Borden: Bring nature to mantle, bookcase

Information on ways to update your home, how to embroider on stretchy fabrics and ways to decorate a mantle or bookcase will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)

Creative Living

Bruce Johnson is the spokesperson for Minwax, and he’s going to show some quick ways to change or update your home. He’ll also tell how to protect your furniture whether you have antiques or unfinished furniture or even heirlooms. Minwax is located in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.

Clare Rowley, President of Creative Feet LLC, will demonstrate how to embroider on stretchy fabrics using the Octi-Hoops along with Stick and Rinse stabilizer. She’s from Prescott Valley, Arizona.

Latriece Brooks, owner of Brooks Interiors in Clovis, will show how to bring nature into the home when decorating a mantle or bookcase.

Information on new cake decorating tips and the importance of reading to children will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m. (All times are Mountain.)

Nancy Siler will show some new techniques in the way of cake decorating, and her theme for this show is "In the Line of Fire." It's a cute idea for a birthday party for any age person, and it's easy to do. Siler is with Wilton Brands in Woodridge, Illinois.

Michael Shoulders is a former educator, public school teacher and author and now travels the country explaining how reading is magic. He'll talk about how we can read to our kids and grandkids and make a real impact on their lives. He’s from Clarksville, Tennessee.

Spiced Honey

• 1 lemon

• 12 whole cloves

• 3 sticks cinnamon

• 2 2/3 cups honey

Cut lemon into 6 thin slices. Place 2 cloves in each slice. Put lemon slices, cinnamon sticks and honey in a saucepot. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Remove lemon slices from honey. Place 2 lemon slices and 1 cinnamon stick in each jar. Ladle hot honey into hot jars, leaving 1/4-inch head space. Adjust two-piece caps. Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield: about 3 half pints.

Honey Lemon Jelly

• 2 1/3 cups honey

• 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice

• 1 pouch (3 ozs.) liquid pectin

• 1 tsp. grated lemon peel

In a 6-8 quart saucepan, combine honey, lemon juice and grated lemon peel. Bring to a full rolling boil. Add pectin, stirring constantly, and boil for 2 minutes. (CAUTION: Mixture has a tendency to boil over.) Immediately fill hot sterilized half-pint jars, leaving 1/4-inch headspace. Wipe jar tops and threads clean. Place hot lids on jars and screw bands on firmly. Process 10 minutes in a boiling-water canner. Yield 3 to 4 half-pints.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.