Since we moved to our new house it’s pretty hard to find things. Lots of boxes are still packed and at a storage unit. We moved at Christmas last year so I knew where some Christmas decorations were but not most of them. I couldn’t find the ornaments for the Christmas tree, but I…
Crafting
Quick Halloween Treats
While none of my recipes look professional, some look moreso than others. Today’s treats look far less than professional but honestly – they look perfect to me because Rocket did them! He is not yet 2 1/2 years old so they are pretty stellar if you ask me. The Owls – Mr. Picky Eater says…
Plate UpCycle
There’s a great blog for repurposing that I follow run by Katie at Something To Be Found. She issued a challenge for March to make any kind of 3-Tiered Stand from thrifted items. I took the challenge and came up with this – I bought the melmac plates for 99 cents each and a bag…
Tricks for Treats
I don’t know about you, but I am a regular person – no super powers here and as the holidays roll around I begin trying to find tricks for my treats. Let me see a show of hands: how many of you have waited till the last minute to fix something for a party you…
Easy Pillsbury Funfetti Halloween Doll Cake
Boy has it been a wild few days but I worked this cake in so if you wanted, you could too and get it done before Halloween. When I was 6-years-old my parents gave me a Barbie cake and even though I was not a big Barbie doll player, I loved that cake and always…
A Proper English Breakfast?
When I was a child, three women mom take care of me…….yes, I was probably a handful but mostly because mom worked full-time back in a time when women didn’t go to college and have careers. Of course my Nana took care of me after mom was widowed and we moved back to my grandparents’…
Fashion Time Capsule and Glitter Albums
So, I have two more nifty projects to show you – The first ones are the Copy Cats. Last night I got my daily email from Fab.com. I like Monday nights because it has all kinds of retro stores to browse. I don’t remember the name of the store but the owner offered albums. She…
Halloween Ghosties !!
About 3 years ago, I started using allrecipes.com. I love it there and regularly save other people’s recipes. About a year ago, I put on my own family recipes that I wanted to access quickly if I forgot how to do it or something happened to the recipes written on paper. About 4 days ago,…