tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29123727701466305552024-02-18T20:04:33.490-08:00Handie BrandiePlease, join me in the awesome adventure of being a Mom, and a DIY crafter!
Not only will it be fun, it may just get a little messy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912372770146630555.post-75075977086425120052012-12-22T14:58:00.001-08:002012-12-22T14:58:19.339-08:00what?? a year?I have had sooooooo much going on this year! My blog got put on the back burner, and so have all my crafts! What I HAVE been doing a lot of, is crocheting! Im in love with it, and plan on doing a lot more posts aboutit!Keep an eye out for more posts! <div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">First of all, I would like to apologize for my extended absence. See, I work in a Tax office...and January-April 15th is our insane, crazy, stab-myself-in-the-eye, busy time....so my blog took a back burner while I was busy catering to tax returns.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">But that time is ova...and I'm back and ready to go with more crafts! I cannot wait to show you all what I've been up to! But that'll be tomorrow...I still need to get pictures ready! haha!</span><br />
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Do you love it? I DO! There is an amazing guy on Youtube named Mikey (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/mikeyssmail?feature=g-all-u">http://www.youtube.com/user/mikeyssmail?feature=g-all-u</a> )<br />
He has amazing tutorials, and this is from one of them..called the Neverending granny square. It LOOKS difficult, but honestly, its not!<br />
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I've been in a very chillax mood lately when its been time to craft. <br />I haven't had a ton of inspiration, and to be quite honest...my craft room is a hot mess, so I dont really want to even go in there! ha!<br /><br />But I HAVE been in a crochet-ing mood.<br />Youtube has been an amazing source for all these really neat stitches and ideas for crochet projects.<br /><br />Here is one that I made just lastnight!<br />The yard was a PITA to work with, but the cap turned out so cute!</div>
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AND, This is by far one of my most favorite pieces I have made, ever.<br />The picture does not do the color justice, its a super pretty lilac color.<br />LOVE.<br /><br />Ms. Shelby Jane will be rocking it in style this winter (since ya know, Winter is just barely starting for some!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-toe8SDtnn_Sd-5EX1I0UTmMmA_gg_x4XJBcJ0vVMat9Pa0Pxo9WtJWSGILRvhv1VmknYhxvWRa9h6LeHnQpxzUtoGQT4fdkWc4kWFszGXbPyWNYBuBH6x_MrpA1HijxcGMcNPZfRm82d/s1600/331360_2871588584158_1093173938_33009711_1014181523_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-toe8SDtnn_Sd-5EX1I0UTmMmA_gg_x4XJBcJ0vVMat9Pa0Pxo9WtJWSGILRvhv1VmknYhxvWRa9h6LeHnQpxzUtoGQT4fdkWc4kWFszGXbPyWNYBuBH6x_MrpA1HijxcGMcNPZfRm82d/s320/331360_2871588584158_1093173938_33009711_1014181523_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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Also, my Mom gave me some of my Grandma's old crochet hooks, and I adore using them! Makes me feel like she is right there, showing me what to do :) <3</div>
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I'm a bad blogger...and I'm so sorry for just disappearing off the face of the earth! The holidays seems to get just to hectic its hard to keep up with trying to craft, take pictures of it all, blog it, promote the post..blah blah...so I just hid for a while! ha!</div>
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During my leave of absence, I have still been busy crafting away. I may not have taken many picture of the process, I did take final pictures!<br /><br />So lets get started wish Show and Tell, shall we?
