tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51274568580815395292024-03-12T19:16:33.755-07:00poshISHISH... a suffix that graces half my vocabulary. I put it at the end of words to describe... well whatever I want to discribe really. PoshIsh means that the decorating ideas, craft projects and style twists that you find on this blog aren't neccessarily expensive or name brand (aka posh) they're wannabes... they're posh-ish! (See how I can manipulate that word to be what I want it to be?!)Elizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18261049081482136268noreply@blogger.comBlogger85125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-54592135937358714452013-04-01T14:43:00.001-07:002013-04-01T14:43:27.804-07:00Emergency Candles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
This month I made some emergency candles for our kits. </div>
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Mine were super cheep, I bought everything on amazon for a steal! </div>
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I used tin cans from soup and canned foods. I saw some candles at Anthropology like this for $15! it would also be fun in little Kerr jars</div>
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melt your wax in a double boiler (I just used a big and little pot that fit together, worked great)</div>
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While your wax is melting figure out how to make your wick stay in the middle, this was the hardest part! but this is what i came up with! </div>
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poor your wax in the jars, I used a Pyrex measuring cup. the wax cleans up really easy so you can use nice things and it comes right off! it takes about a day to dry and set up. I thought of this after but you could put essential oils in to make them smell nice! For an emergency candle put a little match box in the top and there you have it! </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-41196650723713371712013-01-05T19:49:00.001-08:002013-01-05T19:49:48.515-08:00Growth chart<div style="text-align: center;">
We've lived in 7 houses/appartments in our 10 years of marrage, and 9 of those we've had kids, I always wanted to mark up the back of our pantry door with their hight and age but what would the point of that be? so after all this time I saw this on pinterest and fell in love! So I immediatly made one.</div>
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I just bought a 1x4x6 (it would be cuter if it was like a 1x6x6, but I have this little corner wall in our kitchen were I wanted to hang it), stained it, marked the inches and drew on some numbers! I started at 6 inches so it would be able to be hung and so my tall husband could mark his hight. </div>
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I've been really trying to get my family healthy with eliminating dyes and fructose and hydrogenated oils, all that good stuff. Then while I was cleaning I realized all the crap I'm sending around in the air in my house! I love to bleach the heck out of my bathrooms and that probably isn't good for us to breath in. So I did a little research and made this cleaner </div>
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There was a ton of pulp in it so i strained that all out while poring it in the spray bottle. </div>
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I was a little unsure about the whole thing, could it really clean as well as my trusty 409 and bleach? </div>
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It was amazing! I started with cleaning my kitchen with it and WOW it was great, left no residue and cleaned my stove like crazy! highly recommend making this! </div>
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I love Christmas decorations and this one turned out really cute...</div>
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I had this wooden box that you could totally make, so easy. filled it with some sprigs of pine from trimming our tree. Put some mason jars in with candles and wa-la! it was the perfect center piece for our Christmas Eve dinner.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-410352434899011592013-01-05T19:23:00.001-08:002013-01-05T19:23:55.540-08:00fun kid gifts<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'm a huge dork and always make my kids give thankyou's and card for people like teachers, coaches, friends, whoever deserves it! they hate when we do this but it always ends up being so cute! </span></div>
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It's been awhile since I posted on this blog, but I thought I'd share a really easy craft my sister and I made for Halloween. We got the idea from <a href="http://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2012/09/halloween-character-blocks.html">this blog</a>, but made a few adjustments. Here's what you need:<br />
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<li>6" wooden blocks (we cut down 2 x 4's)</li>
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<li>Craft paint in sour apple green, orange, gray and white plus paint brushes</li>
<li>Craft foam sheets in red and black</li>
<li>Ribbon (for the witch's hat)</li>
<li>Floral wire (for the witch's hair the pumpkins stem)</li>
