A day at the beach

It was baby girls first time to go to the beach.

Once the sand got into her flip flops she wanted to be carried.  Then we put her down and she played with the sand while staying in the same position to make sure she didn’t have to move.  Her toes were like that for about 20 minutes. Hehehe!



It was a beautiful day, but chilly at times.  This kept the water cold.  So there wasn’t much swimming, but more playing, building sand castles, gathering sea shells and just having a great time!



Until next time…

Have a great week!

Tattoo Love

I have none.  I want one, just one.  I’m too afraid to have to commit to a tattoo for the rest of my lift, but there is ONE I really want.  One that I KNOW I can live with FOREVER.  I want my baby girl’s name on the inside of my wrist.  I’ve had weird looks from close friends and relatives, but I want it.  One day, until then…here is a picture of my best friends tattoo, which I love and I think it is sooo pretty!  I’ve seen different tattoos..on-line, in person, in pictures, but this is my absolute favorite!  Don’t you love it?  You should see the detail in the sword the Geisha is holding!

 

Homemade play dough (not edible)

I’ve been wanting to make homemade play dough and we finally made it.  Here is an easy recipe I found and I’ve added a picture tutorial.

Ingredients

• 1 cup white flour
• 1/2 cup salt
• 2 tablespoons cream of tartar
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 cup water
• food coloring

These are the ingredients listed, but I cut the recipe in 1/2.
Directions (along with numbered pictures above)

1. Gather your ingredients
2. Mix first four ingredients in a pan
3. Add water and mix well.  Cook over medium heat and stir constantly for 3 –5 minutes. 
4. Dough will become difficult to stir and get clumpy.  (I only had to heat it for a minute by the time it became clumpy)
5. Remove from the stove and knead for about 5 minutes.  Add food coloring during the kneading process.
6. Store the play dough in covered plastic containers or plastic sandwich bags.

Then…. have fun!

It was really easy and again, I found the recipe here: http://mommyfootprint.com/the-perfect-home-made-play-dough-recipe/

I've linked this to some of these parties.

Very FIRST feature

I'm so excited.  My rosette necklace was featured on Dominique's Craft Couture blog.  It's has made my crazy morning brighter!

Rosette necklace

I’ve seen all these beautiful handmade rosette necklaces in blog land and etsy.  I adore them and decided I would try to make one. 




What do you think?  If you like it, let me know and I’ll make another one and do a tutorial as well.

I've linked to these parties some of these parties. 

Warm Apple Crisp

I need to make a dessert for our family Christmas party tonight and I decided on a super easy Apply Crisp recipe I found on the Food Network.

1) Peel 6 apples

 

2) Cut apples and place in a 9 by 12 baking dish.  Combine apples, juice of the orange (the recipe calls for lemon juice, but I’ve used the juice of an orange the last 2 times because that is what we had), cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar.

 

3) Mix graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and butter together using your fingers and work until small crumbles form.

 

4) Sprinkles the graham cracker mixture over the apples and bake for 15 to 20 minutes until apples are just tender and topping is golden brown.

 

Top off with a scoop or two of vanilla ice cream.

Like I said, super easy and yummy! 

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 Merry Christmas

Yummy Caramel Dipping Sauce

Wow!  I saw this great OH MY GOSH SOOO SOOO YUMMY Buttery Caramel Sauce on the How Does She? blog. It is AWESOME.  It is so easy and done within 10 minutes.  You should MUST try it.

 

I don’t know how to describe it except for WOW!  Really!  The recipe says to put it in the refrigerator to let it cool, but I could not resist.  I put it in the refrigerator, cut up an apple and then took it right back out and drizzled it on top and my family and I ate it.  They loved it!  Check out this blog for the recipe and great pictures of how to make it!

Do  you have another simple recipe that is delicious that you recommend?

Tutu time

This year Belly is going to be a punk rock ballerina for Halloween.  I still need to get the rest of the accessories, but here is her punk rock tutu that I made!