I got this idea last year from Your Home Based Mom and I have done it several times since. It is a fun party idea and your guests will enjoy making their own Italian Soda!
We made these yesterday for our Mother’s Day get together! So fun and festive.
I made this quilt for my grandson’s baptism. It is made with all minky fabric and so it is very soft and cuddly! And it was fun to make because you quilt it as you go and so once you are done sewing the quilt together, you have also quilted it!
Is this not the cutest kid you ever did see?!! :)
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This project is a perfect fix for that skirt or dress that is just a tad too short and it makes your outfit look so cute with all the ruffles. Don’t you agree?
I really like the look that this slip gives and it is really an easy project. So does anyone want to make a skirt extender slip?
I planted a couple of my flower pots, but I am keeping them in the garage for another week or so, until our Utah weather is a little bit warmer! My good friend, Susan, works at a nursery and a few years ago she taught a class on how to plant your flower pots. I usually plant about 14-15 pots and baskets every year! I love them, but I am nuts because I have to hand water most of them. Crazy, I know.
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My sister brought this over to me a few days ago and I thought that it was so cute that I wanted to pass it on to you! Many of us are always looking for a little gift to say thank you or “I am thinking about you” and this gift is just perfect! This would also work for a teacher appreciation gift for any teacher!
When my granddaughter was in the hospital they gave her a fringed blanket and she absolutely loved it. So I decided to make some blankets to donate back to a local hospital.
I don’t know if I have been living in the dark ages or what, but I had never seen these blankets tied like this until she got hers and when I saw it, it was an ah ha moment! Why didn’t I ever think of that?! Don’t you love my little blanket models? My granddaughter is behind the blanket holding it up for me!
Woot, Woot! My rss reader has had a post teaser on it that I could not seem to get removed, but it is now off! Yeah! I think that I might have actually jumped up and down and shouted for joy!
So let’s celebrate with a little chocolate!
I saw these in an ad that came in the mail and I decided to give it a try and see if I could make some on my own. I liked the results and my family loved these!
They are beautiful to look at and oh so yummy and wouldn’t these be a fun little Valentine gift for that special little someone?
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It is January and I am still trying to do a little bit of organizing, I had this BIG stack of recipes that I had printed from different websites, pages that I had ripped out of magazines and some recipes that were handwritten by myself or given to me by a friend. So I decided that I really needed to get them all organized, since they are recipes that I use and I was getting tired of flipping through the whole entire stack to find one recipe! As I was looking through these recipes I noticed that some of them had been printed 3 years ago! So I would say that it was definitely time to get my act together. :)
I went to Costco and bought this plain white binder that you can put a page in the front of it and also in the spine. This is the 2″ size.
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I made these potatoes for dinner on Sunday when I had all my crew here. My grandkids kept saying that they were big french fries! And I say, whatever it takes to get them to eat is OK by me!
These are very simple to make and they have so much good flavor to them, I paired them up with whole roasted chicken, cabbage salad and my DIL’s yummy crescent rolls! So does anyone want to make Roasted Red Rosemary Potatoes?
I covered my baking sheet with tin foil before I started, only because I am lazy and don’t like a lot of clean up. You do not have to do this step unless you are lazy like me!
Next I went to my rosemary plant in my kitchen and cut a few sprigs off the top. Don’t you love my little statue! It says “She Who Has A Great Attitude!” It is my reminder everyday to look for the good things and to be happy and have a Great Attitude. It does not always work, but I find myself smiling at it a lot and it is a fun little reminder!
I used 4 sprigs, but you can totally use as much or as little as you want.
Strip all the leaves off the stem. These stems were pretty tender and not woody at all, but I still stripped them off and then chopped them up. You can buy fresh rosemary at most groceries stores, or you could use dried. (If you use dried, you will want to use less than if you use fresh)
Wash and chunk your potatoes and put into a big ziplock bag. Then drizzle the potatoes with olive oil. If you are trying to watch your weigh you can just use a little drizzle, if you want a little more flavor and crunch, add a little more oil. :)
Next, spread them out on your prepared baking sheet.
Sprinkle with the rosemary, Kosher salt, pepper, and garlic, to taste.
Bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour. Most recipes say to bake for about 40 mins, but I like my potatoes mushy in the middle and more crispy on the outside, so I baked them for a little more than an hour and they were perfect!
I made that big pan full for my crew and I thought that I was going to have way too much, and this is what I had left over! (I forgot to take a picture right before we ate, so I was glad that there were at least this many left over!)
This is a great way to make potatoes that can go with a lot of different dishes and they are yummy with all the different spices on them. You could also add whatever spices your family likes…seasoning salt, parsley, dill, crushed red pepper etc.
So go make some for your dinner tonight, your taste buds with thank you!
I made these snowman cupcakes yesterday with a cute way to package them. But today I am going to show you how I made them…
I found this cupcake mix at the grocery store and I decided that I wanted to try them. I made the cupcakes according to the directions, except I added applesauce instead of the oil. (a weight watchers tip that I use all of the time!) These cupcakes have a filling in the middle like a “Twinkie” and they are really pretty good, and they come in chocolate also! This box makes 12 cupcakes, which was perfect for what I wanted.
After the cupcakes cooled I frosted them using this super duper idea I found on pinterest! You really need to take a look at this, because it is AMAZING! The Mind-Blowing Cake Decorating Tip: how to have mess-free icing bags! If you hate decorating with icing because of all the mess and clean up then this idea will totally change your way of thinking!
Mind-Blowing Cake Decorating Tip
After I frosted the cupcakes I used orange slices for the nose, (Cut in half) and chocolate chips for the mouth and eyes. I was going to dip the cupcakes in edible white glitter before putting the faces on, but I totally spaced it. But they are really cute with the glitter!
Here is my little family of snow people!
Look at how yummy these cupcakes are with the filling in the middle!
Then I put them in a clear 9 oz plastic cup and into a cellophane bag and tied them up. They are fun for a little gift to give to your friends, teachers, neighbors, or perhaps even for yourself! You need a treat every now and again, right?
