From the Heart

Sunday, October 24, 2010

CSN WINNER!

We have a winner of the $40 CSN Stores credit.

Using Random.org we got comment number 2! (BTW, how rare is that!?)

Christina from Christina's Adventures

Congrats Christina! I have emailed you the code, please let me know if you have any questions!

Keep Checking back for more giveaways!

Thanks everyone who participated and became new followers! I appreciate the support!

Friday, October 22, 2010

FREE wedding printables

Are you planning a wedding on a budget?

Ok, lets be honest, who isnt?

We're not all that lucky to be living it up My Big Fat Fabulous Wedding style.

Post Cards and Pretties (love them) is sharing a FREE printable wedding set here.

Its a very cute black and white simple but elegant set which includes:

invitation, save the date, response card, wedding program, menu, place cards, table number, seating list and thank you cards.

How very generous! Go check it out!

Thursday, October 21, 2010

LAST DAY OF GIVEAWAY!

Dont forget to enter my giveaway!

To day is the last day!

Winner will be chosen at random and announced tomorrow!

Haole Brownies

Haole

Dont take any offence please.

These are the best Haole Brownies I've had.

(I'm actually eating one right now as I type)

We call em Haole (How-Lee)

you may have heard them called Blonde Brownies.

Technically, Haole means foreigner and not white so its not correct terminology.

I had these on our Labor Day camping trip and for some reason I decided to make them like now, right now.

Well actually last night.

Why is it that whenever I'm sick all I want is desserts?

The recepie comes from the Kamehameha Schools Kapalama Campus.

Here are the ingredients. Pretty simple and I didnt have to make any trips to the store for anything speical, everything was in my Pantry.

How do you like my ~~ultra stylish, beautiful storage containers~~ ziplock bags?

:-(

I've been searching for a while now for some glass containers that were just right and the only ones I've found are like $10 each, then I realized I should buy the plastic ones that look like glass but are shatterproof, cause thats the kind that we need in my household.

But again those are like $10 each, I can't bring myself to spending $30 on something that looks pretty when the ziplock bags are working for me.... for now, they are slowing eating at my brain and driving me insane!

So back to the brownies, you mix up the sugars, salt, baking powder and butter first.

I mixed this up with my handheld but after this it's ALL MANUAL. (cause the batter is too thick)

Hope you feel sorry for me and tell me where they're having a giveaway for a free kitchen aid... please!

I kept taking pix of the progess and my son kept following me around the kitchen saying Cheese! Cheese!

He wanted me to take a pix of him too so here he is.

My love :-)

So I add in the flour and mix by hand.

Then pour it into a greased pan and gently spread it out.

In the oven like this above and about 28 minuites late out it come like this below:

My son stood infront of the oven as it was baking and sniffing the door, it was precious!

The hardest part was waiting for it too cool off before cutting into it. And YES you have to wait till it cools.

Delish, thats all I can say.

Because I'm at a loss for words

and

Because my mouth is full.

I'm Linking to:

Hookin up with HOH
Somewhat Simple
Show Off Your Stuff
Everything But the Kitchen Sink
Frugalicious Friday
Feature Yourself Friday
Saturday Soire
Just Something I whipped up
Rock Your Recepies

Halloween Fun

Got these ideas over at Kara's Party Ideas

and look at what great ideas they are!

Look more of those great lil peeps!

You gotta check out the Ritz Crackers and spiders!

How simple even the kids can do it.

BTW, dont you just love the pumpkin TP roll?

What a great idea!

All photo credits go to Kara's Party Ideas

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Burp Cloths for a Baby Shower

So the little tutu wasnt the only thing I was busy making.

I was also hard at work making these "boutique like" burp cloths.

I've made them tons of times before,

actually even sold a bunch at craft fairs.

They're a really cool way to personalize a burp cloth or dress it up to be fashionable. Cause well lets face it, it's gonna be covered in puke any bit of help to make it look nice is a good thing...and it makes a nice gift, who doesnt need burp cloths?

I pick up a back of Gerber Tri-Fold cloth diapers. Make sure its the tri-fold!

Then pick out the fabric you want to use.

Cut the fabric in a strip slightly larger than the middle fold on the daper.

Iron back the edges where you'll be making the hem. I have a picture of that coming up later.

I like to cut the corners at an angle so that when you sew it down you get a nice corner with nothing sticking out.

Just like a present!

Pin it down to keep it straight as you sew.

You might also want to wash and dry them first because they will shrink.

I dont, just cause I'm lazy, and I know they'll wash em again before baby is born anyway.

Here is where I iron the fabric flat where I am going to sew.

(yes I made more than one... more than one shower you know)

Here it is pinned.

The type of stitch is up you to. Here I just used a basic stitch. I've used the zig zag pattern before and the really tight zig zag one that covers the entire edge.

How's my sewing ligo? hahaha can you tell I aint no pro? LOL

Here is the finished product.

I always make them in pairs, cause two is better than one right?

Ok that was cheezy. Sometimes I make matching ones and sometimes I make different fabrics in the same color scheme.

Great gift I'm tellin ya!

I'm linking to:

Whatever Goes Wednesday

Look What I Made

Penny Pinching Party

Santa's Gift Shoppe

Getting Crafty on Hump Day

Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Frugalicious Friday

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Little Baby Tutu

Maybe it's because I was a tomboy.

Maybe it's because I live with only boys.

Maybe its because under my tough exterior I am just a little bit of a princess on the inside.

Whatever the reason, I really like making these totally adorable tutus.

I am one day going to make me one to wear around the house, I promise you that!

A friend of mine just found out she was having a girl. At every doctor's appointment baby had her legs closed and was keeping it a total secret what she was. Two baby showers down, only 4 weeks before baby arrives and tons of green and yellow, they find out its a GIRL!

I was so happy to be able to give them something pink for their little girl.

Not to mention I was sooo excited to make them a tutu since months ago she had posted on her blog that if she had a girl she would totally dress her up in one!

I decided to go with white and 3 shades of pink tulle; light, fuchia and hot pink.

First I cut them into 15" strips. The lenght will end up about 7" or so long.

The white tulle was 6" wide while the pink ones were 3" wide.

I cut a piece of elastic about 13" long and sewed the ends together. The elastic should be snug but not too tight or too loose either.

I put the elastic around my thigh (yes thats my thigh, dont look too close at it!)

and I looped the tulle around the elastic making sure the ends were even.

Then I tied them in a double knott.

Continue doing this one after another in a row.

In between the white I tied the pink. My pattern went 3 white, then 4 hot pink, then 3 white, then 4 light pink, then 3 white, then 4 fuchia, then 3 white again, and over and over repeating until all the elastic is covered.

Honestly there was no rhyme or reason to the pattern I chose it was completely random.

Here is the tutu getting fuller.

And here it is all done. The more tulle you use the thicker and fluffier it gets, its totally up to your own personal preference as to how big you want it to be. I chose for this not to be too big since its made for a newborn and they're small.