{"id":29386,"date":"2012-12-23T00:08:32","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T08:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/?p=29386"},"modified":"2012-12-23T00:08:32","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T08:08:32","slug":"homespun-christmas-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/29386","title":{"rendered":"Homespun Christmas, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tThe adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our<\/span> Sisterhood Merit Badge program<\/a>, now with 4,690 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u20146,500 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ<\/span><\/p>\n

Wondering who I am? I\u2019m Merit Badge Awardee Jane (MBA Jane for short). In my<\/span> former life<\/a> \u2026<\/p>\n

With visions of sugarplums still dancing in my head, I got up early to get a jump on the rest of my Christmas crafting in order to earn my beginner level Homespun Christmas Merit Badge<\/a>. I had salt dough to make and also a triple batch of dog biscuits (I decided why stop at my own doggie and the other one or two I could think of when the Humane Society had plenty of biscuit-less four-legged friends?)<\/p>\n

Since the salt dough ornaments were going to take the longest, I started with them …<\/p>\n

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Salt Dough Recipe<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 cups white flour (no one is going to be eating these\u2014we hope!\u2014so I used the least expensive stuff at the store)<\/p>\n

1 cup salt<\/p>\n

about \u00be cup of water<\/p>\n

1. Mix together and start shaping. You can use cookie cutters or you can regress back to your preschool days and pretend it\u2019s Play-doh (be still my heart, I LOVE Play-doh!).<\/p>\n

2. Once you have all your adorableness lined up on cookie sheets, use a straw to pierce a hole in the top for your ornament hook (unless you made something other than ornaments, i.e. candlestick holders, a nativity scene, toys, a paperweight).<\/p>\n

3. Bake at 200 degrees F for 10 minutes. Turn over (unless it\u2019s a shape that can\u2019t be turned over, of course, like my Christmas Tree Farm I got carried away with) and bake for another 10 minutes.<\/p>\n

4. Allow to dry, and then go nuts with paint, glitter, and Mod Podge. Didja know you can even make your own Mod Podge?? I know. You\u2019re freaking out right now, and that\u2019s okay. I\u2019ll give you a minute to still your crafting heart.<\/p>\n

Homemade Mod Podge<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Mix equal parts white glue (like Elmer\u2019s) and water.<\/p>\n

2. Shake.<\/p>\n

Umm, yeah. That\u2019s it. Guess it\u2019s not really a recipe as much as it\u2019s a life- and money-saving tip, right?<\/p>\n

Since I got carried away with my Christmas Tree Farm (and then ran out of green paint, so I had to throw in some pink and blue trees), I got a late start on my gingerbread men\u00a0dog biscuits<\/a>. (Do try this recipe.) Never fear, I turned up Bing Crosby on the ol\u2019 compact disc player and got cracking.<\/p>\n

<\/em>If you\u2019re lucky, Fido will share.<\/p>\n

Feeling very “Little Red Riding Hood-ish,” I packaged my treats in baskets and delivered them to the Humane Society, along with some salt dough ornaments for the staff and volunteers. I think it was one of my most favorite new Christmas traditions.<\/p>\n

And for myself, I made a salt dough ornament in the shape of my newest Merit Badge and it shines at the tippy top of my tree \u2026 Merry Christmas, friends!<\/p>\n

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The adorable, always humorous MBA Jane is my way of honoring our Sisterhood Merit Badge program, now with 4,690 dues-paying members who have earned an amazing number of merit badges so far\u20146,500 total! Take it away, MBA Jane!!! MJ Wondering … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[363,548,566],"class_list":["post-29386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gladsome_sisters","tag-gladsome-sisters","tag-maryjanesfarm-farmgirl-sisterhood","tag-mba-jane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisingjane.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}