For StarCREATIVEfeature 10/12/26

 

WELCOME to the second week of the October 2026 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

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WELCOME to CREATIVE feature week of the October 2026 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your CREATIVE week Hosts 

This week is CREATIVE feature week

Swing by the hosts' blogs:

Colleen @ Butterfly in the Attic

Michelle @ Moms Are Frugal

Lisa @ At Home With Lisa

Kris @ Kris and Larry . com

Angie @ God's Growing Garden

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 
The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:
WEEK#2 CREATIVE - arts & crafts, music, writing &/or dramatic arts (this can include sewing, yarn work, dance, art history, handmade jewelry, painting, computer art, fashion etc - anything creative while remaining family friendly)

 (These features were chosen from the September 2026 "You're the Star" blog hop)

MOD Crochet Paperback Cover by Road Gypsies

Halloween Crafting & A Sunset by Debbie-Dabble Blog

Fall Acorn Cookies by Cindy's On-Line Recipe Box

Christmas Countdown - Handmade Gifts by Butterfly In The Attic

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.
Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!
It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!
(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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Wearing Pink in October

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month 

Why do we wear pink for breast cancer?

The pink ribbon represents fear of breast cancer, hope for the future, and the charitable goodness of people and businesses who publicly support the breast cancer movement. It is intended to evoke solidarity with women who currently have breast cancer.

Learn more here https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-awareness-month

My Tag My  tag  is made with the title Hope and the add mixed media to show support for the cause. 

A wooden pumpkin 

I covered  the wooden dollar tee pumpkin in different print pink scrapbook paper I had. 

Sunday fellowship

It's Sunday fellowship time with our church family... 

Our lesson for today bible journal time. 

Galatians 6:9

Our fellowship time 

Monkey Bread with Canned Biscuits

Baking & Spices

• 1/2 cup Brown sugar, light

• 2 tsp Cinnamon, ground

• 1 cup Granulated sugar

Bread & Baked Goods

• 2 cans (16.3 oz each) flaky buttermilk biscuits, flaky

Dairy

• 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted

Preheat oven  at 350.layer with Butter bundt pan. Cut bisciuts into quarters and layer with brown sugar mixture. Bake 26 to 30 minutes or until done.

And it's kids crafts 

October Fire Prevention month

 

This Saturday our volunteer firefighters are here

Firefighter Ashley will be our guest reader...

While out for a walk with her mom, a little girl has the surprise of her life — she meets a real, live, fire-breathing dragon! Now this dragon is nothing to be afraid of — in fact, he’s so friendly that she invites him home for tea. But their afternoon snack is suddenly interrupted when the dragon sneezes and sets the table ablaze. Luckily, the girl knows just what to do, and she teaches her new friend to be fire smart, too.

With its funny, rhyming verse and spunky illustrations, Dragons for Tea shows kids that learning about fire safety doesn’t have to be scary. The story ends with “The Dragon’s Fire Safety Rhyme” — a fun and easy way to remember what to do in case of fire.

Craft time 

October is fire prevention month: 

Join us outside to learn the safety rules and meet the firefighters 

After learning about fire safety 🦺 

Enjoy a treat with our guest..

And will will be sending the firefighters home with a gift basket to say Thank you! 

Christmas Ornaments

Christmas is 77 days away or 11 weeks. Christmas is on a Friday this year ...

It's Homemade Christmas ornaments....

fabric tree

The base I used a large cinnamon stick and tied strips of ribbon and fabric to make tree. 

A great teacher gift the kids can make

A wooden tag

 Covered in scrapbook paper.  Perfect for loaves of bread iam giving out 

Wooden ornaments  Music teacher / choir members

Covered in Christmas music  and Decopodge with die cut green tree

It's Christmas Friday! Some inspiration for making as gifts and items for Fall craft.  fairs. Have you started Christmas crafts yet? Lisa 

Friday Fave

 

Friday's Fave Five #902

Happy Friday from Sunny South Louisiana.....

1.  Weather : Some rain but the Hurricane is missing us. But lets pray for those it will effect.
2. Football time : High school football season has started and the evening weather is a little cooler.
3. Bread : Im trying the new crockpot recipe hitting Facebook. Recipe below. 
4. Tech news : we have ATT putting in fiber in our small town. Hopefully the internet will get better. 
5. Fire Prevention Time : we have the fire department with us for Saturday at the library. 

Easy Crockpot Bread : 

I have had this on my facebook feed for a couple of days and i decided today I would try it. 

Ingredients

• 1 cup of water 235ml
• 2 1/4 tsp. of active dry yeast 7g
• 1/3 cup of granulated sugar 66g
• 2 Tbsp. of Canola or Vegetable oil 30ml
• 3 cups of Bread Flour you can use all-purpose (360g)
• 3/4 tsp of salt (4g)

Instructions

• First, prepare your bread dough. Add the water to a bowl and heat it to 100 to 110 degrees F. Then add in a pinch of your sugar. After that add the yeast and let the mixture sit until it gets nice and foamy. About 5 to 10 minutes.
• Next add all but 1 cup of the flour, the rest of the sugar, the salt, and the oil. Mix it with a stand mixer or wooden spoon until the dough comes together. The dough will be tacky. Pour it out onto a floured counter or table and knead the dough for 8 minutes. Adding more flour as necessary. Once the dough is kneaded place it in a bowl that has been lightly sprayed with kitchen spray, cover it, and let it rise for one hour or until doubled.
• After the dough has risen, divide it in half and place it in 8×4 bread loaf pans. Or form the whole amount of dough into a ball. Place a piece of parchment paper in the crockpot and then add the dough to that. Cover the loaf pans or crockpot and allow the dough to rise again, for about 1 hour.
• Place the loaf pan in the crockpot and cover it with the lid. Some people will also add a bit of water to the bottom of the crockpot. If you are doing the whole loaf method without the pan, then you won't add any water. Turn the crock pot on high and allow it to bake for 2 to 3 hours. It will be done when it is nice and golden brown on the top. Or check it with a thermometer. The internal temp should be around 200 F. (93 C).
• After the bread is done, using hot mitts remove the bread from the crockpot and place on a wire rack to cool completely. Then slice into it and eat! Enjoy

Saturday at the Library we are celebrating Fire Prevention Month ! 

Diy Free Friday

It's Free Friday  on my blog. Well I did spend a $1 for napkin.  I used muti times. 

My Halloween door hanger!

I used a 12 round cardboard from a frozen pizza.  Painted black, mod podge napkin and cat tape I had from years past. 

My  tin can : 

I used a can of vegetables.  Cleaned out. And covered with mod podge and wrapped napkin around can. Filled with flowers for a centerpiece.  

Tip as a crafter: I never throw anything out that I can reuse.  Makes my family crazy. Lisa