I made a necklace out of washers and ribbon which is in the pictures above. I took ribbon and wove it through the washers to connect them all together. You can use any size washers you want. I got them at Lowe's for $2.50 for about 20. This is a pretty inexpensive craft to try! I got the idea from another blogger and had to try it! Here is the link to the blog with the tutorial:
http://tinysparklythings.blogspot.com/2010/01/diy-anni-albers-washer-ribbon-necklace.html
Tonight for dinner I made a spinach lasagna! I am vegetarian so it was a great way to make lasagna. It was very simple to make. I used whole wheat lasagna noodles, and fresh basil from the garden which made it awesome! The recipe only calls for mushrooms, but you could totally add in other vegetables as well! It was a hit with everyone, They all had seconds! This makes a huge amount and you will definitely have some for leftovers or could freeze it.
Recipe:http://allrecipes.com/recipe/spinach-lasagna-iii/
Here is a monkey bread I made a few months ago. Monkey bread is something my family has always made, and enjoyed. It is a gooey, cinnamon and sugar pull apart type bread (more like a cake). What you need is a bundt pan, you can use store bought biscuit dough (such as Pillsbury), cinnamon, sugar, butter and brown sugar. The actual recipe is below, this recipe definitely takes some time to put together but totally worth it!!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/monkey-bread-i/
I made these bagels and they were awesome! I love bagels but usually do not buy them very often. I decided to try out a recipe for boiled bagels (recipe below). I used whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour. I also added some oats on top. You can add any topping you want on them when they are still warm. You can also add things in the actual bagels (onion,raisons, etc)!
Recipe: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/boiled-bagels/
Here are some cookies that I just made up! I used a chocolate chip cookie recipe and modified it a little bit. I added peanut butter, and pretzels. I called these salty and sweet cookies. They have been a huge hit with my family, and friends!
Here is another cake that I made for a friend for her birthday. It is a white cake with vanilla buttercream,kit kats and m&ms. You can use a cake mix or make your own vanilla cake or chocolate cake if you like that better. This is my favorite vanilla buttercream recipe http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/03/buttercream-frosting/. I made my cake a two layer cake and frosted the whole thing with the buttercream. You then stick the kit kats around the side of the cake, and the m&ms on top. I decided to tie a ribbon around the cake just for a little decoration. This cake could be cute for St. Patrick's Day to make it look like a pot of gold, or for any occasion. Who doesn't love chocolate candy on a cake?!
I love baking cakes so here is one I tried a while ago. It is a Reese's peanut butter cup cake! I made the cake with box chocolate cake (can make your own if you have time), homemade peanut butter frosting, and mini Reese's peanut butter cups. I made my cake a three layer cake so I divided the batter into three 9" pans. The frosting I used was from http://allrecipes.com/recipe/fluffy-peanut-butter-frosting/. This frosting is so good! I then cut the mini Reese's cups in half and crumbled a few as well. You put them around the top and bottom like in the picture, and then sprinkle on the crumbled ones on top. I would definitely suggest trying this cake it was a big hit!
I have been looking at this pendant idea for quite some time and finally tried it! It is made out of a glass stone, Mod Podge (or Diamond glaze),super glue and I used scrap booking paper. What you do is take the glass stone and cut out a circle the same size of the paper. Then you Mod Podge it to the back of the glass stone. After that you let it dry and then you have an awesome pendant!! You can buy bails (or the little loop at the top of the pendant where the necklace goes through) and super glue them on. It is super easy and very pretty! This is link where I got the idea from, http://www.simplymodernmom.com/2009/10/glass-pendant-necklaces-tutorial/
I am making this blog to share recipes I have tried, and which ones work and which ones do not! I also will be sharing some DIY projects I have tried. Most of the recipes and DIY projects are things I have found online over the years and thought were interesting enough to try. I will be posting pictures of both the recipes and projects so you can check them out! If you have any recipes ideas or small DIY projects you would like me to try and post pictures, feel free to send me the link!
