9/20 Thru the Years

Went I finished blogging Saturday I closed my laptop and left it on the counter. When I opened it Sunday morning it was dead. Didn’t panic at first figuring huh, it was charged last night but the battery must have died, so I put it on the charger. Nope, dead. Uh oh…so now it’s 3 days since I’ve blogged because doing it on the iPad isn’t as easy but we are camping and I won’t be able to get it looked at for days so I have to post on the iPad…

This is a long story just to tell you that I won’t be blogging for a few days haha so I’ll leave you with a few “thru the years on this date” posts to hold you over and not have a week missing in the books! Sorry, I’ll be back live asap! Hope you have a great week (and that all your stuff works properly hahah!). 

9.20.21: 30 minute tomato sauce 

9.20.19: hairy pretzels

9.20.17: funfetti cake dough brownie layer cake

9.20.16: finish what you start

9/19 Thru the Years

My computer is dead and blogging on the iPad isn’t the easiest thing so while waiting to get back to normal I’m going to share posts from this day in other years:

9.19.21: 🔥 week 38

9.19.20: meaty minestrone

9.19.19: card stock gift box

9.19.18: strawberry swirl cheesecake

9.19.17: paper mugs

9.19.16: Steve's mac and cheese

9.19.15: dog crate cover

🔥 Around the Campfire (week 38)

Dear Campers ~

Here's a quick recap of what happened at camp last week in case you missed anything:

Posts ~

9/11: 🔥 week 37

9/12: 'dust if you must'

9/13: tip-sy tuesday - table covering 

9/14: camper rag wreath

9/15: 7 year anniversary

9/16: Blogiversary

9/17: winner winner

What's Cooking ~

• buffalo chicken casserole 
• grilled marinaded chicken thighs, veggies in cheese sauce (leftovers, recipe to follow)
• burger salad
• penne with spaghetti sauce, meatballs, steamed broccoli

That's it for this week - stop back often for more crafts, recipes, projects, tips, whatever I think of to make at camp! Bye :)

Sincerely ~

Jill

camp counselor 

9.18.21: Crocheted Afghan for Brook

9.18.20: kid craft: painted mason jars

9.18.19: German chocolate poke cake

9.18.18: plant hanger

9.18.16: Steve’s Mac and cheese

9.18.15: laundry room tip

And The Winner Is...

First of all - happy birthday to my lil sis Allyson in Tennessee, and LeDonna in DeTour! Hope you're both having a great day :)

Second - I drew names out of a hat (ok, a metaphorical hat - I folded up pieces of paper with names on them and tossed them around my desk and then picked one out!) and the winner of the $25 gift card is...

DEBBIE TURNER!!! Woohoo - I'll contact you on FB to see what store you want (Michaels, Joanne, Hobby Lobby?) and where to send it.

Congrats!

I'm not exactly a food blogger but I do give lots of food posts hahaha - this made me laugh and thought I'd share. And I have made 3 loaves of pumpkin bread and a pumpkin roll this week so...I'm laughing because it's slightly accurate!

9.17.21: winner winner...

9.17.20: MSIH - Mexican jalapeno poppers

9.17.19: TT - apple chart

9.17.18: make a giant candy card

9.17.17: apricot, pine nut, goat cheese spread

9.17.16: german chocolate cake

9.17.15: organizing craft room

Blogiversary (7 Years!)

I just said to Dave 'can you believe I started blogging 7 years ago today?' He said 'that's a lot of posts you've had to think about' hahahah,  he has no idea that some days I don't think at all and come up with posts that are more filler than content LOL. Anyway - thanks for sticking with me even when posts are potentially making you roll your eyes at me (but thankfully it's behind my back and no one has been rude to my face!!) 

I've given you a couple reminders already this week to make sure you enter to win a $25 craft store gift card, all you need to do is leave me a comment, emoji, whatever, either here on the blog or on the make my day camp facebook page. I'll draw tomorrow morning at 10 - good luck!

2552 posts - 7 years ago I had no idea how many things I'd find to make and share;  maybe they're not all amazing but still, thanks for reading about the projects, crafts, stories, cooking and baking, friends and relatives, pets, etc. that I've got going on in my little corner of the world! 

Hopefully you've been inspired and amused along the way. Thank you ❤️

9.16.21: blogiversary

9.16.20: 5 Year Anniversary

9.16.19: enter to win

9.16.18: 🔥 week 37

9.16.17: MMDC Turns 2

9.16.16: Celebrate!

9.16.15: first ever post: Sprinkles

7 years later...

Unlike last year, I actually remembered ahead of time that tomorrow is the 7th blog anniversary - my first post was titled 'sprinkles' about Dave requesting chocolate cupcakes with chocolate frosting and I, naturally, jazzed them up haha. I mentioned last Sunday in the weekly 🔥 recap that I'll hold a drawing to celebrate, if you haven't already left your name, a comment, or some indication that you're here and want a chance to win free stuff, you still have time to enter! I'll draw names on the 17th at 10am EST so make sure you're included. Good luck!

This post is from 9/15/16 - nothing has changed since I first posted it so I'm going to share it again, no reason to re-invent the wheel hahaha: 

So tomorrow is the one year anniversary of the blog... I can't believe I've done this for a year already! I'm pleasantly surprised that coming up with enough posts for the year wasn't hard at all, and it's flown by -  my phone and iPad are still full of inspiration photos, ideas, and recipes - everywhere I look it seems there is something I want to make, bake, try, and do - so I'm going to keep creating and posting, and hopefully you'll keep reading and be inspired to make stuff. I LOVE when you guys comment or privately tell me that you are following the blog (I can't tell who reads it unless you tell me or leave a comment on the blog or Facebook) - it's fun to know you are out there! Blogging makes me happy because it's a great way for me to share all of the things that keep me busy every day, and if you get an idea or are inspired by something then I'm happy to be sharing.