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It's pretty easy to tell what we did just by looking at the pictures, but I'll give the details anyway. We first painted our blocks. Then as they dried we cut out the foam for the different characters (the witch, vampire and Frankenstein). Once the paint dried we hot glued the foam on. We also cut the t-shirt into inch wide strips and wrapped our mummy block. Next, we drew on the faces of each character with a permanent marker, which we found a lot easier to handle than a paint pen. Then we added little accessories like Frankenstein's knobs, the pumpkins stem and the witch's hair (which we twisted around a pencil to get it to be curly.) Also, for the witch's nose, we paint a triangular piece of foam green and hot glued it on. I thought they turned out really cute. Even though it took a little bit of time, it was a pretty simple craft.</div>
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My family does cowboy camp every summer for our family reunion. Since this summer is the Olympics we're going to have our own little cowboy Olympics! I saw these little ribbons on <a href="http://pinterest.com/">pinterest</a> (my favorite place) and I'm going to attach a little treat to them and write what they won! </div>
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They're super easy to make and you could do any colors/patterns. </div>
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After looking at way more expensive curtain options for my very NON-permanent living space I realized that just some cheapo plain Jane curtains at Target would suffice and be the most practical option for us at this time. The problem is, I can't ever leave really plain things alone, I always have the desire to jazz them up. So I decided to buy some fabric that matched my living room and do some jazzing.<br />
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1) I cut a strip of fabric wide enough and long enough to cover the bottom of each panel (I think I purchased 3/4 of a yard and that was plenty to cover the bottom of my curtains).<br />
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2) I then folded the top end of the fabric under to give it a more finished edge and pinned and then with the other edges I tucked them around the edges of the curtains and pinned.<br />
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3) I then sewed about a quarter of an inch around the entire parameter of the fabric to secure it to the curtain and then ironed it to give it a nice finished touch.<br />
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I've had a few friends ask about the felt bows Norah wears (the only bows that Norah wears) so I thought I'd put together a little "how to" for whom ever is interested. I can't take much of the credit for these. Sure I make most the ones she wears, but my friend Whitney was my Yoda in the process, she taught me everything I know about felt bow making and so I am passing on her knowledge, that I have absorbed, on to you:<br />
1) Purchase your felt. I got mine on ETSY, I searched "wool felt samples" and there are a few sellers who dye their own felt (its great quality) and you can pick a certain number of sheets in any colors you like.<br />
2) Purchase your elastic, no matter the size of head of your baby or little girl, I prefer the 1/8 inch SOFT elastic, I love how its small and all the attention can go to the bow, thus making it look more like a hair clip than a huge headband.<br />
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Lets get started. So the easy way to do this is just to use a glue gun, but you can use a needle and thread for some parts if that makes you more comfortable.<br />
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4) Next circle the strip around and glue the ends together with a THIN layer of glue (too much glue will make it too bulky and stiff).<br />
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5) Then pinch the middle of the bow together to get the puckering look in the middle and put a small dot of glue inside to hold the pucker.<br />
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9) You then glue those pieces on the the back of the bow near the end of the length of the bow... when doing it this way you reduce bulk in the middle of the bow so that it doesn't sit too high off her head.<br />
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10) And you are now down with your bow! next just cut your elastic the desired length for your childs head and all you have to do is overlap the ends slighty and glue them together. Then just glue the bow on the top and you are done! (I like to put a dot in the middle and one on each end to tack the bow on good so it lies nicely).<br />
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You can make one to match any outfit and any size of head...<br />
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And here is my cute model...<br />
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<br />Elizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18261049081482136268noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-7763518072186191722012-03-03T15:54:00.004-08:002012-03-03T15:58:55.034-08:00Door Mat<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I had to share this, I once again got the idea from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Pinterest</span>, my new love.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JHXyu5EyIoA/T1KvaMP2TmI/AAAAAAAABvo/DSztF22QhvA/s1600/IMG_0233.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JHXyu5EyIoA/T1KvaMP2TmI/AAAAAAAABvo/DSztF22QhvA/s320/IMG_0233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715823741585739362" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Here's the link for the how to...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.howdoesshe.com/how-to-make-a-wood-plank-door-mat"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">DOOR MAT</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">it's so easy to make, I had to buy all my materials, and it only cost like 6 bucks! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">have fun!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-18422814780853562852012-02-12T17:37:00.000-08:002012-02-12T17:37:52.257-08:00Framed DecorationsI'm not exactly sure of the technical term for this framed 3D art that I keep seeing on pinterest, but I thought I would try it out myself. This is a very inexpensive decoration to create, especially if you have scrap paper lying around. The first framed decoration I made was for our entryway.<br />