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We made Salt Dough Ornaments! Ambitious, I know.<br /><br />So here they are all cut out and drying. I got the recipe off of Pintrest, and to be totally honest, I cannot find the recipe again...Sorry!</div>
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And here they are all decorated up...Can you tell we gave them away as gifts? Aiden needed his name on ALL of them apparently.</div>
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Then I found a super cute idea on Pintrest for rolled scrapbook paper Christmas trees!<br />This really only took me about 15-20 minutes to make, and its freaking adorable!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSRrWuvHsPVYEHsVKSi0SVXNScjxHK7vd7sV7jpxnbTJ8XGW8hN2bxcATBmb5wX_bWtKWGZ4BgcNDKqkFx1QEyf_CdcwCUd9Xu4FA6tIOvUgP5Pgsg1TaPsKXYaq3vBmIlpYMLEf7vOiR/s1600/336887_2644533107913_1093173938_32881655_1614286148_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSRrWuvHsPVYEHsVKSi0SVXNScjxHK7vd7sV7jpxnbTJ8XGW8hN2bxcATBmb5wX_bWtKWGZ4BgcNDKqkFx1QEyf_CdcwCUd9Xu4FA6tIOvUgP5Pgsg1TaPsKXYaq3vBmIlpYMLEf7vOiR/s320/336887_2644533107913_1093173938_32881655_1614286148_o.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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No projects here, just..<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!<br />I hope 2012 brings you much happiness, and alcohol!<br />(but only if you are over 21...if you aren't then I hope 2012 brings you much happiness and orange juice!)</div>
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Not a project either, but Pop the Pig is invaded my home..(Thanks Mom!)<br />Its a disgusting game where you feed a Pig hamburgers until its stomach gets so big it "pops"<br />Gross. Hilarious. My 4 year old LOVES it.</div>
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Now to my FAVORITE project of 2012 thus far.<br />BABY COWBOY BOOTS!<br />OMG!<br />I'm in love. And I dont even have a baby girl to put them on, but my awesome friend Sarah just had an adorable baby girl! I still need to make the other boot....I just made this one lastnight! ha!<br />It takes over 2 hours to make, but its so worth it! LOVE!</div>
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Well, thats it for now, folks. <br />I will be back SOON with more crafts, ideas, and all around dorkiness!<br /><br />Take care now, bye bye then</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> “Dark times lie ahead of us and there will be a time when we must choose between what is easy and what is right.” - Albus Dumbledore<br /><br />Right. Now that I have my Harry Potter Nerd-ness out of the way, I can get on to my post! ha!<br /><br />Been busy. With? Work. Crafts. Knitting...</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />But not any of that 'silly' needle knitting...Im talking LOOM Knitting!<br />I'm addicted, folks. <br />Its hardcore knitting time around my house.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"><br />Infact, I've opened up an etsy shop to sell some of my awesome creations! <br />I even do Made-to-Order hats.<br />Oooo, Fancy.<br /><br />So here is my official Etsy shop...<br />Are you ready for this awesomeness?<br /></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/brandiewhy">http://www.etsy.com/shop/brandiewhy</a><br /><br />So, look, shop, buy, order.</div>
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<br />Christmas is right around the corner! </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912372770146630555.post-49563918126106441792011-11-03T08:48:00.000-07:002011-11-03T08:48:29.209-07:00Homemade Laundry Soap<div style="text-align: center;">
So my awesome friend <a href="http://storywritermama.blogspot.com/">Marlana</a>, is a freaking Susie Homemaker! (And I say this in the nicest way, no negativity here!)<br /><br />She makes homemade, EVERYTHING.</div>
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She is the person (and recipe) behind my awesome <a href="http://storywritermama.blogspot.com/2011/08/homemade-white-sandwich-bread.html">Bread</a> that I make!<br /><br />So it shouldn't come as a surprise to you, that she also makes her own Laundry soap.<br /><br />Yes, her own <a href="http://storywritermama.blogspot.com/2011/10/homemade-laundry-detergent.html">LAUNDRY SOAP!</a><br />(Click the link...it'll take you right to her recipe and method!)<br /><br />I have yet to try this out.<br />Why?<br /><br />I'm Lazy.<br /><br />But I intend to do it, soon...I even have all the ingredients to do it....just no motivation :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912372770146630555.post-3027336414614504072011-11-01T11:55:00.000-07:002011-11-01T11:55:36.338-07:00Hold onto your Shorts!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<u>Fall/Autumn Projects!</u><br />
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Shaving Cream leaves<br />
Pine Cone Bird Feeders<br />
Thanksgiving Placemat<br />
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Beaded Ornament<br />
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I have a lot of things all planned out for Chrismtas/Holiday Projects, its not even funny! <br />
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I hope everyone has a Happy, and SAFE, Halloween! Enjoy your time out with your kidlets, or at home handing out candy to all the spooky goblins that knock on your door, begging for candy. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912372770146630555.post-16660112450443408362011-10-28T08:00:00.000-07:002011-10-28T08:00:10.375-07:00Going Apple Crisp Batty over here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I haven't done a whole lot of Halloween Crafts here latley, besides the carving of the pumpkins.<br /><br />Why?<br /></div>
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Good Questions. <br />Lack of desire to do them?<br /><br />Maybe I'm just Halloween-d out.<br /><br />But I did manage to do this fun project</div>
