Earring Organizer

Supplies:

Picture frame
Mesh ( I got mine a bag of oranges)
Glue gun
Scissors
Black spray paint (if your mesh isn't black)

This didn't cost me a penny to put together and it organized the mess of earrings I have. If your mesh is orange like mine was spray paint it black. Then take your mesh and cut it to the size of your frame. Now you can paste it to the back side of your frame. After that is done you can decorate it with your earrings!

Health Kick

 

Remember how I said in my last post that we gained a few pounds? Well we are on our health kick. We have actually been doing much better with our eating for a while now but I am so excited about all this stuff that I have to talk about it. Basically, these are all supplements that we take to help us be healthy.

Carb free protein powder for meal replacement.

Liver X to help get rid of the nasty toxins in our systems (it works hard for us so it deserves a little help)

Multi Vitamin so that our bodies know it is getting all the vitamins it needs so there is no need to hold on to extra calories

Fish Oil so my skin is smooth as a babies bottom ;)

Glutamine for assisting the muscles to recover from lifting weights

Creatine to assist the muscles to work harder and longer for better results in less time.

I think that I am going to start looking for some fun healthy foods. I will test them out and share them with you!

Let's hear it for being healthy!

Faux Metal Star

 I found this idea on one of the first blogs I ventured to here.  I used them for 4th of July decoration but I look forward to using them for Christmas as well.

It took me about 6 months to accumulate this many pie pans for the stars ( we ate a lot of pie and consequently gained a few pounds). You can also buy oven liners from the store depending on the size of star you want.

 The first thing you need to do is cut off the outer rim so that all is left is a flat surface.

 (These will be coming back in a future craft)












Then find yourself a picture of a nautical star, trace the pattern onto the foil then you get to cut it out. When you cut make sure you leave a 1/8 inch around the outside. This will provide a folded edge and will keep fingers from getting cut up.

 When you have the amount of stars you want you can do your painting! Have fun!

Bisquick Cornbread

I have had a few requests for the this recipe and I love sharing it! Makes me feel like I can be a part of the every day living of those I care for even if they are thousands of miles away. Love you guys!

1/2 lb margerine/butter (room temp)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cup Bisquick
3/4 cup cornmeal
1 cup milk

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Mix all ingredients then pour into lightly greased 9x13 pan.

Cook at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Enjoy!

P.S. I personally love to smother my slice in honey or maple syrup. Mmmm comfort food at its finest!

Friday Failure - Pug Cake

Well as most of you know yesterday was Mr. Creoles birthday. As such, I wanted to do something fun and meaningful. Both of us are major pug lovers ( we have ourselves an adorable brindle pug and wish we could have more ) so in addition to making dinner I thought I would make a pug cake.


Since there is just the two of us to eat a cake I decided to make it quite a bit smaller than the ones in the pictures. I started out with a sheet cake and did some stacking and carving. This is what it looked like when it was ready to be covered in fondant.


Now this is where the failure begins. I wanted to try my hand at making fondant myself but because it was 3 in the morning and I had limited supplies I had to try my hand at this recipe. I followed the recipe exactly and it ended up looking great... til I went to roll it out.

Turns out this fondant will stick to anything and everything including itself.  It dried way too quickly to be of any use and ended up looking like this mess. I couldn't even manage to get the fondant on the cake in one piece.

So after I ended up tearing all the pieces off of the cake in frustration this is what was left of my cake.

Sad day.



After realizing that my pug idea was not going to be a success I racked my brain for alternative solutions and came up with this.


I took the cake, broke it up into pieces and set them aside.


Then I took some strawberries I had in the fridge and sliced about 2 cups worth. Put them in a sauce pan with about 1/4 cup sugar and brought to a boil.

I boiled the strawberries for 10-15 minutes to create some thickness. Removed from heat and let it cool.


I then took my cake crumbs and spooned some into a glass. Then a few spoonfuls of strawberries.

Then add a couple scoops of cool whip. Repeat.

Mmmm! Victory at last!!