Sewing, Crafts, and Home DIY
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of sugru. The other day, I was making blondies. I was making them the traditional way, wherein you stir brown sugar and melting butter over a hot pot on the stove. I also have one of those smooth electric top stoves which are very handy to clean, but not very handy at keeping a pot in place. If you stir food in a pot, many times the pot will spin around with the spoon. So I have to keep one … [Read more...]
Peeps are the Easter candy icon. You can't go more than ten feet in a grocery store around Easter without running into a Peeps display. The problem is that Peeps are hard to eat plain...unless you are into marshmallow. Then you don't have a problem. But I love marshmallow, as long as it's IN something else. I can't do marshmallow plain. So here are 10 Ways to Use Peeps in yummy recipes. Peeps Push Pops Tuxedo Chocolate Dipped … [Read more...]
Good morning! Last week I was listening to the radio (wow--do people still listen to the radio? I do!) and I heard them say there's a new study that says people will lose more weight making one small change to their lifestyle than doing a strict regimen. I have no idea if that is really true, but I think over the long term, it probably is. It's very hard to keep up a strict healthy lifestyle, and more often than not, people will go off the … [Read more...]
I got a new baby. His name is DeWalt and he is a 10" compound sliding double bevel miter saw. I have been wanting one of these things forever, but last year at SNAP! I met Ana White and she said that a miter saw is something you should save up to get the best one you can. So I planned on buying one once we moved into our new house, but I was running out of ideas for projects. I finally told my husband, "I'm going to just buy it. I could do … [Read more...]
Well Daylight Savings is back, and that means the sun is rising earlier and setting later (in case you've been living under a rock and didn't know that.) If your kids are like mine, that means they get to stay up later and get up early--right?? No. That's not so much okay with me. My kids go to bed pretty early, around 7:30. We've tried having them stay up later and they still wake up early and are extra cranky. So the early bedtime has … [Read more...]
Spring may be right around the corner, but we have still been having plenty of chilly days (no pun intended.) And the wind--oh my goodness, the wind! But since I've been dying for the weather to warm up since it makes it SOOO much easier to eat healthy and exercise, I have to mix in a few comfort foods with a healthy twist on those colder days. I made a huge batch of this turkey chili last week and it was really good. And then we ate it … [Read more...]
I have been playing with the new fabric collection from Riley Blake called Unforgettable and have just fallen in love with the color scheme! I thought it would be perfect for something Easter themed, so when Stephanie from Crafting in the Rain asked me to participate in her A-Z series, I knew I would want to do something Quilt related and use this Unforgettable collection. I also happened to have these oval shaped frames from a local wood … [Read more...]
If you need some super easy and quick St. Patrick's Day decor, why not try Gold Dipped bottles? I have been saving these green Martinelli's bottles for like a year, wondering if I could somehow use them for a craft or whatever, when this simple idea struck me as the perfect thing for St. Paddy's. I didn't really have time to construct an entire beautiful St. Patrick's day-themed party table and buy beautiful white Gerbera daisies to put in the … [Read more...]
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