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Its a bat!<br />See it? The hands are the wings?<br />We had fun doing it...but I didnt get step by step pictures...sorry lol</div>
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I will leave you with my apple crisp recipe though :)</div>
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Freaking DELICIOUS.</div>
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Well, the pumpkins are picked.</div>
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The designs are drawn.<br />Now its time to CARVE!<br /><br />But first, we have to dig the guts out!<br />Now let me tell ya...this is the ONLY time I could get Aiden's hand inside that pumpkin.<br />He just thought it was gross and wouldn't do it...chicken. haha!</div>
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But we eventually got it all cleaned out.<br />Him and Papa got the face all drawn on earlier, so that part was done.</div>
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Now it was time to get out the fun little knives, and get started</div>
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I have NEVER let Aiden do this part...but he actually asked to do some of it this year.<br />Was I scared to hand a 4 year old a sharp cutting utensil and let him go at a pumpkin?<br /><br />Oh HELLS YES.</div>
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And it only lasted all of about 30 seconds when he told me it was 'too hard' for him.<br /></div>
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<br />Thats cool, I'll do it.<br /><br />I love how his turned out...him and my Dad always make the coolest faces!<br /><br />Then we had the tiny little pumpkin that I made into a baby pumpkin..literally..with one tiny little tooth :)<br /><br />Oh, and my Owl pumpkin...I'm loving me some owls these days!</div>
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Earlier in the week I gave Aiden a plate full of paints, and a mini pumpkin, and let him go at it.</div>
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What have you done for Halloween crafts? Carved pumpkins? Lets see!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912372770146630555.post-73715782170747787932011-10-26T15:42:00.000-07:002011-10-26T15:42:37.200-07:00Pumpkin Pickin Time, Ya'll!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I love to make the 45 minute trip to go pick pumpkins!<br />I love the excitement of going and finding the PERFECT pumpkins.<br />I love the cooler weather (Ok, so it got into the Mid to upper 80's that day...not so 'cool')<br />I love all the orange little balls you see just waiting for you out in the field as you ride up on the hay ride.</div>
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I DON'T Love...Riding on the hay ride then standing up and still having those sharp little sticks of hay stuck in your pants and jabbing your butt the whole time you're trying to find a pumpkin...and trying not to make a big scene as you try and pat your own butt down to get it out of your pants! HA!</div>
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Anyway,<br />Back to the subject...<br /><br />PUMPKINS!</div>
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J'adore.<br /><br />Check it out, I did remember something from French Class! WOOT!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg500YIPJc-iPKuuaOBX9QfhaZrmD-S1XqVxmcy8XUID6br-i-NV5yGbI5M6TbR0GV-YevcCgm97GX_sWEB2Wr44ZTRkuZKrL3hmOKVblKeY2Az8EjesguFnfl15cMEwRs0SiMPvk3f_EWi/s1600/311868_2412512947554_1093173938_32757127_1583507943_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg500YIPJc-iPKuuaOBX9QfhaZrmD-S1XqVxmcy8XUID6br-i-NV5yGbI5M6TbR0GV-YevcCgm97GX_sWEB2Wr44ZTRkuZKrL3hmOKVblKeY2Az8EjesguFnfl15cMEwRs0SiMPvk3f_EWi/s320/311868_2412512947554_1093173938_32757127_1583507943_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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RUN! We got our pumpkins guys!<br /></div>
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This might be one of my favorite parts of the whole trip...seeing the kids throw the pumpkins up on the trailer. (Not because they are young, and strong...nope...its because its FUN to watch! lol)</div>
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The mountain and crops are awesome too :)</div>
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<br />I didnt get many picture of the other things, but I did manage to get a picture of my Sweet Roasted Corn with butter and Parmesan cheese...Oh, My, Word. Delicious.</div>
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I cant wait to get these bad boys all carved up!<br />(Uh, I should say I cant wait to SHOW you all how these were carved up...since we've already done the carving!....whoops.<br /><br /><br />And just to leave you with a little Halloween Treat..</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2912372770146630555.post-15320297905556360632011-10-10T10:48:00.000-07:002011-10-10T10:54:21.893-07:00The smell of Fall (and Fair) is in the air!<div style="text-align: center;">
I love this time of the year! <br />
The weather starts cooling off (In AZ that means it gets below 70 at night!)<br />
And the County Fair comes to town!<br />
Us country folk just LIVE for the County Fair!<br />
...I just wish Carnies weren't so scary...sheesh.</div>
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Anyway, I didnt get a lot of pictures from the fair...I was more interested in watching my son have fun on the rides. <br />
But I did capture this one of my son and my husband riding the Bear ride.<br />
You can see my husband hand...sexy right? ;)<br />
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After our exciting time at the Fair, I came home and was bored.<br />
My son and I took a trip to the Dollar Tree to see if I could find anything to inspire a craft.<br />
