Tapestries of the Heart Photo Contest - Flowers

As you can see, we received some beautiful entries for this category as well. Have fun deciding! Leave a comment to cast your vote! (If you voted on this category the first time it was posted, please revote. Sorry about that.)

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Tapestries Photo Contest - Flowers
Just a note about the flower picture post. You may have seen it here before and notice that it disappeared. =D I need to do some editing. I didn't mean for the file names to be the photographer's name, for one thing. You weren't suppose to know who took the pictures. =D I also missed an entry. So... the category will be back and open for voting again soon. If you did vote already, please stop by later and re-voteif you don't mind.

Novels of Hope contest

I just read her book "Ruby among us" last week and was really touched by it! She now has a contest where she is asking you come over and leave a comment sharing a book that gave you hope in the past while.
There is some large prize packages with books, music and other stuff, so head over and check it out!
Novels of Hope link

Tapestries Photo Contest Category #2 - People

Sorry about the delay in getting the next photo contest category up. My laptop fan is broken and we had to get a new external fan. Without a fan I could only have the computer on for about 10 minutes at a time - not enough time to upload much of anything. = ) We got some great entries for this category and I think you'll have a hard time deciding which one is your favorite. Let us know what you think!

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Chicken Salad Sandwiches

I made these the other night for dinner and everyone loved them plus it was a nice change from the normal dinners we've been having. They are great hot or cold. I left the walnuts out. Also, I didn't use rotisserie chicken; I cubed chicken breasts instead, cooked them thoroughly and then blended everything together in my "chopper/blender". I didn't use swiss cheese either but used what we had- Jack and Pepper Jack. Mmm!
We used regular wheat sandwich bread.
Enjoy!

TIME: Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Ingredients: 
1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons honey Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 cups cubed cooked rotisserie chicken (skin removed)
1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Swiss cheese
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
8 lettuce leaves
16 slices pumpernickel bread
Directions: 
In a large bowl, combine the mayonnaise, mustard and pepper. Stir in the chicken, cheese, celery, cranberries, walnuts and parsley. 
  Place lettuce on eight slices of bread; top each with 1/2 cup chicken salad and remaining bread. Yield: 8 servings.