Pysanky Easter Egg Workshop

These Pysanky Eggs, also known as Ukranian Easter Eggs are so cool! I love the colors and the designs. It's amazing at how detailed some of these egg artists can get. Here's a little introduction on how the eggs are made.

Ukrainian Egg Decorating Kit

Step-by-Step Instructional Ukrainian Egg Decorating DVD

FREE Lysol Dual Action Wipes After Rebate

I know I use these wipes all the time at my house for all sorts of messes. I thought I would pass this along.

Free Lysol Dual Action Wipes (After Rebate) – Purchase in-store, print rebate form, mail in to get your money back.

Cute Chocolate Easter Bunnies Project

Cute Chocolate Easter Bunnies Project

A tisket a tasket.... What's in your Easter basket? 
These little chocolate Easter bunnies are just the 
cutest craft to put into anyone's basket! 
Here's the tutorial that teaches you how to 
make these really cute little guys.





  

Sometimes Life Gets In The Way

This week I turned 40. I did and really I am ok with it. I don't even think about it really because I have no plans on changing anything that I do normally. What does 40 look or feel like? I mean do we REALLY know? There are 90 year olds running marathons for goodness sake.

I had lots of people asking me if I was going to do anything special for my birthday. We have 3 kids, 10, 8 and 4 years old. Each kid involved in many activities. Girl scouts, boy scouts, soccer, etc. So when my husband and I look at the calendar it's pretty full. Wednesday was no exception. We had a family activity for our kid's religion classes at church. So our night was spent going from family activity to family activity for about 2 hours. When I got home my family presented me with homemade birthday cards and a cake they also had made. Now when I told people about my night they were disappointed. I heard a lot of, "Well, the weekend is coming. May you'll do something fun then." But in all honesty, I wasn't disappointed at all. I turned 40 and I was with my husband and kids. We had a pretty good time and I had cake. I mean who doesn't like cake?

Sometimes life gets in the way. Maybe I wasn't disappointed that I didn't go out or have a party because I am old. Maybe my definition of fun has changed. I'm not sure. But what I am sure about is that 40 is good, my family is great and sometimes when life gets in the way, you don't move it out of the way, you just hop on and go for a ride.                                                                               Free Zone Bars!!
Homemade Gift Ideas

Forty Things to Do When You Turn Forty


You Know You're 40 When...


How To Survive Your 40Th Birthday

Homemade Hamburger Helper!

Ok, so I got home from school tonight at 4pm. Had some hamburger in the freezer and needed a REALLY quick meal as I had an art awards reception to attend. 3 kids and a hungry hubby... Of course there is no Hamburger Helper in the cupboard, my standard quick dinner fix. No time to run to the store either. Darn it... What am I going to do? I'm going to make my own. Yup, you heard it right. I made it homemade. It was just as fast and tasted great. Here's what I did.

Homemade Chili Cheese Mac Mix:

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef
1 cup hot water
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni
1 tablespoon corn starch
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:

Brown ground beef in a large skillet; drain.

Add the Hot water and milk.

Mix together the corn starch, chilli powder,garlic powder,salt and paprika in a separate bowl. 

Add the seasoning mix to the ground beef, milk and water and mix together.

Add the pasta.

Bring the mixture to a boil and then turn heat down to a simmer.

Simmer until the pasta is tender. 

Add the cheddar cheese and stir until cheese is melted.

Let stand 5 minutes before you are ready to serve. This will help to thicken the sauce.

And whaa laaa. You are ready to serve! Fast, delicious, and you know what's in it! Play around with ingredients to taste. 

Let me know how yours turned out!

  

Create Your Own Postage Stamps

Make You OWN Postage Stamps!

I know that e mail, texting and the internet have pretty much taken over our lives. Snail mail is something that many people have left behind. But to me there is nothing like sending someone a birthday card or gift through the mail. It's exciting to go to the mailbox and find something special. And no, I'm not talking about bills. Here's a way for you to create your very own postage stamps.