6 dollars later, we were homebound with a craft, some halloween decorations, and a balloon.<br />(Sorry, no pic of the Balloon...But we HAVE to get one everytime we go...a certain 4 year old thinks its a rule or something!)</div>
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I got started by taking a foam floral wreath, and spray painting it black.<br />
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While I was waiting for it to dry, my puppy decided to visit me and just stare at me with those creepy yellow eyes of his.</div>
But he's cute, so I took a picture :)<br />
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After I threatened the dog and told him "You touch my crafts, you die" (ok, he wont die, but I wouldnt be Happy, thats for sure)</div>
My son convinced me it was time to put those decorations up in my front yard.<br />
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So we did.</div>
Cute, right? <br />
(The 'dummy' in the red shirt isnt a permanent decoration ;) )<br />
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Ahhh, now we get to the fun part!<br />
Opening up the Candy Corn! YUM!<br />
I had to separate the 'bad' ones from the 'good' ones.<br />
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He 'disposed' of the 'bad' ones for me!</div>
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I might have helped, a little.</div>
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Now to get to work, and quit eating candy.<br />
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I got out my trusty hot glue gun, and go to gluing down the candy corn.<br />
I would lay down a long line of glue, then hurry and put all the candies on.<br />
I found that it really DID help to have them all ready and sorted out before you did this...you have to move kind of fast!</div>
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I alternated the direction of the candies.</div>
Then I added the rows around the outside.<br />
I love how that turned out!<br />
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I didnt like that there was a black hole in the middle...so I did something about that.<br />
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Then I sprayed a few coats of clear coat on it.</div>
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VOILA!<br />
DONE!<br />
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I LOVE how it turned out! Very festive!!</div>
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It's that time of the year again folks.</div>
Sick Season.<br />
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Blech.<br />
We had a sick day recently in the HB household...It wasnt fun.<br />
Fevers and Belly Aches all around!<br />
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So I thought we should do a fun little project that didnt take TOO Much effort, and it would get our minds off of being sick.<br />
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So, we put on our flip flops, and headed to the front yard.<br />
We have 2 massive Mullberry trees out there...that have massive (and not so massive) leaves!<br />
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So we picked 1 or 2....or....5 or 6...haha<br />
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I got out my fall colored paints, and we got to putting some paint on those leaves..</div>
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I think my son liked this part the most.....<br />
It went from nice and uniform colors....</div>
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After we got the leaf painted, it was time to turn it over onto the paper.</div>
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Then press alllllllll around the leaf, but dont rub, just press.</div>
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He decided on 4 leaves that day, and this was his finished work!</div>
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Doesn't look much different once its all dry!<br />
So fall-ish!</div>
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Only I printed mine on canvas...Now to find a frame!<br />
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Remember my decorated pumpkin yesterday? And I said I had another one to do?<br />
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Only, my 4 year old decided that some of the puff paints needed to smudge....Oh well :)</div>
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My Father In Law grew some really neat white pumpkins this year.<br /><br />I loved them!<br />And he gave me 2 of them!<br />I didn't turn it down when he offered!</div>
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They are almost perfect! They have some boo boos, but nothing horrible!</div>
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So I took a pencil and VERY lightly traced some swirls on the pumpkin.</div>
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I cant wait for it to all dry so I can put it back on my table.<br /><br />I have another one I'm going to do the same thing with! LOVE IT!!</div>
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Does that surprise anyone? Nah, didnt think so.<br /><br />So I was a skeptic the first time I made it...2 ingredients?<br />Thats it?<br />Impossible.</div>
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Yellow Cake Mix, and a can of 100% Pure Pumpkin.<br />Put into a bowl together.</div>
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Ahhhh all done!<br />Mmmm makes the house smell AMAZING!<br /><br />While they taste great on their own...I decided to put a little glaze on the muffins.<br /><br />1 cup powdered sugar<br />1tsp milk<br />tiny splash of vanilla extract.<br />Mix, mix mix mix.<br />Drizzle.</div>
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While these ARE great the day you make them...but if you let them sit overnight...they are even better!! YUM! Great for breakfast!</div>