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I had the little house paper punch already and I found paper that matched the colors of our living room. To make the houses 3D, I used double sided foam tape strips you can buy at any craft store. I recommend getting the frames from DI or the dollar store and paint it the color you want. I popped out the glass, traced the background paper to be the same size and then created the design I wanted. I'd say the hardest part of this craft is trying to get all the houses evenly spaced.<br />
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I decided to make another decoration similar to this for Valentine's Day...<br />
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I used the same method, but this time I used stencils for the different shapes and just cut it out. As my 3-year-old nephew would say, Easy Peasy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-60986166546436509172012-02-03T21:26:00.000-08:002012-02-03T21:26:36.196-08:00A felt garlandI am hosting a shower at my place and I wanted to make things look a bit more festive. In fact, I've always wanted to have something I could pull out for parties and get togethers to make my apartment more festive so I decided to make this. I bought a stack of a variety of colors of wool felt on Etsy and I have found so many great things to do with it, I LOVE FELT!!! Anyway, it was super easy and you could do it in any color combination you'd like for any occasion. You could probably do a number of different shapes as well... anywho, here's how its done...<br />
First off I purchased bakers twine from Amazon, but you can get it on Etsy too and I'm sure a number of other places. I like Bakers twine because its cuter than normal string...<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">So we decided to melt them into big fat crayons! we all sat down and started peeling, 2 minutes later they had left and I was peeling.</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7o0kk3IpIDM/TyNBxeB40oI/AAAAAAAABpY/T1dxMQeIkAE/s1600/IMG_20120127_152135.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702473871311557250" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7o0kk3IpIDM/TyNBxeB40oI/AAAAAAAABpY/T1dxMQeIkAE/s320/IMG_20120127_152135.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Heat your oven to 300. I used mini muffin tins, USE LINERS! unless you want to throw out your tins afterwards. </div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BN6WQJhUlRE/TyNBhgxB0lI/AAAAAAAABo8/4ViCEbbZh5U/s1600/IMG_20120127_155554.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702473597168243282" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BN6WQJhUlRE/TyNBhgxB0lI/AAAAAAAABo8/4ViCEbbZh5U/s320/IMG_20120127_155554.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">I cooked them for about 10 minutes, just check on them every few minutes till they look pretty melted. Be careful when you take them out it's like water, and you don't want all the wax on your muffin tins. let cool, peel the liners off and then color again! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702473604526593362" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b-cIY_hpM90/TyNBh8LZVVI/AAAAAAAABpM/6AM7H3TRePM/s320/IMG_20120127_162433.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">We tried to keep like colors together but you could do swirls. I stirred mine up with a toothpick after they cooked to mix the colors a little more. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Happy coloring!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-47236783514704793852012-01-25T14:14:00.000-08:002012-01-25T14:14:27.738-08:00This week I'm going to try...<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.sheblogssheblogs.com/2011/12/finger-knitting-its-going-to-be-huge.html">Finger Knitting!</a></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Click on the above words to see a post from an amazing craft-ess (I love her blog... love it!)... "She blogs she blogs" does a fabulous tutorial on finger knitting and I just bought my yarn today. The plan is to make a long garland to hang above the window in Norah's room... I can't wait! I'll let you know how it goes! </div>Elizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18261049081482136268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-68320867791630669842012-01-20T15:29:00.000-08:002012-01-28T09:27:17.797-08:00Valentines burlap wreath<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> LOVE</span> Valentines Day! I went to pull out my V-day wreath and it had sadly seen it's day, SO...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">I covered it in burlap and made a super cute new wreath! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">Supplies: heart shaped wreath, 1-2 <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">yds</span> burlap, a needle and glue gun</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uw1LFp883QE/Txn5bg1SdfI/AAAAAAAABns/GSRATRzp8OU/s1600/DSC_0022.