

My daughter, Vanessa, bought these shoes when we couldn’t find the ones she wanted. I told her we could paint over the flowers and decorate them however she wanted. The first step was to tape off the soles and toes to keep them paint free! I used masking tape but there was some sticky residue left when I took it off so painter’s tape would be better.