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My, Oh My...I've been a bad blogger!<br />Its been 3 days since my last confession...I mean post ;)</div>
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I've been busy...<br />Not with crafting though, unfortunately...with LIFE.<br /><br />My Brother-in-Law got us ticked to the Monster Truck show that came to my town.</div>
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Aside from the exciting times mentioned above, we had some not-so exciting times....<br /><br />Fixing Cars.</div>
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My husband car quit working, and at first we thought it was the starter (EEK!)<br />But it ended up just being a dead battery..THANK GOODNESS!<br /><br />So naturally, my son had to go out and help :)</div>
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While they were doing their 'Manly bonding' over the engine of the Mustang...<br />I went inside and taught myself how to Knit.<br /><br />Yes, Knit.<br /></div>
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I can't claim it was pretty...Infact...it was down right AWFUL!</div>
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BUT! I did get better! See?</div>
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Now that I have the basic stitch down, its time to learn some other ones...Oy Vey! </div>
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And now to the highlight of my Son's weekend/week...<br />He finally got the courage up to hold my sisters' bird, Jazzy.</div>
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Him and Jazzy were like peas and carrots by the end of the night.</div>
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Why?<br />Because I had about 10 emails after the last salsa post, asking to elaborate on my process, and recipe.<br /><br />So here we go. Ready?</div>
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Ok, so here are my Ingredients: </div>
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3 cloves of fresh garlic<br />(dont go using the canned stuff)</div>
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1/2 of a Yellow Onion<br />4 Jalapenos </div>
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Cut the tops and tips off of the Jalapenos, and take out the seeds and as much as the veins as you can (Thats where the heat is...if you like it hotter, keep them in)<br /> Then cut them into big pieces, as well as the onion, and put them in the food processor. <br /><br />I also put in some of the crushed tomatos, just to give it some liquid to work with, but I didnt take a picture of that, sorry. BAD BLOGGER!</div>
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Blend it all up, then dump it into a bowl, then onto doing the same thing with the Garlic and Cilantro and the rest of the crushed tomatoes. <br />(I had to do this in 2 steps because I have the worlds smallest Food processor...if you have a big one, feel free to do it all at once!</div>
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So when you get it all finely chopped up, put in the salt and pepper.</div>
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Then stir it really well. <br />You can eat it right away, but I like to let it sit in the fridge for atleast a few hours to let all the flavors combine. Overnight if you can resist!</div>
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My sister is an amazing Baker. </div>
Well, I should say she is an amazing Homemaker..she is my exact opposite!<br />
I had asked her a few days ago if she was willing to 'give up' her secret recipe of her cookies for my Blog...<br />
I was jaw-dropping ASTOUNDED when she actually said Yes..<br />
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Amanda P's Super Soft Sugar Cookies with Homemade Frosting!<br />
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First you need to gather your ingredients for the dough...they go something like this</div>
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She was feeling all starry-eyed when she made these, so Stars it was!</div>
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These were AMAZING!!</div>
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I dont know if you have noticed, I've only mentioned it once or twice..I think...<br />
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Anyway, I was browsing on my favorite site (Pintrest) and saw a super cute frame idea.<br />
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I couldn't resist copying it! (Naturally!)<br />
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So while I was on a run to Wal-Mart to get some medicine for the MAN COLD that has invaded my house, I thought I would stop by the craft section, and see what I could find.<br />
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And I found just what I needed!<br />
Frame<br />
Wiggly Eyes<br />
Wooden Letters<br />
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I already had the paper from a previous project.</div>
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What would a Handie Brandie project be wthout Mod Podge,so naturally I put the paper on with Mod Podge, then used my exacto knife to go around the edges.</div>
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Then I poured out both bags of the Wiggly Eyes (or Googly eyes, as I have wanted to call them all day!)<br />
I got the Medium and small sizes.</div>
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Then one, by one, by freaking ONE. I super glued the eyes onto the frame.</div>
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This. Took. FOREVER.</div>
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Really...probably 30-45 minutes.<br />
Which is a long time with you face thisclose to super glue.<br />
Im pretty sure I'm still high.<br />
haha, Kidding! Kind of.</div>
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He had to inspect it...just to make sure I was doing it right!</div>