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699861054479300082" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uw1LFp883QE/Txn5bg1SdfI/AAAAAAAABns/GSRATRzp8OU/s320/DSC_0022.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 212px;" /></a></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699861049196797426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3iSmFxuKFzY/Txn5bNJ13fI/AAAAAAAABnU/2ngu8lJ1nb0/s320/DSC_0010.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 212px;" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">wrap the wreath in burlap strips about 2-3 inches wide. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699861050409597410" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3FCn9Xm1gJM/Txn5bRq_ueI/AAAAAAAABng/qSMqIDVOQp0/s320/DSC_0013.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 212px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline;">with more strips twist them till it's like this (above) then wrap it in circles, like making a cinnamon roll. when it's rolled how you want get a string from the burlap, you'll have plenty, and sew it up on the bottom to hold the shape. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then glue away!</div><div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">and there you have your Valentines day wreath! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Happy V-day! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">TIP: when cutting your burlap cut one string wherever you want to make your cut and pull it out. It will give you a line to cut on preventing fraying. Hopefully that makes sense! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-32287756135376479712012-01-10T08:16:00.000-08:002012-01-10T08:16:11.834-08:00Christmas card displaySorry for the post Christmas Christmas post... hopefully you can use this idea for next year. We live in a tiny apartment and knowing where to put all the Christmas cards we get is a challenge, they usually end up in a pile. But this year my mom (who was visiting for the birth of our baby), started hanging our cards from our garland, and it looked SO cute! We just used mini binder clips and attached the cards to various bows of the garland and it looked great... so go ahead and copy my mom's genius for next year...<br />
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I was putting away my Christmas decorations the other day and among all the holiday craziness I realized I forgot to post the simple holiday crafts I made this year. I thought they turned out cute and were really inexpensive, especially if you have scraps of scrapbook paper lying around. I already put tutorials on how to make both the Christmas trees and the presents on my own blog, so for the sake of time I'm just linking to my blog if you are interested in making these for next year.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thoughtsofjan.blogspot.com/2011/12/oh-crafty-trees-oh-crafty-trees.html">Paper Christmas Tree Tutorial</a> (I got the idea for this off of <a href="http://pinterest.com/">pinterest.com</a>, but I put my own little twist on it.)<br />
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<a href="http://www.thoughtsofjan.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-box.html">Paper Stacked Gifts</a> (My friend taught me how to fold these boxes, which is pretty easy. You could really use this as decoration for any holiday depending on the design of paper you use.) Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-52668392317950890112011-12-31T17:14:00.000-08:002011-12-31T17:14:45.184-08:00A pie for New YearsThis is my first post on Poshish. I've been meaning to post something for months, but quite frankly...I am not all that creative nor am I good at DIY projects. I am only now beginning to have courage when it comes to sewing and crafting. However, I consider myself an excellent cook and hope I can share some of my favorite recipes with you. We are going to be watching a lot of football over the next few days, and we feel like there isn't a better way to watch football than to watch it with food. Here's a delicious french silk pie (chocolate cream) recipe:<br />
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<u><b>French Silk Pie</b></u><br />
3/4 c. butter, softened<br />
1 c. white sugar<br />
3 one ounce squares unsweetened baking chocolate, melted<br />
2 tsp. pure vanilla<br />
3 large eggs<br />
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In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter for 1 minute. Add sugar, 1/4
cup at a time and continue to beat until light and fluffy. (3-5 minutes)
It must be mixed long enough so it is no longer gritty. In a separate
pan, melt chocolate in a small bowl over hot water. Do not let the
chocolate harden up. Slowly add chocolate to butter mixture until
mixture is smooth and creamy. On medium speed, add eggs one at a time,
beating after each one before adding the next egg. Scrape bowl. Add
vanilla and mix again. Spread over pie crust.<br />
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<b>Cream</b><br />
1 cup heavy whipping cream<br />
1/4 c. powder sugar<br />
1/2 tsp. vanilla<br />
chocolate curls<br />
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Mix cream, sugar and vanilla until thick. Spread over chocolate. Add
chocolate curls if desired. I just shaved a hershey's bar on top of the
pie. <br />
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<b>My pie crust</b><br />
1 cup flour<br />
1/3 plus 1 Tbsp. shortening<br />
1/2 tsp. salt<br />
2 1/2 Tbsp. cold water<br />
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Cut shortening into flour and salt mixture. Add cold water. Mix well.