Easter Jello Jigglers

FREE JELL-O JIGGLERS Egg Mold

Put these eggs in your basket! Each mold contains six egg shapes to help create fun during the Easter season.

• FREE egg mold offer is available while supplies last or through 4/8/12. After 4/8/12, regular price will be: $2.50.
• Recommended order-by-date for 4/7 delivery:
• 3/23: Standard shipping
• 3/30: Expedited shipping

CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FREE JELLO JIGGLERS EGG MOLD!

(Under Food Tab in Zip code 33303)
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FREE GREETING CARDS!

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Fun DIY 3D Geometric Paper Sculpture

Wanted to share this very cool paper sculpture. It looks a lot more complicated than what it really is. Watch the video to see full details. I thought it looked pretty cool in just white too. Or what about just black and white? Ohhhh... now my wheels are turning!

Supplies Needed For This Project:

White Cardstock

Colored Card Stock

Elmer's School Glue Sticks

X-ACTO knife with cap

Self Healing Green Cutting Mat

Bone Folder

FREE Paint Saturday! Will go QUICK!

FREE quart of paint this Saturday at your local ACE Hardware!

I use latex paint for tons of different projects. So I always have different quarts and samplers around the house at all times. Did you know that if you are a painter you can use flat white latex paint to coat your canvas instead of gesso? 

Free Quart of Paint at Ace Hardware THIS Saturday - “Like” on Facebook, print the coupon, redeem at your local ACE Hardware store Saturday March 17th. Hurry, each store is giving away 40 quarts total, so get there before supply runs out.

Art Classes Give the Creative Person The Green Light To Do Something For Themselves

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Get Inspire

I saw this Crayola video clip and had to share. As an art teacher, I couldn't agree with this more. Where and when do adults lose their creativity? I see it already in high school in some of my students. At what point do we stop "playing" with ideas and concepts and get concrete? Why do some lose their creativity and some don't? Do we really lose it or is it just buried under all the "stuff" that we start to do and get told as we get older? Hmmm... SO many questions!

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Slow Cooker "Fried" Chicken Recipe

Here's a great alternative to pan fried chicken. So yummy even the kids loved it!

Get the recipe for slow cooker fried chicken HERE!

More Chicken recipes:

CHICKEN RECIPES - 50 Mouthwatering Chicken Recipes

35 Quick & Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes: How To Cook Chicken The Whole Family Will Love! (Quick & Easy Chicken Recipes)

365 Easy Chicken Recipes: Quick, Easy Ways to Cook Chicken (365)

59 Nutritious Crockpot Chicken Recipes - Weight Watchers Point Plus Value Included! [Sales For a Limited Time] (The Crockpot Cookbook Best Seller)

Rice Crispy Easter Treats

Rice Crispy Easter Egg Treats

• INGREDIENTS:
• 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
• 1 package (10 oz., about 40) regular marshmallows
• OR
• 4 cups miniature marshmallows
• 6 cups Kellogg's® Rice Krispies® cereal 
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• OR
• 6 cups Kellogg's® Cocoa Krispies® cereal (LOOK BELOW for money saving cereal coupons!) is you want to make chocolate Easter egg treats
• Butter cream frosting (Or just use frosting in the can to save time)
• Assorted candies
• Examples: mini M&M's, Skittles,cake decorating candies, etc.

DIRECTIONS

1. In large saucepan melt butter over low heat. Add marshmallows and stir until completely melted. Remove from heat.

2. Add KELLOGG'S RICE KRISPIES cereal. Stir until well coated.

3. Using 1/3-cup measuring cup coated with cooking spray divide warm cereal mixture into portions. Using buttered hands shape each portion into egg shape. Cool. Decorate with frosting and/or candies. Best if served the same day.


MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS:
In microwave-safe bowl heat butter and marshmallows on HIGH for 3 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes. Stir until smooth. Follow steps 2 and 3 above. Microwave cooking times may vary.

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Sweet Potato Bread Recipe

Sweet Potato Bread sounds really good today. Will make the house smell so good and be the perfect addition to dinner tonight!

CLICK HERE for the Sweet Potato Bread recipe.

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