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Eyes are finished!!</div>
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Now for the letters. On the one I saw on Pintrest, the letters were made out of Chipboard that she cut out on her Cricut...but well, I didnt have Chipboard, and was too lazy to find some..<br />
Wooden letters it is.<br />
Painted Black.</div>
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Hot glued the letters on the ribbon, and VOILA!<br />
DONE!!!</div>
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This is seriously my most FAVORITE project I've done. Yes, there is quite a bit of my DNA stuck on the frame...darn super glue. But its so cute, yet creepy....Perfect for Halloween!!</div>
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I was fiddle farting around on the internet yesterday, and came across this awesome idea for a fun Halloween Craft for the kidlets (with Adult help too, of course)</div>
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Just follow these steps, and you'll come out with an adorable Skeleton made out of your name!<br />
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You will need the following: 8x11 white paper, black construction paper, pencil, scissors, glue.</div>
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Fold the white paper in half long ways. </div>
On the fold, as close as you can possibly get, write your name in cursive writing..the loopier the better.<br />
I would say try and make it atleast an inch high....of course the first letter being bigger than the rest.<br />
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When you have it how you want it....Cut it out. As close as you can to the lettering. It doesnt have to be perfect. </div>
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After you cut it out, open it up! You should have something that looks like this.......only with YOUR name, not my sons!</div>
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There! now you have a backbone!<br />
Lets move on to the rest, shall we? Yes, we shall!</div>
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Out of the same piece of paper, on the crease, cut out something that resembles a skeleton head...I dont have a template for this, I just kind of free handed it.</div>
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Then on the fold of the head shape, cut out the nose and mouth.</div>
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When you unfold it all, it should look something like this:</div>
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Now its time to cut out the arms and legs. I free handed these, again, just wing it...it doesnt have to look perfect!</div>
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Lookie there! Ain't he cute?!<br />
Now just glue him down on the black construction paper, and you're done!!</div>
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So I cut the black construction paper around him with some pinking shears...</div>
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Then I put him on some ORANGE construction paper, just to give it a little flair.</div>
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and wrote a little message :)</div>
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Then, I did something kind of stupid....I put a layer of Mod Podge over it. He wasnt sticking down as good as I wanted....</div>
He wrinkled up :( Skeletons don't have WRINKLES!!<br />
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Oh well...when all was said and done, he turned out SUPER cute!<br />
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I've seen so many of the Scrabble block art out there lately, and I thought I should give it a go.</div>
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The trouble was finding an old game. </div>
It was harder than it should have been, really.<br />
I finally found one at a Swap meet, and I paid $2.00 for it.<br />
The guy said that he wasnt sure all the pieces were there. But to be honest, I didnt care.<br />
I FINALLY found one!<br />
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I dug out the letters that I wanted...and arranged them.</div>
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I really loved a project that I saw on Pintrest, that had the words "Love You", But wanted to add "me" so it would be a couple thing...You + Me = Love kind of thing...So I did it :)<br />
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Then I created the matting around it with just some paper and cut out the middle to make a frame.</div>
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Now for the part that ended up being way harded than it needed to be. Gluing all the worlds together.<br />
First, I just put a line of glue behind the tiles, but then it sat up too much off the paper.<br />
So with tiny little glue lines (Hot glue) I glued each tile. <br />
Looked like this when I was done:</div>
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Of course I had to use Mod Podge..where would I be without it?</div>
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Because I have a form of Adult ADD (Self-Diagnosed, naturally)<br />
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My son had these glitter pens, and I just happened to have this wood letter lying about...<br />
Its ugly, but it killed time lol</div>
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After all was dry, I used this super glue, to glue the words down onto the paper, so it layed flat</div>
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And I spray painted this AWFUL frame I had...I painted it all black, and while I dont have a finished picture of the frame, I do have a before! haha</div>
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I so happen to LOVE it, and cannot wait to get it hanging up!<br />
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