Roll thin and put in pie pan. Poke crust. Double foil the top and put in
oven at 400 for 8 minutes. Remove foil and cook for 6 more minutes. <br />
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If you want more baking recipes, I added 12 yummy treats during December under the tag "Peanut creations" on my blog: <a href="http://www.theutahdoots.blogspot.com/">A handful of peanuts...</a> If you want more recipes, let me know and I'll continue posting them here.Janinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07737840638083464886noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-35434914443971429362011-12-31T15:19:00.000-08:002011-12-31T15:28:01.101-08:00Sunbeams<div style="text-align: center;">I just got called to be a Sunbeam teacher! I am so excited, and my cute little girl is in my class. I found this fun idea on <a href="http://www.pinterest.com"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">PINTEREST</span></a> my latest obsession.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I was worried because I was a nursery leader for ever and none of the kids would ever sit still for a lesson. So I searched and searched for some ideas and this was the winner.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Cut out an egg for each of the children and they have to sit on it and keep it warm just like a mommy duck</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OX0xIznyBqQ/Tv-Y0ksyooI/AAAAAAAABmI/aztj9zDKhLE/s1600/DSC_0014.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OX0xIznyBqQ/Tv-Y0ksyooI/AAAAAAAABmI/aztj9zDKhLE/s320/DSC_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692436482991760002" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Then at the end of your lesson if they've sat on their egg you let them have a baby duckling made out of pompoms and googly eyes. my kids were so excited when I was making these so I hope the sunbeams like them too! </div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zu6BqPYnNlA/Tv-Y0fj35DI/AAAAAAAABmA/Uhg29XnMpUc/s1600/DSC_0012.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Zu6BqPYnNlA/Tv-Y0fj35DI/AAAAAAAABmA/Uhg29XnMpUc/s320/DSC_0012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692436481612178482" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I made the red one and thought it looked a little like an Angry Bird! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">haha</span> hopefully the parents don't think I'm letting them play that at church! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-61642047709383378672011-12-31T15:15:00.000-08:002011-12-31T15:34:54.237-08:00pine tree sprigs<div style="text-align: center;">this was another fun idea I got from my favorite place, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">pinterest</span>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">just cut some little sprigs off your pine tree or if your lucky like me the tree lot will have tons of trimmings they'll let you take for free! get lots of little glass jars (baby food jars work great and I know you all have some of those around!) fill them up with water and your trimmings. It made a really cute center <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">piece</span> for our Christmas dinner</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xLp7c_VCp3Y/Tv-bZcJDfmI/AAAAAAAABmY/CSO2QZhUgG0/s320/DSC_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692439315372801634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-84414485124080096752011-10-23T21:53:00.000-07:002011-10-24T08:13:09.219-07:00Pumpkins with VinesI should have posted this awhile ago, since it is now the week of Halloween. This is a really easy craft to do for Halloween. I'm not a huge fan of the guts and gore decorations for Halloween. I thought this was a little bit classier decor. What you need is small decorative pumpkins, black dimensional paint and black craft paint.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is an example of dimensional paint.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Now you just paint vines with the black dimensional paint directly onto the pumpkin. The dimensional paint I used came out gray at first, which freaked me out a little bit, but luckily it dried black. Also, if you mess up, the dimensional paint wipes right off the pumpkin and you can try again. It's pretty much fool proof. Let the pumpkins dry over night. Once the dimensional paint is dry, paint the stalks of the pumpkin with normal black acrylic craft paint. Here are how my pumpkins turned out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top View</td></tr>
