Saw this on Michaels web site a couple weeks ago, i had some t-shirts i wasn’t willing to part with… and so i decided to see what i could do! Wash and iron a T-shirt. Flip the shirt inside out. Sew the bottom hem of the shirt closed with a sewing machine, or by hand…
Crafts
Campfire – Fire starters – results
So we finally had a few minutes to try out one of the completed fire starters! It worked GREAT!! It was a pretty windy day and it still stayed lit with a nice flame!! Can’t wait to get camping and try these out!! This one lasted nearly 20 minutes! Woot! If you missed the post…
Campfire – fire starters – DIY
I’ve known forever, that egg cartons, dryer lint and candle wax were the basic ingredients to creating ones own fire starters to take camping. I attempted once to melt the wax in the microwave inside the egg carton – note – don’t do that. After last summer of enjoying quite a bit of camping and…
Jar-o-lantern
Last year i joined the family in Disney and booked the event though AAA – and for some reason received the Family Fun magazine as a “thank you”. I read it each month and actually find some interesting stuff! This month I found the Jar-o-lantern and knew i had to do it! Step 1: Find…
Successful Craft Day!
Saturday was the day! Craft day! I invited a bunch of girl friends to come over and enjoy the day doing a craft of their choice! (instead of going to that other event, that was was far away and had specific food requirements) I was able to produce almost 40 cards! I have a couple…
Never too old for craft hour!
Friday we had a couple friends over that we hadn’t seen since early December in a chance meeting in New Orleans!! They brought with them a “Decorate your own pirate ship” kit for us to enjoy after din din!! Here is my creation: Hubby’s creation!
Popcorn!
Popcorn! So quickly we forget! Prior to Christmas I found an awesome caramel corn recipe and made it the first time with a microwave bag of popcorn. After that first time and how yummy it was I determined I needed to find a different way to pop popcorn. Then i went back in my memory…
Cayenne Beer Brittle
This is a conglomerate of 2 or 3 different recipes! I like how it turned out. Up or remove the heat to your taste! Ingredients: 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup corn syrup 1 cup beer 1 tbl butter 1 tbl Cayenne peppter 1 1/2 cup coarsely chopped peanuts 1 tsp Sea Salt 1 1/2 tsp…
Poinsettia Wrapping!
I had some containers that I was putting my home made yummies for christmas, but they were not so pretty. Sour cream and yogurt is not so attractive under the tree. So I found a pattern for poinsettia here, made some strips of green and put them through the sticker maker and created a “plant”…