DIY Cupcake Stand

DIY Cupcake Stand

 

My Easy $6 cupcake stand

 

 

Supplies: All came from D.G.

1. 3 plates

2. 3 glasses. I used Margarita glasses for the top 2 and a regular cup upside down for the base.

3. Glue gun/glue sticks

 

All plates and cups were $1 a piece :)

I played around with the design to make sure I found the way I like it most.

Then just heat gun and glue!!!

 

So easy and super cheap, now we have a pretty Springy cupcake stand for our Easter cupcakes!

Ive made cupcake stands in the past, I used glass plates and glass candle stick holders all from The Dollar Store. But I'am really liking the plastic better since I have 5 kids. This makes me feel safer when I have lots of little hands rushing to grab cupcakes lol.

 

Here's a pic of the different designs I tried before picking the one above.

 

 

 



Summer Pasta Salad

Here's  my recipe for a Fun, Easy, Colorful, and I cant forgot Yummy pasta salad!!!

1. 1 bag/box of Noodles. Here I used Garden Rotini. You can use any noodles you prefer, I like to      use bow tie and the kids really love when I use spaghetti noodles. Though I love the colors of the Garden Rotini noodles.

2. 1 bottle of Italian dressing. I use whatever I have a coupon for or what is on sale that day.

3. 2-4 diced tomatoes depending on size and how many you like in the salad. I used a container of cherry tomatoes sliced into thirds, I loved the way they looked.

4. 1 large cucumber peeled and diced nicely

5. 1 can medium olives sliced

6. Add a little salt and pepper for taste

7. I topped it with a piece of basil from my basil plant in my kitchen. It really added an amazing flavor and looked great too.

                                                         

                                            Stir, Chill, and Enjoy!!!

Jelly Bean Prayer

                                    Jelly Bean Prayer

I love this little Prayer and its so fun and a simple little thing to do with the kids. I sort through the jelly beans prior to doing it with them, and put a bean of each color in an egg for each kid. That way we can go through it together and they can eat each bean as we go. On the prayer it says a bag full of jelly beans, but I say an egg full when were doing it. Have fun with this one, I know your little ones will love it, mine do :)

DECORATING!!!!

Yes I was screaming that as I typed it. I love to decorate almost as much as I love to craft. I change my table arrangements at least once a month and to go with all the seasons. I just wanted to share my Picture Wall, and yes the table that is there in the pic has been moved and replaced with a different table and different decor lol. But will make its way back soon Iam sure. Call it ADD or OCD ahhh just call me CRAZY!!! Here's my wall

So I just realized as I was uploading, it must have been Halloween. So this table and decor has been changed 4 times since then lol. The table now is currently sporting Easter Decor.

                                                              Plates and this frame made by me :)

I will blog about the plate and frame soon (I hope lol)

A craft a day keeps the shrink away???

A craft a day keeps the shrink away???? Hmmm I totally would agree with myself, I love crafting or creating. Its almost like free therapy for me, its relaxing, and lets me express myself. I just wish I had time for a craft a day. I might have to change that in the near future and make myself take time each day to work on something that makes me happy :)

Here's my most recent creation: My mosaic, scrapbook paper, decoupaged table. And that's what I'll call it!!! Haha, try and say that three times lol. I wasn't really going for a mosaic look, but as I started piecing it all together, I liked how it was looking and just went with it.

Material: An old table or piece of furni you want to vamp up, Spray paint (black in this case), scrapbook paper of your choice, and decoupage I use MOD PODGE (MATTE-MAT-MATE) from Hobby Lobby.

                                                                  Before

Steps:
1. wipe clean and make sure its dry.
2. Spray paint (let dry of course)
3. Tear scrapbook paper into pieces laying them on the table. I start with bigger pieces, and do this till its covered. I then move them around till I like how it looks.
4. Start in a small section moving away tops pieces and glueing the bottom pieces then glueing the tops pieces. The design will change some during this process, sometimes for me it changes completely lol. I just go with it.
5. once you have the table covered as you like it, place a coat of M.P on the whole thing, I did mine in a circle stroke since the table is round.
6. I then get down eye level to the table and look for air bubbles, they can easily been smoothed out with your fingers.
7. Let dry and re coat with the M.P, I did three coats.

                                                                Creating the look stage:

                                                             MOD PODGE Stage:

And DONE!!!

Cute new addition to my bedroom

Whats Cookin Good Lookin

Yay another first for me, a subject I have blogged about yet. COOKING!!! I love cooking almost as much as I love eating haha. I will be adding some recipes I have been making for years and new ones I come across. 'Iam always looking for great new recipes for my hungry family. Right now I'am currently on a new diet that has a strict 500 calorie a day plan. I'am limited to what meats, veggies, and fruit I can eat and how much. So I have been experimenting and making new dishes I can eat safely. So I will be adding some of these as well. I hope you enjoy all my Yummy Recipes.

My first recipe is something I whipped up today for my 500 calories diet:

I will call it Chicken, spinach stir fry with seasoned cherry toms and apples.

1. Cooked shreeded chicken breast (about3/4 a cup) I boil my chicken
2. 3 handfuls of fresh spinach leaves, rinsed, and tore a little.
3. 1/2 an apple sliced
4. 1 cup cherry tomatoes sliced in half.

I took the wet spinach lettuce and put it in my wok on Med. Then tossed in the chicken. Add salt/pepper/onion powder/ and real garlic to your liking. I also shake in red chili powder, this has been a life saver for my with this diet, well that and garlic.

Toss and cook till spinch is soft. Season your tomatoes with salt/pepper/garlic salt/ and chili powder.
Serve and eat. This actually had alot more flavor than I though it would and filled me up.

Now to figure out what to do with chicken and some kind of veggie for dinner. Iam trying to chane it up so I dont want to quit my diet plan.

Cleaning Cures the Crazies

Hello lovely ladies, this is my first blog about cleaning things. I have a motto "Cleaning cures the Crazies" and it is so true for me. I get so crazy and mad when I cant find things, or just walking through a dirty house. Iam not saying my house is spotless all the time lol. NO WAY, that's true. But I know that once things that don't belong on the counter, floor, beds and such are put away. I feel much saner and feel good about doing other things that I actually want to do. This will be one out of the many cleaning techniques I have been doing for years and new ways of cleaning I have come across.

My first cleaning tip is a simple vinegar/baking soda cleanser for your microwave. Here's how I do it.

                                                                            Materials:
                      

My sad microwave before:

What to do: Clean the microwave by boiling a 50/50 mixture of water and vinegar until it steams up (time depends on your mic, mine is not so great so took about 10 mins I did a 5 checked it then another 5 mins). Wipe clean

After Cleaned:

Now you ask what is the baking soda for??? Its for those tough spots that don't want to wipe clean easily. I have a top cooker so that's what I used it for. I put a little water in a bowl with some shakes of the B.S. You want it wet but also a little gritty, it scrubs it off like comet but completely natural.