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I saw this idea on <a href="http://pinterest.com/">pinterest.com</a>. It is really simple and was quite the crowd pleaser at our last get together. All you need is doughnut holes, chocolate frosting or nutella, chocolate sprinkles and pretzel sticks. However, it took a lot more chocolate sprinkles than I expected.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Little doughnut acorns in a row</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-52099430251581165822011-10-10T15:02:00.000-07:002011-10-10T16:59:23.305-07:00magnet board<div style="text-align: center;"><u>magnet board</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><div style="text-align: center; ">Supplies: </div><div style="text-align: center; ">metal sheet from hardware store, cut to size, I did a 3x3</div><div style="text-align: center; ">fabric</div><div style="text-align: center; ">duct tape</div><div style="text-align: center; ">ribbon</div></span></u></div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rnaCdZAaWjg/TpNsIAEkSwI/AAAAAAAABX8/jjd5p-skpHQ/s1600/DSC_0007.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rnaCdZAaWjg/TpNsIAEkSwI/AAAAAAAABX8/jjd5p-skpHQ/s320/DSC_0007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661988041248754434" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"> This was so easy to make, (<span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">except</span> the cutting, but my wonderful husband did that for me!) all you do is cut your fabric leaving about 2 inches to fold over the back, pull it tight and tape it down. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Use a punch or a screw driver and a hammer to poke 2 holes in the top for your ribbon and tie it up. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We made this coat rack to hang coats at the bottom. just a 1x4 paint it black and put some hooks on it! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-66484581838001413262011-10-06T10:03:00.000-07:002011-10-06T10:03:09.297-07:00Kite mobileI made this for the nursery I am putting together for our almost here baby girl. It was VERY cheap. The only thing I had to purchase was the felt and I got that on Etsy.com... I just searched "wool felt sheets" and there are quite a few venders, all have a variety of colors so just find what vendor has the colors you are looking for and you can purchase a nice stack. When the felt arrived there was orange and white twisted string holding it together so I just used that as my mobile string. I got a screw in top hook from a friend (but you can find at any craft store), and then the sticks from outside. You can make a mobile with what ever shapes or hanging items that you want... I chose to make mine a kite mobile (diamonds with sticks on the back :) ). My only tools were diamond patterns I made out of cardboard and a glue gun.<br />
1) I made 3 different sizes of cardboard diamonds just using a ruler and "eye-balling" it. I then picked the order of the felt colors I wanted for each diamond set (I wanted a layered look, as you can see) and I cute out my shapes and placed them into the groupings I liked. and then glued them together.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iKgPfBu_X_M/To3bAfANzhI/AAAAAAAACaM/NGViVl8vW8w/s1600/DSC_0996.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iKgPfBu_X_M/To3bAfANzhI/AAAAAAAACaM/NGViVl8vW8w/s400/DSC_0996.JPG" width="267" /></a></div>2) Next I went and searched out the straightest small sticks I could find to glue onto the back... I did this to make it look like a kite and to help the diamonds keep their shape. I broke the sticks to create the proper length and glued them on. The cross stick I glued onto the other stick in the middle and on the two edges.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YzbubjM3Nc/To3bBCPCADI/AAAAAAAACaQ/nVFLMHUVXiU/s1600/DSC_0998.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--YzbubjM3Nc/To3bBCPCADI/AAAAAAAACaQ/nVFLMHUVXiU/s400/DSC_0998.JPG" width="400" /></a></div> 3) I then found 3 sturdier sticks that I liked the look of to use as the arms of the mobile. And leaving enough string at the top to hang the mobile I measured down how far I wanted each stick and secured it in place by wrapping the string multiple times around the middle (or where ever the stick balanced the best) and then tied a double knot to secure it... I did this for all 3 sticks.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YhQgss1D7LY/To3bDymzePI/AAAAAAAACac/AwNpMtelZdM/s1600/DSC_1002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YhQgss1D7LY/To3bDymzePI/AAAAAAAACac/AwNpMtelZdM/s400/DSC_1002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4) Then I proceeded to add the kites to my sticks. I only made 5 so on the top two sticks I added a kite to each side and on the bottom I hung one down the main middle string. I attached the string to the kites by wrapping the string multiple times around the back stick and tied a knot and put some glue attaching the string to the felt as an extra security. and then wrapped and tied the top end of the string to the main stick, also adding a little glue for extra security.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDU5EcCZ0-E/To3bCI7rY0I/AAAAAAAACaU/72QNJtcE8KQ/s1600/DSC_0999.