Dana Marie's Country Living Blog

Homemade crackers are so delicious and taste much better than store bought. I like to serve them with summer sausage, chicken salad, cheese and olives - a small charcuterie, if you will. You can also serve them with a soft cheese spread to take them to another level of yumminess. It's so worth it to make homemade!! Homemade crackers with summer sausage & olives Homemade Crackers   Ingredients 4 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons garlic powder 1/2 cup shortening 2-1/2 cups water, room temperature  fresh herbs such as oregano, thyme     rosemary, chives (opt.) fresh-ground Himalayan or sea salt for tops (optional) Everything Bagel seasoning (optional) Instructions 1 . With a pastry cutter or two forks combine the flour, salt, garlic powder and shortening together until the dough resembles small peas. 2 . Slowly add the water and continue to cut through the dough with forks or a pastry cutter. Once it starts coming together, remove the dough from ...

My watering can sprinkles light, not water! This garden art is easy to make. It's a perfect project for your spring and summer gardens. I like to bring it out in April and leave it up through the summer. Then I put it away until next year. It's a painted and distressed metal watering can with solar-powered fairy lights pulled through the spout - so much fun to watch them come on every evening. All you really have to do is get a metal watering can and string solar or battery-operated fairy lights through the spout. You may need to drill the sprinkler head hole so it's bigger for your lights to fit. Solar lights are nice, as they come on automatically each night. To dress it up, you can plant flowers in the top of the can, as well. ~ Dana Watering Can Lights Supplies a metal watering can spray paint for metal (opt.) sand paper, fine to medium grit (opt.) solar or battery-powered fairy lights drill if needed shepherd's hook stake (opt.) blooming plant (opt.) Instructions 1...