For the round fishbowl, I used skittle jelly beans which is why they are darker than the other bowl which I used regular jelly beans with sprinkled robin eggs on top.
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I have fallen in love with Pinterest. I had a girlfriend post on my facebook wall that the site was made for me. I think she is right! With close to 2,000 pins, I made a promise to myself to use 1 pin a week. I have decided to keep track of the pins I have used through this blog. When I mentioned this to my 2 cousins they wanted to be contributors too. This blog will show things from a mom of a 7 and 2 year old, a mom of a 6 year old and a newlywed.
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Peep and jelly bean center pieces
I actually made these a couple years ago and forgot about them until I was pinning a couple weeks ago! Lucky me, Hobby Lobby had all their glass vases on sale when I went!!! I was able to get some great vases I know I'll be able to use over and over again.
For the round fishbowl, I used skittle jelly beans which is why they are darker than the other bowl which I used regular jelly beans with sprinkled robin eggs on top.
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For the round fishbowl, I used skittle jelly beans which is why they are darker than the other bowl which I used regular jelly beans with sprinkled robin eggs on top.
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Layered jell-o
I volunteered to make a jell-o salad this year. I found the pin below and thought it looked good. Who doesn't like sweet condensed milk! It was easy enough to make. But I thought it was a little odd to be adding an extra packet of gelatin to the colored layers. I was right, the jell-o was very chewy. The only thing I can think of is it is needed if you are going to cut out shapes out of the jell-o. I left mine in a glass 13"x9" dish and served it out of there. And I covered mine in cool whip. Overall I liked the flavor of the layers. Next time I'll not add the extra packet of gelatine and see what happens. And I couldn't tell what size jell-o box was used. I started with the 3 oz size and quickly realized I needed to double the amount. Next time, I'll buy the large packets of jell-o!
And I had some trouble with the white layer. When you make it, it makes 3 cups. You only need 1 cup at a time. So by the time I got to needing the last cup, it had started to set and was chunky. So I made another batch of the white layer and ended up throwing out 2 cups of it. I don't know what else to do and how to stop the mixture from starting to set.
I forgot to take a picture, but wanted to remember what I did if I need to make a jell-o dish again.
For each (I did 3) colored layer:
1 large box jell-o
2 cups hot water
1 packet knorr gelatin (I will not use this next time)
Mix together until smooth. Pour into a sprayed 13"x 9" glass pan
For the white layer: (makes enough for 3 layers)
1 can sweeten condense milk
3 packets knorr geltin
2 cups hot water
Mix until smooth. Pour over colored layer. It helps if you pour the mixture onto a spoon held close to the colored layer as to not cause a hole in the jell-o layer by pouring directly.
Let each layer set completely before adding the next layer. If not - your jell-o will turn brown.
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And I had some trouble with the white layer. When you make it, it makes 3 cups. You only need 1 cup at a time. So by the time I got to needing the last cup, it had started to set and was chunky. So I made another batch of the white layer and ended up throwing out 2 cups of it. I don't know what else to do and how to stop the mixture from starting to set.
I forgot to take a picture, but wanted to remember what I did if I need to make a jell-o dish again.
For each (I did 3) colored layer:
1 large box jell-o
2 cups hot water
1 packet knorr gelatin (I will not use this next time)
Mix together until smooth. Pour into a sprayed 13"x 9" glass pan
For the white layer: (makes enough for 3 layers)
1 can sweeten condense milk
3 packets knorr geltin
2 cups hot water
Mix until smooth. Pour over colored layer. It helps if you pour the mixture onto a spoon held close to the colored layer as to not cause a hole in the jell-o layer by pouring directly.
Let each layer set completely before adding the next layer. If not - your jell-o will turn brown.
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Puzzle egg hunt
I loved this idea when I saw it! My kids love egg hunts, but I don't want to just have candy filled eggs for them. I went to the dollar store. I found a 24 piece puzzle for my almost 3 year old and a 100 piece puzzle for the 8 year old. I put 1 puzzle piece in each egg for my son and 4 pieces in each for my daughter. That way my son had 24 eggs and my daughter 25. And I color separated the eggs. My son had blue, green and orange. My daughter had pink, purple and yellow. This way we won't mix up the puzzle pieces.
This seemed like a success! Even though my brother and I ended up doing 75% of my daughters puzzle (she had no concentration with so many family members around!), it was great and I look forward to doing this again next year!
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This seemed like a success! Even though my brother and I ended up doing 75% of my daughters puzzle (she had no concentration with so many family members around!), it was great and I look forward to doing this again next year!
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Egg plate for the kids
My almost 3 year old liked this much better than my 8 year old! My 8 year old didn't get enough food - especially the ham!
I ran the plastic eggs thought the top rack of the dishwasher and washed the styrofoam egg cartons thouroly. I just wanted to make sure there were no raw egg yuckies left in the egg cartons and residue on the plastic eggs.
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I ran the plastic eggs thought the top rack of the dishwasher and washed the styrofoam egg cartons thouroly. I just wanted to make sure there were no raw egg yuckies left in the egg cartons and residue on the plastic eggs.
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Carrot flower vase
I saw this and loved it! I've done lemons before but never thought about carrots...
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Bunny Footprints
We were expecting rain, so Riley wrote the bunny a note and drew him a key so he could make it into our house (bunnies can come down fireplaces!). The Easter Bunny used the key and left evidence he was in our house! I didn't think the dogs would clean up the flour footprints for me, but that's one less thing I have to do this morning!
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Meat fat
I keep seeing this post and finally remembered to try it. I'm going to do this every time I need to drain off fat! It was so simple.
I just lined a cereal bowl with tin foil, poured in the hot oil and let it sit for about an hour. Then I just threw it all away. So easy!
I just lined a cereal bowl with tin foil, poured in the hot oil and let it sit for about an hour. Then I just threw it all away. So easy!
Unique way to patch jeans
My fashionista of a daughter had holes in her two favorite jeans. What's a girl to do? I had extra fabric from a project in her room so with the aid of some "Stitch Witchery" she has fashionable new jeans - and the patch is comfortable and not itchy she told me.
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