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDU5EcCZ0-E/To3bCI7rY0I/AAAAAAAACaU/72QNJtcE8KQ/s400/DSC_0999.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cgZjWjKJBc4/To3bCyxpk5I/AAAAAAAACaY/D1COs4iPfWQ/s1600/DSC_1001.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cgZjWjKJBc4/To3bCyxpk5I/AAAAAAAACaY/D1COs4iPfWQ/s400/DSC_1001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5) And after doing that with all the kites my mobile was complete! I just screwed in the hook to the ceiling and wrapped and tied the string multiple times to the hook to make sure it was secure. I may add the letters of her name to the front diamonds (if we can figure out what to name her any time soon) but for now this is how it looks....</div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PGjHdzYw7Yw/To3bFn3pZRI/AAAAAAAACak/6YQ8Y7D001c/s1600/DSC_1020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PGjHdzYw7Yw/To3bFn3pZRI/AAAAAAAACak/6YQ8Y7D001c/s400/DSC_1020.JPG" width="267" /></a></div>There are a ton of ways to make a mobile, but I really loved the natural/rustic look of this one... if this is your style, give it a whirl... its cheap and easy!Elizahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18261049081482136268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127456858081539529.post-51045979533661105312011-10-01T07:44:00.000-07:002011-10-01T07:51:20.937-07:00Baby crib bumpersI am not going to write out all the directions on here as I copied them 100% from this website I founds... i'll post it below so anyone who is interested can do the same. The instructions were very clear and I was able to accomplish my goal (my first sewing goal since about 13 years ago in highschool) of making my baby girls crib bumpers. The only thing I did differently than this blog is I made my own crib ties, I didn't just use ribbon... I'll be honest, making your own takes probably 5 times as long as just cutting and sewing in ribbon, but I personally like the look of it a lot better, so I'll show you how I did that...<br />
Here is the link to make <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.make-your-own-baby-stuff.com/crib-bumpers.html">crib bumpers</a></span><br />
And here are my tid bits...<br />
1) pick out the type and thickenss of batting you want to use, I just went to the fabric store and looked at the batting on those big rollers and used the measurements of my crib to determine how much to buy. Fabric wise, I bought 2 1/2 yards just so I would have enough for seams and all that jazz.<br />
2) Make your pattern (how ever small or tall your bumpers are is up to you), I used wax paper and then cut off about an 1-1 1/2 inches off the width and then rolled it out one inch longer than the length of the side of my crib and cut. I used the same piece of wax paper for all four sides, I just measured and cut the long sides first and then cut the wax paper to fit the short sides of the crib and then cut those... Walla!... I had all my pieces (the rest you can read about on the link I posted).<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYGJ1jU0JMg/Tocihjx-BHI/AAAAAAAACZA/ZYKU3IYlOY4/s1600/DSC_0929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rYGJ1jU0JMg/Tocihjx-BHI/AAAAAAAACZA/ZYKU3IYlOY4/s640/DSC_0929.JPG" width="640" /></a></div>Now for the ties...<br />
1) I suggest getting a partner in crime for this, it was much easier having help with cutting and measuring, and it went a lot faster.<br />
2) Determine the width and length you want your ties, I didn't care if they could tie a bow, I wanted more the knot look so we cut mine 11 inches long and about an 1 1/2 inches wide... different sizes will have different looks.<br />
3) We made this SUPER easy.... we cut one long strip the width and length we wanted and then we folded over the fabric, pinned that one to the next segment and cut another one and just kept using the last one we had cut as our pattern... the length of our fabric was such that we could just cute one long strip the width I wanted and then we divided it by 4 (which was 11 inches) and after we cut all the strips we needed we cut them into 4ths and walla (I had 8 long strips total which each cut evenly into 4 11 in pieces) (in the end you need 24 ties).<br />
4) the next part took the longest, once you have all your 11 in x 1 1/2 in strips (or what ever length you choose)... you fold it in half, right side of the fabric facing in and you sew around two of the open ends leaving one of the small ends open (I did a zig zag and a straight stitch, doubled up, to ensure no fraying would occur), and then you start to turn it inside out, first start with your fingers, then you can use the end of a wooden spoon to push the excess fabric through (it really does take a while.), and then you can tuck in the raw edges of the open end and sew the end shut, iron the pieces flat, and there you have it... ties. (follow the link to show you how to sew them into the bumpers.)<br />
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