I can't even tell you how true every one of these are - this is my life!

Thanks to everyone for reading my blog, for all of your comments, for all of your private messages, and for your support - it means SO much to me! In return I'll do my best to keep making, creating, baking, snapping, planting, fashioning, arranging, exercising, decorating, mixing, and entertaining you the best I can :)

9.15.21: year 6

9.15.20: strawberry cheesecake poke cake

9.15.19: 🔥week 37

9.15.17: wall decoration by Brooke

Camping Rag Wreath

I made 2 rag wreaths out of patriotic material a couple years ago (click here for that post); last year I thought I'd make another one for the camper....just about the only general store here is Walmart so I had to pick from what they offered - a 12" wire wreath form and some camping-ish patterned fabric in colors that match our inside colors. Note: yes I said last year, and I put it away and forgot about it until today! 

This one is a little different from the other ones in that the wire form is smaller than the patriotic's 16" so I cut the strips shorter and a little narrower - about 1" x 5". I don't have a rotary fabric cutter here so did it by hand, to make things a little easier I folded the fabric so I could cut thru multiple layers at the same time, then cut the strips apart where they folded. 

I tied the strips on to each of the 4 wire rings this time instead of overlapping rings like before, each section held between 8-10. To attach the strips - fold the strip in half, put the folded side under a wire, fold the 2 ends up over the wire and thru the folded loop of fabric, pull taut. Then repeat a couple hundred more times! 

the reverse side...and Sarge :)

9.14.21: TT - truck bed organizer (short person solution!)

9.14.20: cake topper

9.14.19: 4th Anniversary

9.14.18: how to use a Big Shot 

9.14.17: road trip - S. Dakota

9.14.16: pina colada cupcakes

Tip-sy Tuesday: table covering

Jen sent me this idea a while back and I promptly forgot about it - until I was jerry-rigging a tablecloth in place here at the campground using small clips from coffee bags and twine because the tablecloth clips we've been using aren't strong enough to hold with the gusty winds we've been having. So I figured I'd try to come up with something better - I saw nice versions in a catalog that have elastic all around which would be perfect but (a) it was like 60 bucks or some ridiculous thing like that and (b) I'm feeling a little lazy and didn't want to make my own elastic version. 

And then I remembered this idea! 

Unfortunately our campsite table is square so this twin sheet idea won't work for us and I will most likely be making a square elasticized one in the future (oh don't worry, I will obviously share it once I've made it 'cuz hello - making stuff blogger!); but thought I'd share this easy tip with you today in case you can use it! When we travel in the RV I'll be bringing along a bottom sheet to cover picnic tables - they are usually dirty and this would help alot. 

my clip and twine solution

9.13.21: chocolate cola cupcakes

9.13.20: 🔥 week 37

9.13.19: MSIH - zucchini breads

9.13.18: card with gift holder 

9.13.17: road trip - Mt. Rushmore

9.13.16: wine cork keychain

Dust If You Must

 

9.12.21: 🔥 week 37

9.12.20: sausage and potato soup

9.12.19: lemon zucchini bread

9.12.18:  how to make 'perfect' cheesecake

9.12.17: road trip - eclipse hunting

9.12.16: wood canister holder (junkin' with Candy)

🔥 Around the Campfire (week 37)

Dear Campers ~

Here's a quick recap of what happened at camp last week in case you missed anything:

Posts ~

9/4: 🔥 week 36

9/5: Labor Day '22

9/6: tip-sy tuesday: easy cream puff dessert 

9/7: strawberry cream pie

9/8: grilled mini pizzas

9/9: personalized phone case

9/10: cinnamon roll waffle

What's Cooking ~

• rice bowls (layer cooked flavored rice, chopped cooked meat, top with salad - I made rice a roni mixed with steamed peas, leftover cooked chicken, caesar salad with croutons)
• stir fried beef, broccoli, and mushrooms with sticky rice
• marinated pork tenderloin, baked veggies with cheese sauce (recipe to follow)
• grilled chicken, cheesy potatoes, green bean casserole (Brooke requested!)

This week on the 16th marks 7 years since I started this blog - 7 YEARS!! It started with a post about chocolate cupcakes and sprinkles, and 2,546 posts later it's almost time for another celebration of Make My Day Camp's blogiversary. I am totally going to celebrate that you've looked at the blog over 111,500 times - I have no idea how many people it took to reach that number, maybe 5 of you have looked 22,000 times in the past 7 years and if that's the case please keep it up you amazing 5 people!! LOL. Anyway, as always, I'll hold a drawing for a chance to win a $25 gift card to Michaels (or Joanne, Hobby Lobby...your call); to enter just leave your name, a comment, a thumbs up, whatever you want to show me you're out there and want free stuff - either on the facebook page or here on the blog. I'll draw the winner on the 17th - good luck and thank you SO MUCH for continuing to humor me by reading this crafty-foodie-tipsy-silly and sometimes dumb but hopefully sometimes useful blog. 

Hope you have a great week and stop by often for more ideas. Bye!

Sincerely ~

Jill

camp counselor

photo found at 911memorial.org

9.11.21: 9/11 20 years

9.11.20: dill pickle dip

9.11.19: zucchini bread

9.11.18: blueberry sauce

9.11.17: "sweet" candy gift

9.11.16: 'where were you' lyrics